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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.
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1 of 2 knives that arrived today . . .
A vintage LNIB S/S Gen 1 G2 SE Harpy to pair with the vintage "like new" Gen 1 G2 FRN Merlin Clip-it (without a box) that acquired over 30 yrs ago & that was one of the 1st Spydercos that I ever purchased:
A vintage LNIB S/S Gen 1 G2 SE Harpy to pair with the vintage "like new" Gen 1 G2 FRN Merlin Clip-it (without a box) that acquired over 30 yrs ago & that was one of the 1st Spydercos that I ever purchased:
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The 2nd of 2 knives that arrived today . . .
A rare vintage Gen 1 S/S SE Spyderco Police "PIG" (Pride, Integrity & Guts) variation that is very hard to find in decent condition for a "reasonable price" these days:
It is one of the best PIG's that I've ever seen for sale on the Net. Even so, I was planning to polish it to remove the scratches & other blemishes on it but, after I received it, I decided to leave it alone because it looks fine the way it is & f*cking w/it could negatively affect its value.
A rare vintage Gen 1 S/S SE Spyderco Police "PIG" (Pride, Integrity & Guts) variation that is very hard to find in decent condition for a "reasonable price" these days:
It is one of the best PIG's that I've ever seen for sale on the Net. Even so, I was planning to polish it to remove the scratches & other blemishes on it but, after I received it, I decided to leave it alone because it looks fine the way it is & f*cking w/it could negatively affect its value.
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Architect Knives AK 3 with a Magnacut blade.
It has a comfortable, hand-filling grip, black G-10 with a brick red liner.
The blade is thinner than Architect's AK 3.5. A very useful, thin cutter, but it feels like it would be easy to break if you were careless or misused it. It offers an alternative: The AK 3 for a long walk in the woods or dressing small game, an AK 3.5 if you are staying in the woods overnight, or hunting deer.
I bolted a patch of leather to the kydex sheath. The sheathed blade travels between the inside of the belt and the outside of your pants. I freaking love this carry method as the knife is high and out of the way, tight against your torso, and secure yet easy to deploy. The sheath fits well, it wanted a little radiusing around the lips.
The finished package is thin and lightweight.
The blade had a little recurve, but it ground out easily with an Atoma 400 diamond plate. I used DMT 600 and 1,200 plates to apply a sizzling edge at about 18.75 degrees per side (using an angle block to get the primary blade grind of 5.5 degrees, and a 16 degree plastic angle guide to set the bevels). The factory edge must have been close as this process was very quick, as in no more than ten or twelve strokes per side to straighten out the recurve, and five or six strokes per side on the 600 and 1.2K grit plates.
I also knocked the shoulders down a hair starting at 600. A sharp edge there looks good, but it doesn't help when cutting things.
No stropping, as I tested it before stropping and got performance beyond what I needed. I'll use it for a while, then see how stropping does at touching up a used edge. So far this Magnacut gets an A for ease of sharpening.
This little engine cuts onion skin, kleenex, tomatoes, paper towels, meat, receipt paper, all the tests I find the most revealing about a blade's practical sharpness. It has a clever lanyard hole hidden under the scales, but the handle is easy to grip while sheathed so I have no need for a lanyard. It would be helpful if you had the leather sheath.
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Incoming Thursday!
* Carothers Performance Knives DEK3 in D3V Steel with Sharpened Swedge and Blue Ti Hardware - Thanks
Jetlau3111
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* Griffin Co X Series EDC Folder in Stonewashed Magnacut and Ti with Marbled Carbon Fiber overlays - picked up this version to EDC and join my Damasteel model that arrived Monday. I added an optional set of black Micarta scales, for just in case.
* Miguron Vane (Vu Pham design) in M390 and Ti - great action and edge!
* Vosteed Acorn 14C28N and Blue Micarta - I gave my wife's cousin previous last Acorn, and I liked it as a small-pocket pocketknife enough to replace it. This time it came to me factory sealed with a lanyard inside the box that I could attach.
* Carothers Performance Knives DEK3 in D3V Steel with Sharpened Swedge and Blue Ti Hardware - Thanks
Jetlau3111
!* Griffin Co X Series EDC Folder in Stonewashed Magnacut and Ti with Marbled Carbon Fiber overlays - picked up this version to EDC and join my Damasteel model that arrived Monday. I added an optional set of black Micarta scales, for just in case.
* Miguron Vane (Vu Pham design) in M390 and Ti - great action and edge!
* Vosteed Acorn 14C28N and Blue Micarta - I gave my wife's cousin previous last Acorn, and I liked it as a small-pocket pocketknife enough to replace it. This time it came to me factory sealed with a lanyard inside the box that I could attach.
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Might be a YouTube video later today
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My new Delica arrived, that new sprint run in Micro-Melt PD#1:
So, it arrived with a little card talking about how this knife is a carbon steel and VERY not stainless. To be sure it was good to go (even though it's a coated blade!), it came positively drenched:
The entire backside was running with oil. It's by far the oiliest knife I've ever received.
So, it arrived with a little card talking about how this knife is a carbon steel and VERY not stainless. To be sure it was good to go (even though it's a coated blade!), it came positively drenched:
The entire backside was running with oil. It's by far the oiliest knife I've ever received.
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Wait wait wait……….. how did you get your hands on a DEK3? Networking right?Incoming Thursday!
* Carothers Performance Knives DEK3 in D3V Steel with Sharpened Swedge and Blue Ti Hardware - Thanks
* Griffin Co X Series EDC Folder in Stonewashed Magnacut and Ti with Marbled Carbon Fiber overlays - picked up this version to EDC and join my Damasteel model that arrived Monday. I added an optional set of black Micarta scales, for just in case.
* Miguron Vane (Vu Pham design) in M390 and Ti - great action and edge!
* Vosteed Acorn 14C28N and Blue Micarta - I gave my wife's cousin previous last Acorn, and I liked it as a small-pocket pocketknife enough to replace it. This time it came to me factory sealed with a lanyard inside the box that I could attach.
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It was up on the exchange fromWait wait wait……….. how did you get your hands on a DEK3? Networking right?
Jetlau3111
and SOMEHOW everyone was passing it up, and I was like, "This is a sign"!
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It must have been my friend. It must have been. CongratulationsIt was up on the exchange from
