The Les George Knives Thread

Ilikesharpstuff said:
That would be pretty cool but the spine would have to change I think. Just playing with mine my thumb would kind of naturally fall right about where the jimping ends and spine dips down but I enjoy variety so I'd be curious to see what Les came up with if he decided to do something like that. I wouldn't be opposed to studs either and they would naturally fall on what is a nice flat area of the blade already...might be a good mod candidate for somebody who felt frisky enough to drill their blade.

edit: I've got a deal worked out to trade my Myna for this hand ground McNees. Looking forward to checking it out!

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So how do you like that hand ground Mac? I love mine it is a slicing machine!
 
Stringjam7 said:
I have the Talos and the McNees PM 2.5 - I actually picked up the McNees because some of the design points reminded me of the Talos. lol

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Here's my honest thoughts on the two, especially if you're considering dropping the Talos.

The McNees is a great looking knife with decent ergos. It's shorter than the Talos, and a bit more scrunched on the grip.

McNees is on bearings, and the Talos is PB washers. I much prefer washers on a thumb-stud knife, and the Talos is smooth as glass on them.

I...hate...the McNees jimping on the spine. It's sharp as hell - it makes my SHF feel like velvet. lol The lockbar is also stiffer than the Talos, and combined with the thinned edge, it's just not as comfortable and smooth as the Talos.

The working finish on the McNees blade looks like concrete. I'm not a huge fan. The grip on mine is absolutely gorgeous though. I love the swerve pattern, and it provides a really solid grip.

The detent on my McNees was too stiff. I had to adjust the lockbar to get it where I wanted it (no biggie - I've done this on a few LGs as well).

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I listed a lot of negatives, but the McNees is really a great knife (I'm just being picky for the sake of comparison)...I have no plans of ever getting rid of mine. The bronze / blue swerve grip pattern on mine is just a knockout. If I had to pick between the two, I would hands-down take the Talos. It's better in pretty much every category that matters to me.
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That is one thing that I don’t particularly care about the mcnees is the acid wash on every blade. The hand ground version that I have is a favorite because it’s just stonewashed and is a sclicer because of the thin grind. I do like the working finish as well but I like to decide if that’s what I want also.
 
Hvactech said:
So how do you like that hand ground Mac? I love mine it is a slicing machine!
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I like it a lot! My only complaint is that there's a decent sized flat at the tip that did not get apexed and it struggles when I need to pierce something before slicing. It was definitely still wearing the factory edge when it came to me so I'm confident it left McNees that way. Plastic clamshell packaging and similar are a struggle because of this. I've already sharpened it once and made it smaller but still not perfect, I was trying not to spend too much time in that area and have a larger bevel at the tip than everywhere else. I considered talking to McNees about sending it in but another sharpening or two should get rid of it and give it a nice point so I'll probably just handle it myself rather than sending it in to a maker who is busy with a new model and preparing for Blade Show.
 
mitchnola said:
The most recent underrated knife of ‘25!

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I wish he had had some of these at BLADE this year. I candidly found his available selection of knives underwhelming as it was primarily Talos and VECPs, all Magnacut blades. No Mynas, no MK1s even. No button locks or flippers. No Damascus except for the three auction knives, which were Hydras iirc. In contrast, Defiant 7 had some of their button lock Talos' in Damascus, but I wasn't paying what amounts to LG table prices for an aluminum handled production model. I left both tables without buying anything.

Also, I had a friend with a vendor badge walk past his table before they started letting us Early Bird ticket holders in, so I know this was what he had laid out when the show started on Friday. This wasn't a case of "The coolest knives sold before you got there" as sometimes can happen. A shame.
 
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Hvactech said:
That is one thing that I don’t particularly care about the mcnees is the acid wash on every blade. The hand ground version that I have is a favorite because it’s just stonewashed and is a sclicer because of the thin grind. I do like the working finish as well but I like to decide if that’s what I want also.
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I like the way one of my macs looks with a vapor hone, blade and scales. I mentioned that to him at BS this year, but I don't think he made it an offering. lol

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Quiet said:
I wish he had had some of these at BLADE this year. I candidly found his available selection of knives underwhelming as it was primarily Talos and VECPs, all Magnacut blades. No Mynas, no MK1s even. No button locks or flippers. No Damascus except for the three auction knives, which were Hydras iirc. In contrast, Defiant 7 had some of their button lock Talos' in Damascus, but I wasn't paying what amounts to LG table prices for an aluminum handled production model. I left both tables without buying anything.

Also, I had a friend with a vendor badge walk past his table before they started letting us Early Bird ticket holders in, so I know this was what he had laid out when the show started on Friday. This wasn't a case of "The coolest knives sold before you got there" as sometimes can happen. A shame.
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I’m with ya bro. I didn’t go to any blade shows knowing that would be the case. He usually only does production on 2 models at a time. Which at the moment seems to be the talos and vecp. Not sure why he’s been so skittish on the myna.

He’s very limited in the variety of his models and in particular the blade shapes. I can’t figure out why he wouldn’t be doing different blade shapes for the talos and vecp platforms. Nor can I figure out what he’s doing with the d7 line, in particular the crossover of his models. Doesn’t make sense to me.

I’m still a huge LG fan but I’m at stopping point of buying anything. I have more drop points than I need. And the lack of variety has become stagnant.
 
So I thought mitchnola mitchnola owned all the G10 LG’s but apparently not 🤣

Didn’t plan on buying this one but here it is (I’m a sucker for black knives)
I gotta stay away from the 4sale posts and not respond to DM offers after I’ve been drinking whiskey.

Needed a cleaning and some tuning but I got it pretty dialed in. To me it’s something a little different and shows some of the progression of the VECP over the years even if it is a V3

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SeriousBRD said:
So I thought mitchnola mitchnola owned all the G10 LG’s but apparently not 🤣

Didn’t plan on buying this one but here it is (I’m a sucker for black knives)
I gotta stay away from the 4sale posts and not respond to DM offers after I’ve been drinking whiskey.

Needed a cleaning and some tuning but I got it pretty dialed in. To me it’s something a little different and shows some of the progression of the VECP over the years even if it is a V3

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Love it! Is that the one from George Garcia? If not than it would be only the third one ever seen in the wild. Definitely a great piece and as you mentioned a significant piece in the evolution of the vecp. Technically it’s what we call an early v3. It originally came with a backspacer and the lockbar isn’t chamfered on the inside. Great score!
 
mitchnola said:
Love it! Is that the one from George Garcia? If not then it would be only the third one ever seen in the wild. Definitely a great piece and as you mentioned a significant piece in the evolution of the vecp. Technically it’s what we call an early v3. It originally came with a backspacer and the lockbar isn’t chamfered on the inside. Great score!
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Thanks!
I did get it from George, probably passed through a few others hands here as well. Did you sell it to him?
So you’re saying there are only 2 of these that you are aware of?
No backspacer on it but can definitely can tell the difference in the lockbar.
 
SeriousBRD said:
Thanks!
I did get it from George, probably passed through a few others hands here as well. Did you sell it to him?
So you’re saying there are only 2 of these that you are aware of?
No backspacer on it but can definitely can tell the difference in the lockbar.
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So I had an opportunity to buy it and was tempted to keep it as a backup but I didn’t wanna be a hoarder so I hooked George up with the guy to buy it.

I’m not sure how many he made, if I had to guess it would be fifty or less. But our two are the only ones to have surfaced in the wild. Probably one of the hardest to find vecps other than the elusive mefp vecp.
 
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