sclawshark
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Today was a good day as my birthday is this weekend and two knives I purchased arrived today. I wanted to take a few minutes to write about the Terrio Custom that arrived. It is my first truly custom knife. Back in November I first contacted James and showed him a Hossum knife that I admired, but was looking for more of a camp knife. After a couple of drawings we managed to agree on a design and the waiting began.
The specific requests were that the blade be a recurve, have a choil, jimping and an exposed tang. I also asked James to make it as light as possible within the other constraints since I would like to take it hiking with me. I decided on a convex edge and 3v steel after talking witI think he did an excellent job blending those elements into a knife that was everything I wanted.
The waiting came to a conclusion today as the below pictures will show. The knive is 3v @58 rockwell with a spine thickness of 3/16". The blade length is 7.25" and the weight is 10.6oz. James also made the sheath and the fire steel for me.
Here is a view of the spine (with jimping).
Here is a view of the handle. Fit and finish is superb. It easily matches the other knives in my collection and is wonderful in th
Here is a comparison photo with my other knives to give an idea of the relative size.
Here is a comparison to my other "customs" that I acquired off of this site. They are wonderful, but I bought them already made or in the case of the mule with cuscadi scales only had input on part of the knife. (Elmax mule with cuscadi scales, RyanW SPK, Wildertool 4.5" Guppy).
Finally, a view of the sheath that James made for me compared to my other two favorites.
I hope to take it out for some testing this weekend and will provide an update to see if it is as good outdoors as in the pictures.
Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy the pics.
The specific requests were that the blade be a recurve, have a choil, jimping and an exposed tang. I also asked James to make it as light as possible within the other constraints since I would like to take it hiking with me. I decided on a convex edge and 3v steel after talking witI think he did an excellent job blending those elements into a knife that was everything I wanted.
The waiting came to a conclusion today as the below pictures will show. The knive is 3v @58 rockwell with a spine thickness of 3/16". The blade length is 7.25" and the weight is 10.6oz. James also made the sheath and the fire steel for me.
Here is a view of the spine (with jimping).
Here is a view of the handle. Fit and finish is superb. It easily matches the other knives in my collection and is wonderful in th
Here is a comparison photo with my other knives to give an idea of the relative size.
Here is a comparison to my other "customs" that I acquired off of this site. They are wonderful, but I bought them already made or in the case of the mule with cuscadi scales only had input on part of the knife. (Elmax mule with cuscadi scales, RyanW SPK, Wildertool 4.5" Guppy).
Finally, a view of the sheath that James made for me compared to my other two favorites.
I hope to take it out for some testing this weekend and will provide an update to see if it is as good outdoors as in the pictures.
Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoy the pics.
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