2025 Eureka Jack thread

I’m happy with these two! The action on the main blades is really nice, equivalent to a GEC no. 15 pattern on my examples. The coping blades are a little light but both have nice snap. I have antique knives in good condition with equivalent pulls, so if it was good enough for people 100+ years ago, I think I’ll manage!
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AthroughZ said:
I’m happy with these two! The action on the main blades is really nice, equivalent to a GEC no. 15 pattern on my examples. The coping blades are a little light but both have nice snap. I have antique knives in good condition with equivalent pulls, so if it was good enough for people 100+ years ago, I think I’ll manage!
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That’s a sweet Rattail bolster on the Snakewood! Have you done the work??
 
Honest_Thomas said:
That’s a sweet Rattail bolster on the Snakewood! Have you done the work??
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Thank you! Yep I did it myself, I use a round file to carefully set the groove and then use a couple progressions of sandpaper grits wrapped around the same file to clean up the profile and polish to the finish I like. It’s fun to do a 1000 or 2000 grit flute and then satin finish the flat of the bolster.

I’ve tried using the tapered rattail file to establish the initial line and then profile with the round file, but it usually just ends up skipping and sliding on me and ending up more crooked than if I just go with the round from the start. It can help when GEC gives you the nice boundary lines to keep everything square, but sometimes the depth is a little more variable than I like and they have a little remnant of threading on the edges haha
 
AthroughZ said:
Thank you! Yep I did it myself, I use a round file to carefully set the groove and then use a couple progressions of sandpaper grits wrapped around the same file to clean up the profile and polish to the finish I like. It’s fun to do a 1000 or 2000 grit flute and then satin finish the flat of the bolster.

I’ve tried using the tapered rattail file to establish the initial line and then profile with the round file, but it usually just ends up skipping and sliding on me and ending up more crooked than if I just go with the round from the start. It can help when GEC gives you the nice boundary lines to keep everything square, but sometimes the depth is a little more variable than I like and they have a little remnant of threading on the edges haha
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Aye I hear you, I've had the rattail slide out on me many times doing the same... didn't think to just go straight in with the round?
Anyway looks a damn fine execution from here, good work 🫡
 
Honest_Thomas said:
Aye I hear you, I've had the rattail slide out on me many times doing the same... didn't think to just go straight in with the round?
Anyway looks a damn fine execution from here, good work 🫡
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I appreciate the compliment! I enjoy the look and end up adding one to most of my northfield trim GECs, only a few have escaped with the threading intact 😆

Here’s a few more with the eureka that got the same treatment
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It’s not the one I was after , but maybe it’s the one I needed?
Seems the Snakewood’s were the hot commodity in this run? I’ve sooo many bone covers I’ve been hankering for more wood, but hey 🤷🏻‍♀️.
Aside from the weak pulls this knife is perfection 👌 I really am smitten with it and goes to show that sometimes the right one just finds you ?

I have to say though that the grind on the coping was a little rough, I mean there was barely a tip and the main edge had a decent recurve going on? My FlatCap Charlie Lamb also had a very rounded tip too…

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