whitty
Dealer / Materials Provider
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So a while back I asked Andy to make me a Competition Cutter. I wanted one because we have every intent of competing in future regional, and hopefully, the Interntational Blade Sport Competition at Blade Show.
Since we have gotten the cutter we have been practicing a good bit. Mostly cutting water bottles, golf balls, tennis balls, straws and now tonight douglas fir 2X4s. It has been a lot of fun. I will add the videos after this post so you guys can see some of what we have been up to.
Our times are getting better and we certainly enjoy some beers and have a good time while practicing.
The reason I tell you all of this is to get to the Heat treat and how the knife is holding up. After a ton of practice with golf balls, tennis balls, water bottles and 2X4's we have not found 1 damn part of the knife that needs to be touched up. Not one nick!
Then tonight it happened. While practicing on a 2X4 the final cut went through the board and the top of the knife hit the parking lot pavement hard. It hit it so hard that there was a small spark. I can tell you I expected the worst. I would have expected the top half inch or more of the tip of the knife to be gone. I was wrong. There is a small section that has what would be considered a nick on a small folder. We all sat there stunned.
So with all this said, I have no idea what the heat treat process at Fiddleback is but I can tell you it is impressive as hell! For those new to Fiddlebacks, buy with confidence!
Here is a pic of the tip, see if you can find the nick:
https://flic.kr/p/yWdzPA https://www.flickr.com/photos/57703464@N02/
Whitty
Since we have gotten the cutter we have been practicing a good bit. Mostly cutting water bottles, golf balls, tennis balls, straws and now tonight douglas fir 2X4s. It has been a lot of fun. I will add the videos after this post so you guys can see some of what we have been up to.
Our times are getting better and we certainly enjoy some beers and have a good time while practicing.
The reason I tell you all of this is to get to the Heat treat and how the knife is holding up. After a ton of practice with golf balls, tennis balls, water bottles and 2X4's we have not found 1 damn part of the knife that needs to be touched up. Not one nick!
Then tonight it happened. While practicing on a 2X4 the final cut went through the board and the top of the knife hit the parking lot pavement hard. It hit it so hard that there was a small spark. I can tell you I expected the worst. I would have expected the top half inch or more of the tip of the knife to be gone. I was wrong. There is a small section that has what would be considered a nick on a small folder. We all sat there stunned.
So with all this said, I have no idea what the heat treat process at Fiddleback is but I can tell you it is impressive as hell! For those new to Fiddlebacks, buy with confidence!
Here is a pic of the tip, see if you can find the nick:
https://flic.kr/p/yWdzPA https://www.flickr.com/photos/57703464@N02/Whitty
