Pohan Leu chiseledged small pocket knife

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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Got this knife just the other day from Lycosa aka Rolf, thanks again sir!
Beautiful and sharp, razor sharp with the chiseledge, which cuts so well...:)

Overall length is about 7"
blade is 3 1/2" and 3/16" thick of A2 steel
which makes the handle also about 3 1/2" long ;)

here's a shot taken by Pohan Leu, before he put his PL mark on it

pl4.jpg


I ground down the swedge just a little bit to smooth it out, which ended up
making a neat triangle at the very tip.

pl1.jpg


pl2.jpg


and a closeup of the wrapped handle, a light but solid amount of epoxy is
soaked into the threads so they are tough and provide a solid grip;

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Nice knife, carrys well in the pocket easily, it will be a handy accessory!
G2
 
Gary---I'm glad you like the knife! Your Welcome. :)
And...it looks great. Nice job!!
Rolf
 
Gary, I watched that knife.... debated.... watched some more... and THEN.. thankfullly you purchased it. I think it was an amazing value for your dime.

I have wanted something from Mr. Leu for many months, I am inching closer I know. :o

Seriously, thanks for sharing the pics and your impressions. When and if you tire of owning it (which I doubt) you know there are admirers out here.
 
You're most welcome sir ;) I happened upon that thread and had to have it
it's been a while since owning a chiseledge blade, one of my favourite edge styles
as my email will attest, previously I made a few small tanto's myself with chiseledge
and one large bladed one with 11 1/2" blade, nice knife, rests down in MD now.

The Chiseledge is one that some folks never will cotton to, as you can have the blade
swerve when you go to cut, due to the one bevel, there are types of work that these
blades do very well in, selfdefense would be one, cutting plastic the blade doesn't skate
as other blades might, the single bevel dives right in and slices away!

Being single beveled as they are, there is little or no resistance to the one side, similar
to wood chisels in that way. So I'd recommed folks that want to give these a try, do so
with some checking first as to what they are best at cutting and go from there.

As to sharpening, quite easy, rest the entire bevel onto the stone and maintain that angle
which is fairly easy with that wide an area to help you keep it flat, work the edge until
you get a burr on the back side, then, keeping the blade flat on it's 'back' rub the blade
until the burr is gone and then I strop the blade into an amazingly sharp edge.

I just cut some leather off of a sheath I'm working on, chuckled as it glided down through
without any effort at all, into the paper beneath and then the cutting board as well.

Pohan made a shorty I just saw in another thread, high grind, that sucker looked super sharp!

G2
 
Thanks Pohan!
And yes Mike, Rolf is correct, like buttah for sure, very cleanly cut
with almost no effort to push through :)
G2
 
Gary, with that kitchen knife like grip I bet that will see plenty of use in the future.....;)
 
Thanks Mike and Keith,
Chiro, I've not seen a Hartsfield that looks quite like that, but
I do know that the overall style is similar, it reminds me more
of an RJ Martin Pocket Rottweiler, although those were made
from 3/8" thick and rugged buggers too!
This one is quite handy in shape and grip, done very well and
sharp, like I like em' :)
G2
 
Gary, the grinds, finish, even the signature/logo, remind me of Hartsfield's work, which is why I asked.
 
That's understandable, no worries, I see he chimed in already,
G2
 
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