WeeHawk Set

[Dawkind]

Here's how Gollnick likes 'em- in sets

 

[ChuckG]

Now that is my idea of three of a kind, and with the rest, you certainly have a "Full House".

ChuckG

 

[BalisongMan]

Are the swedges on those sharpened??
What is the weight on the large one?

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Cameron
"It takes a killer...to stop a killer"

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[Gollnick]

Yes, I like the set. That's a very nice picture.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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[Dawkind]

Originally posted by BalisongMan:
Are the swedges on those sharpened??
What is the weight on the large one?

The swedges are sharpened and the 5" weighs in at a catalog weight of 9 ounces...........Thanks Chuck for your comment, I appreciate it.

 

[BalisongMan]

Thanks, sounds like a pretty heavy bali, too bad no one will know how well it flips

Is it possible to cut anything with a sharpened swedge (the only swedges I've seen in person are on a 30s, 42, and a 45 2nd which has an extremely thick swedge). Thanks

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Cameron
"It takes a killer...to stop a killer"

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[Dawkind]

ChuckG should be able to tell you........I flipped the 5" Bowie I sold him several times over the years that I had it; split my knuckle open on the false-edge a couple of times! They're big, heavy, hard to control once they get to moving, and will pinch the ba-jesus out of you when those handles slam shut!!! Those sharpened false-edges are razor sharp and a back-cut is one of the deadliest moves/techniques in knife fighting.

 

[Quicksilver27]

i like the little one best, but its a very nice set of weehawks.

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QuickSilver--"you just gotta be quick....."
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[ChuckG]

Yes the larger the knife the harder it is to manipulate.

Most of the ones I make have the ability to be sharpened on the top edge, but I only do it on request of the customers so I know, they know what they are getting and won't get a surprise when they work the knives.

I have made a couple with six inch blades with stainless handles and they are very slow to work, and the handles are just as dangerous as the blade.

In aluminum, that is a totally different story, as the longer aluminum handles make up in length the weight the don't have for being made of aluminum. They can really FLY!!

In fact, for use, the four to four and a half inch blades are about the best. The three inch in stainless is not bad, but it looses something in aluminum, but I have found a solution to that problem.

I have found that by adding stainless steel set screws to the bottom of the aluminum handles in the last one or two holes of the skeletonized pattern increases the weight just enough to make the three to five inch models in aluminum work really well.

Baring several unforseen problesm of late, I should have a couple of knives with the modification out to my "tester" sometime next week.

Regards to All

ChuckG