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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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got me one of them there talon thingies...
- Thread starter MAURICE
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Mo,
Glad that you are a multiple CAMILLUS customer! First, an answer to your question, and then a question for you....
You can probally take off the scales without damaging them. Some of the scales have had a bit of glue added underneath, but not on all runs[its a long story], but that is not the problem. The issue is that we blend each scale by hand to the tang of the knife. I'll bet that if you take the scales off, that you will not get a perfect, smooth, seemless fit again when you put them back on. They will probally need to be blended again.
So the question is....why do you wnat to take the scales off in the first place?
Happy New Year Buddy!
Glad that you are a multiple CAMILLUS customer! First, an answer to your question, and then a question for you....
You can probally take off the scales without damaging them. Some of the scales have had a bit of glue added underneath, but not on all runs[its a long story], but that is not the problem. The issue is that we blend each scale by hand to the tang of the knife. I'll bet that if you take the scales off, that you will not get a perfect, smooth, seemless fit again when you put them back on. They will probally need to be blended again.
So the question is....why do you wnat to take the scales off in the first place?
Happy New Year Buddy!
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well,i dont need to take the scales off,theres just some crud in the screw holes that i would like to get out...im going to try a toothpic,or some canned air tomorrow.
i did try to remove the screws today,and they wouldnt budge,so i figger i'll just leave em alone,as far as taking them out is concerned.
hows the deer hunting this year?
i did try to remove the screws today,and they wouldnt budge,so i figger i'll just leave em alone,as far as taking them out is concerned.
hows the deer hunting this year?
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Hi Maurice,
Leave the scales on, and take the knife with you to a jeweller or shop were they sell glasses.
Then politely ask them if you could have your favorite "Scouting" knife cleaned in their ultrasonic "bath" that they reguarly use toi clean dirty jewells or glasses.
20 seconds in such a bath and there should be no speckle of dirth left on them.
Best Scouting wishes from Holland,
Bagheera
Leave the scales on, and take the knife with you to a jeweller or shop were they sell glasses.
Then politely ask them if you could have your favorite "Scouting" knife cleaned in their ultrasonic "bath" that they reguarly use toi clean dirty jewells or glasses.
20 seconds in such a bath and there should be no speckle of dirth left on them.
Best Scouting wishes from Holland,
Bagheera
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Bagheera,
I hadn't thought about that way to clean one! I was going to suggest my favorite way to clean skinning knives. Hot soapy water and an old tooth brush. Especially on a TALON, since there are no worrys about corrosion
Mo,
Deer season was fair only her in SC. I killed a couple, dad [who hunts ALOT more than I do] killed 18 I think. I did kill 2 in Illinios on a Blackpowder hunt in early Dec. One fat Doe and a nice buck. This crazy software won't let me post a pic twice, but I posted a pic of it HERE....
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=180044
Oh yeah, TALONITE RULZ!
I hadn't thought about that way to clean one! I was going to suggest my favorite way to clean skinning knives. Hot soapy water and an old tooth brush. Especially on a TALON, since there are no worrys about corrosion
Mo,
Deer season was fair only her in SC. I killed a couple, dad [who hunts ALOT more than I do] killed 18 I think. I did kill 2 in Illinios on a Blackpowder hunt in early Dec. One fat Doe and a nice buck. This crazy software won't let me post a pic twice, but I posted a pic of it HERE....
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=180044
Oh yeah, TALONITE RULZ!
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i have owned this here knife for a little while,and thought i would report on its performance.
i use this knife HARD. cutting up boxes at work,opening packages,string,rope,the annoying plastic bands that our cases of seafood come in at work,etc...during all this the knife has been dropped,banged agaisnt metal (the cutting edge,not the spine).ive used it to pry drain covers off the floor. ive soaked it in a degreaser we've got called 'titan',which is corrosive as hell.it ate through the glue on my favorite pair of boots,and is doing the same to a coworkers tennis shoes.
nothing.
no rust,no stains.
nothing.
the edge has held up great. i will cut at something (plastic bag,paper,whatever) and think i didnt cut it. lo and behold,it sliced it so cleanly i couldnt see the cut.its incredible. i havent sharpened it since i got it (a few weeks,i guess),and it was still scraping hair off my arm. wouldnt 'shave' per se.
i touched it up just now on my ag russell ceramic sharpener,and its flinging hair off pretty easily. my arms are bald.
the handles are holding up just fine. easy to keep a good grip,even wet and soaked with chemicals.
someone,in a knife rag,wrote that his only gripe was with the handle length. that he wished it could be half and in longer (maybe it was an inch and a half?). i do agree. longer would be nice,but that was cause a signifigant price increase...trade off between production costs,and what you want. im happy with it the way it is.the handle thickness could be a little larger,but as a result you would have a larger knife (duh),and i think for this one,its just right. its very comfortable.as for the handle issues,i may order the custom one from rob
there are serrations on the handle as well,on the spine,and where your index finger would go.these have been thought out,obviously. they do a good job of keeping the knife secure,but dont cut into your fingers at all.very nice.
