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The long and the short of it...
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If you're talking strictly Busses, then it's my Basic 9 and Basic 3 as the longest and shortest. Other than that, on a trip to Philippines, I had a guy who forges traditional bolo's make me a 30 inch blade starting at 1/4 of an inch thick all the way down to the point. So far it's been my weed whacker. My thickest is a sirupati I got from Himalayan Imports that's 6/16ths of an inch thick. Oldest is a Civil War short sword/long knife.
Eric Isaacson
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The longest I have is a Straight Handled BM
Shortest= Assault shaker
Thinnest= ZT's and LMS
Thickest= 5/16" Badger Attack
Funkiest, well coolest is my Flying Tiger
Oldest I'm not sure either my A2 MS or my A2 Badger
Shortest= Assault shaker
Thinnest= ZT's and LMS
Thickest= 5/16" Badger Attack
Funkiest, well coolest is my Flying Tiger
Oldest I'm not sure either my A2 MS or my A2 Badger
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I have a patch knife (for cutting musket patches) from around the Revolutionary War. Also a butcher's cleaver from that era.
Longest would be a somewhat oversized katana.
Shortest is probably a scalpel for hunting applications.
Most unusual grinds would be blades made from obsidian and other primitive materials (you know, pre-Infi steels, etc.).
Longest would be a somewhat oversized katana.
Shortest is probably a scalpel for hunting applications.
Most unusual grinds would be blades made from obsidian and other primitive materials (you know, pre-Infi steels, etc.).
Jerry Busse
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DancesWithKnives,
I used to knap (sp?) flint when I was a kid. Couldn't find much so we'd use the bottoms of pop bottles. Then, I found a glass factory that had a field of discarded "slag". The "slag" was what was left at the bottom of the big melting pot after they were done making several batches of glass. . . sorta like burnt spaghetti sauce. This "slag" was great for this sort of thing and it usually had a very dark, almost black, color. . . . and it was closest thing to obsidian that I could find. I started making knives on the rendezvous circuit and used to actually make a hot gun blued, flinted, 0-1 tool steel blade that looked like an obsidian knife. True sign of a frustrated knapper!
I'll see if I can't find one to post a picture of,
Jerry
I used to knap (sp?) flint when I was a kid. Couldn't find much so we'd use the bottoms of pop bottles. Then, I found a glass factory that had a field of discarded "slag". The "slag" was what was left at the bottom of the big melting pot after they were done making several batches of glass. . . sorta like burnt spaghetti sauce. This "slag" was great for this sort of thing and it usually had a very dark, almost black, color. . . . and it was closest thing to obsidian that I could find. I started making knives on the rendezvous circuit and used to actually make a hot gun blued, flinted, 0-1 tool steel blade that looked like an obsidian knife. True sign of a frustrated knapper!
I'll see if I can't find one to post a picture of,
Jerry