thrillbilly
BANNED
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2011
- Messages
- 4,750
Received this knife on the Fourth... I am very pleased with it.
Daizee was very nice to work with, great feedback, worked with me to get his pattern just how I wanted, he played coy but he did send some ''WIP'' pics to me as he made my knife. I couldn't be happier with the process or the result.
Knife was well-packed, came with a personal note/instructions/spec sheet and a chamois cloth as well as a strop. He also included a kydex sheath...as a kydex bender I am critical of sheaths...his is very well made, no need to upgrade unless the customer wants leather.
I did a lil test of it, the knife came mirror-satin polished, and with a scary sharp edge. Daizee's Fit & Finish is impeccable, the tang, scales and pins all seem one unit...and the grind lines and edge were flawless. The knife is ''book-ended'' by which I mean the two sides are EXACT to each other....all in all a splendid piece of knife-making.
His maroon micarta is a wonderful color, hard to capture in pics exactly how pretty it is.
Specs
Aldo's 1084 ~0.135"
3.050" blade @1000grit
6.85" OAL
1/4" maroon linen micarta scales @600grit
A link to his thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-stylin-maroon-linen-micarta?highlight=Daizee
On to pics (a LOT of pics)
*IF THERE ARE ANY MARKS ON BLADE OR SCALES IN BEGINNING PICS IT IS JUST MY FINGERPRINTS! The knife came 100% spot/blemish-free*
Size reference with a Becker 14
After admiring it for a bit..I put it to work.
carves seasoned hardwood like butter, no edge-rolling or problems.
After carving quite a bit on hardwood...I switched to tomatoes...to test how the edge held up
As you can see...SHARP! This knife in that thickness is a heck of a slicer!
Went to check to see if any more 'maters were ripe...
No ripe tomatoes but found some zucchini
sliced it some...still sharp
Went back to hardwood...
Daizee kinda advised against batoning.....but I had to try a baby stick
after the second round with the hardwood....
still razor cuts on the zucchini
The veggies had started a patina on the 1085, so I dabbed some French's on it with a paper towel and let it sit for ~20 minutes
I personally think it looks pretty sweet....kind of an oil-slick rainbow finish over that mirror.
A couple of random pics
After the day, the edge was still sharp enough to shave...but literally one stroke on each side with the included strop brought it back to the same hair-popping edge it came with!
In conclusion, I love it, and I HIGHLY recommend Daizee's work to any and all who want a EDC with a touch of class.
Thanks for your labor and effort Ethan, I appreciate it.
Daizee was very nice to work with, great feedback, worked with me to get his pattern just how I wanted, he played coy but he did send some ''WIP'' pics to me as he made my knife. I couldn't be happier with the process or the result.
Knife was well-packed, came with a personal note/instructions/spec sheet and a chamois cloth as well as a strop. He also included a kydex sheath...as a kydex bender I am critical of sheaths...his is very well made, no need to upgrade unless the customer wants leather.
I did a lil test of it, the knife came mirror-satin polished, and with a scary sharp edge. Daizee's Fit & Finish is impeccable, the tang, scales and pins all seem one unit...and the grind lines and edge were flawless. The knife is ''book-ended'' by which I mean the two sides are EXACT to each other....all in all a splendid piece of knife-making.
His maroon micarta is a wonderful color, hard to capture in pics exactly how pretty it is.
Specs
Aldo's 1084 ~0.135"
3.050" blade @1000grit
6.85" OAL
1/4" maroon linen micarta scales @600grit
A link to his thread
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-stylin-maroon-linen-micarta?highlight=Daizee
On to pics (a LOT of pics)
*IF THERE ARE ANY MARKS ON BLADE OR SCALES IN BEGINNING PICS IT IS JUST MY FINGERPRINTS! The knife came 100% spot/blemish-free*
Size reference with a Becker 14
After admiring it for a bit..I put it to work.
carves seasoned hardwood like butter, no edge-rolling or problems.
After carving quite a bit on hardwood...I switched to tomatoes...to test how the edge held up
As you can see...SHARP! This knife in that thickness is a heck of a slicer!
Went to check to see if any more 'maters were ripe...
No ripe tomatoes but found some zucchini
sliced it some...still sharp
Went back to hardwood...
Daizee kinda advised against batoning.....but I had to try a baby stick
after the second round with the hardwood....
still razor cuts on the zucchini
The veggies had started a patina on the 1085, so I dabbed some French's on it with a paper towel and let it sit for ~20 minutes
I personally think it looks pretty sweet....kind of an oil-slick rainbow finish over that mirror.
A couple of random pics
After the day, the edge was still sharp enough to shave...but literally one stroke on each side with the included strop brought it back to the same hair-popping edge it came with!
In conclusion, I love it, and I HIGHLY recommend Daizee's work to any and all who want a EDC with a touch of class.
Thanks for your labor and effort Ethan, I appreciate it.
Last edited:
