PeteyTwoPointOne
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First of all, thanks to
Fullflat
and
P
Peter Hartwig
for selling me these wonderful accessories from the workbench of Mr. H
Barry H
...Thank you my friends! 
The only small issue was they both arrived at the P2.1 compound in need of hydration from their journey cross country in the back of those non-A/C USPS sweatboxes!
...but I gave them each a little sip of mineral oil and they were ready to go back in the game:
Here's the two targets pre-swap:
tools of the takedown:
every deconstruction step went as you'd expect. Pure textbook CRK takedown as we're all so well acquainted with...an exercise I find very therapeutic
So I'll save you the pics from something so familiar...
But I was greatly anticipating how the tolerances would be on
Barry H
's G10 slab on the 21. So I prepared myself for the classic blade/pivot/washer slide in. I viewed this as a litmus test of how exacting Mr. H's skills and tooling are.
The pics from the moment of truth...
It was a smashing success!
No jam-ups, no loose-goosey fitment, no pinched washers!
There is a small, but noticeable difference in weight in hand-- nothing earth-shaking.
The main differences I've noticed at this early juncture are:
1. Texture <duh>
2. Sound
Difference #1 is not unexpected, of course...but it was a little shocking at first to be deploying that patented CRK fluid opening/closing and feeling peel-ply G10 in the cradle of my palm and beneath my fingertips!
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't shocking <bad>, it was shocking <good> -- to me. I'm really enjoying the "feel" of Barry's handles.
I am a texture snob and I H-A-T-E hate
peel ply that's finely textured like Spyderco's. It gives me that fingernails on the chalkboard heeby jeeby sensation every time my fingernail hits it !
OTOH, I LOVE the more coarsely textured variety, as with Barry's!
Difference #2 is really neat, IMHO. My Umnumzaan was already flying under the radar when deploying, now it's like F117 Nighthawk super stealthy with the G10 Mr. H slab installed!
Even on the WC 21, the sound/vibration dampening effect of the G10 is pretty noticeable. I like it.
Anyways thanks for reading/looking, I hope your found it entertaining...and I would recommend scooping up these Mr. H handles off the Exchange when the opportunity presents itself....but you better be fast, or I'll snipe ya and take em for myself!
Fullflat
and
P
Peter Hartwig
for selling me these wonderful accessories from the workbench of Mr. H
Barry H
...Thank you my friends! The only small issue was they both arrived at the P2.1 compound in need of hydration from their journey cross country in the back of those non-A/C USPS sweatboxes!
...but I gave them each a little sip of mineral oil and they were ready to go back in the game:
Here's the two targets pre-swap:
tools of the takedown:
every deconstruction step went as you'd expect. Pure textbook CRK takedown as we're all so well acquainted with...an exercise I find very therapeutic
So I'll save you the pics from something so familiar...
But I was greatly anticipating how the tolerances would be on
Barry H
's G10 slab on the 21. So I prepared myself for the classic blade/pivot/washer slide in. I viewed this as a litmus test of how exacting Mr. H's skills and tooling are.The pics from the moment of truth...
It was a smashing success!
No jam-ups, no loose-goosey fitment, no pinched washers!
There is a small, but noticeable difference in weight in hand-- nothing earth-shaking.
The main differences I've noticed at this early juncture are:
1. Texture <duh
>2. Sound
Difference #1 is not unexpected, of course...but it was a little shocking at first to be deploying that patented CRK fluid opening/closing and feeling peel-ply G10 in the cradle of my palm and beneath my fingertips!
Don't get me wrong, it wasn't shocking <bad>, it was shocking <good> -- to me. I'm really enjoying the "feel" of Barry's handles.
I am a texture snob and I H-A-T-E hate
peel ply that's finely textured like Spyderco's. It gives me that fingernails on the chalkboard heeby jeeby sensation every time my fingernail hits it !OTOH, I LOVE the more coarsely textured variety, as with Barry's
!Difference #2 is really neat, IMHO. My Umnumzaan was already flying under the radar when deploying, now it's like F117 Nighthawk super stealthy with the G10 Mr. H slab installed!
Even on the WC 21, the sound/vibration dampening effect of the G10 is pretty noticeable. I like it.
Anyways thanks for reading/looking, I hope your found it entertaining...and I would recommend scooping up these Mr. H handles off the Exchange when the opportunity presents itself....but you better be fast, or I'll snipe ya and take em for myself!
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