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worldwood said:
Been a busy day, hope you guys are having a great weekend.

Here is a picture of my finished chopper from Giedymin. 14" blade, 20" OAL, .26" thick... He calls it the Deimos War Machete. Its based off his Forestman chopper design with a little different handle. Looks SWEET. Cant wait to get it in my paws :)

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That's sick man, I love it. :thumbup:
 
worldwood said:
Thanks James, that makes a lot of sense, i think a lot of people probably take Elmax higher than it NEEDS to be, just because they can, and that is probably the reason for the chipping.
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Well if you want pure slicing performance, like a Phil Wilson* knife, by all means you should go for very high hardness and super-thin grinds. For a more general purpose knife, you need to compromise a bit. The edge-holding is still pretty dang good at 58Rc, and I like the toughness so I think I'll keep doing them that way. There's a point, especially in survival/tactical/outdoor knives that the extra hardness doesn't really do you much good, it just makes it harder to sharpen.

*there's a lot of great info on Phil's site, check it out ya drangus. :thumbup:

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worldwood said:
Been a busy day, hope you guys are having a great weekend.

Here is a picture of my finished chopper from Giedymin. 14" blade, 20" OAL, .26" thick... He calls it the Deimos War Machete. Its based off his Forestman chopper design with a little different handle. Looks SWEET. Cant wait to get it in my paws :)

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Damnit WW ! .. Beat the hell out of it and tell me what you think. I want one so bad, but my taxes turned out disappointing. I will buy one, but its gonna have to wait.
 
The Warrior said:
That's sick man, I love it. :thumbup:
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Thanks bro!! Something like this would make a great "tweener" for you :D

james terrio said:
Well if you want pure slicing performance, like a Phil Wilson* knife, by all means you should go for very high hardness and super-thin grinds. For a more general purpose knife, you need to compromise a bit. The edge-holding is still pretty dang good at 58Rc, and I like the toughness so I think I'll keep doing them that way. There's a point, especially in survival/tactical/outdoor knives that the extra hardness doesn't really do you much good, it just makes it harder to sharpen.

*there's a lot of great info on Phil's site, check it out ya drangus. :thumbup:
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Thanks man, and i agree, i think some people just like seeing higher numbers in the hardness levels, not even knowing what it REALLY means HAHA

Im checking the site out as well, thanks for the info bro!!

The Warrior said:
Sanding on the Brute some. Sanding sucks.
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But you have a Brute, so that makes up for having to do some sanding :D

Silverthorn said:
Damnit WW ! .. Beat the hell out of it and tell me what you think. I want one so bad, but my taxes turned out disappointing. I will buy one, but its gonna have to wait.
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Im definitely going to beat on it :D And ill let you know how she performs.

Giedymin is really cool to work with, his job takes a lot of his time and he spends a lot of time away from home, but the communication is still great and he finished the knife exactly when he said he would. Plus he is REALLY honest. He told me after quenching there was a very small curve, barely noticeable at around 1-2mm but it was there. He told me he would start over and make a brand new one for me. But I told him if it didnt effect the way it performs i didnt care, at 1-2mm i may of never even noticed anyway. So he gave me a great discount instead of making a new one for me.

If i was going to use this as a display piece i may of waited for a new one, but this will be a user so i dont think 1-2mm will effect very much. And im impatient too LMAO
 
The Warrior said:
I'm just doing it by hand, with a block sander.
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that's the right way.
a hand-held power sander will just round everything off and make it look badly bubba'd, which would be a shame on a collectible like that.
 
cbwoods67 said:
I love doing that stuff.
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Wanna do it, haha?

worldwood said:
But you have a Brute, so that makes up for having to do some sanding :D
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I hear ya. Thing is pretty freakin' bad ass.

daizee said:
that's the right way.
a hand-held power sander will just round everything off and make it look badly bubba'd, which would be a shame on a collectible like that.
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I hear ya. You're actually the one that told me about using the block method.
 
worldwood said:
Congrats man, sounds like a great time.

I never caught any walleye.. Of course i did most my fishing down in florida... Not may walleye there lol
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Thanks, it was definitely a good time. I took a friend out with me yesterday and hit the same spot. We didn't have as much luck, but did manage to get a few. I think we are going to try again tomorrow, but we might go a bit deeper and try our luck. That chopper you got looks awesome!
 
Ran my first 5k and first 10k both this morning! Feel great, plenty sore and ready to crash big time. Got a bottle of chimay in the fridge to celebrate when i wake up :D
 
james terrio said:
The thrill wears off eventually. Lookin' for work? I'll pay you in Elmax...
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I imagine doing it for a living would take away quite a bit of the enjoyment.

Btw, I noticed you mentioned Elmax earlier, it took great restraint to not say anything.:D

The Warrior said:
Wanna do it, haha?
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You guys can ask me again in a couple weeks or a month and I will probably do it.

Gotta take it easy for now.
 
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