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Kiteman72 said:
I was hoping that either red or black linen would unexpectedly show up as choices at the last minute. I was then torn between the burlap and denim, eventually deciding on the latter. I wanted a polished option in micarta, darn it!

That's how I ended up with a giraffe! I'm stoked to get them in hand. The arrowhead shield is so great, and the rustic clip blade really makes for an attractive package.
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The black linen little bays looked absoloutley stellar. I'd have liked to have seen that classic look too. I saw some very dark mammoth and giraffe that almost looked black(ish). But at the premium price then of course...
 
Does the unpolished finish at the top mean that you have to be more careful with them oxidising?
 
Nice Mammoth bone cbr1000 and some beautiful Giraffe bone spycycle. It's enough to make me green with envy :D:D:D :thumbsup::cool:
 
Here are the giraffe (#99) and mammoth (#84) I picked up. The mammoth looks really dark and fairly uniform, that’s kind of what kind of drew me to it in the first place. There were quite a few beautiful examples of both of those covers available. Congrats to all who got one.
 

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JITDC JITDC , Jake, that giraffe bone is in my mind the perfect dye job. Such beautiful coloring. It really makes for what I would consider a perfect knife. Makes me wish I could have jumped in on these.
 
Of course I was in a meeting when these released! I'll have to patrol the secondary for one.
 
3-1-1 said:
Not sure what you mean Tex, these looked to be priced exactly the same as the Little Bays to me.
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Nope cheaper. The burlap 25 was $169 and the denim was $159. This time I picked up a of canvas for $129 and the burlap and Denim were $140 for a larger knife.
 
My guess is the additional cost of creating new bolster tooling for the 25's had something to do with it. Whatever the reason, I was fairly content with availability of this run.
 
I thought this run was well priced especially the OD Micarta which was the only micarta I do not have and it was all steel so worked out pretty good. The rustic finish is really nice and unique so I couldn't say no.
 
Pomsbz said:
Does the unpolished finish at the top mean that you have to be more careful with them oxidising?
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This is the thing. I very much like the look of the matte finish. I even prefer the satin finish on blades (like we often see on CK SFOs). But that's just my preference in looks. Unfortunately, in practical terms, the high polish is much more desirable. In my opinion, if you're a collector, the high polish means you are much less likely to pop a tube open and find rust after 6 months of no chicken-eyeing. The same holds true for users in my opinion. I've heard it said that a satin finish is more appropriate for users, but I disagree. Users are constantly at risk of corrosion. I'll take the high polish on most any knife.
 
Very nice!!!

JITDC said:
Here are the giraffe (#99) and mammoth (#84) I picked up. The mammoth looks really dark and fairly uniform, that’s kind of what kind of drew me to it in the first place. There were quite a few beautiful examples of both of those covers available. Congrats to all who got one.
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MCar said:
This is the thing. I very much like the look of the matte finish. I even prefer the satin finish on blades (like we often see on CK SFOs). But that's just my preference in looks. Unfortunately, in practical terms, the high polish is much more desirable. In my opinion, if you're a collector, the high polish means you are much less likely to pop a tube open and find rust after 6 months of no chicken-eyeing. The same holds true for users in my opinion. I've heard it said that a satin finish is more appropriate for users, but I disagree. Users are constantly at risk of corrosion. I'll take the high polish on most any knife.
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Yeah, I agree and I collect as well as use. Sometimes I think it is better to just be a user and then I would not have to worry about corrosion. It would definitely save me money since I would not be buying as many. But this corrosionX product I have been using has kept those collector pieces safe in the tube for an extended period of time. And low humidity up here in the NE helps a bunch too.
 
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