William Henry On The Way

Lenny

Lenny

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Just ordered a WH Lancet in Carbon Fiber.
Can't wait to get this little gem.
After hearing everyone say how nice they are, I couldn't resist.
I don't have anything that can be considered a "gentleman's knife", so this will be my first. How do these things hold up in the real world? I'm obviously not gonna do any prying with it or heavy duty cutting. Just everyday stuff like fruit slicing, mail opening, etc. Are these knives flat ground, or convex? Easy to sharpen? Are the handles too slim to be comfy?
Even if I hate the knife as a user, I can stare at it because it's so pretty.
Lenny
 
I have one in Pearl, and I love it. My biggest fear is scratching the polished bolsters, so I always carry it in it's leather sheath, alone in my pocket.

The blade is hollow ground and it's a little longer than a slipjoint, but not as thick.

Everything I used it for, slicing fruit, opening envelopes, and cutting twine ect., it worked flawlessly.

I think I have more fun open and closing the knife than anything else. the action is silky smooth, and the lock up is solid. There is no side to side play, the blade rest solidly against the stop pin with no play and the liner lock stops about half way across the the tang leaving plenty of room for a good fit as it wears in.



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I have a Carbon Lancet (T-10CF) and absolutely love it. It was the first "high end" knife I ever purchased. Everything T said about the lock up is true. The overall fit and finish is approaching jewelry. My wife gave the knife to me for our first wedding anniversary. If there's one note of caution, be careful if you carry the knife like me in your right front pocket using the clip. The knife and clip are so finely finished that it doesn't take much to dislodge it from your pocket. The knife is so light that if you do dislodge it, you might not hear it hit the ground! I know this because I lost mine in just this fashion. Unfortunately I was in a large crowd when it happened to me and before I realized it had happened, the knife was gone! When I returned from the trade show where that tragedy occurred, I bought another one to replace it. After accidentally leaving the second one on a restaraunt floor, I decided to retire it from EDC and bought a small Sebenza for that duty. I now reserve the WH for special occasions when I'm wearing a suit and on my best behavior. In reconstructing the loss and almost second loss, I determined that the problem for me was caused by pulling my cash (in AlMAr CashClip) out of my pocket. It seems that the cash would catch the WH and dislodge it when I was trying to pay for things (cab ride in Las Vegas, bowl of Chili in the restaraunt). Lucky for me I eat at the chili place regurlarly and when I realized I had dropped my knife(half hour later) and called the restaraunt, they had found it and were waiting for someone to claim it. In both instances, I didn't even hear it hit the floor.

Awesome little knife overall, you'll love it.

jmx
 
I've been carrying a WH for about 2 years now. My EDC is a rosewood and I've got a bone/sterling with a saphire thumbstud for special occasions (see below). My EDC WH see's pretty heavy use and I've only got a couple of minor complaints. The first complaint is that I had a heckuva time getting back to even close to a factory edge until I got a leather strop. Just couldn't do it on stones or sticks. Second, even with the leather case it doesn't take much to get the bolsters looking bad, although they clean up pretty good with just a touch of Mother's polish. And finally, this is more of a warning, don't use a teflon based lubricant as it really gums up the teflon washers. Use as light of an oil as possible. These comments are really just minor points, overall its one of my favorite knives, which is quite good as I also carry a Sebenza, a MT, a MOD and a Dalton.

PS I really believe that WH does a better job than anyone else when it comes to anodizing titanium.
 
The CF Lancet was also my first "high end" knife (my definition of "high end" has moved slightly upwards, since then :eek: ). Excellent knife; personally, I don't have any problems with the handle being too slim, but that's absolutely a YMMV kind of thing.

Also, jmxcpter is right -- I would recommend heavily against carrying it clipped to your pants pocket. However, it does carry very nicely in the pocket of a dress shirt. :D
 
Guys,
Thanks for the comments.
jmxcpter, that's a real shame about your loss. But I'm glad you shared it as that's probably where I would've carried mine also. Looks like it's a shirt pocket knife for me.
Lenny
 
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