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Great pictures as usual Dan! Glad it arrived safely, and hope you enjoy it
Most excellent... Congrats Dan, and well-done Mike.I had the best pick me up this Monday morning when I went to check my mail
It really lifted my spirits
TY Mike, it was a lot of fun to participate in your GAW.
I will treasure this special knife !!!
We had a little dusting of snow this morning.
Extra slip handmade by Mike
"Bluenose" and Barkie getting acquainted
It's a bit chilly this morning so the extra slip came in just perfect for "Bluenose"
Thanks again Mike
Beautiful shots, Dan.
I have a small Bark River. They're excellent knives. Enjoy
Great pictures as usual Dan! Glad it arrived safely, and hope you enjoy it
Most excellent... Congrats Dan, and well-done Mike.
Very beautiful prize, Joshua.It’s here! What a gorgeously covered knife. And a bonus leather slip, too. Thanks once more, Mike!
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It’s here! What a gorgeously covered knife. And a bonus leather slip, too. Thanks once more, Mike!
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It’s a really cool knife. I’ve never had a split back before and I love looking at how it is fitted together. There’s a lot of geometry happening that you don’t notice without scrutinizing—and I’m not the kind of guy who thinks mathematically anyway. I think the bending is probably not too abnormal since even a Swiss Army knife has that I order to seat the blade with other tools. The oddity was the dishing in the grind on the blade. But it makes no difference in performance. If I get the itch I may take it to my belt sander for a regrind, but I am hesitant to lose the etch and it really isn’t bad unless you have scruples about the looks of the edge, which I don’t.That's weird with that bend in the main blade. I guess I never noticed it - as you said, it lies nice when closed. Good work getting it sharp, though! I was loving the edge photos until you got to the last one. Glad you got it sorted though.
Very nice Prize, Barrett.This Pioneer X showed up in the mail over the weekend (might’ve been Friday?). I would’ve posted earlier, but I’ve been so busy with all this staying at home and doing nothing…
Seriously, sorry for the delay, and thank you again, Mike. This is a really cool knife! I have a Pioneer that I bought a few years back (2015 limited edition dark blue, my only Alox knife until now), but I’d been curious about the Pioneer X for a while — those scissors really come in handy!
Mike also included a nicely made leather pocket slip.