US Coast Guard Knife

Tom Militano · Sep 6, 2003

Just finished this one. It's for someone in the US Coast Guard. I'm still waiting for a USCG pin that I'm going to put on the handle. It's 9" OAL, 4 1/2" blade, 440C blade, blue G10 handle and 416SS bolsters.://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid78/p1a0d6101bae1a90f5e20e32fa6e3b2c7/fb2a7e49.jpg

Tom Militano · Sep 6, 2003

OK, what did I do wrong this time?

Sylvester · Sep 6, 2003

Sylvester · Sep 6, 2003

Here you go Tom, looks good bubba

rlinger · Sep 6, 2003

Why sure it does. Now that's what I call a full-V, just the way I like'em. Course now that I look at it again it could be a hollow. No matter.

RL

Tom Militano · Sep 6, 2003

Thanks Sylvester. It is a hollow grind.

indian george · Sep 6, 2003

Not bad at all from someone from Fairhaven.

Tom and I grew up in Fairhaven and went to the same gramma school, but never knew each other. We meet here on BF. Now he is a missed placed Yankee.

misque · Sep 7, 2003

Niiice! That's gonna be one happy Coastie when they take delivery on that one.

All the best,
Mike U.

BadBamaUmp · Sep 7, 2003

Indian, we refer to men like Tom as "Damm Yankees", a Yankee visits and leaves, them "Damm Yankees" buy property.

Nice knife Tom, how about a pic of the demon drop point?

Will

ddavelarsen · Sep 7, 2003

Tom that's very clean and "sharp." Is that G10 on the handle? If so, what precautions do you observe working it? I really like that strong color and can see I may need to consider shifting away from Micarta for some stuff. I like yours!

How big a wheel did you use for the grind?

How are you going to mount the pin? Drill it out for the post, inlet the scales around its shape? Just curious since we probably won't get to see the finished product (though you're sure welcome to email me privately with a pic of the knife when it's done, dclarsen@mchsi.com ).

This is just a perfect example of clean design and workmanship. Thanks for sharing, makes me want to go make something!

Tom Militano · Sep 7, 2003

I ground it on a 10" wheel. The G10 works about the same as micarta to me. I didn't take any extra care working with it. Make sure you wear a respirator when you grinding the stuff though. I don't grind anything without a respirator and safety glasses.