the sheath is also holding up nicely.i wear it horizontally on my belt,right in front of the buckle,in a left hand draw.this way i can wear the knife all day,and LITERALLY forget its there. i check every five minutes or so to make sure its there.
thats about all i can think of,right this moment. if you have been thinking of getting one,stop what your doing,and ORDER NOW! (no,im not getting paid for this,i wish).
is it worth the 250 bucks (more or less,depending)?
in my opinion...definitely.every red cent.
if something were to happen to this one,and i would sure as hell buy another one,in a second.
i use this knife HARD. cutting up boxes at work,opening packages,string,rope,the annoying plastic bands that our cases of seafood come in at work,etc...during all this the knife has been dropped,banged agaisnt metal (the cutting edge,not the spine).ive used it to pry drain covers off the floor. ive soaked it in a degreaser we've got called 'titan',which is corrosive as hell.it ate through the glue on my favorite pair of boots,and is doing the same to a coworkers tennis shoes.
nothing.
no rust,no stains.
nothing.
the edge has held up great. i will cut at something (plastic bag,paper,whatever) and think i didnt cut it. lo and behold,it sliced it so cleanly i couldnt see the cut.its incredible. i havent sharpened it since i got it (a few weeks,i guess),and it was still scraping hair off my arm. wouldnt 'shave' per se.
i touched it up just now on my ag russell ceramic sharpener,and its flinging hair off pretty easily. my arms are bald.
the handles are holding up just fine. easy to keep a good grip,even wet and soaked with chemicals.
someone,in a knife rag,wrote that his only gripe was with the handle length. that he wished it could be half and in longer (maybe it was an inch and a half?). i do agree. longer would be nice,but that was cause a signifigant price increase...trade off between production costs,and what you want. im happy with it the way it is.the handle thickness could be a little larger,but as a result you would have a larger knife (duh),and i think for this one,its just right. its very comfortable.as for the handle issues,i may order the custom one from rob
there are serrations on the handle as well,on the spine,and where your index finger would go.these have been thought out,obviously. they do a good job of keeping the knife secure,but dont cut into your fingers at all.very nice.
the sheath is also holding up nicely.i wear it horizontally on my belt,right in front of the buckle,in a left hand draw.this way i can wear the knife all day,and LITERALLY forget its there. i check every five minutes or so to make sure its there.
thats about all i can think of,right this moment. if you have been thinking of getting one,stop what your doing,and ORDER NOW! (no,im not getting paid for this,i wish).
is it worth the 250 bucks (more or less,depending)?
in my opinion...definitely.every red cent.
if something were to happen to this one,and i would sure as hell buy another one,in a second.
Maurice,
Being, along with Doc Welch, the nut case that first had blades of Talonite fashioned (Rob Simonich's Wambli followed quickly by Trace Rinaldi's Chimera), it always pleases me to see someone new to the material report what I experienced in late '98 - early '99. It may not be the holy grail but it is damn fine in a cutter!
Ironically when you speak to wanting the Cetan just a tad longer, that's exactly what we did with Rob's design... stretched it out in both handle and blade. That became the Wambli (Lakota for Eagle).
If you're curious as to how things got started, here's a link to an article I wrote about it:
http://www.bladeforums.com/magazine/secure/jan/talonite.shtml
You can also find more links than you can imagine on Marion David Poff's (aka Eye) talonite page:
http://www.geocities.com/mdpoff/talonite.html
Included are posts from Will Fennell after he and a hunting party had wrung out one of Rob's talonite blades during a wild boar hunt. Not too long after Camillus collaborated with Rob to produce the Talon knife you've found so great.
Enjoy!!!
Being, along with Doc Welch, the nut case that first had blades of Talonite fashioned (Rob Simonich's Wambli followed quickly by Trace Rinaldi's Chimera), it always pleases me to see someone new to the material report what I experienced in late '98 - early '99. It may not be the holy grail but it is damn fine in a cutter!
Ironically when you speak to wanting the Cetan just a tad longer, that's exactly what we did with Rob's design... stretched it out in both handle and blade. That became the Wambli (Lakota for Eagle).
If you're curious as to how things got started, here's a link to an article I wrote about it:
http://www.bladeforums.com/magazine/secure/jan/talonite.shtml
You can also find more links than you can imagine on Marion David Poff's (aka Eye) talonite page:
http://www.geocities.com/mdpoff/talonite.html
Included are posts from Will Fennell after he and a hunting party had wrung out one of Rob's talonite blades during a wild boar hunt. Not too long after Camillus collaborated with Rob to produce the Talon knife you've found so great.
Enjoy!!!