Matthew Gregory
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Pretty sure this is my buddy Patrick's fault.
Had dinner with him a few months back, and as we don't get much chance to spend time with one another too often, the conversation was lengthy, and ranged far and wide. We've both been known to read some, and it doesn't take much to get me on my pulpit about the horrendous dreck TV broadcasters purvey as programming these days... Anyway, in my tirade about the rotting of minds in this time and place, I mentioned having attempted to watch that most vile and epic of all zombie shows "The Walking Dead", and made it as far in as three episodes before my stomach couldn't handle the stupidity of it all. Patrick explained to me that the first season was pretty bad, but that it really opened up as it entered the second season. Assured me that I'd find more interest if I gave it another go.
...so, here I am, as far as Netflix has allowed me to get, and I'm addicted. I can't remember any of the character's names, I truly have no interest in any of them, and the only reason I tune in is to see which one of them is next to violate all the laws of self preservation and die a genuinely justified death. Pretty sure that makes me a bad guy, and I know this isn't even a little bit like what the illustrious Mr. Darwin was referring to in his treatise, but there's something thrilling about watching these dumbasses off themselves in the next foolish, contrived way.
ANY knifemaker worth their salt is going to witness these shows and start complaining about how they've not doing it right, and what they need is something better.
This isn't exactly my answer - that's another project, but this is one answer, and certainly the closest thing I've likely done to what could be construed as a 'zombie chopper'.
Also a pretty fine utility chopper, if I do say so, myself!
Blade is 12" of .150" thick Crucible CPM-4v, with all the gritty, raunchy hot milling finish left on the flats, and a short bevel that's ever-so-gently convexed. Overall length is just shy of 18", with a 6" handle of Cumaru, or Brazilian Teak. Tough as hell due to it's interlocking grain, and decidedly NOT G-10. I wanted something that would look like you found it in your Grandfather's shed (or, for those of you that are Millennials, in your Great-Grandfather's shed). Flared stainless tubing for pins that will also do double duty as lanyard holes, and both fore and aft holes work great for this, depending on how you prefer to place it.
A lot of fun to make. I think this one is spoken for, but I'm going to make a handful of them, or at least a few based on this design. Thanks for looking!
Had dinner with him a few months back, and as we don't get much chance to spend time with one another too often, the conversation was lengthy, and ranged far and wide. We've both been known to read some, and it doesn't take much to get me on my pulpit about the horrendous dreck TV broadcasters purvey as programming these days... Anyway, in my tirade about the rotting of minds in this time and place, I mentioned having attempted to watch that most vile and epic of all zombie shows "The Walking Dead", and made it as far in as three episodes before my stomach couldn't handle the stupidity of it all. Patrick explained to me that the first season was pretty bad, but that it really opened up as it entered the second season. Assured me that I'd find more interest if I gave it another go.
...so, here I am, as far as Netflix has allowed me to get, and I'm addicted. I can't remember any of the character's names, I truly have no interest in any of them, and the only reason I tune in is to see which one of them is next to violate all the laws of self preservation and die a genuinely justified death. Pretty sure that makes me a bad guy, and I know this isn't even a little bit like what the illustrious Mr. Darwin was referring to in his treatise, but there's something thrilling about watching these dumbasses off themselves in the next foolish, contrived way.
ANY knifemaker worth their salt is going to witness these shows and start complaining about how they've not doing it right, and what they need is something better.
This isn't exactly my answer - that's another project, but this is one answer, and certainly the closest thing I've likely done to what could be construed as a 'zombie chopper'.
Also a pretty fine utility chopper, if I do say so, myself!
Blade is 12" of .150" thick Crucible CPM-4v, with all the gritty, raunchy hot milling finish left on the flats, and a short bevel that's ever-so-gently convexed. Overall length is just shy of 18", with a 6" handle of Cumaru, or Brazilian Teak. Tough as hell due to it's interlocking grain, and decidedly NOT G-10. I wanted something that would look like you found it in your Grandfather's shed (or, for those of you that are Millennials, in your Great-Grandfather's shed
). Flared stainless tubing for pins that will also do double duty as lanyard holes, and both fore and aft holes work great for this, depending on how you prefer to place it. A lot of fun to make. I think this one is spoken for, but I'm going to make a handful of them, or at least a few based on this design. Thanks for looking!
