Gnarly Wharncliffe

fast14riot said:
oooo, marlin spike! I could use a new one, I lost mine overboard this year. Can you do an octagonal cross section? If you could do a Kydex sheath with a Ti J-lock shackle for the clip, that would be cool.

Gnar, you a sailor too?


-Xander
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I'm not too sure about the octagonal part but I bet I can come up with something cool! On the sheath I think I get it... it could clip on stuff for quick deployment.
 
Got a few Heathens just mystified about my new DFK Ti Wharnie....and matching DFK Ti 'bars & 'spikes would cause 'em to have an eyegasm.
 
I lived on a sail boat for a year or two and have hit just about every island between Grenada and St.Thomas. Yarrrrgggghhh.

The sun's past the yardarm.
 
Gnarly said:
I guarandaymtee it!



BTW,have you ever used lighterd? If you'd like,I'll put some in your package,outbound in the a.m.
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Like from a pitch stump? I have some but it would be cool to try some from a different area. I have this one stump that smells like gasoline, it is great stuff! Thanks for sending me stuff, that is very cool. :D :D :D
 
I stuck 10-12' of Kelty Trip Tease in the box for your Lady to check out,too.

Just some odds & ends I thought you could use,in gratitude for you taking time to make me the Ti Wharnie!
 
Gnarly said:
I stuck 10-12' of Kelty Trip Tease in the box for your Lady to check out,too.

Just some odds & ends I thought you could use,in gratitude for you taking time to make me the Ti Wharnie!
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Man that is really cool! You rock. My wife is excited about the line, thanks for the link, it looks like great stuff!

Hey thanks for waiting! I'm slow but I stay on it, thanks for being so patient
 
Gnarly said:
No worries.....just glad it's a reality!
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I probably keep you guys wondering the way I'm all over the place with my work. :D I have a list, lol! I'm just getting started on ideas I had months ago, I like to really put a lot of thought in to what I do.

I figure I have about a dozen new orders, a bunch of older ones, a few ready for handles, a few that just need sheaths, one that needs photos, a whole box of older blades from when I started that need heat treating and finishing... 2 swords I just started and a couple of finished knives I am still waiting to send out. I am busy, it rocks!
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
I'm not too sure about the octagonal part but I bet I can come up with something cool! On the sheath I think I get it... it could clip on stuff for quick deployment.
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Yeah a clip would be nice because I often wear a climbing harness when racing on bigger boats, so if I didn't have to wear a second belt just to hold my knife spike combo would be cool. Also for when conditions change and I have to add or remove layers so quick on/off is beneficial. I may have an extra shackle kicking around, don't want you to have to hunt down a shackle that costs more than your first car. I will be in touch with you about my little psk knife idea, it is right up your alley.


-Xander
 
fast14riot said:
Yeah a clip would be nice because I often wear a climbing harness when racing on bigger boats, so if I didn't have to wear a second belt just to hold my knife spike combo would be cool. Also for when conditions change and I have to add or remove layers so quick on/off is beneficial. I may have an extra shackle kicking around, don't want you to have to hunt down a shackle that costs more than your first car. I will be in touch with you about my little psk knife idea, it is right up your alley.


-Xander
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Sounds great, we'll keep in touch.

My wife did some crew work on this boat, it is a cool one. She has been all the way up the mast on this one! At 184 feet the mast is the tallest carbon spar in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velsheda_(yacht)
 
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Daniel,

Your Gnarly Care Package :eek: went out today,by priority mail; should be there Thurs. or Friday.

Thanx! for taking me seriously,when I started hounding you to make me a DFK Ti Wharnie....and for patience with all the emails &
questions.

I sent a Care Package to our friend KFU also,because he went thru the same ordeal,while making my Red Mallee Burl Wharnie.:D

I really appreciate your work.

~Gnarly

P.S. BTW: you might want to order more Ti! ;)
 
Gnarly said:
Daniel,

Your Gnarly Care Package :eek: went out today,by priority mail; should be there Thurs. or Friday.

Thanx! for taking me seriously,when I started hounding you to make me a DFK Ti Wharnie....and for patience with all the emails &
questions.

I sent a Care Package to our friend KFU also,because he went thru the same ordeal,while making my Red Mallee Burl Wharnie.:D

I really appreciate your work.

~Gnarly

P.S. BTW: you might want to order more Ti! ;)
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Hey Thanks for putting up with my crap! :D
 
That Velsheda is one hell of a J-class. It's longer than the Northwestern!
 
gooeytek said:
That Velsheda is one hell of a J-class. It's longer than the Northwestern!
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yeah it was one big fast boat!

Gnarly said:
yes...gorgeous yacht...neat story!

your lady was a part of history!
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She mostly helped out on the support boat but she did work on Velsheda! I have never seen a sloop with so much sail area!
 
Daniel Fairly Knives said:
She mostly helped out on the support boat but she did work on Velsheda! I have never seen a sloop with so much sail area!
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Yep, that's a lot of real state hanging up there! Doing a headsail change on a 70 footer is enough to make me pass out at times, especially when the tactician calls for the #1 or heavy code zero, they weigh close to 300lbs each! I would not want to haul one of those big boys up that mast! Reminds me of a broken top mast I had to replace on a tall ship, two of us had to haul it up over 100'.


-X
 
fast14riot said:
Yep, that's a lot of real state hanging up there! Doing a headsail change on a 70 footer is enough to make me pass out at times, especially when the tactician calls for the #1 or heavy code zero, they weigh close to 300lbs each! I would not want to haul one of those big boys up that mast! Reminds me of a broken top mast I had to replace on a tall ship, two of us had to haul it up over 100'.


-X
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I bet replacing that tall ship mast was nuts! They have some wild rigging. Sailing is a lot crazier than most people think.
 
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