Jerry: Ganza questions!

I have a question about the camo finishes on the 311 and 711. One looks to have white in it while the other has brown. Is the camo coloration just luck of the draw?
 
Anniversary SHBM notes. . . .

We did a slight modification to the Light Brigade treatment on this model. Instead of the web design like the Team Gemini we used simple through holes to achieve some really awesome balance. All corners are rounded for comfort and impact resistance.:thumbup:

That is all. . . .

Prepare for war!:eek:

Jerry:D
 
what magazine is that ?
 
Jerry Busse said:
Anniversary SHBM notes. . . .

We did a slight modification to the Light Brigade treatment on this model. Instead of the web design like the Team Gemini we used simple through holes to achieve some really awesome balance. All corners are rounded for comfort and impact resistance.:thumbup:

That is all. . . .

Prepare for war!:eek:

Jerry:D
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Thank you, Jerry, for that clarification. Very interesting.

Some questions naturally follow:

1. May we please see a pic?

2. Some of us have not been so drunk that we don't remember your previous position of the subject of through holes: You were against them before you were for them. We are all in favor of awesome balance in a knife, but you have posted in the past that skeletonizing the tang on big choppers can cause undue vibration delivered to the hand of the user. What has changed now?

Thank you.
 
resinguy said:
Thank you, Jerry, for that clarification. Very interesting.

Some questions naturally follow:

1. May we please see a pic?

2. Some of us have not been so drunk that we don't remember your previous position of the subject of through holes: You were against them before you were for them. We are all in favor of awesome balance in a knife, but you have posted in the past that skeletonizing the tang on big choppers can cause undue vibration delivered to the hand of the user. What has changed now?

Thank you.
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This is "The Science Behind the Light Brigade Series"

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...he-quot-Light-Brigade-quot-Series-(Cool-Pics)

LB treatment is not a skeletonized tang, but it does lighten the handle and shift the weight forward on this long and thick blade. Quizzical???
 
mach 5 said:
This is "The Science Behind the Light Brigade Series"

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...he-quot-Light-Brigade-quot-Series-(Cool-Pics)

LB treatment is not a skeletonized tang, but it does lighten the handle and shift the weight forward on this long and thick blade. Quizzical???
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The LB treatment is like an I beam under the handle... if that makes sense, its routed out with a CNC to leave the exposed tang full width but reduce weight via less steel.

I am with resinguy, I'd like to know what has changed, maybe new empirical data from beef whackin stuff with a sharp pointy?

Also why go with simple thru holes on a $750 battle mistress?
 
drbarnes said:
The LB treatment is like an I beam under the handle... if that makes sense, its routed out with a CNC to leave the exposed tang full width but reduce weight via less steel.

I am with resinguy, I'd like to know what has changed, maybe new empirical data from beef whackin stuff with a sharp pointy?

Also why go with simple thru holes on a $750 battle mistress?
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Perhaps it's all pre-ganza Hog trickery???
 
drbarnes said:
Also why go with simple thru holes on a $750 battle mistress?
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The simplest workable solution to an engineering problem is often he most elegant. Also, drilling holes to achieve balance is more controllable process than skeletonizing.
Also strategic locating of holes can help dampen vibrations. Also, the extra machining involved in skeletonizing might result in an $800 Battle Mistress.
Also, you can't see them anyway, so what's the problem?
 
This is my first Ganza. Quick question, can I choose the serial number which I like to get? Or is it assigned in the order which the emails are received?

Thanks!
 
MikeH said:
The simplest workable solution to an engineering problem is often he most elegant. Also, drilling holes to achieve balance is more controllable process than skeletonizing.
Also strategic locating of holes can help dampen vibrations. Also, the extra machining involved in skeletonizing might result in an $800 Battle Mistress.
Also, you can't see them anyway, so what's the problem?
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Agreed.

But I am still curious about the apparent change regarding drilling through holes in the tang.
 
donscpoo said:
This is my first Ganza. Quick question, can I choose the serial number which I like to get? Or is it assigned in the order which the emails are received?

Thanks!
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This a non-official answer. You may be able to request a number, unless someone before you got it already. Go ahead and ask, it can't hurt.
 
What does it mean that the ASHBM has an "unsharpenable" clip point?

Gene
 
gk4ever2 said:
What does it mean that the ASHBM has an "unsharpenable" clip point?

Gene
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it most likely means the clip point is made at such an angle that sharpening would be impractical to make it usable. I'm sure it someone wanted it sharpened, they could alter it to do so.
 
I was thinking it means that the two faces of the swedge do not meet, that there is a narrow flat between them, much like the early 1/300 SHBMs.
 
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