A reject

ArtinNC

ArtinNC

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I had a boy over to help me put the ceiling in my shop, he likes to hunt but no money to buy a knife so I just finished this old 13 year old reject blade for him.
And I really didn't put a lot of time and work into it . I have two pictures, that I just took 5 minutes ago. So don't look to close it will never be any thing but a reject. It don't look to bad in the picture.

PS: I don't seem to be able to post the picture with my tex so look at the second post
thanks, Art
 
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Nice reject!

Maybe a misfit would be a better term, like from the RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER Children's movie and the misfit toys.
 
One mans reject is another mans treasure--what do you have going on for the handle material ? Looks great---Steve
 
I bet that kid wouldnt sell that knife for 500 bucks!! Man hes dreaming right now of skinning his first dear with it this season, Way to go Art!!!!!!
 
Thanks all.
IT has a little round flaw in the blade that I can't get out ( think It's in the steel ATS34)so the blade has a 150 grit finish and I worked on that side of the blade so much that it is ground off center now, and for some reason the bottom of the bolsters don't match from side to side and never had that problem before. So you see the picture hides alot. It's a reject and always will be.
Thanks again, Art

PS: the handle is some old pakka wood that I had boxed up for 12 years. Don't know if it's the still make it anymore.
 
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I'd gladly carry that reject. If that is a reject then your "keepers" must be amazing.
 
Art,
no personal offense...no judgement being made....BUT if that was a "reject" by your standards 13 years ago, it is for sure, by your standards, a reject today.... Ask the young'un for it back and give him one you wouldn't call a reject.
 
i probably have the largest collection of arts knives and they all work just fine for cleaning deer or whatever else that needs cut up. some of what art calls little flaws are hard to find unless you look really hard. to me its thoes little flaws that make a handmade knife what it is.
 
My dad is a fantastic mechanic and one of those people that can do anything. That said, if there is a flaw in his work it drives him crazy. If he is selling a car he has rebuilt he insists on pointing out any flaw to the potential customer before he will sell it.
I've come to respect people with this attitude. It shows that you take pride in your work. That pride seems lost in today's world.

I hope all the knives you make are perfect but if another reject comes along I think you will find someone who wants it.
 
protourist said:
My dad is a fantastic mechanic and one of those people that can do anything. That said, if there is a flaw in his work it drives him crazy. If he is selling a car he has rebuilt he insists on pointing out any flaw to the potential customer before he will sell it.
I've come to respect people with this attitude. It shows that you take pride in your work. That pride seems lost in today's world.

I hope all the knives you make are perfect but if another reject comes along I think you will find someone who wants it.
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Thanks, everyone .

Protourist,
Your dad sounds a lot like me, none of my knives are perfect but the best that I can do, and if they are not the best I can do they are rejects.
Thanks , Art
 
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