Matthew Gregory
Chief Executive in charge of Entertainment
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Hey folks, Matt Gregory here. Maybe you remember me from somewhere. Perhaps from my self-help series on PBS ("Get Confident, Dumbass!" or maybe "Work the Truck Stops for Profit").
OR, perhaps you remember a sale thread that appeared a year ago, right here on Bladeforums:
It's important to keep your loved ones safe, this Holiday season.
Many knifemakers, myself included, will try to sell you on the idea that what's necessary in a SHTF situation is a big knife.
A really big knife.
Maybe even a sword.
An axe.
Zombie chopper.
Don't listen to us.
What you need is a Combat Tactical Kiridashi
THE EXACTIMUNDO
Here at MGregory Knives Center for the Advancement of MGregory Knives, we've teamed up with industry leaders, metallurgists, Baptists, Head's of State, Navy Seals, harbor seals, grocery store clerks, police departments, zoologists, ichthyologists, professional knife fighting trainers, professional stenographers, professional professionals, comedians, circus clowns, and lion tamers to further the concept of furthering our concept.
And that concept is to make a heap of money with as little work as humanly possible.
At least SIX other people we talked to thought making another Combat Tactical Kiridashi was a good idea.
Several others that were asked for input wanted to know what the hell we were talking about. In fact, most people asked that...
NEVER MIND!
What's important is that I've made, nay, formed...nay, CREATED another masterpiece. FAR dumber than any of the other iterations of this nearly impossible to use blade of MASS DESTRUCTION.
"...the greatest battle implement ever devised."
-General Patton
THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE, FOLKS. Patton actually said that.*
So, let me tell you a little bit about this one...
I listened to the song "Dreadlock Holiday" on repeat the entire time I made this knife.
[video=youtube;hldoswNToxg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldoswNToxg[/video]
THE ENTIRE TIME.
Seriously.
Look, I like 10cc. And this song kicks ass, even if I don't smoke weed**. Besides, how can anyone not like a song that starts with:
"I was walkin' down the street, concentratin' on truckin' right..."
Cuz, when I'm making knives, I am concentratin' on truckin' right.
Anyway, it's pretty nifty.
The knife. The knife is nifty.
So is the song. They're both nifty.
About the knife...
It's made of metal. Pretty good stuff, really. I got it from this guy at this place. They have all sorts of the stuff. This stuff, in particular, is CPM-4v. THICK CPM-4v, cuz chicks dig it. And it's an awesome steel.
I am DEAD serious.
Chicks really do dig it.
Actually, I have no clue at all what chicks dig, that's why I'm a knifemaker.
But the steel is good. REALLY good. Tough, wear resistant, and shiny. Because shiny is important.
Heck, half the reason I buy anything is because it's shiny.
THE KNIFE!
Yes, the knife. It's pretty small, despite being made of .275" thick CPM-4v. I don't know the exact measurements of how long, just now, but yeah, I could probably measure it. I will! I promise.
I left the mill scale on the flats because, right now, I think it looks hella cool, and I made the darn thing, so I can do whatever I want with it, and I say leave the mill scale!
It's double hollow ground, and features a satin finished beveled spine that goes around the entire perimeter of the knife, although you can't see the whole way around it because of the tsukaito wrap, so you'll just have to take my word for it - it really is beveled all the way around. Seriously!
Nothing under the black tsukaito. I wanted to see the mill scale on the flats. I just got done telling you that!
I'll also include one of my ultrasuede-lined kydex sheaths for this badboy.
Knife is done. Well, mostly done. The tsukaito wrap just needs to be soaked in resin, so it'll likely be a few days or so before this sucker gets shipped.
Yeah, I've got photos, but I figure that there's probably someone SO desperate for this lil' pig that they'll just buy it, sight-unseen, and save me the trouble of uploading, and grabbing links, blahblahblah...
Besides, I think the OWNER should decide if you get to see his (or her) knife, don't you think? Maybe they don't want to share this TOP SECRET TECHNOLOGY with just any ol' dumbass on the internets.
My dog totally passed out in terror when we began discussing this project.***
$OLDincludes shipping anywhere in the continental US via USPS. Email me and we can arrange other methods if necessary, or out-of-country sales. Paypal preferred. I'll eat the Paypal fees.
OKAY, FINE.
Here's one little sneak peek:
I kind of hoped, maybe, by this point in our relationship, you might have just trusted me, and wouldn't have needed to see it.
I won't kid you, that kind of hurts. I mean, I know, it is a product... but, don't you think, by now, we're cool enough together to where you could have just taken my word for it?
Happy Holidays, gang. I'll open the floor now for questions, comments, observations... whatever ya got. Impress me!
OR, just buy the knife!
*Patton really did say this. Just not about my kiridashi. He still said it, though.
