I've seen what he calls the
Cheka blade on the Shamwari, but it's more what I'd call a drop point.
Yes, that Feist has been anodized in that pattern.
Re your Shamwari, the hardware he uses is almost like what you'd find on a watch, super fine threads. So it wouldn't take much to be a real headache. I hope you solved the rust issue, it might be worth contacting Gazza for some new hardware.
Both of my 2 3" models had a bit of pivot slip, so I tried putting a bit of Vibra-Tite on the pivot thread.
Bad move. The threads are so fine that I may as well have put epoxy on them. Luckily, you put the Vibra-Tite on first and let it dry before screwing back in, so a quick soak in turpentine got it off, and used just a teeny bit of blue Loctite instead. Since his knives aren't oil packed, I could see something happening if it was poorly handled during shipment. He puts them in cases and socks with Silica Gel now, he just started doing that the last 2 drops.
Victorian Squid Is that anodization on that Feist? I see you bought a few Shamwaris. Mine is suuuupppeeerr tight to take apart. I bought mine used and somehow the pivot was rusted shut. The pivot collar got scratches while trying to get the pivot apart, so it was sanded to the bare Ti. That is why I had to reanodize the pivot collar blue. (To match the standoff) I like he Gareth Bull Warlock too, it seems very similar to the Shamwari.
miso2 Check this out. I recently sold my Boker Exskelibur framelock to a good friend so I needed a new knife to replace it as my larger front flipper. I got this Katsu Titanium framelock to take over this role. Check it out, I cannot believe how cheap it is for what you get.
