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As most of you are keenly aware Charlie has influenced a great many of us over the years. From collectors the world over to production companies and custom makers alike, Charlie has a talented eye for what we all desire in a pocket knife and guides many of us to materialize that vision into steel.
Recently my Catch Bit Show podcast mates and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Charlie for some discussion about his contributions to the community and his love for the harness jack pattern. If you have not yet tuned in, I highly recommend. It was an inspirational conversation for me and so I decided to try my hand at the pattern. I have been working my way up to eventually try my hand at a 3 blade Bose pattern diamond edge cattle knife. One of my personal favorite patterns. I'm not quite ready to stuff 3 blades in a frame yet but I figured what the heck, I already have the punch blade for this pattern so let's do a 2 blade harness jack with it! I'm calling this one a cattle punch. It's a prototype for me and I had a lot of fun going from conversation to the finished knife. This one has CPM154 stainless steel and beautiful interior mammoth ivory handles. On a final note I put an asymmetrical convex edge on the punch blade. This should allow for a bit tougher edge geometry for boring and clockwise circular cutting. It seemed to work pretty well on a test punch I ground. Anyway, thank you for looking and thanks again to Mr. Campagna for being a positive influence to us all! Cheers!
Recently my Catch Bit Show podcast mates and I had the pleasure of sitting down with Charlie for some discussion about his contributions to the community and his love for the harness jack pattern. If you have not yet tuned in, I highly recommend. It was an inspirational conversation for me and so I decided to try my hand at the pattern. I have been working my way up to eventually try my hand at a 3 blade Bose pattern diamond edge cattle knife. One of my personal favorite patterns. I'm not quite ready to stuff 3 blades in a frame yet but I figured what the heck, I already have the punch blade for this pattern so let's do a 2 blade harness jack with it! I'm calling this one a cattle punch. It's a prototype for me and I had a lot of fun going from conversation to the finished knife. This one has CPM154 stainless steel and beautiful interior mammoth ivory handles. On a final note I put an asymmetrical convex edge on the punch blade. This should allow for a bit tougher edge geometry for boring and clockwise circular cutting. It seemed to work pretty well on a test punch I ground. Anyway, thank you for looking and thanks again to Mr. Campagna for being a positive influence to us all! Cheers!
