The won Giveaway and a happy guy...

Humppa

Humppa

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Hi guys!

I had the luck to win vanguards GA. So he was sending me these two gems from his collection.

A Hammerbrand Barlow and a KaBar Peanut

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I never owned a Barlow before or even a Hammerbrand nor any knife with an acrylic handle!
Now I really start liking this material...

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The knife is used, for sure. But that gives it the right character! The blade is nicely "patinaed" and full of history :)
The longpulls are very nice made!

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The Peanut which vanguard was also sending me is really a nice knife. The shape is much thinner than on the Case 'nuts.

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Here is a size comparison to the Case 'nut.

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I needed to start on own thread for this. Both knives - Hammerbrand and KaBar are not available in Germany. I haven´t seen them on any shop in good 'ol Europe.
Both are workinghorses and won´t become safequeens right now. I´m glad owning such great knives.

What I wanted to add on this subforum - the generosity in this place is so great. I´ve never seen this anywhere before! :)

Kind regards
Andi
 
That's great Andi congrats on winning the GA, it couldn't have gone to a better member of the Traditional Forum. That barlow looks very cool :thumbup:

Nathan
 
Congratulations Andi for winning the great looking knives and to vanguard for his generosity. A winning combination for sure.
 
Congratulations on winning the GA Andi. I can just see the smile on your face:D. Both knives are very cool and will serve you well. Very kind of Vanguard as well.
 
Thank you guys! The Barlow is just fitting in my pockets right now :)

Kind regards
Andi
 
Careful with that Barlow Andi, they have a way of creating a soft spot in the heart for them! :thumbup:
These knives have definitely found a good home!
 
Happy they got there safe and sound, although they managed to get some rust on them after I had cleaned them before being sent out. :p
 
Good on you Vanguard...and Andi, well done, I still see you posting the Canoe you won off me, and it gives great pleasure to see you still have that knife with you. I think the Kabar is a sleek little wonder :cool:
Well done guys!
 
Thank you for the kind words - guys :)

A great place here to spend time ...

@ Duncan: This is my very first GA, I ever won. The only Canoe I own is an Eye Brand in stag. ;)

Kind regards
Andi
 
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Hi Andi...darn....I have been mistaken for quite some time, as it was the Jampa who won my Canoe lol!..but I will still take the credit anyways :D
Message coming your way my friend!
 
Hi Duncan!

No problem ... being honest I also read some posts of thejumppa and thought to myself "I can´t remember, that I posted this" sometimes I´m really a little weird ;)

Kind regards
Andi
 
Hi guys!

I have a free week from today on. I planed to paint my carport, which I built last with year with my dad. But today the weather was horrible. So I had two ways to go - First lying on the couch and watching TV or working on knives (some indoor activity). You can bet what, I have done.

The knives I got from Vanguards GA needed some work. Inside the springs there were rustspots. Which I had to remove. Also on the tang of the Barlow was some rust. I removed the rust with steelwool and very very fine sandpaper. Outside there were also some spots, here and there.

I didn´t want to ruin the patina, so I worked very slowly with careful hands.

The finished work

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After that, I gave some sharpening with a 220 waterstone and an 1000 Arkansas oilstone and after that I did some stroping. First without compound, then with compound.
Now these two fellows are razor sharp.

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And the Peanut

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Then I use some mineral oil for the pivots and the joints. I´ll let it in that oil until tomorrow and then using my wife´s ultrasoundbath (she uses for her glasses) to clean the knives inside the tang/pivot/springs.

I didn´t want to ruin their old and wornout look. And I think it happened good. What do you guys think?

Kind regards
Andi
 
Congrats - both are great prizes and they are in the hands of a very deserving owner that will take great care of them and use them!

Thanks for pics and Thanks for the goveaway Vanguard!

best

mqqn
 
Thank you guys!

The used steel is great. Takes a great edge. :)

Kind regards
Andi
 
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