**Seriously, I don't smoke weed. Even just smelling the stuff makes me want to hork.
***No he didn't.
OR, perhaps you remember a sale thread that appeared a year ago, right here on Bladeforums:
It's important to keep your loved ones safe, this Holiday season.
Many knifemakers, myself included, will try to sell you on the idea that what's necessary in a SHTF situation is a big knife.
A really big knife.
Maybe even a sword.
An axe.
Zombie chopper.
Don't listen to us.
What you need is a Combat Tactical Kiridashi
THE EXACTIMUNDO
Here at MGregory Knives Center for the Advancement of MGregory Knives, we've teamed up with industry leaders, metallurgists, Baptists, Head's of State, Navy Seals, harbor seals, grocery store clerks, police departments, zoologists, ichthyologists, professional knife fighting trainers, professional stenographers, professional professionals, comedians, circus clowns, and lion tamers to further the concept of furthering our concept.
And that concept is to make a heap of money with as little work as humanly possible.
At least SIX other people we talked to thought making another Combat Tactical Kiridashi was a good idea.
Several others that were asked for input wanted to know what the hell we were talking about. In fact, most people asked that...
NEVER MIND!
What's important is that I've made, nay, formed...nay, CREATED another masterpiece. FAR dumber than any of the other iterations of this nearly impossible to use blade of MASS DESTRUCTION.
"...the greatest battle implement ever devised."
-General Patton
THAT'S A DIRECT QUOTE, FOLKS. Patton actually said that.*
So, let me tell you a little bit about this one...
I listened to the song "Dreadlock Holiday" on repeat the entire time I made this knife.
[video=youtube;hldoswNToxg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hldoswNToxg[/video]
THE ENTIRE TIME.
Seriously.
Look, I like 10cc. And this song kicks ass, even if I don't smoke weed**. Besides, how can anyone not like a song that starts with:
"I was walkin' down the street, concentratin' on truckin' right..."
Cuz, when I'm making knives, I am concentratin' on truckin' right.
Anyway, it's pretty nifty.
The knife. The knife is nifty.
So is the song. They're both nifty.
About the knife...
It's made of metal. Pretty good stuff, really. I got it from this guy at this place. They have all sorts of the stuff. This stuff, in particular, is CPM-4v. THICK CPM-4v, cuz chicks dig it. And it's an awesome steel.
I am DEAD serious.
Chicks really do dig it.
Actually, I have no clue at all what chicks dig, that's why I'm a knifemaker.
But the steel is good. REALLY good. Tough, wear resistant, and shiny. Because shiny is important.
Heck, half the reason I buy anything is because it's shiny.
THE KNIFE!
Yes, the knife. It's pretty small, despite being made of .275" thick CPM-4v. I don't know the exact measurements of how long, just now, but yeah, I could probably measure it. I will! I promise.
I left the mill scale on the flats because, right now, I think it looks hella cool, and I made the darn thing, so I can do whatever I want with it, and I say leave the mill scale!
It's double hollow ground, and features a satin finished beveled spine that goes around the entire perimeter of the knife, although you can't see the whole way around it because of the tsukaito wrap, so you'll just have to take my word for it - it really is beveled all the way around. Seriously!
Nothing under the black tsukaito. I wanted to see the mill scale on the flats. I just got done telling you that!
I'll also include one of my ultrasuede-lined kydex sheaths for this badboy.
Knife is done. Well, mostly done. The tsukaito wrap just needs to be soaked in resin, so it'll likely be a few days or so before this sucker gets shipped.
Yeah, I've got photos, but I figure that there's probably someone SO desperate for this lil' pig that they'll just buy it, sight-unseen, and save me the trouble of uploading, and grabbing links, blahblahblah...
Besides, I think the OWNER should decide if you get to see his (or her) knife, don't you think? Maybe they don't want to share this TOP SECRET TECHNOLOGY with just any ol' dumbass on the internets.
My dog totally passed out in terror when we began discussing this project.***
$OLDincludes shipping anywhere in the continental US via USPS. Email me and we can arrange other methods if necessary, or out-of-country sales. Paypal preferred. I'll eat the Paypal fees.
OKAY, FINE.
Here's one little sneak peek:
I kind of hoped, maybe, by this point in our relationship, you might have just trusted me, and wouldn't have needed to see it.
I won't kid you, that kind of hurts. I mean, I know, it is a product... but, don't you think, by now, we're cool enough together to where you could have just taken my word for it?
Happy Holidays, gang. I'll open the floor now for questions, comments, observations... whatever ya got. Impress me!
OR, just buy the knife!
*Patton really did say this. Just not about my kiridashi. He still said it, though.
**Seriously, I don't smoke weed. Even just smelling the stuff makes me want to hork.
***No he didn't.
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