The "Ask Nathan a Question" Thread

KnifeVice said:
Hi Nathan. Do you anticipate having more light choppers or standard choppers available in Friday sales? I'm hoping to snag a standard chopper, but if those will be very limited I'll try to grab a LC when they come up. Thanks!
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Yes, we will have 10" Chopper sales at the turn of the year
 
Nathan,

I bought a BFK earlier this year around Feb/march sales in delta 3v. How would I be able to tell if it is the tweaked or standard version since the delta emblem is located on the spine?

Thanks
 
JearBeatus48 said:
Nathan,

I bought a BFK earlier this year around Feb/march sales in delta 3v. How would I be able to tell if it is the tweaked or standard version since the delta emblem is located on the spine?

Thanks
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The best way would be to look at the sale thread and see what it was sold as.

I modified the delta symbol on the tweaked 3V, to help us keep track of them. The harder tweaked 3V Delta symbol is slightly curved. Meaning, the straight lines on the delta are not perfectly straight.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
The best way would be to look at the sale thread and see what it was sold as.

I modified the delta symbol on the tweaked 3V, to help us keep track of them. The harder tweaked 3V Delta symbol is slightly curved. Meaning, the straight lines on the delta are not perfectly straight.
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Okay, that’s what I thought was to check the sales thread. I do think it’s regular but I will double check.

Thanks!
 
Jacob.s55 said:
Any one could show some pictures of:
Vintage micarta (International Paper)
vs
Crusty Vintage micarta (International Paper)
Thanks!
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This is a helpful post that you can look up most model and material information in.

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Thread 'CPK Encyclopedia'

CPK Encyclopedia
Basic Field Knife
BC – Behemoth Chopper
Behemother
Boot Dagger
Competition Chopper
DEK1
DEK2
DEK3
Double-Edge Fighter
EDC / EDC1 – Every-Day Carry
EDC2
EDC3
Fireman's Knife (AKA Sharpened Pry Bar)
FK – Field Knife
FK2 – Field Knife 2 (AKA UFK)
HC – Heavy Chopper
HDFK – Heavy Duty Field Knife
HDMC - Heavy Duty Medium Chopper
Integral Dagger
Kephart
Kitchen Utility Vegetable Knife / Potato Knife
K18 / KOD...
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more specifically below is the scale material info ...

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Scale Materials

Question re: rubber-insert scales for the choppers produced the following quote from Nathan the Machinist:
First I had to gain about 20 pounds because my old normal ass was too small for the amount of pain-in-the-ass. A full thickness sheet of micarta is skeletonized into a liner with bosses for the fasteners (can't clamp across rubber) and also solid at the front (can't kydex sheath rubber). This is run with the mounting holes complete. A rubber sheet is bonded to a standard liner to make it machinable. This is a sacrificial liner that gets cut away later. It's...
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