Primos ultra-light drop point

[Michael_Aos]

I can't WAIT for it to arrive!

 

[LongRifle]

That is sweet! I love Terry's knives, his handles are great. You won't be dissapointed. Here is shot of mine.

Matt

 

[Keith Montgomery]

That's a fantastic looking knife. I love the Black Ash Burl.

 

[Andrew Lynch]

Beautiful!!

One question on functionality:

For such a light-duty knife, is diff. tempering very important?
Also, if diff. tempering is going to be used, why not extend the softer spine farther forward; as it is it would not increase durability much.

No offense intended, I love the look of the temper line. The look by itself is plenty reason as far as I'm concerned. I'm just curious

 

[primos]

Andrew,
In this case the differential heat-treating is pretty much just for the looks. So many people find that visible transition line aesthetically pleasing. That little jewel is not intended to be a pry bar.

Interestingly enough, even though I do so much differential heat-treating, I'd pretty much just as soon have a full-quenched blade. Heck even the camp knife I made for myself (10" blade) about 3 years ago is a full-quench job. When you get everything right, a full-quenched blade is tough as heck. It won't bend 90 degrees without breaking, but so far I haven't found any reason try to bend mine 90 degrees. It's tough enough that I doubt I coud break it without a cheater bar for leverage anyway.

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Michael,
Hope you'll like it. I don't know if the dealer told you or not, but that one is one I forged in a demo at the "Hoorah Days" festival in DeQueen, Arkansas. Even if I were to make a hundred more of them, that one would always be a one-of-a-kind.

After you receive it, if you'd like, you can drop me a line and I'll make up some sort of letter or certificate to certify that it was done at the festival. You might want to hang onto that one for awhile.

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Matt,
Your knife is showing up as a red X in a box. I don't remember making one of those. Yahoo must me acting up again.

 

[Michael_Aos]