Dcdavis
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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Looks very clean. Good work!This is almost exactly the same photo as yesterday, but the edge has been thinned down to where I want it. Much better. Going this thin on a Sebenza does show how the grind thickens toward the tip on the drop point blade. Edge angle is the same all the way along the edge (or as good as I can do freehand anyway).
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I've had mixed results stropping, sometimes getting a great result and others not so much. I've taken to doing what you guys mentioned and often just use the fines on the Sharpmaker to restore a slightly dulled edge. Usually just a few passes, alternating sides gets things back as they should be.
I've got lots of knives priced new in the mid- to high-hundreds and one 4-figure piece, but I really don't discriminate based on cost and a lot of my favorites are lesser priced Spydies and BMKs. I generally prefer larger knives, so the Endura's a bit more my style, but the Delica is a fine little piece and a great cutter. Following my HAP40/Pakkawood Endura carry yesterday and thoughts of drilling it out for a lanyard, I picked the Delica version from the same Spydie drawer and slipped it IWB of the b-ball shorts I wore today. It's short, thin, and the smooth flat scales make it a great choice for carrying thusly.
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It is a bit of a mystery. It is from one of the original fraudsters, Jared West, allegedly made in Texas by Quartermaster Knives and is part of the "Q Collection" but I don't know which one or what it is called. In reality it was made in China.