Take a GEC #26, stretch the frame to a #79, ...there, thats better ;-)

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Thanks Brian, that'll be fine the way she is, that Hounds tooth of yours sure is pretty, like the shield too!
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Thanks Gary. I'm fairly certain the blade is longer on the houndstooth. I'm sure the specs are on the GEC site too.
 
The hounds tooth does look a tad bit longer and the frame seems more wavey? I hope to have the "not so bright" or NSB here by end of next week or sooner, with that one I have a long pull on it, so if I really needed to shorten it, I'd still have a notch there to draw upon ;)

And that enhanced photo sure shows that pretty wood nicely!!!
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The main things are a nice fine tip for detail, a superfine strop polished edge at a low angle, and a nice big handle. I use a combo of a flexcut carving jack and a few little stockmans to do most of my stuff. But I do have a reground straight razor that I'll be handling with amboyna burl as soon as I have my shop finished. I've actually used it without a handle and it's by far my favorite carving knife of all.
 
Thanks for the tips, I've heard tell of people using old straight razors for carving duck decoys
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These two were done mostly with slip joint. 2 old timer stockmans from when I was a kid
 
Wow, very cool work there!
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Hah John, I recently picked up the Damascus one so...there ;)
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The Houndstooth has a slightly longer blade but the Half-Whitt has a much wider blade. Thus, having frames that are inverted, the Half-Whitt has the wider joint end.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
well the not so bright folder has more curves to it than the #26 does, the #26 is more a sleeve board style.

I have this old Kershaw Double Cross, I call it a Neo-Traditional folder, while it looks like a regular traditional, the blades have thumbstuds and the center liner is made so both blades will lock in the open position. So you have a pretty cool double liner lock. They stopped making these a few years back but BladeHQ picked up some from somewhere, off the back of a truck ? ;) however they found some, I had one and sold it, always need money it seems, so I really missed it, has SanMai Damascus blades which in and of themselves are pretty cool too.
Handle is about 3 1/2" long, small wharncliff blade is about 2" long and even with that I sometimes wish it was just a hair shorter, which in time, it may be ;)

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Being a rabid Kershaw fan, and admiring the Japanese Damascus used in their kitchen knives, after this post I had to order one; it's on the way. Looks like the Trad forum's gotten me for two new knives in under a week. Dangerous place. :)

Thx G2!
 
I think you'll love it, nice size and neat concept, surprised there are not more of this type out there!
and yes, you're most welcome ;)
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