Shiv. Shiv. Shiv.

[SpyderPhreak]

TODAY is the day!

It WAS!!!!

Here are some crappy pics. Maybe I can get some better ones this weekend.

















Damn sweet blade!!! Love the chonky handle!

 

[Pàdruig]

It WAS!!!!

Here are some crappy pics. Maybe I can get some better ones this weekend.

















Damn sweet blade!!! Love the chonky handle!

I dig it. It is looking like Monday for me before mine gets here. I can't wait.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

I dig it. It is looking like Monday for me before mine gets here. I can't wait.

Thanks, I do too! The richness of the brown hues in the ECAM and leather belies the real character of this blade. She's definitely a beast in disguise!

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

Shiv almost in the house

Made it here in just 32 hours, and it’s already loaded on the Package Car for today’s scheduled delivery

 

[resinguy]

Paul Long has done this for many years.

With the double pins?

 

[Richard338]

With the double pins?

No, Paul's that I have seen (and own) are large Bowie sheaths with one frog pin in the middle.
The double pin is Chad's innovation and I have to say I'm tempted to try it out. I've got a Pirtle sheath coming with my shiv.

 

[Cwilliams563]

Just in today. A little bigger in the hand than I thought, it’s a sweet piece of steel. Along with an awesome PirtleMade sheath to help complement it.

Pretty amazed at how far back Nathan was able to get the balance point. As well as how light in the hand for its size. Pretty awesome!



For size comparisons

 

[jd4320t]

What a beast and this blue canvas is beautiful.

https://imgur.com/FGHRxeF

https://imgur.com/Wk1kt3e

 

[Pàdruig]

Well, I retrieved a white box from my doorstep earlier today but couldn't really enjoy its contents until within the last hour or so. Pesky work conferences and all...

All I have to say once unwrapping everything somewhat unceremoniously is:

I went with Nathan's recommended buildout with some added bling of the blue variety. I have no regrets with my choices and I am thinking that this "just for fun" CPK acquisition is probably going to turn into a "look at all the things I can do with this beast" sort of tool. It feels great, it looks fantastic, and I feel super pumped when I whip it out and wave it around like an idiot who just discovered puberty.

I love, love, love the attention to detail. The spine transitions alone are a marvel and the handle just disappears and melts in the hand. I like my UF2 but this handle takes it to that next level and it's awesome!

The photo gods weren't really with me today but I gave it a go anyway with some questionable lighting.

 

[clinton1]

Well, I retrieved a white box from my doorstep earlier today but couldn't really enjoy its contents until within the last hour or so. Pesky work conferences and all...

All I have to say once unwrapping everything somewhat unceremoniously is:

I went with Nathan's recommended buildout with some added bling of the blue variety. I have no regrets with my choices and I am thinking that this "just for fun" CPK acquisition is probably going to turn into a "look at all the things I can do with this beast" sort of tool. It feels great, it looks fantastic, and I feel super pumped when I whip it out and wave it around like an idiot who just discovered puberty.

I love, love, love the attention to detail. The spine transitions alone are a marvel and the handle just disappears and melts in the hand. I like my UF2 but this handle takes it to that next level and it's awesome!

The photo gods weren't really with me today but I gave it a go anyway with some questionable lighting.

Fantastic blade, great pictures, amazing write up!! Well played, Sir! This quote in particular I can related with/to:
"It feels great, it looks fantastic, and I feel super pumped when I whip it out and wave it around like an idiot who just discovered puberty."

 

[toker]

I'm guessing the dual edge versions will the last to be made. Hopefully, the best yet.

 

[Retired UPS Driver]

and I feel super pumped when I whip it out and wave it around like an idiot who just discovered puberty.

Bro

Seriously though, it’s gorgeous, and the figure weaving going throughout the ECAM is just the icing on the cake

 

[JACKMANDU]

Well, I retrieved a white box from my doorstep earlier today but couldn't really enjoy its contents until within the last hour or so. Pesky work conferences and all...

All I have to say once unwrapping everything somewhat unceremoniously is:

I went with Nathan's recommended buildout with some added bling of the blue variety. I have no regrets with my choices and I am thinking that this "just for fun" CPK acquisition is probably going to turn into a "look at all the things I can do with this beast" sort of tool. It feels great, it looks fantastic, and I feel super pumped when I whip it out and wave it around like an idiot who just discovered puberty.

I love, love, love the attention to detail. The spine transitions alone are a marvel and the handle just disappears and melts in the hand. I like my UF2 but this handle takes it to that next level and it's awesome!

The photo gods weren't really with me today but I gave it a go anyway with some questionable lighting.

Awesome! I’m so glad that I splurged on the ECAM ! Can’t wait!

 

[Burke]

I'm guessing the dual edge versions will the last to be made. Hopefully, the best yet.

I hope so too!

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Awesome! I’m so glad that I splurged on the ECAM ! Can’t wait!

It really is excellent and this is the perfect knife for it, in my opinion. Functionally, aesthetically, and even from a company history point of view. I personally really like this combination.

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

It's wonderful material. Most likely Westinghouse, given its age, appearance and the application, but there's really no way to be sure because I'm processing these scales from an already machined shape, so there are no labels on it. I bought all of it that I could get my hands on but I have used about half of it and the rate of consumption has been going up so I worry it isn't going to last us forever and it is irreplaceable. This is one of the reasons I acquired that international paper micarta, because it's also pretty good stuff, although there's really nothing quite like the original Westinghouse. The resin is more translucent, I believe because there's no fillers in it. The textiles are fully wetted, so it is not fuzzy after machining. It is harder, probably because of this, and you can see the difference when machining it on the load meter on the machine. It's not only beautiful, with a nice tactile quality, it's probably the most durable material that we offer, and it is particularly well suited for the Shiv.

 

[toker]

Now you have me second guessing my thought of the blue denim micarta.

 

[Tensegrity]

 

[Blues]

Now you have me second guessing my thought of the blue denim micarta.

Why would that be?

 

[madcap_magician]

It's wonderful material. Most likely Westinghouse, given its age, appearance and the application, but there's really no way to be sure because I'm processing these scales from an already machined shape, so there are no labels on it. I bought all of it that I could get my hands on but I have used about half of it and the rate of consumption has been going up so I worry it isn't going to last us forever and it is irreplaceable. This is one of the reasons I acquired that international paper micarta, because it's also pretty good stuff, although there's really nothing quite like the original Westinghouse. The resin is more translucent, I believe because there's no fillers in it. The textiles are fully wetted, so it is not fuzzy after machining. It is harder, probably because of this, and you can see the difference when machining it on the load meter on the machine. It's not only beautiful, with a nice tactile quality, it's probably the most durable material that we offer, and it is particularly well suited for the Shiv.

Dammit now I have to try for another.