my first MAYO..help

underdogizhere · Mar 23, 2001

can someone help me with this Mayo TNT as the name, blade configuration..as i have not seen one like it on tom's site....looks kinda like a drop point, but has a little false edge..the blade is kinda thick as well..i was told, it may be one of the earlier protos.. thanks

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swong13 · Mar 23, 2001

This may very well be a proto since mine is numbered (017) under the Talonite logo. Tom would certainly have the answer. Paging Mr. Mayo to the white courtesy telephone.

-Steven

chisel · Mar 23, 2001

i know one thing for sure...its a cool looking knife!

congrats!

tom mayo · Mar 23, 2001

not a prototype......I just tripped out a little on the blade grind thats all.....dont really like to make the same knife over and over and over and over and over and over and over.......well, you get the point!

All the prototypes were marked prototype.. and after those I numbered the first 25.. after that they have my logo on one side and Talonite on the other.....except for a few that I put 6BH on once in a while....

ridin ridin.............

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sas · Mar 23, 2001

and at least one prototype had 6BH on it...

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ptpalpha · Mar 23, 2001

Are these some sweet knives or what?!

C4 · Mar 24, 2001

SAS,

Your first post is of a TNT! Congratulations! I've got a bunch of posts, but my TNT is still in the mail!!!

Both are great looking knives!

Michael

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e_utopia · Mar 24, 2001

Hey, Steve, how's the EdgePro working out?

--JB

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chisel · Mar 24, 2001

C4,the problem is that we are on the wrong coast...the pigeons make too many pit stops along the way

Jerry Hossom · Mar 24, 2001

Gee, I thought those numbers were for the number of straight holes, and you were just getting a little better each time.

I'm totally disillusioned...

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sas · Mar 24, 2001

C4, actually a number of firsts for me--that knife was my first custom, and my first TNT (two more in the pipeline). Of course it was one of Tom's first TNTs as well. It would be only fair to show the front as well...

JB, I'm still learning the EdgePro, but have some concern about using it on the TNT, as it is a Hossum EdgePro (thanks for autographing it, Jerry). Don't know what will happen if the two get too close, might be similar to too much fissionable material in one place...

Steve

PS, as far as number of holes, Mayo is on a hot streak (not to mention his drill bits). This is an in-process pic of my current "mega" TNT (10.75" OAL, .188 blade, .166 handles).

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