Gayle Bradley Hard Use

Okay, the band's back together:

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Reading this thread twice now has me a little excited -- okay, a lot excited -- to get my first Gayle Bradley. Should be in my mailbox by Tuesday and I'm stoked to see what the excitement and allure is about.
 
If there gonna stop the GB1 I'm gonna need to buy a few more. I seam to get stuck with certain models when they discontinue them hence the carrying a ATR for 10 years
 
The GB2 is purported to be a slimmer design. I'm wondering: Will that take away it's hard use capability? I saw someone had mentioned, or assumed the 2 would be more "gentlemanly" in it use and concept. Is this the case?
 
Tdhurl1103 said:
The GB2 is purported to be a slimmer design. I'm wondering: Will that take away it's hard use capability? I saw someone had mentioned, or assumed the 2 would be more "gentlemanly" in it use and concept. Is this the case?
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I've wondered something similar. As a corollary to that question, I've wondered if they'll produce both the GB1 and GB2 if the GB2 is so different in actualization. I'd be pleasantly pleased if both remained in production. Kinda a GB and GB Lite..?
 
wiredbeans said:
It's hard use thread, they look new!, but I like them with or without battle wounds. Other than the FFG, did Spyderco release these diff blade version?
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Haha, yeah, they're still in pretty good shape. The top one had a complete re-grind to make the blade thinner behind the edge, and then coated, so it doesn't show its scars as much. The serrated one is pretty marked up, and the bottom one I had acidwashed to unify the patina that was already developing.

As far as blade styles on the GB, it's always been a hollow grind.
 
FriarPhenn said:
Haha, yeah, they're still in pretty good shape. The top one had a complete re-grind to make the blade thinner behind the edge, and then coated, so it doesn't show its scars as much. The serrated one is pretty marked up, and the bottom one I had acidwashed to unify the patina that was already developing.

As far as blade styles on the GB, it's always been a hollow grind.
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Nicely done! Who did the serrated edge? It is well matched for the intended hard use, I bet this thing can chew up anything you put the edge to. Just beautiful!
 
I am liking the look of that new GB2. With that being said, I will need to pickup a GB1 before they are discontinued. Such a great knife.
 
This thread has a lot to answer for .
I have just bought a GB thanks to you guys :)
Now I have to tell my wife .:eek:

Ken
 
FriarPhenn said:
Haha, yeah, they're still in pretty good shape. The top one had a complete re-grind to make the blade thinner behind the edge, and then coated, so it doesn't show its scars as much. The serrated one is pretty marked up, and the bottom one I had acidwashed to unify the patina that was already developing.

As far as blade styles on the GB, it's always been a hollow grind.
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The bottom one saw some good hard use until I traded it off to some guy in Texas, now she's living the sheltered life.
 
http://youtu.be/Qk0IxU-fuW4

The man himself and his reasoning for why the knife is designed the way it is.

Edit: this is not a full CF scale. There is a nylon epoxy under the CF layer to give it the texture. There was some concern about this because when the knife is dropped it can fracture the epoxy under the CF from what I've read.
 
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Razzle said:
The bottom one saw some good hard use until I traded it off to some guy in Texas, now she's living the sheltered life.
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Yeah yeah. :p

I was taking today's EDC pic, and thought of you, Matt. So I chopped up a branch that yesterday's thunderstorm knocked down onto our deck.

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A couple of things I discovered:

1. Even the thinned-out GB is tough-as-nails. The thickness behind the edge on this particular one is less than half of the stock blade. But even with cut-'n-twist to pop chunks of the 1.5" main branch, the blade just laughed.
2. The thinned-out GB is a scary slicer. It was push-cutting through everything up to 1/2". One clean slice with minimal effort. Granted, live sweetgum isn't the hardest of woods, but still. One push cut.
3. CPM-M4 is still my favorite steel. After processing the branch (trimming off all the twigs/little branches and chopping up the main branch), all it took was a few swipes on the strop to get the steel back to hair-popping sharp. Narry a chip, roll, or bend anywhere on the edge.
4. Cerakote is tough, too. Cleaned up nice without any scratching or marring of any kind.

So yeah. Maybe not the hardest use, but the hardest that this particular GB of mine has seen since its modifications.
 
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