Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- Mar 2, 1999
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I don't know about the rest of you guys and gals, but while I may drift, hah, more like lose my way 
I tend to keep coming back to one knife, but my keen sense of priorities haven't rested enough attention to come to grips that it may be the knife 
For me, I try this knife, this folder, this steel, always the new kid on the block steel, but even with those, I find that I take this knife out of the drawer and put her back on my belt to carry, because of a few things that are just so right about it;
Size
....you need just the right size to carry, can't be TOO large or you find yourself at the wrong end of your HR police folks or scaring people at work which will get back to the HR folks just the same. So it needs to be on the smaller side, this one measure about 3.9" closed.
Looks
....no getting around that, you do want something that is pleasing to the eye, even non knife types would go 'now that's nice...'
Scales
....I like stag, always have, probably always will, although the jigged bone is great too and some woods are fine, but stag has some inherent tactile feel about it and aids in gripping the folder.
Bolsters
....I like stainless brushed finished bolsters, easy to maintain
Blade
....I do like a fine edged blade, one that is flat ground down to an almost zero bevel grind, usually prefer a modified wharncliff but in this case it's not, but still works. One pet peeve and usually a deal breaker with me, is any break in the edge line, meaning a sharpening choil, they just tend to catch on material, some traditional folders will have that sharpening notch set at an angle so material will ride up and onto the blade, those I can tolerate, it's the abrupt 90 degree cut out that bugs the bee's wax outta my ears, just hate that, you probably noticed I'm pretty adamant regarding that
Blade steel
....Stainless, any more it's gotta be stainless, I've left the carbon a while ago, can't tolerate them any longer. This knife has Sandvik 13c27 which is known as Razor steel and boy does it get sharp! I wish that GEC started offering their knives with that steel, I think it would be a real boon for them, well, at least for me!
Blade play
....really don't care for ANY blade play, just don't
Well, after all that was written, here's the knife, it's Le Compact by Le Thiers par Chambriard, rascal just always smiles at me when I go to draw her from her resting place and put her on my belt. Cuts so well, so effortlessly due to the edge geometry, and, she looks nice too.
So there, that's my come back to knife, what be yours?
G2
I tend to keep coming back to one knife, but my keen sense of priorities haven't rested enough attention to come to grips that it may be the knife For me, I try this knife, this folder, this steel, always the new kid on the block steel, but even with those, I find that I take this knife out of the drawer and put her back on my belt to carry, because of a few things that are just so right about it;
Size
....you need just the right size to carry, can't be TOO large or you find yourself at the wrong end of your HR police folks or scaring people at work which will get back to the HR folks just the same. So it needs to be on the smaller side, this one measure about 3.9" closed.
Looks
....no getting around that, you do want something that is pleasing to the eye, even non knife types would go 'now that's nice...'
Scales
....I like stag, always have, probably always will, although the jigged bone is great too and some woods are fine, but stag has some inherent tactile feel about it and aids in gripping the folder.
Bolsters
....I like stainless brushed finished bolsters, easy to maintain
Blade
....I do like a fine edged blade, one that is flat ground down to an almost zero bevel grind, usually prefer a modified wharncliff but in this case it's not, but still works. One pet peeve and usually a deal breaker with me, is any break in the edge line, meaning a sharpening choil, they just tend to catch on material, some traditional folders will have that sharpening notch set at an angle so material will ride up and onto the blade, those I can tolerate, it's the abrupt 90 degree cut out that bugs the bee's wax outta my ears, just hate that, you probably noticed I'm pretty adamant regarding that
Blade steel
....Stainless, any more it's gotta be stainless, I've left the carbon a while ago, can't tolerate them any longer. This knife has Sandvik 13c27 which is known as Razor steel and boy does it get sharp! I wish that GEC started offering their knives with that steel, I think it would be a real boon for them, well, at least for me!
Blade play
....really don't care for ANY blade play, just don't
Well, after all that was written, here's the knife, it's Le Compact by Le Thiers par Chambriard, rascal just always smiles at me when I go to draw her from her resting place and put her on my belt. Cuts so well, so effortlessly due to the edge geometry, and, she looks nice too.
So there, that's my come back to knife, what be yours?
G2
