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chieftd

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Hello all, I'm new to the forum and would like to ask your help/opinion on William Henry Folders. I'm really itching for the Spearpoint Folder with Amber jig Bone handles. Any suggestions on where the best deal is for these? Thanks in advance. chieftd

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chieftd Proudly serving my country since 1977.
Aim High-Air Force, 61 countries visited and still counting....
 
Hi Chief,

Nice to see you finally made it over here from Delphi.
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Later,
John

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Hey Chief, you have good taste, that's a nice knife, and good advice from John.
Welcome aboard.

PhilL
 
From one Active Duty Air Force Chief Master Sergeant to another, welcome to the forums! For a real quality folder check out some of the custom makers like Darrel Ralph or Kit Carson or a semi production Sebenza.
 
Buy one for sure. It is hard to find a deal on this line. Keep your eyes peeled on the Sale forum is my rec.

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James Segura
San Francisco, CA




[This message has been edited by stjames (edited 12 December 1999).]
 
WH Spearpoint in Amber Bone is scarce at the moment. I just had a customer who wanted two, and had been shopping all over. I had one. Called a couple of competitors. No luck. Called William Henry. They gave me the name of a retail store, that turned out to have one. So I'm buying that one t retail - break even, to ship with the one I had, so I can get the sale. And I found out yesterday that two more people had called William Henry the next day looking for the same thing. Those may possibly be the last T12-A in circulation until the next run sometime early in early Y2K.


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
Hi Tim,

I saw one at the St. Charles show yesterday. Since your in the area you might want to stop by tomorrow and check it out. Its at the American Legion the address is 2500 Raymond. Admission is $4. Runs from 9-4.

Here are some directions from the ad in the newspaper:

I-70 exit 228, North on 94, Left on West Clay, Right on Droste, Left on Raymond.

Big brown building on the right side of the road across from the DMV.

Hope you get it.

Later,
John
 
JKM,
When I'm ready for a William Henry, probably the only non-custom I'll buy this year. You get the sale, because I know you take the extra steps, hope you'll have the knife. I think (unlike someone else) that it is a quality knife, in a style, that nobody seems to match for the same price.

I admit it, I don't know much, but I know what I like, and who I want to deal with.
 
William Henry's "secret" is to make a production knife with the quality one would expect in a good custom knife, like that 600-grit hand-rubbed finish, by doing it in batches, with various steps farmed out to specialists who do that step well, and by not offering any custom options. For instance, you can't get them to interrupt a batch to add a pocket clip.

For those who don't know already, "William Henry" is the combination of the middle names of the two partners who run the company. The knives themselves are made possible by a global economy. For example, the master craftsman who does their hollow grinding lives in Seki City, so the ATS34 steel crosses the Pacific Ocean three times. The team in Santa Cruz, CA, puts it all together and makes sure everything fits, and probably mumbles profanity when they have to reject parts.

Not custom, certainly not sole-authored, but a combination of excellent machine work, hand-fitting, and hand finishing, for a final product that is consistenly very good.



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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
Automatic John, Hi again, forgive me, but have we chatted on delphi before? Are you into airguns as well? Drop me an email. Later chieftd

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chieftd Proudly serving my country since 1977.
Aim High-Air Force, 61 countries visited and still counting....
 
Thanks again James for your help, looking forward to getting those two knives this week.

Had a friend look to me to gather up a few knives for Christmas presents for his son and he was in a hurry! So when I called James he didn't have two at the time but went out and dug around to find what I need!

Please be sure to send it the fastest way you can as he is looking to have them both by this Friday!

I was torn between the Spearpoint or the Lancet, but as I don't know the intended parties I chose the larger pocket knife of the two.

They are very good quality knives and I might just have to get a Kestrel some time.

G2

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If you can't be kind,
at least have the decency to be vague. Stephen Wright

www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Cabin/7306/blades.html

Gillett PA

 
You won't go wrong with the spearpoint in bone. Pearl is pretty cool too but there is just something about a bone handled pocketknife that goes back to being a kid. These little WHs are a great knife. Really great if you get a sheath made up to fit them. There are folks out there with patterns for them and everything...
 
I have an Amber Jigged Bone Spearpoint in stock, if it's of interest. Sorry for the plug.

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Fred
Knife Outlet
http://www.knifeoutlet.com


 
A William Henry in a given pattern is hard enough to find that it's good to know who has this or that. The next time somebody calls for a T12-bone, I know who to call now. Got a couple of T10-bones in my closet.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
Got the two jigged bone handled spear points last night, just in time for my friend.

SammyB? Question, when I tried these knives out in the sheath I use for my Rainbow series spearpoint, they are thinner in profile and didn't fit as snug as mine, is yours tight enough? Makes me worry to use mine as a template for others! The horizontal sheaths rely on a nice tight fit to work properly, so I guess I'll be requesting the knife when it comes to the William Henry line.

G2

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If you can't be kind,
at least have the decency to be vague. Stephen Wright

www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Cabin/7306/blades.html

Gillett PA

 
Gary, darn it all, and I thought that I could get away with having you make one for my Micarta Spearpoint without it making the trip. After the Holidays, of course
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James Segura
San Francisco, CA


 
Sorry James, but I don't want to chance it, after seeing the thickness difference, the amber was very nice, but the Rainbow spear point bolsters are slightly thicker due to the filigree work. SammyB had told me it fit well when he got his but, he had never seen how it's supposed to fit so I hope his is still nice and snug.

G2

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"There are no dangerous weapons;
there are only dangerous men."
.......... Robert A. Heinlein, 1959


G2 Leatherworks

Gillett, PA.
 
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