Fat Bastard Field Knife Picture thread

[Casinostocks]

 

[Elgatodeacero]

Casinostocks sweet blade, what is the handle material?

 

[Casinostocks]

Casinostocks sweet blade, what is the handle material?

Thank you. It is buffed tri-color micarta.

 

[woodysone]

Mondays mail call on the fatty.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

People are a penny wise and a pound foolish sometimes. Thinking they are saving a penny while spending a dime in labor, warranty, or other operational costs with using a lower quality product. Honestly, when thinking about it, it’s actually quite stupid what people do to save a penny while spending that dime.

It's really not about minimizing expenses, it's about optimizing bang-for-the-buck.

 

[Blues]

It's really not about minimizing expenses, it's about optimizing bang-for-the-buck.

That's what she said...

 

[JearBeatus48]

It's really not about minimizing expenses, it's about optimizing bang-for-the-buck.

Increasing the value proposition for your customers. Makes sense.

We do that in my business all the time for our clients. Added value and optimizing user experience over minute costs.

 

[Jabrni]

Great tool for digging out of the ice.

 

[cpirtle]

If anyone is down for a sheath I am doing a batch in a couple of weeks, if you'd like to have one made to your specs you can see details and get in on it in my Sub Forum.

Thanks!

 

[whited3]

ooo magnets

 

[K Williams]

Well, I just did an email search and found that Jo the Machinist contacted me on November 21. So I'm two plus months late to the production/shipping party.

 

[K Williams]

Has anyone been invoiced for their Fat Bastard yet?

Invoiced? I was invoiced, and made payment in December 2024.

Was there another pre-order run after 2024?

 

[K Williams]

Guees I better order another set of ECAM for this fat ole bastard!

What is "ECAM" ?

 

[Wishfulthinker580]

The best micarta IMHO

Thread 'THE ECAM Scales thread'

Apr 13, 2020

Let this be THE thread for CPK wearing vintage/antique edge cut micarta scales. CPK have such a recognizable look, and any CPK wearing AECM even more so!

Considering we have a thread showing off the color variations in the signature on the blades, a dedicated thread for AECM scales seems self evident!

• TRfromMT
• Replies: 199
• Forum: Carothers Performance Knives

• 

 

[K Williams]

SHIV2 and FBK:

Nathan the Machinist

Any chance on another run of the Shiv 2 sometime in the future?

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Nathan the Machinist

Any chance on another run of the Shiv 2 sometime in the future?

Pretty unlikely

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Invoiced? I was invoiced, and made payment in December 2024.

Was there another pre-order run after 2024?

They're finishing production now.

They're tricky to sharpen so I've decided to CNC sharpen them before manually finishing them to maintain the fidelity of the geometry that I want. It became a bottleneck on a machine that went down a couple weeks ago due to a power surge (that also affected another machine and the air compressor) but we're back in production as of yesterday so they're going to start shipping again soon.

Sorry for the delay.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

These fat bastards have been plagued with technical challenges. I didn't like the heat treat response so they were all spheroidized annealed and run again in October.

Almost all of them are getting some manual grinding to get the lines to line up better. That's me and Mark.

They take a lot longer to sharpen than I anticipated

This knife is making my hair fall out. Not K18 bad, but they are definitely making my hair hurt.

 

[K Williams]

Taking the fatty on a hike to a jungle waterfall

View attachment 3072854

View attachment 3072855

Which jungle (country/area)?

 

[K Williams]

FBFK just arrived! Noting the nice touch of the “gold” behind the makers mark - thanks Team Carothers for another awesome opportunity to own and enjoy your functional art.

Also pictured next to my Creely Folklore Beast Editon, which I guess means I’ve started a “JoeX” collection?!?!

View attachment 3077250View attachment 3077251View attachment 3077252

Now I want that Creely knife.