Tina 606, and no, it's not my girlfriends weight ;-)

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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Hi folks! Well today was a nice day, package arrived safely from Australia, my wife brought it to me while I was resting my busted leg in our living room saying 'Someone has a package from Australia ;)' SWEET I thought !!!

Ken on the forums here aka harronek, had PM that he was sending me just a little something, of course no mention of what it was, but that it's nothing major but just something to cheer me up during my waiting period of my broken ankle, going stir crazy a bit !

To my surprise and joy, the package held a very nice folder, warm wood scales, brass liner and a crazy sharp wharncliff blade of carbon steel, while I'm not a big fan of carbon, I do appreciate it and this took an exceptional edge, plus it's very pointy!!!

Also he included a coin from Australia as well, very cool to have, always wanted to visit there but haven't made it yet.

The blade is typically used for grafting plants, as it's more of a chiseledge style blade but I can see it also as an EDC as well, plus it'll be handy for leather work when I get back into that after my leg heals up.

Ken my friend, thanks again for such a beauty, she will be very handy to have and use. Here are a few images of the knife, I like how the handle is more like a sway back, and the subtle curve out near the bolster area;

Tina_606_open.jpg


Tina_606_closed.jpg


Cool coin too ;)

Australia_1.jpg


Australian_dollar.jpg~original


G2
 
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Gary

After seeing those photos Ive changed my mind , I want it back .
:)
I'm interested to know if your going to do any home improvements to improve its finish ?
I think I've mentioned it before , I love the short blade to handle length dimensions of these knives . Because of their intended role of Grafting they are designed to be used for extended periods of time . the control you get from the hand filling handle and a short blade is fantastic . They are a working tool , not a mantlepiece trophy .


Note - For those who don't spend any time in the Sheaths and Leather work forum , Gary has passed on a lifetimes amount of information and advice in the form of tutorials and posts over there . A funny little knife sent from my side of the world is cheap payment for the knowledge and skills I've gained from reading and studying his mutterings .

Ken
 
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I think it is a very very neat little knife. Great looking blade, sharpens up good, and pretty wood handles - what more could a feller want?:thumbup::D
 
Awesome - what a sleek knife!!!
Hope the leg heals up very well Gary, and Ken - well done kind Sir!
 
Gary

You have got my " Tina " juices flowing today , so had your little fella's Big brothers with me in the garden today .



Ken
 
harronek said:
Gary

After seeing those photos Ive changed my mind , I want it back .
:)
I'm interested to know if your going to do any home improvements to improve its finish ?
I think I've mentioned it before , I love the short blade to handle length dimensions of these knives . Because of their intended role of Grafting they are designed to be used for extended periods of time . the control you get from the hand filling handle and a short blade is fantastic . They are a working tool , not a mantlepiece trophy ...
Ken
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Sorry Ken, no givebacks ;)

and right now no plans on changing anything about it, except once I am more mobile I plan on a sheath for it, vertical with tip down.

And it's quite the little folder, enjoying the longer handle to blade shape for sure, the blade also has a distal taper to it as well, so, it slims down from the tang to the tip as well as down from the spine to the edge, nicely done and very very pointy!

And those two you just posted up, what model number are they? I can attest that the steel Tina uses takes a very good edge, sharp and aggressive cutting, very nice!

Thanks again sir!
G2
 
Ken,
You sent a COOL GIFT to a GOOD GUY, That was VERY NICE OF YOU.

Gary,
Get Well Soon, Enjoy the Spring along the way.
 
I'm interested in your observations on the carbon blade .
Your sharpening skills are a bit legendary :) mine are not :grumpy:
I think my love of carbon blades has a lot to do with the fact that I can get them sharper than stainless for some reason .
Did you do anything different with it being a chisel edge type blade ?
It sure is a dainty little pointy blade isn't it .
I'm really happy , that you are happy with it .
It's certainly not a heavy duty anything goes knife , but in our everyday life a small super sharp folding knife can handle most tasks .

Ken
 
congrats on the knife , it is a good looking one!
hope the ankle heals quickly and I look forward to seeing the sheath you make for this 'tina".
 
A quick note from the sharpening perspective, my 605 came with a pronounced bevel on the grind side and the smallest micro bevel on the flat side (if that makes sense!). I imagine this was done to offer a little protection to what is otherwise a pure chisel grind. This does mean however that if you don't lift a tiny bit when sharpening/stropping the flat side you won't hit the edge. This is unlike a secateur blade for example where you would purely sharpen the bevelled edge before laying the flat flat on your stone/strop to remove any burrs.

Awesome carbon steel!

Hope that makes sense.

Sam
 
I agree Sam, mine also has a secondary bevel on both sides, making a slightly thicker edge but a stronger more supported edge as well.

I hand sharpened mine on some Shapton stones and stropped on a leather strop, ending up with a very keen and still biting edge, not to mention it's lancet point !!!

Now I've changed methods or rather direction while sharpening, I am now basically stropping the blade against the stones, going backwards from tip to heel, for me just easier to maintain the angle as I'm not trying to cut into the stone, but stropping, similar to the final strop on leather. I find I can keep a nice sharp point on the blade as well as getting closer to the tang too.

She be sharp :) Thanks again Ken,
G2
 
Very nice, those Tina knives just scream 'quality' :thumbup:
 
Indeed, might look for another model down the road.

G2

edited to add a shot of the blade, sharp and pointy she be :)

Tina_606_blade.jpg
 
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Today I opened up a parcel from Pennsylvania USA .

I originally sent Gary the Tina as a thankyou for his leatherwork tutorials and also as a "get well soon" , because he had just busted his ankle .
Gary and I started to correspond and I truthfully told him I expected nothing in return , but maybe friendship and occasionally his knowledge and advice with leather questions .
Well .


Gary ,

Thankyou .

But .
You have broken our rules , you have spoilt me with these beautiful gifts.
You are a true Gentleman , but a Gentleman of few words . There was no note explaining the background story of these things and so I'll let a picture tell the story .



I should have PM'd Gary first before posting this up , but I'm excited and wanted to show off my new beauties :)
Could you tell me a bit about them ?



Ken
 
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