The Les George Knives Thread

[mitchnola]

The more the merrier brother. That’s a good idea I know I have some good ones in the phone of ones that I have sold as well. I will label them as used to own if I do.

Agreed!

 

[Hvactech]

Most Les fans know that the FM-1 was his first folder (it stands for Folder Model 1, after all ). What many may not realize, however, is that the Rockeye was actually based on his fixed blade Model 1. Considering the Rockeye directly led to the ESR, VECP, and ESV, one could consider those old fixed blades as the "grandaddies" of them all. I thought it would be fun to capture that lineage here:

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From top to bottom:
2010 Fixed Blade Model 1
2016 Monkey Muster Rockeye
2010 Tephra G10 ESR
2025 Morph VECP
2013 MEFP ESV

My boy Derek has to be the most knowledgeable dude out there on anything and everything LG. Pretty sure he knows more than Les himself at times . Very nice spread my friend!

 

[pnclbell]

My boy Derek has to be the most knowledgeable dude out there on anything and everything LG. Pretty sure he knows more than Les himself at times . Very nice spread my friend!

Les has confirmed this. Derek hasn't been bounced around, rolled, or blown up in a military rig.

 

[pnclbell]

Necroanax............... notice you got extra credit for clip-side shot?

 

[pnclbell]

Most Les fans know that the FM-1 was his first folder (it stands for Folder Model 1, after all ). What many may not realize, however, is that the Rockeye was actually based on his fixed blade Model 1. Considering the Rockeye directly led to the ESR, VECP, and ESV, one could consider those old fixed blades as the "grandaddies" of them all. I thought it would be fun to capture that lineage here:

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From top to bottom:
2010 Fixed Blade Model 1
2016 Monkey Muster Rockeye
2010 Tephra G10 ESR
2025 Morph VECP
2013 MEFP ESV

Stealing........er aaaaaaaaah....... SAVING these shots Derek. Feels better if I just fess up. Killer shot. Thank you for sharing the sights and the details. Always learning.

 

[jbmonkey]

okay day 6 for most of y'all, but im on #7....



and I still got one more.......to go....

 

[jbmonkey]

alright..I got a wow out of Blues

that's got to be a good thing......

 

[norcalAF]

alright..I got a wow out of Blues

that's got to be a good thing......

That's was for how tightly you got them boards together in the backdrop.

 

[Necroanax]

My boy Derek has to be the most knowledgeable dude out there on anything and everything LG. Pretty sure he knows more than Les himself at times . Very nice spread my friend!

Thanks for the kind words, Travis. But I definitely don’t know more about Les’s knives than he does. He likes to joke that his memory isn’t great because of being “blown up at” during his EOD days, but honestly, I think his recall is pretty impressive. For example, I bought a Super FM-1 a few months ago from a gentleman who thought he’d gotten it around 2008. That sounded a bit early to me, so I asked Les. Not only did he remember that he didn’t start making Super FM-1s until 2009, but he even dug up and sent me an old newsletter from that time to confirm it. Long story short, Les is a humble guy with a sharper memory, and brain, than he gives himself credit for.

 

[jbmonkey]

That's was for how tightly you got them boards together in the backdrop.

its actually contact paper on an old beat up table im too cheap to replace......wife hates it but makes me grin when she complains how ugly it is and how cheap I am........

 

[Blues]

That's was for how tightly you got them boards together in the backdrop.

If I don't promote him he's gonna blow the whole place up. I had a visit from the Skunk Ape, and he don't play.

 

[Necroanax]

Necroanax............... notice you got extra credit for clip-side shot?

I certainly did! I almost tagged you when I updated the post with the second picture.

 

[mitchnola]

Just realized we’re at 4k posts! If we can get to 5k by the end of this challenge Blues is obligated to give us our own thread in the makers forum right next to CRK’s!!!

 

[Blues]

Just realized we’re at 4k posts! If we can get to 5k by the end of this challenge Blues is obligated to give us our own thread in the makers forum right next to CRK’s!!!

You must've confused me with Spark. I'm the handsome mean one.

 

[Danny Linguini]

You must've confused me with Spark. I'm the handsome mean one.

This isn’t the movies … you can be handsome and mean.

 

[Blues]

I'll be happy to bring it up with Spark if and when Les ever wants to make the commitment for a sub-forum. But those decisions are in his court and the mods can only provide suggestions and their input.

 

[jbmonkey]

last day for me.......ive run out of George designs......

 

[Smythes_Knives]

Happy Tanto Tuesday gents!





This is one of very few monosteel blades that has a permanent spot in my collection.

Paired this Morph Tanto with a Steel Flame Winged Crusader clip and an OG V3 geared backspacer.

 

[Necroanax]

Happy Tuesday, all. Here’s my catch-up post.

All of these are Tanto VECPs, with the two DLC bladed variants each having something special about them. The Morph VECP features a hand-engraved clip by frequent Les George scratch maestro David Riccardo, and the two-tone DLC Tanto is a one-of-one that Les put together using a mix of parts from other configs. The longer I’ve been collecting, the more I’ve come to appreciate the unique pieces, even the ones that came about by accident.

 

[Smythes_Knives]

Happy Tuesday, all. Here’s my catch-up post.

All of these are Tanto VECPs, with the two DLC bladed variants each having something special about them. The Morph VECP features a hand-engraved clip by frequent Les George scratch maestro David Riccardo, and the two-tone DLC Tanto is a one-of-one that Les put together using a mix of parts from other configs. The longer I’ve been collecting, the more I’ve come to appreciate the unique pieces, even the ones that came about by accident.

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I was hoping I'd have time to get my post in before you inevitably dropped this nuclear line up today! Spectacular!