As promised, I went outside today, and I took my new EsKabar and my camera with me, and I made a few pictures I'd like to share with you guys.
I also got a Gatco sharpening system today and tested it out by trying to put a decent edge on my EsKabar. I found a nice place to sit while I was working with the hones:
And here's my Gatco system
The knife with the blade coating still in mint condition and with a shiny new edge, as well as a handle wrap in hi-vis orange:
Esky trying to eat a tree.
Since the area used to be a training ground (thank you, moose
) for the US Army and they were probably doing some stuff with kot things, this stone seems to have somehow melted into a glass-like substance. Pretty cool, huh?
Excalibur poser pic. This could actually be used for a commercial or something Feel free to do so, Ethan.
Excalibur V2.0 - the EsKabar had absolutely no difficulties to chop through this dead tree.
Couldn't take a picture of this one finished because two women on horses came riding by and told me to piss off because they thought I would light the whole place on fire. Yeah, of course.
The rest of the day was spent trying to get some paint stripper, I finally got some and stripped the blade because the coating was already starting to wear. But no pics yet, artificial lighting sucks for taking photos and it's night here in Germany at the moment. So, i'm gonna update tomorrow.
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maethor
I also got a Gatco sharpening system today and tested it out by trying to put a decent edge on my EsKabar. I found a nice place to sit while I was working with the hones:
And here's my Gatco system
The knife with the blade coating still in mint condition and with a shiny new edge, as well as a handle wrap in hi-vis orange:
Esky trying to eat a tree.
Since the area used to be a training ground (thank you, moose
) for the US Army and they were probably doing some stuff with kot things, this stone seems to have somehow melted into a glass-like substance. Pretty cool, huh?
Excalibur poser pic. This could actually be used for a commercial or something
Feel free to do so, Ethan.
Excalibur V2.0 - the EsKabar had absolutely no difficulties to chop through this dead tree.
Couldn't take a picture of this one finished because two women on horses came riding by and told me to piss off because they thought I would light the whole place on fire. Yeah, of course.
The rest of the day was spent trying to get some paint stripper, I finally got some and stripped the blade because the coating was already starting to wear. But no pics yet, artificial lighting sucks for taking photos and it's night here in Germany at the moment. So, i'm gonna update tomorrow.
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maethor
