Fixed blades

Wachtman 'Emu'

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Yesterday, I posted my little A.S.E.K. in the "Knives & Guns" thread and couldn't help but thinking that it looked like absolute sh!t. Man, this little "Crewman's knife" followed me all over "Southwest Asia" (*Iraq) and Palestine.

I used to use it break-up pallets for the grill, when our other Teams would fly-in some "U.S.A." beef. (*As long as I was careful to not hit any nails, the phosphate finish would clean-up very nicely.)


Anyhow, after posting it yesterday, I gave it a "Ballistol" bath...steel, rubber, and all.

Just look at it! It's more beautiful than the day that I received it!... 😍



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Yesterday, I posted my little A.S.E.K. in the "Knives & Guns" thread and couldn't help but thinking that it looked like absolute sh!t. Man, this little "Crewman's knife" followed me all over "Southwest Asia" (*Iraq) and Palestine.

I used to use it break-up pallets for the grill, when our other Teams would fly-in some "U.S.A." beef. (*As long as I was careful to not hit any nails, the phosphate finish would clean-up very nicely.)


Anyhow, after posting it yesterday, I gave it a "Ballistol" bath...steel, rubber, and all.

Just look at it! It's more beautiful than the day that I received it!... 😍



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That knife looked great. It earned the marks it carried. Nothing wrong with a blade showing evidence of use.
Looks great now too.
 
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Handmade aluminum and bronze fasteners. Vintage micarta salvaged from a 1940's welder. I think it's paper micarta, idk? Has tiny light brown highlights under the right conditions
No filters, just is. Overcast day. Grey truck.
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Making the rounds today as this one just arrived from navman navman , a model he calls Traveler, hence the north star mosaic pin. The blade is about 3 1/8" from tip to scales and the handle about 3 3/4".
I did a two coloured bobtail fob, to compliment the two contrasting scale sections.

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr

Now the more alert among this crowd might remember that I already have a Traveler, so why do I have another? The first one was sent as a 'brighten your day' gift to DocJekl DocJekl as he was going through some things and needed some cheering up, here is his;

The key difference is the lanyard tube, on my new one I asked Josh to use a smaller diameter one, where Larry's is a bit larger and could accommodate a variety of styles for his lanyard preference.

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and note the tapered tang, mine also sports that fine detail as well ;)

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I knew that I would get a replacement for the one I sent to Larry, which the main wait was on me to drum up the do-rey-me dollars ;)

G2
 
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