Odd ball Old Hickory FOLDERS! for sea dogs and kerambit fans

Thanks for the link *And* the heads up Sarge!!!!:thumbup: :cool: :D That's a helluva price and I have wanted one of the Grohmann's for like forever just never wanted to spend the geedus though!!!! :eek: :grumpy:
I'd rather have the other sheath though but I can always make one if needed.;) :D
 
Sylvrfalcn said:
Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope it's for real. I just don't see how they can sell 'em that cheap, and suspect it could be a typo/clerical error. Still, you never know if the pretty girl wants to dance unless you ask her.;)

Sarge
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Thanks for the tip Sarge! I just ordered one myself, and specified the priority mail shipping, which is just as good for $4 less than their UPS. I can't believe it, $26 shipped for a nice Grohmann kit knife and sheath!

Hopefully I won't screw it up too bad, but I'm sure I'll salvage something out of it. ;)

They don't specify blade length, but I think it's 4" based on the other finished GR1 they had there. There is another kit for about $11 more with a longer blade.

Thanks again.

Norm
 
My order arrived today :D :thumbup:

First the 4" handle, lockblade, Old Hickory Hawkbill. Chinese made yes, but I'm very impressed with it, especially for the price. Overall fit and finish, and quality of materials are very good. Handle scales are nicely figured rosewood, contoured to fit the hand. Bolsters are brushed finish stainless, with stainless liners, and I suspect remaining hardware, lockbar etc., are stainless also. Handle pins are brass.
Blade action is smooth and lockup is tight and solid, with zero play. Tested the edge on rope, hardwood, leather, and cut a few shavings from a dense, hard, hunk of axis deer antler. I'm happy to report that edge retention is well up to par, no more worries that this is a "soft" blade.
If you have applications for a hawkbill, especially around saltwater and other corrosive environments, this one gets my stamp of approval. It would be very hard to beat it for the price. ($6.07) :thumbup:

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On to the Grohmann kit knife. What can I say? Superb. 4" Blade is 1/8" thick, and features what Grohmann refers to as a "sabre grind". It's very similar to a Scandinavian "high bevel" grind, but like Jarvenpaa knives, it has a small secondary bevel of around 25-30 degrees at the cutting edge. Blade is a high quality European stainless, tempered, according to Grohmann, to around 56-58 Rockwell. Handle scales are rosewood, very precisely shaped, and already bored and countersunk for the supplied rivets. Rivets are brass cutler's rivets, and I was curious if it would show up with a brass lanyard hole tube as well, since the blade tang is already drilled for one. It didn't, just three rivets, but that's not a problem, if you want to drill out the last rivet hole in the handle slabs, and insert your own lanyard hole tube, at least the hole is already there in the tang for you. I don't trust cutler's rivets by themselves, so I'll assemble everything with some slow cure epoxy. Last, but not least, the scabbard is top notch, excellent workmanship and materials in a deep pouch style that will house the knife securely. All that for $19.99? Holy Toledo indeed. :eek: :D ;)

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Sarge

Oops, sorry Nasty, it just dawn on my pea sized reptilian brain that my report on these two blades most likely constitutes a review of sorts. Line me up and shoot me if you need to, but let me drink a pint of ale and kiss a pretty girl first, oh, and I don't need no stinkin' blindfold, them are for sissies ;)
 
Sarge,
The images of the blades you posted have been perculating in my brain for several days now.
I'm going to order the folder.
Did anyone ever tell you you'd make a great salesman?




munk
 
Can you tell what the steel on the Grohmann is? Stainless or high carbon? Also, what's the blade grind and what are the specs? Is this one their "bird and trout" model?
 
Silverfalcon;
I'm glad the metal isn't soft. Lots of good stuff comes out of China, maybe more than a person would think.


munk
 
munk said:
Lots of good stuff comes out of China, maybe more than a person would think.
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It's funny. Long ago the economic reason behind the opium wars was that the west wanted to trade for Chinese goods, and basically we had little (other than precious metals) they wanted to trade for. The solution was to create a demand for opium and then trade opium for the desired products. The west fought and won wars with China to implement the solution.

Now the situation is different. Far from having the most desired goods in the world, China has a recent reputation for the production of low quality goods to overcome. However, the Chinese economic engine is on track, and the high quality that China was known for in past ages is reemerging. My prediction is that it will not be long before the former reputation for Chinese quality is restored.
 
Howard Wallace said:
Can you tell what the steel on the Grohmann is? Stainless or high carbon? Also, what's the blade grind and what are the specs? Is this one their "bird and trout" model?
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It's stainless, the blade grind is a sabre grind, which is similar to a scandi hi-grind, and this is the model 1, not the bird & trout, which is the model 2. Here's the site for blade/handle info from Grohmann http://www.grohmannknives.com/pages/handles.html
I've been looking long and hard at their "survival knife", which looks like a larger, "beefed up" version of the model 1, it looks like a real honey.

Sarge
 
munk said:
Sarge,
The images of the blades you posted have been perculating in my brain for several days now.
I'm going to order the folder.
Did anyone ever tell you you'd make a great salesman?




munk
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The hawkbill is good to go, but it's the Grohmann kit that's a remarkable bargain at $19.99. The regular production Grohmann model 1 sells at discount price for $45.38, MSRP is $74.95. :eek:
I put mine together today and cut up my dinner with it this evening, quickest and simplest kit knife I've ever seen. Great little knife, once you get past it's unusual appearance, you can't help but love this one. I'm ordering some more, period, dot. ;)

Salesman? Nossir, I'm a tenth degree black belt bull$hi++er :D (but everything I said about these knives is true and factual, when I run across a good deal, I like to share with my friends)

Sarge
 
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