Talonite Bird & Trout

David Wesner

David Wesner

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I had a customer come to me and ask to have a particular model Bird & Trout Knife made asap.Jessica Bybee hooked me up with a piece of .070" x 1.0" x 8.0" Talonite.It was my first time working with the material and I must say it will be a constant in my material offering for Blades.Customer wanted Blk.Linen Micarta scales,Corby fasteners & S.S. Thong Tubing.Due to the .070" Talonite I decided to grind a convex edge to maintain all the material for rigidity that was possible.To my surprise the talonite ground fairly easy,I had to profile the Blade completely on the KMG as I was not set-up with a carbide saw blade,(Bi-Metal won't touch this stuff).Drilling was a piece of cake w/solid carbide drills and the finger grooves were milled with a .062" e-mill.Fixed him up with a Kydex sheath and he was a VERY HAPPY CAMPER.The Blade I was told surpassed all his expectations (which just made my day!)The material takes on the most wicked edge of any material I have ever used,its "slippery properties" makes it cut completely different than conventional steels too.All in all a very nice package.It's an old design with state of the art materials (which,like I said I will be using more often) :thumbup:
 
Nice knife David! We need to talk. ;)

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Talonite sales are doing very very well. This year has been the best year for sales so far. We build up the inventory, go to a show, and it all sells. Right now we cannot get .156 but hopefully more will be available in a month or two.
 
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