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I was so excited this came in the mail today I felt the need to share, I guess this is sort of like a first impressions kind of thing too. After a long period of waiting and searching I finally got my hands on an LT Wright GNS (saber ground). You really have to see one of these in person and off a computer screen to really appreciate what you are are seeing. The handle is pretty damn comfortable and I mean that. I have pretty messed up hands, having broken pretty much all of my fingers at some point and a hand condition, so believe me when I say it is comfy. That Woodlore-esque blade shape is also pretty great to work with. Just a very nice knife. Haven't put it through it's paces yet because of work, but I look forward to having some free time. The general shape of the knife is beautiful, though ask me that a year ago and I would have said this thing was ugly. Its funny how your tastes change as you actually start to use knives and develop an appreciation for things you would never have looked at beforehand or notice the use in things like blade shapes, pommels and handle design. I used to think the GNS was a ghastly thing, but in the last year my opinion has completely changed and seeing it in person I can't help but admire it. It is a woods knife through and through
Though I will say that there are two things off the bat that are and were fairly disappointing, one you can see in the pictures, the fit and finish on the knife is surprisingly not great. The ricasso is very sloppy, about a 1mm off were it should be. I chalk it up to end of the day prep for blade show, which is where my retailer was kind enough to pick one up for me and send it all the way to Canada. It doesn't affect the knife's performance but I was expecting more from LT Wright, at least my OCD did. There's also some other beauty marks that are hard to pick up but those don't really bother me. I honestly would send it in to get the ricasso fixed, but sending it there and back would cost me almost as much as the knife. These are handcrafted knives though, so I understand it. Though, I've only ever received maybe 2 knives without some physical imperfection on them so I chalk it up to my luck.
The other thing that was very surprising was the initial sharpness. The first 2 inches of blade were shaving sharp, the rest from middle of the blade to the tip was flat out dull. A little re sharpening though brought that back, but still you expect a new knife to be sharp especially since I have heard of nothing but great things about the cutting edges coming from LT.
Overall though, while I was initially disappointed as this was my attainable grail, I am very happy with it. It's in the name right? Go No Show. The knife performs, and that's all the really matters. It is very intuitive when making feathersticks and the grind angle is great. Looks like it's going to be a great carver, and I look forward to putting it to proper use.
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Though I will say that there are two things off the bat that are and were fairly disappointing, one you can see in the pictures, the fit and finish on the knife is surprisingly not great. The ricasso is very sloppy, about a 1mm off were it should be. I chalk it up to end of the day prep for blade show, which is where my retailer was kind enough to pick one up for me and send it all the way to Canada. It doesn't affect the knife's performance but I was expecting more from LT Wright, at least my OCD did. There's also some other beauty marks that are hard to pick up but those don't really bother me. I honestly would send it in to get the ricasso fixed, but sending it there and back would cost me almost as much as the knife. These are handcrafted knives though, so I understand it. Though, I've only ever received maybe 2 knives without some physical imperfection on them so I chalk it up to my luck.
The other thing that was very surprising was the initial sharpness. The first 2 inches of blade were shaving sharp, the rest from middle of the blade to the tip was flat out dull. A little re sharpening though brought that back, but still you expect a new knife to be sharp especially since I have heard of nothing but great things about the cutting edges coming from LT.
Overall though, while I was initially disappointed as this was my attainable grail, I am very happy with it. It's in the name right? Go No Show. The knife performs, and that's all the really matters. It is very intuitive when making feathersticks and the grind angle is great. Looks like it's going to be a great carver, and I look forward to putting it to proper use.
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