Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Well, it doesn't have to be an exact duplicate but a variation of the same brand/maker. In days gone by I use to dive right in on a certain knife and ended up with multiples of the knife, I just liked them that much.
Chris Reeve Sebenza, I've owned a lot, from the plain jane ones back with ATS-34 to BG42 and Damascus, it ran the whole range. Unfortunately I do not own any of them now
William Henry T-10's I was a sucker for any of those, I forget now just how many versions I had but about every type of scale, I had it. Unfortunately I do not own any of them now
Willian Henry B-12, several versions of those, one with the fancy bolster that has the bead work and ivory micarta scales, alas I no longer have any of those either
(see a trend here?)
William Henry B15, I've had several of these and still feel that the overall profile of this knife is exceptional, I just found it to be too narrow, but I still would end up getting it several times so far, but as with the others, I unfortunately do not own any of them now.
That brings me to the reason of this thread, not to cry over those long gone, but to look towards the craziness that I am embarking on already! I don't have the duplicate/variation of this one yet, but it is on order as I find it to be a very nice folder.
The MKM Root, designed by Jens Ansø (a favourite maker of mine btw), this one has green micarta inlay pieces, Ti frame and an M390 blade. Lanyard hole that keeps the paracord below the level of the scales, I'd prefer that it was a circular hole and not an odd slot but, at least there is one. I have a wood insert variation on order now. Some may look at the inserts as being too proud, too crisp above the framework, but that adds to the tactile feedback while using the knife and it isn't too crisp or sharp in my opinion. NOW the bits around the frame can be a little keen and I have softened the guard area section slightly using some diamond files and polishing compound to make it not as sharp.
The action of this is strong, meaning you need to want to open it, being a slip joint the blade relies on the back spring to keep it positioned open during use, for your protection and you come to appreciate that quickly. It's not overly strong but stronger than say a SAK folder blade that I use as pull strength example for such comparisons.
A closed length of about 3 3/4" it isn't a large knife
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
A blade length of about 2 3/4" is, for me, just about right for most edc type chores and the blade is ground down fairly thin around .019" behind the edge and cuts really really well, it also arrived very sharp!
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
While I don't understand what this guy's saying, I can see that he is putting this knife to some hard cutting chores I found it interesting and you might too...
then takes it into the kitchen, here you can see the edge is thin and sharp to do this work easily, doesn't replace kitchen cutlery but...
So that's my tale, I'll update this thread/post when my wood inlay arrives. Please feel free to share your duplicate/variations here as well.
G2
Edited to add that the lanyard shown is one of my own making and does not come with the knife, in case you guys/gals bought one and wondered just where is that lanyard
Chris Reeve Sebenza, I've owned a lot, from the plain jane ones back with ATS-34 to BG42 and Damascus, it ran the whole range. Unfortunately I do not own any of them now
William Henry T-10's I was a sucker for any of those, I forget now just how many versions I had but about every type of scale, I had it. Unfortunately I do not own any of them now
Willian Henry B-12, several versions of those, one with the fancy bolster that has the bead work and ivory micarta scales, alas I no longer have any of those either
(see a trend here?)
William Henry B15, I've had several of these and still feel that the overall profile of this knife is exceptional, I just found it to be too narrow, but I still would end up getting it several times so far, but as with the others, I unfortunately do not own any of them now.
That brings me to the reason of this thread, not to cry over those long gone, but to look towards the craziness that I am embarking on already! I don't have the duplicate/variation of this one yet, but it is on order
as I find it to be a very nice folder.The MKM Root, designed by Jens Ansø (a favourite maker of mine btw), this one has green micarta inlay pieces, Ti frame and an M390 blade. Lanyard hole that keeps the paracord below the level of the scales, I'd prefer that it was a circular hole and not an odd slot but, at least there is one. I have a wood insert variation on order now. Some may look at the inserts as being too proud, too crisp above the framework, but that adds to the tactile feedback while using the knife and it isn't too crisp or sharp in my opinion. NOW the bits around the frame can be a little keen and I have softened the guard area section slightly using some diamond files and polishing compound to make it not as sharp.
The action of this is strong, meaning you need to want to open it, being a slip joint the blade relies on the back spring to keep it positioned open during use, for your protection and you come to appreciate that quickly. It's not overly strong but stronger than say a SAK folder blade that I use as pull strength example for such comparisons.
A closed length of about 3 3/4" it isn't a large knife
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrA blade length of about 2 3/4" is, for me, just about right for most edc type chores and the blade is ground down fairly thin around .019" behind the edge and cuts really really well, it also arrived very sharp!
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrWhile I don't understand what this guy's saying, I can see that he is putting this knife to some hard cutting chores
I found it interesting and you might too...then takes it into the kitchen, here you can see the edge is thin and sharp to do this work easily, doesn't replace kitchen cutlery but...
So that's my tale, I'll update this thread/post when my wood inlay arrives. Please feel free to share your duplicate/variations here as well.
G2
Edited to add that the lanyard shown is one of my own making and does not come with the knife, in case you guys/gals bought one and wondered just where is that lanyard
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