Stormcrow Posted March 28, 2012 Posted March 28, 2012 This one is another that walked off my table at a gun show (the last gun show I'm doing for a while) before I could make a sheath or get good pictures and dimensions. It's kind of a skinner shape, though there may be a bit much point for that. The blade is under 4" long, with a fairly stout spine that tapers distally to the point. The knife is forged from 3/4" round 5160, filed bevel, triple normalized, triple hardened, triple tempered, and shaving sharp. The handle is parachute cord, with black for the underlay, desert tan that has its core stripped out so it lays flatter for the overlay, and desert tan with the core intact for the two-strand Turk's head knot. The wrap is impregnated with Minwax Wood Hardener to make a composite material in place. The fellow who bought it looked at all the knives and said they were going to look around the rest of the show and come back, which usually means you never see the person again. He did come back, though, and before sending the knife with him I checked to make sure it was properly sharp by shaving a patch of hair off of my hirsute forearm. He was surprised; he said he had not thought it was that sharp when he was looking at it before. :D Quote
bigfootnampa Posted March 29, 2012 Posted March 29, 2012 That would be a good skinner though maybe just a bit more curve would be good if that was all you'd be using it for. Watch out for people who don't think your knives are sharp! I am sorta notorious for keeping my stuff sharp but even so a good friend picked up a very large slick that I had bought and which came with a dissapointingly rough grind... because it was so large and very hard it was a few months till I got it worked up to a mirror polished edge... when Rick picked it up I had recently finished the process. I watched in horror as he jabbed his thumb onto the blade to test it! I couldn't even scream in time! It cut nearly to the bone before he realized that it was slicing him! The sharp edge cut almost painlessly! He ended up okay though it took a while for that wound to heal. A guy could lose a thumb that way quite easily! Lots of people have no idea what a really sharp blade is capable of! They just have no experience with anything really sharp. Quote
Stormcrow Posted March 29, 2012 Author Posted March 29, 2012 Lots of people have no idea what a really sharp blade is capable of! They just have no experience with anything really sharp. No kidding! I've had plenty of people pick up a knife of mine that doesn't even have its secondary bevel yet who thought it was sharp. Nope! Quote
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