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First Integral in years
- Thread starter Don Hanson III
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Wow! Wow! Wow! I agree with what everyone else said. Did I forget to say" Wow!"
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Man, great stuff Don! Just completely love that damascus. I agree with Ken, off the charts. :thumbup:
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WOWW ... superb! outstanding! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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A very striking knife.
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a very "sunfishy" bowie -- a real treat!
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Very, very nice shape, blade and overall execution. Congratulations.
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Folks, again thanks for the kind words. This was a fun knife.
For those who say it needs a guard, I do a lot of knives with guards but this style integral just wouldn't look right with a guard.
Bill, a little birdie has been telling me to drink beer to help with kidney stones...
It is odd how this effects my grinding abillity grinding double edged sub-hilts....
Burt, steal away. I've been wanting to steal some stuff from you, so we'll be even...
For those who say it needs a guard, I do a lot of knives with guards but this style integral just wouldn't look right with a guard.
Don
awesome, dude
hope you're feeling better... a little birdie has been telling me of a subhilt.....
haha
Bill, a little birdie has been telling me to drink beer to help with kidney stones...
It is odd how this effects my grinding abillity grinding double edged sub-hilts....
Burt, steal away. I've been wanting to steal some stuff from you, so we'll be even...
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Don, I think I want some of that damascus. Where can I buy it? 
Your treatment of the butt is excellent. People will look at the knife and think it's really great, then turn the end up and find a nice surprise, probably something they didn't expect. It finishes off the knife.
Kidney stones? OUCH! I've passed 9 (that I know of) in the last 33 years. Try cranberry juice on a regular basis, and a serious load of water daily. Shoot, once you get one there isn't enough beer to ease the pain!
David
Your treatment of the butt is excellent. People will look at the knife and think it's really great, then turn the end up and find a nice surprise, probably something they didn't expect. It finishes off the knife.
Kidney stones? OUCH! I've passed 9 (that I know of) in the last 33 years. Try cranberry juice on a regular basis, and a serious load of water daily. Shoot, once you get one there isn't enough beer to ease the pain!
David
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Absolutly gorgeous!
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Hi folks, I finished this one a while back for a good friend. Blade is 11.5" and is 17" over all.
Paul Long dressed her up nice and Coop shows her off well.
Let me know what ya think and thanks for looking.
He said it, can't do much better.Every aspect of that knife and sheath is beautiful and those words sell it short.
Without a doubt one of the finest fixed blades I have seen to date.
Not sure how you do it Don. You just keep getting better when I think there is not much room to do so.
The Images speaks volumes, they say a picture is worth a thousand words so I just had to bring them back up.
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^^^ All of the above. :thumbup:
It's massive. But incredibly fast, too, with no extra weight from a guard. The popcorn stag actually grips like crazy, so the antagonist can concentrate on offensive moves.
The star on the end can also be used to brand your dead opponent. Or, he can take out that 1" tree limb in a single stroke.
It's an all-purpose Fighting/Camp/Bowie knife.
Don was commenting on how he liked some photos that had a dark background. I obliged him in this trial. I knicknamed it 'Dark-Star'.
Paul's work always makes ME smile, too. A worthy combo.
Congrats!
Coop
It's massive. But incredibly fast, too, with no extra weight from a guard. The popcorn stag actually grips like crazy, so the antagonist can concentrate on offensive moves.
The star on the end can also be used to brand your dead opponent. Or, he can take out that 1" tree limb in a single stroke.
It's an all-purpose Fighting/Camp/Bowie knife.
Don was commenting on how he liked some photos that had a dark background. I obliged him in this trial. I knicknamed it 'Dark-Star'.
Paul's work always makes ME smile, too. A worthy combo.
Congrats!
Coop
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Thanks Dawkind
Here's a close up of the steel.
Whoa.
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All good!
And since you and Burt are talking about "stealing," I'll "steal" one from Ron Newton--I just got through 2 movies before I was done with all that popcorn!
And since you and Burt are talking about "stealing," I'll "steal" one from Ron Newton--I just got through 2 movies before I was done with all that popcorn!