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LastRodeo said:
Is it possible they don't have the final edge yet?
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It might be, but at this stage of finish, I don't think they would be doing much material removal. They would risk the action by introducing foreign matter into the spring and pivot.
This would mostly be due to their needing to remove near 1/8" of blade length from the tip to offer a round belly.

It was likely just a process of quick shaping, since pressing the blade flat to chew out material is faster than rotating the blade to create the belly. This would yield the flat edge near the tip when roughing in the blade shape.
Granted, it doesn't take much to turn the blade from flat to tip on the machine, but however slight the difference, it is more work than just pressing it flat into the belt and rounding the junction where the two edges apex.
 
NJBillK said:
It might be, but at this stage of finish, I don't think they would be doing much material removal. They would risk the action by introducing foreign matter into the spring and pivot.
This would mostly be due to their needing to remove near 1/8" of blade length from the tip to offer a round belly.

It was likely just a process of quick shaping, since pressing the blade flat to chew out material is faster than rotating the blade to create the belly. This would yield the flat edge near the tip when roughing in the blade shape.
Granted, it doesn't take much to turn the blade from flat to tip on the machine, but however slight the difference, it is more work than just pressing it flat into the belt and rounding the junction where the two edges apex.
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I think you're right. The more I think about it, I'm not sure removing that little material would result in more belly, they would need create the shape from the start.
 
Is it just me, or does it seem that all the pins on the burlaps seem to be flush?
(nice improvement if you ask me)
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Thinking more upon it, once they ground the tip back, they would increase the thickness at the edge. The would have a few effects depending on how they did it:
- Grinding back into thicker stock making the tip thicker BTE.
- Need to regrind the secondary bevels to keep it thin BTE.
- That much material removal might cause issues with the temper.

I don't think they will be grinding on them again. And while some will find it useful in push cuts, and being able to sharpen the tip slightly steeper will yield some versatility, I personally am not fond of the shape.
 
NJBillK said:
Thinking more upon it, once they ground the tip back, they would increase the thickness at the edge. The would have a few effects depending on how they did it:
- Grinding back into thicker stock making the tip thicker BTE.
- Need to regrind the secondary bevels to keep it thin BTE.
- That much material removal might cause issues with the temper.

I don't think they will be grinding on them again. And while some will find it useful in push cuts, and being able to sharpen the tip slightly steeper will yield some versatility, I personally am not fond of the shape.
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You also have to worry about the tip becoming proud.
 
Also, what's at the end of the hall?

A flashlight? Flashlight meaning light bringer, light bringer meaning lucifer... Bill Howard is the head of the Illuminati- confirmed!
 
Wilted Kilt said:
Also, what's at the end of the hall?

A flashlight? Flashlight meaning light bringer, light bringer meaning lucifer... Bill Howard is the head of the Illuminati- confirmed!
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Don't be silly.

It's obviously a new GEC folding hex key set... I've been holding out for one of these in stag for a good long while!

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You want heartache?

It is the light at the end of the tunnel... GEC is closing up shop.
 
It could also be something on the Coyote frame.
Think Wile E. Coyote and his drawings for the Road Runner. The tunnel with the light at the end.
 
There's another mudbug run coming up. Maybe the picture has something to do with that? ... Nifebright sodbusters.

...or Nifebright folding hex key
 
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