Scrapyard Fun

barrabas74 · Sep 16, 2006

I had some fun with my S-6 today

wayne37 · Sep 16, 2006

Ya, just wait till your neighbour comes home and sees what you did to his deck...

Gravelface · Sep 16, 2006

Very Nice...you should post the pics in the Yard..they need some new ones there.Paddling Man's are getting lonely!!

Schuey2002 · Sep 16, 2006

I've done the same type of things to my M-6.

Now she's practically nekkid.

greens · Sep 16, 2006

Nice pics! Good to see your scrapper is not virgin anymore. BTW, how did the edge hold up for you after chopping that wooden bench?

barrabas74 · Sep 16, 2006

it held up very well, not shaving sharp when I was done but still plenty sharp.

JurT · Sep 17, 2006

Hell yeah use that baby! Very nice pics!

barrabas74 · Sep 17, 2006

Oh she hasnt even begun to feel pain.....this baby is in for a carhood.

Dennis in MA · Sep 17, 2006

Nice legs.

Ron Athay · Sep 17, 2006

Thanks for the pictures. I just picked up a S6 LE (M6 LE?) AT Blade West. It looks like a tank. Does anyone know if the satin finish SR77 will rust? I know S7 steel will. Cann't wait to try the knife out.
Ron Athay

Cliff Stamp · Sep 17, 2006

Is that second picture a single chop?

-Cliff

J_Curd · Sep 17, 2006

Cliff, looks like batoning...otherwise the OP is a brute.

hara-kiri-yogi · Sep 18, 2006

Ron Athay said:
Thanks for the pictures. I just picked up a S6 LE (M6 LE?) AT Blade West. It looks like a tank. Does anyone know if the satin finish SR77 will rust? I know S7 steel will. Cann't wait to try the knife out.
Ron Athay

yep... It'll rust... Enjoy -- phenominal knife....

idahoskunk · Sep 18, 2006

i picked up 3 at blade west, very awesome blade

GALAXYTECH · Sep 18, 2006

excellent demo pics :thumbup:

I have one just like that,,,:thumbup: :thumbup:

pittsteele · Sep 18, 2006

cool pics...how long did it take for you to get the blade from the time you ordered it? go me a LE coming :thumbup:

figures...as soon as i posted this, i received email confirmation about it being shipped today

barrabas74 · Sep 18, 2006

Cliff that is from Batoning. On a single wack the cut depth was only so-so. I reprofiled the edge now to 20 degree's per side and it bites much deeper now. I think it was at 25 degrees before that maybe thicker however it still did very well. should I go steeper on the edge? to 15 perhaps?

It took about 5 days to get here from order to arrival, but that was over a weekend so that could have been why.

I am going to take some more pics of different things and provide more measurements for guys like cliff. I just winged it on this one. With the diff grind angle it should perform better but we'll see.

Rat Finkenstein · Sep 18, 2006

So far I have only thrown mine into a log a couple times, but I am impressed with the build quality of the knives. The coating is insanely thick on the CG, and the edge needs a bit of thinning.

Cliff Stamp · Sep 18, 2006

barrabas74 said:
to 15 perhaps?

Generally that is where I aim as a starting point for most woods. Usually you don't need the entire bevel at that angle as most of the force of the contacts is at the very edge itself so you can add a relief grind of about ten. How far you bring the relief grind depends on a number of factors such as your skill, strength and the type of work. For really heavy cutting done with high force and in high stress situations I would be wary of bringing the relief down much past reducing the final edge which is at 15 degrees to under 0.030" thick.

Updates would be interesting. Numbers and such would be informative but mainly I would suggest you just do whatever you most enjoy in the manner you most enjoy doing it.

-Cliff