Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
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Some shots, and the edges when testing on some hardwood whittling seem to cut fine, so I'll leave them be for the time being.
The whittler's main blade is flush in all three positions, nice touch, while the pen and coping blades do have the springs proud at the half stop, but flush closed and fully opened, where they really need to be as I don't cut much with a half opened knife
The kayak blades both show proud at the half stop position but are flush while closed and fully opened, not an issue for me especially on a knife at this price point.
While the kayak has been called a fatty due to the center divider, for me it provides a solid grip during use, just cut up the box that they came in for disposal, easy peasy. And as noted on the kayak earlier, one blade shows to have a thinner behind the edge profile the the other, due I believe to the fact that the one blade's width is shorter so it's edge is higher into the side of the blade as opposed to the other blade. I carry the Kayak in my watch pocket.
The whittler blades, main blade feels thinner edged and cuts well, the two smaller blades, for me I would have liked them to be a tad shorter in length but it'll do, the edges feel thicker but do cut and of course all of these blades can be sharpened up to suit personal tastes.
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
the arrow on the whittler showed some freckling but can be polished out easy enough and as you can see, the arrows on each folder are different sizes, a smaller one on the kayak as compared to the whittler, which I thought was a good thing, as they could have just used the same arrow head on both knives to save costs but it would have appeared large on the kayak and small on the whittler.
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
All in all, I did not get a red headed stepchild in this instance...fortunately
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Edited to add, just spent a while sharpening the coping blade, using my Ken Onion Worksharp with the bladegrinder attachment. This puts a very nice convex edge on the blade, reducing the overall thickness near the edge and now cuts much better. I think this method is probably the best alternative to getting these edges into order and will attack them one at a time and it takes quite a bit of time to do this, as I also dip the blade into water after making a pass on the belt to help keep it cool.
The whittler's main blade is flush in all three positions, nice touch, while the pen and coping blades do have the springs proud at the half stop, but flush closed and fully opened, where they really need to be as I don't cut much with a half opened knife
The kayak blades both show proud at the half stop position but are flush while closed and fully opened, not an issue for me especially on a knife at this price point.
While the kayak has been called a fatty due to the center divider, for me it provides a solid grip during use, just cut up the box that they came in for disposal, easy peasy. And as noted on the kayak earlier, one blade shows to have a thinner behind the edge profile the the other, due I believe to the fact that the one blade's width is shorter so it's edge is higher into the side of the blade as opposed to the other blade. I carry the Kayak in my watch pocket.
The whittler blades, main blade feels thinner edged and cuts well, the two smaller blades, for me I would have liked them to be a tad shorter in length but it'll do, the edges feel thicker but do cut and of course all of these blades can be sharpened up to suit personal tastes.
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrUntitled by GaryWGraley, on Flickrthe arrow on the whittler showed some freckling but can be polished out easy enough and as you can see, the arrows on each folder are different sizes, a smaller one on the kayak as compared to the whittler, which I thought was a good thing, as they could have just used the same arrow head on both knives to save costs but it would have appeared large on the kayak and small on the whittler.
Untitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrUntitled by GaryWGraley, on FlickrAll in all, I did not get a red headed stepchild in this instance...fortunately
G2
Edited to add, just spent a while sharpening the coping blade, using my Ken Onion Worksharp with the bladegrinder attachment. This puts a very nice convex edge on the blade, reducing the overall thickness near the edge and now cuts much better. I think this method is probably the best alternative to getting these edges into order and will attack them one at a time and it takes quite a bit of time to do this, as I also dip the blade into water after making a pass on the belt to help keep it cool.
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But alas I am not home!
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