Team Gemini LB or Original?

[Bamboocurl]

Hi,
is this the original or LB TG i got? Cant figure it out yet.

 

[resinguy]

Welcome to BladeForums!

I've never owned one, but thinking LB. Lay a straightedge across that primary grind. The LB version has a shallow hollow grind. Better yet: can you weigh it?

 

[Bamboocurl]

Hi, thanks.
weighs nearly to 400g. The grind seems flat, neither convex or concave.

 

[ExtraBaconPlease]

It's a TGLB

 

[Bamboocurl]

Uh ok. But why is the edge flat? I hold a ruler against it and it really is a V.

 

[ExtraBaconPlease]

Use the search function my friend

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...rigade-Differences?highlight=tglb+differences

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ini-identification?highlight=tglb+differences

110% sure it's a TGLB

 

[Bamboocurl]

Use the search function my friend
110% sure it's a TGLB

Yea, i found those threads before, was still unsure about the grind at all because its not hollow like the LB and not beveled like the original.

 

[breavis5694]

Tglb all the way

 

[Gaston444]

Funny, the "real" Team Gemini Light Brigade bear absolutely no resemblance to the thinness of the "sample" cross-section seen here in this cross-section cutaway comparison:

These other pictures show just how thick the edge grind is, even on a confirmed, supposedly "hollow ground", LB:

In the cross-section cutaway comparison the edge looks like it is well under 1 mm in thickness, while on the actual knife, even directly looking at the heel, it is obvious it is way over 1 mm, so the cutaway comparison bears no resemblance to what the hollow ground knives are really like...: In fact, the cutaway convex grind seems to be closer to the actual LB hollow grind than the cutaway hollow grind(!)... No wonder it is confusing: It looks as if the "real" LB is as thick as the original ever was... The hollow grind is also far, far less pronounced than what the cutaway cross-section example suggests...

Frankly, it is hard to see how the real LB could be any thicker and still cut anything, while the cutaway LB looks like a plausible slicer with an obvious hollow grind... Something weird going on with the cutaway methinks... Or the actual knife... I think a victim of the TGLB a coroner would call a victim of "blunt trauma" injuries...

Gaston

 

[ExtraBaconPlease]

It is indeed a hollow grind and if you read both threads you will see that the "flat" grind has already been discussed

 

[nydude]

def a LB. I've got an original and there's a tonne of metal behind the edge. will try and take a pick.

 

[rcb2000]

Don't feed him guys, he's not trying to have a conversation.
He's trolling, which is against forum rules if I remember,
If he wanted to have a conversation, he'd stick around for the replies, but he doesn't, he runs away only to return in a week to take another sucker punch and run

OP:
It's a TGLB if you ask me, great score!

 

[ExtraBaconPlease]

Don't feed him guys, he's not trying to have a conversation.
He's trolling, which is against forum rules if I remember,
If he wanted to have a conversation, he'd stick around for the replies, but he doesn't, he runs away only to return in a week to take another sucker punch and run

OP:
It's a TGLB if you ask me, great score!

You're talking about Gaston, right? I think the OP is open to discussion but needs to do a little reading up as this discussion has been had thoroughly, multiple times

BTW, i agree it's a great score, i like both, the slicy TGLB's and the thicker ones (owned a few of both)

 

[rcb2000]

Haha yes, Gaston

Op is great, sorry for any confusion!

 

[Bamboocurl]

Ok, so the almost flat grind could be caused by tool wear, and there are other differencies in length, weight, and in the fuller.
Im happy with that, though its still strange that they vary so much, but that way yours feels more unique somehow.

 

[dockbox]

Your own pics show that it has a Hollow grind.

 

[Firestrike]

I have 2 factory TGLB's made over 2 years apart, I have one that looks like the cross section posted by Jerry Busse (the older one) and one that looks like the OP's cross section. There is enough of a difference that neither one will fit into all three sheaths that I have made for TGLB's.

 

[nydude]

I have 2 factory TGLB's made over 2 years apart, I have one that looks like the cross section posted by Jerry Busse (the older one) and one that looks like the OP's cross section. There is enough of a difference that neither one will fit into all three sheaths that I have made for TGLB's.

Firestrike, May I ask which one was from the earlier production run?

 

[nydude]

Also, can anyone who has held both the original and the LB describe the difference in the hand? I grabbed the original when it came out and typically feel that more Infi is a good thing, but I've been thinking for a while that an LB would be the way to go to add a little speed so to speak.

 

[Jaxx]

Funny, the "real" Team Gemini Light Brigade bear absolutely no resemblance to the thinness of the "sample" cross-section seen here in this cross-section cutaway comparison:

These other pictures show just how thick the edge grind is, even on a confirmed, supposedly "hollow ground", LB:

In the cross-section cutaway comparison the edge looks like it is well under 1 mm in thickness, while on the actual knife, even directly looking at the heel, it is obvious it is way over 1 mm, so the cutaway comparison bears no resemblance to what the hollow ground knives are really like...: In fact, the cutaway convex grind seems to be closer to the actual LB hollow grind than the cutaway hollow grind(!)... No wonder it is confusing: It looks as if the "real" LB is as thick as the original ever was... The hollow grind is also far, far less pronounced than what the cutaway cross-section example suggests...

Frankly, it is hard to see how the real LB could be any thicker and still cut anything, while the cutaway LB looks like a plausible slicer with an obvious hollow grind... Something weird going on with the cutaway methinks... Or the actual knife... "I think a victim of the TGLB a coroner would call a victim of "blunt trauma" injuries...

Gaston

Hello Gaston444

I've been catching up on some of your posts.
Your style of hit & run posting is considered to be trolling on this forum.
If you want to discuss knives here, then stick around for replies to your posts. If you continue to drop posts like the one quoted and then "run", I will show you how blunt I can be in response to these posts...
This is your 1st warning. Play nice.