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ive never re-covered a knife before, but this seriously makes me want to give it a try. I re-handled an Opinel And that worked out well.
just out of curiousity, can a liner lock be removed and still have a functional
Slipjoint?
If the up coming GEC stuff doesn’t catch my eye, maybe I’ll try to find a calf pen and get it just where I want it, via modification.
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I don't know all the engineering behind it, however I would say yes for sure with the calf pen. The spring is very firm on its own, if you hold the lock to the side and operate the knife if performs just like any other slip joint.
WOW!If it is next to one of the scales it shouldn’t be a problem. If it also serves as the middle liner then you would have to make a new middle liner.
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Now if I could get up the courage to potentially mess up what is nearly a work of art in its own right...
. Maybe I’ll try one from the box of rejects my great uncle gave me. There’s a queen 2 bladed senator In there that’s in desperate need of some help.I love the wood shadow pattern. I wonder if knife producers avoid that because of strength concerns?
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The #47 Viper is another non-F&F GEC that has a lanyard tube.
I think some of the F&F line have lanyard holes.
The #99 Farmer Lock and #65 Farm & Field & Fish knife have them, too. I could be wrong, but I think the only F&F knife that doesn’t have a lanyard tube is the recent #62 Pocket Carver.
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WOW! What Beauties...
The #47 Viper is another non-F&F GEC that has a lanyard tube.
The #99 Farmer Lock and #65 Farm & Field & Fish knife have them, too. I could be wrong, but I think the only F&F knife that doesn’t have a lanyard tube is the recent #62 Pocket Carver.
WOW! What Beauties...
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On the F&F line it is strictly a cost thing. It doesn't answer your question though.
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Consider, for a moment, how negative this post is. GEC makes bail-less knives by the thousands, year-after-year.
Bill Howard is always coming up with the coolest stuff to try, attempting to breathe life back into as many historical patterns/variations he can. So, one year, he attempts some "bail and chain" knives. They are accompanied that same year by an amazing historical display of bail and chain knives at the Oregon Knife Show. And after all that thought, work and consideration, we get "unforgivable mistake," "dumb," and "stupid" from the peanut gallery. The bitterness at life and ingratitude for another man's life work are strong with this one.
In defense of M&Gs 2-blade bail and chain #15s, they are wonderful. And just because you can't slip the knife through the hoop (as you can with the single blades), does not necessarily mean there was an engineering mistake. Feeding the knife through the loop is not the primary way to attach the chain to your clothing; rather, it's but another option. The fact that the 2-blade version can't fit through the loop may even be a blessing. Can you imagine how big the loop would have to be for this to work? It very well could have been ungainly.
I love my M&G #15 and I do not believe Bill Howard, his engineer, or the customers who bought these beauties are "dumb" or "stupid."
We're so lucky to have all these beautiful knives produced by such a capable company. Not every pattern will speak to every person. But we're still very lucky.
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Agreed. I'd love to see one even smaller than the White Owl, actually. We've seen GEC produce varied sized of patterns (#18, #22, etc.) and there are certainly historical examples of cigar patterns smaller than the #68. I'd love to see such a patter come out of GEC in the future. Fingers crossed.
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whittler’s puzzles all have different difficulties, but I’d estimate the shaft-though-the-hole is the hardest for the following reasons:
1) cutting directly through end-grain
2) cutting the inside of the hole is very difficult without very narrow and pointy blades
3) easiest to slip and cut yourself while starting the under-cutting.
great tasks for when you’re bored, because whittlers puzzles back-fire if you try to go fast. ... but then again, who am I talking to? I believe this is that “preaching to the choir” thing.
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Well I’m not Jiki, but I have a pretty easy one for you. You can use a stick of any dimension. The idea is to skin a stick, cut that stick in half, then make two square notches that lap together. I happened to make a cross because... well... either way you cut it it’s going to probably be some kind of cross. Use it as a religious symbol, crucify mice, use it as a marionette handle, turn it into an airplane, use it as a study tool, or make a picture frame by using 4 sticks and Cutting 8 notches. If you get it right, the joinery will hold together without glue, as you see here. A really good job is making such a tight joint it makes minimal gaps (impossible to avoid completely due to curved surfaces).
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What kind of wood is that?Well I’m not Jiki, but I have a pretty easy one for you. You can use a stick of any dimension. The idea is to skin a stick, cut that stick in half, then make two square notches that lap together. I happened to make a cross because... well... either way you cut it it’s going to probably be some kind of cross. Use it as a religious symbol, crucify mice, use it as a marionette handle, turn it into an airplane, use it as a study tool, or make a picture frame by using 4 sticks and Cutting 8 notches. If you get it right, the joinery will hold together without glue, as you see here. A really good job is making such a tight joint it makes minimal gaps (impossible to avoid completely due to curved surfaces).
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Love that ChurchillWell I’m not Jiki, but I have a pretty easy one for you. You can use a stick of any dimension. The idea is to skin a stick, cut that stick in half, then make two square notches that lap together. I happened to make a cross because... well... either way you cut it it’s going to probably be some kind of cross. Use it as a religious symbol, crucify mice, use it as a marionette handle, turn it into an airplane, use it as a study tool, or make a picture frame by using 4 sticks and Cutting 8 notches. If you get it right, the joinery will hold together without glue, as you see here. A really good job is making such a tight joint it makes minimal gaps (impossible to avoid completely due to curved surfaces).
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It’s a branch that fell from a red maple tree in my front yard. It’s fairly weathered, which made it more tawny than the typical less attractive grey it tends to get as it oxidizes. My 2 year old gave it to me. I’ve made a couple light/fan chain pulls from it, and what you see here.
