Christmas knife for my Dad

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donovan

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For the last few years I've been giving knives as Christmas presents and this year my 75 year old Father requested to be put on the list. So, this is what he got:

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Superbly crafted by Chuck Hallberg of 3V with thuya wood scales, SS dovetailed bolsters, mosaic pins, and fileworked spine. 5.75" OAL with a 2.5" blade and a leather pocket sheath. Sheath and filework:

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A very nice gent's knife and the old gent was very pleased. My apologies to Chuck for the crapulent images. They do not do him justice.

And since Chuck was going to make this knife anyway it just made sense to have him make one for me, too. Saves on postage, doncha know.
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So, here's my new work knife:

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Seriously sharp 3v with beautiful redwood scales and hidden pins. 3.5" blade, 7.25" OAL. If Chuck doesn't get the leather pouch sheath to me soon I'll be forced to post a pic of the one he sent with it. Let's just say that he's doing great things with black electricians tape.
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Chuck really busted his butt to get these to me in time for Christmas, even FedExed them overnight. Ya can't beat that and I really appreciate the knives and the effort.

Jack

[This message has been edited by donovan (edited 12-27-2000).]
 
To Donovan: I think you're old enough to learn the truth. I'm your real father. Where's my knife...?--OKG
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Old Knife Guy:
To Donovan: I think you're old enough to learn the truth. I'm your real father.--OKG</font>
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Hmmmmm, that would explain a few things.
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Gary, Chuck's webpage is www.angelfire.com/tx2/hallberg/ I don't think that it has been updated in quite a while. You are welcome to look around my poorly photographed and even more poorly organized photopoint page for some of his newer stuff. It's at

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=270037&a=2049375

Jack
 
Jack, I just wanted to wish a Happy New Year to a very good son!

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA

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OKG--best line that's come up on my computer screen in a long time.
And Donovan--thanks for the heads up. Chuck Hallberg is definitely going on my short list. Do those decorative pinholes up near the blade spine on your dad's knife pass all the way thru? And 3-V is a new steel to me--can you tell me what it's comparable to?
 
Thank you, James, and Happy New Year to you as well.

Mochiman-the filework doesn't go all the way through. The spine edges are scalloped on either side to form the pattern. It's mostly decorative, but it also acts as a thumb ramp. I'm not sure what you can compare 3V to. It's in the same family as 420V and 440V, but a lot tougher. Twice as tough (so they say) as A2, but with similar wear resistance as 420V. I like it because you can grind it to a very fine edge and it won't chip out. In fact, I'm not sure anyone has found the thinness limits on it yet. I have Chuck take the edges to 30 degrees inclusive so that I can easily sharpen them on a Sharpmaker, but I suspect they could be quite a bit more acute than that on a small blade. Ed Schott, Jerry Hossom, and RJ Martin come to mind as probably having the most experience with it so far. If you do a search there is some pretty good info on it here at Bladeforums. Oh, and because lunch isn't free, there is a downside. It's not stainless so you have to give it some minimal care.

Chuck's real easy to work with and will give you a lot of bang for the buck. Drop him a line.

Jack
 
Hi Jack, Hope your Dad liked the knife, as always it was both a pleasure and privilige. Thanks for not posting pics on the "super- secret sheath"(still trying to keep it that way)
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Still thinking whether or not I should have had it copy righted
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Chuck
 
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