Harness Jacks - Special Orders

Thanks for pointing it out, SD!
The Ebonies are done! There's a holdup on the rest, as we sort out details like Bone color.
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Enjoyed reading about the full story here Charlie!!

I feel fortunate to be able to fill in the blanks on many aspects here too because I was around back then and abreast of your fine quest!!.

Thanks Again for this very :cool: thread,
Anthony
 
While I can't wait to have my ebony HJ6 in my hands, I have a question about these knives, I wanted to email Charlie about it, but maybe it's better to talk about it here, so other folks might learn something too.
So, hopefully this will be my first HJ (and maybe not the last one ;) ) and I have a question on this model's punch. Never had a knife with a punch so far, at least not of this kind, and I have a question about it.
GEC's website pictures don't show it too well, but it seems that the punch has a sort of edge (or false edge) on the "closing" side of it. Is it an optical illusion, or not? as for the "spine" side, is that a sort of "elevated" nick to open it?
Not sure that I'm explaining what I mean...but I hope someone will be able to tell me.
Charlie, at least, should know a thing or two about these knives :D
Sidenote: the tomatoes are ripe...bt we already knew that Charlie loved them ;)

Fausto
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I am quite proud of my Tomato sauce actually! I do, after all have Italian/Sicilian heritage! Two of my granddaughters insist on my meatballs and spaghetti for their family birthday dinners, and are very disappointed if there are no leftovers!!

Fausto, et.al, a punch works on an eccentric principle. It needs to be asymmetrical to work correctly.
The tip needs to be very sharp, to penetrate without pushing too hard, which can be dangerous near horse and people flesh.
The edge, which tucks into the handle when not in use, is sharpened on one side only, analogous to a chisel. In this case it is sharpened on the back or "pile" side.
A rounded (conical) back on the punch, and also the folded leaf at the top, both force the cut into a circle, and help prevent the cut from running off the hole, ruining the work piece.
On some punches the folded leaf also doubles as a pull or nick, used to lift the blade.
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Charlie,
thank you for giving me (and possibly others) an explanation about these punches. Actually, you confirmed my ideas, and made me even more confident about my new HJ6 ;)
As for tomatoes...well, they were born in America, but there's no doubt that Italians found the best way to take out the best of them... :rolleyes:

Fausto
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I don't know how you managed a small factory order with three different handles but bases are loaded!

P.S. I'm beginning to think that your spy might be an insider. :)
 
Lookin' good, Charlie!

I enjoyed seeing the "what's happening" page on the GEC site - another great design!

best

mqqn
 
Charlie, I know these might be totally out of reach for us mortals...but it would be a shame not to share them:

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Fausto
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Yikes! This is the first I've seen of them! They look mighty good.
I'll be back. . . .
 
Thanks for posting those 3 beauties Quattromori!!:thumbup: I went to GEc's site to see what other pics they had and Man the Red jigged bone is the cats a$$. Sure reminds me of the old XX days gone by!:cool:
You & Bill sure did a fantastic job on this Harness Jack Charlie! :thumbup::thumbup:
This is going to be something special :love-struck: :applouse:

Dave
 
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