The Les George Knives Thread

[Necroanax]

Since it’s VECP week, I feel compelled to share this one. Apologies to those who follow the George Knives FB page and have already seen it.

As someone who appreciates knives with lineage, this one holds a special place in my collection: Les's very first VECP. Built in May 2011, this hand-ground prototype sports a Chad Nichols Blackout Damascus blade and marks the early days of Les stepping into the midtech world. What began as a way for him to offer a more accessible model alongside his customs went on to become his most popular design, and one of the benchmark American hard-use folders.

Cheers, ya'll.


Photography by Smythes_Knives


You can see some of the tooling marks on the lockbar where Les was trying to get it dialed in.


The red backspacer is a neat touch.

 

[jbmonkey]

Since it’s VECP week, I feel compelled to share this one. Apologies to those who follow Les’s FB and have already seen it.

As someone who appreciates knives with lineage, this one holds a special place in my collection: Les George’s very first VECP. Built in May 2011, this hand-ground prototype sports a Chad Nichols Blackout Damascus blade and marks the early days of Les stepping into the midtech world. What began as a way for him to offer a more accessible model alongside his customs went on to become his most popular design, and one of the benchmark American hard-use folders.

Cheers, ya'll.

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You can see some of the tooling marks on the lockbar where Les was trying to get it dialed in:
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The red backspacer is a neat touch:
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Photography by Smythes_Knives

some of us dont do thefacebook, thanks for sharing with us. awesome one of a kind and piece of Les history.

 

[pnclbell]

some of us dont do thefacebook, thanks for sharing with us. awesome one of a kind and piece of Les history.

And then there are us weirdos who use it under Anonymous Aliases just for the knife culture.

 

[Blues]

I've never had a FB or Instagram account and am not planning on it. I know there's good material that we miss out on, but such is life.

 

[mitchnola]

And then there are us weirdos who use it under Anonymous Aliases just for the knife culture.

Lol…guilty. I’ve never done any social media till I joined here and at the time didn’t even realize this was considered sm.

Maybe it’s the gen x in me but it just seems weird to put all ya business out there for anyone to look at. So I use my buddies defunct fb acct for knives.

But the one that’s really dangerous is ig. Again I joined for knives but who knows how many countless hrs Ive wasted scrolling through nonsense.

 

[jbmonkey]

Lol…guilty. I’ve never done any social media till I joined here and at the time didn’t even realize this was considered sm.

Maybe it’s the gen x in me but it just seems weird to put all ya business out there for anyone to look at. So I use my buddies defunct fb acct for knives.

But the one that’s really dangerous is ig. Again I joined for knives but who knows how many countless hrs Ive wasted scrolling through nonsense.

I thought ya were a millennial......

 

[mitchnola]

I thought ya were a millennial......

Hell naw! Technically I could be considered both since I was born on on the boundary (1980) but I definitely had a gen x childhood and fit in the gen x as an adult. I have little to no millennial traits in me. Not that there’s anything wrong with those weirdo’s! (Jk)

 

[Blues]

In 1980 I'd already been working for Uncle for three years.

 

[mitchnola]

In 1980 I'd already been working for Uncle for three years.

Well i may not be that old but I feel every generation is just getting worse and worse, their music is terrible, they talk weird and act even weirder so I suppose Ive officially joined the old man club.

Oh and it drives me crazy if someone parks in front my house!

 

[Blues]

Welcome to the club.

 

[mitchnola]

Welcome to the club.

The GOAT of old men! Aspiration for us all!

 

[jbmonkey]

Hell naw! Technically I could be considered both since I was born on on the boundary (1980) but I definitely had a gen x childhood and fit in the gen x as an adult. I have little to no millennial traits in me. Not that there’s anything wrong with those weirdo’s! (Jk)

my rule of thumb is if you were born in the 80s youre a millennial...sorry

 

[jbmonkey]

Welcome to the club.

I always liked this one....

 

[mitchnola]

my rule of thumb is if you were born in the 80s youre a millennial...sorry

Well thank god that’s your thumb and not mine.
Dang rules always getting me in trouble!

 

[WhoMe?]

Well thank god that’s your thumb and not mine.
Dang rules always getting me in trouble!

My wife was born in 1980. Like you, she ain’t no damn millennial! Just ask her.

 

[norcalAF]

My wife was born in 1980. Like you, she ain’t no damn millennial! Just ask her.

Hell I was born in 1986 and I have a lot more in common with Gen X than anything else. I owe it to being raised on a farm in rural Missoura and having to put in a little hard work here and there