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With all due humility, I am confident you would be surprised. Especially it would have an awesome LARGE scenic type engraving and a deep makers mark on the reverse side. And the weight mark also under the poll. People like me would buy that. UNHUNG! There are makers starting to pop up selling CNC axes in A2 and other tool steels. It's rare but I have contacted 1. And vintage axes going for 750 to 2, 000 is not uncommon.
the Rockaway would fit the camp axe / carver / hunter idea very well. And is a highly prized and rare profile. 
. The Connecticut is also a prized shape. The North Carolina pattern has a more narrow bit, so probably not a candidate?
We're starting that this week.
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If I make a response that's long enough, it won't fit into the translation apps
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The GV-503 is going to run the Kukri.
Once the swords come off, that will get started. I do still have some R&D to do.
Every blade has a very specific center of percussion. I can calculate this in ProE. But that calculation is an imperfect estimate.
For most knives, this really is not that critical. Center of gravity can be calculated precisely, CP requires some assumptions about how it is held and how it will react in your hand on impact. There are additional, difficult to quantify, variables.
For most knives, if you're off a half an inch in your estimation, you're fine. The same is not true for a Kukri. That CP needs to land just ahead of a specific part of the geometry, the convex part just before it transitions into concave. And every American manufactured Kukri that I have evaluated has gotten it wrong.
(Ask me about this if you come out this october, I will show it to you)
We're going to get it right, but this is going to require physical prototypes before we start production.
Anyway, I was going to run the semi integral dagger on there first (the material is ready) but we're getting behind on the Kukri project so we're going to move that to the front.
I’m not a 100% sure that should be read as a ‘convex grind’. I think he might just be using that term to describe the ‘belly’ of the curve in a kukri’s edge (i.e. ‘convex’ = widest part of the blade, vs ‘concave’ where it begins to narrow towards the handle).
Oh that makes sense. I was not expecting a convex grind as it requires hand grinding but I was positively surprised when I read the post thinking I will be getting one of the only convex ground (to my knowledge) CPK pattern.
Hello, I would like to ask: based on the current progress, when do you expect the K20 units currently in production will be available for sale?
Great—so before October 17, is there any chance that orders placed two years ago will ship? Or do all earlier orders also have to wait until after October 17?
So does that mean some of the older K20 orders are likely to be completed before October 17?
I would love to hear your opinions on RMJ and Winkler full tang 'hawks - especially since you are implying as "lame" tools that have seen extensive use overseas in the hands of top tier Special Operations guys
