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I had the delightful opportunity to handle, for the first time, a J. Neilson creation called the WHISKER.
The passaround thread with other reviews and chat is located HERE.
Here is J. Neilson quote on the specs of his WHISKER from one of his posts in the passaroubd thread.
WHY?????
Cause I only wear elastic waist sweat pants or shorts and, therefore, miss the chance to wear a belt and have darn few pockets
hahahahahaha
This is a lovely piece of workmanship. The fit and finish is superperb.
I particularly liked the handle material of grey maple burl. The sheath was very well done and thick so you won't be slicing through it.
The blade is quite sharp and pointy. Just the way I like em....
It fits the hand well. There is a slight down sweep or hawkbill shape to this blade.
An odd thing about this slightly hawkbill or downswept blade is.....I couldn't cut or slice with this blade shape worth a darn. In a usual slicing motion; just the point and the front of the bladewould do the cuttin. It's not cause the blade isn't sharp, cause it is VERY sharp.
It's cause the blade edge isn't contacting the object cutting surface.
I was chattin about my slicing dilemma with bud and knife guru EBHouseman (tho Ed's idea of a necker necker is a Randall 10 inch) and he said it's cause of the hawkbill shape. It made sense then that I was not used to the shape and didn't quite have the knack of handlin it
I'd prefer a flatter plane on this blade style.
Thanks J. Neilson for the chance to play with this wonderful piece
J Neilson Web site is
http://www.mountainhollow.net/
Tom
The passaround thread with other reviews and chat is located HERE.
Here is J. Neilson quote on the specs of his WHISKER from one of his posts in the passaroubd thread.
I am one handed for four months so I didn't use the pocket clip or IWB carry.
WHY?????
Cause I only wear elastic waist sweat pants or shorts and, therefore, miss the chance to wear a belt and have darn few pockets
hahahahahaha
This is a lovely piece of workmanship. The fit and finish is superperb.
I particularly liked the handle material of grey maple burl. The sheath was very well done and thick so you won't be slicing through it.
The blade is quite sharp and pointy. Just the way I like em....
It fits the hand well. There is a slight down sweep or hawkbill shape to this blade.
An odd thing about this slightly hawkbill or downswept blade is.....I couldn't cut or slice with this blade shape worth a darn. In a usual slicing motion; just the point and the front of the bladewould do the cuttin. It's not cause the blade isn't sharp, cause it is VERY sharp.
It's cause the blade edge isn't contacting the object cutting surface.
I was chattin about my slicing dilemma with bud and knife guru EBHouseman (tho Ed's idea of a necker necker is a Randall 10 inch) and he said it's cause of the hawkbill shape. It made sense then that I was not used to the shape and didn't quite have the knack of handlin it
I'd prefer a flatter plane on this blade style.
Thanks J. Neilson for the chance to play with this wonderful piece
J Neilson Web site is
http://www.mountainhollow.net/
Tom