Unfinished knife blanks

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Psybull

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I see a seller on the big auction site has 4 1st gen m390 4.1 blanks for sale and another person on the FB fanpage has an edc4 blank as well. All of them are ground w/out a sharpened edge or factory markings,handles or hardware. These [I am guessing here] were left over pieces not finished for whatever reason from the shop prior to the Idaho move. Anybody know what the story is on these and if there are other types as well? Just curious-
 
I do know at one point Guy had lost a box of blanks in shipping and they turned up on the bay. I dont remember what models they were
 
That's interesting, the seller probably works for the postal service (lol)
 
The seller says that these blanks were sent to him to test some then new coatings or finishes.
I do remember Guy had said he gave a lot of his early blades away in the very beginning so maybe these are some of them.
 
I didn't see them on the big auction site. Are they gone already or my search terms are wrong.
 
I see they were pulled from the auction site, none sold on there anyways.
They were under Survive m390 if you did a search.
 
The unfinished EDC4 blank has come to me to turn into a completed knife. The present owner came by it by legitimate means, and has discussed it with Guy, as I understand it, but I do not know much about it. It is pretty raw. Rough waterjet edges (possibly laser cut?). Post-heat treat bronze color to it. I verified it has been heat treated. The current owner has asked me to put handles on it.

Even more unique still is that the scale blanks I'll use (somehow obtained by the owner of the knife blank) comes from the tree at the end of the movie Shawshank Redemption. This just so happens to be the greatest movie ever made, so I can't tell you how excited I am to have this project.

This, by ANY definition, will be a true Unicorn when its all said an done.

I'll post pictures as I progress, I mean, only if you guys want me to....

It will take me a number of months to do this because my shop time is almost nil these days. Should be fun all the same...

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Thanks for putting that picture up Tony, will be an awesome blade when it is done.
So is that wood spalted oak?
 
Psybull said:
The seller says that these blanks were sent to him to test some then new coatings or finishes.
I do remember Guy had said he gave a lot of his early blades away in the very beginning so maybe these are some of them.
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Just going off what you're saying, this doesn't seem right to me. If the seller got them to test out, is it right to be selling them for profit? I don't doubt you, Psybull, I just question the motivation of the seller. Then again, I never saw the original sale post.

Hale Storm said:
I didn't see them on the big auction site. Are they gone already or my search terms are wrong.
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Too bad, I know how you love your m390!
 
TRfromMT said:
This, by ANY definition, will be a true Unicorn when its all said an done.

I'll post pictures as I progress, I mean, only if you guys want me to....
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Truly a unicorn! And YES, a project like this calls for regular updates with gratuitous pics and maybe even it's own thread. How did your client get wood from the Shawshank Redemption tree?!? How is something like that verified?
 
Silver Needle said:
Truly a unicorn! And YES, a project like this calls for regular updates with gratuitous pics and maybe even it's own thread. How did your client get wood from the Shawshank Redemption tree?!? How is something like that verified?
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Not sure how he got them but they come with a certificate of authenticity. I'll start a thread when I get further along.
 
I see them and asked if they had gone thru heat treat.

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Yes, they were heat treated before I received them. Survive! Knives was operating out of Gettysburg, PA at the time, so I am not sure who did their heat treatment or to what hardness. They had to be heat treated before I coated them because the heat treatment temps would burn off any coating. I'm not affiliated with Survive! Knives, so unfortunately, I don't have any more info on their treatment methods.

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TRfromMT said:
Even more unique still is that the scale blanks I'll use (somehow obtained by the owner of the knife blank) comes from the tree at the end of the movie Shawshank Redemption. This just so happens to be the greatest movie ever made, so I can't tell you how excited I am to have this project.
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I read this paragraph to Guy the other night and now he is super jealous. Please be sure to keep us updated with the progress!
 
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