Yet More Different!

waynorth

waynorth

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Referring back to this old thread;
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=811499
An interesting development has occurred. A certain Old Dog in Indiana was interested in one of these fine examples of modern production cutlery, so I sent him some so he could pick one. They have slight production flaws, so I told him to choose the one he liked best.
I'd heard it was cold in Indiana, but I never expected what came back!!:eek:
GEC663.jpg
Bye bye, Rocky!!
Bullwinkle up and ran off to find a warmer place! The swedges swelled up sharp-edged like ice, and the blades turned blue from the cold!!
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Shown with a knife that never left home.

The blades didn't like this, and are so stropped off, they just look at a piece of paper, and it divides itself in two with nary a sound!!:cool:
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What am I to make of all this??:confused:
We're not in Kansas any more, Toto!!:rolleyes:

Brought to you by Canadian Dreamers Ltd, in conjunction with Wilfredian Endeavors Inc.
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Dang Charlie! That looks SHARP! lol....:D
I really like the grinds and the bluing on the blades!
nice little "fluff & Buff" doesn't get any better than
that! Wilfred Works overhaul, that's lovely!
Thanks for sharing.

Jason
 
Now that is REALLY unexcelled. Do I see a Waynorth-Wilfred business project in the near future? :D
 
Just an informal happening, Jeff. Some icing on the cake.
This knife is a pleasure to use. Even before it got Fluffed.
GEC is coming on strong!! This is their nicest pattern to date, IMO.
Thanks for the comments, Jason, Carl & Dave!!
 
waynorth said:
Just an informal happening, Jeff. Some icing on the cake.
This knife is a pleasure to use. Even before it got Fluffed.
GEC is coming on strong!! This is their nicest pattern to date, IMO.
Thanks for the comments, Jason, Carl & Dave!!
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I agree,a nice pattern :thumbup:! Great pimp job T ;),lol
-Vince :)
 
Every once in a while when I am working on a knife project, Tony will chicken eye it and say something like, "Are you going to leave those swedges like that?" or "You gonna fix that little boogie there on the grinds?" or a myriad of other Old Dog colloquialisms. When he was grinding those knives from Charlie he said he wasn't going to touch the swedges because the blade was too thin along the top of the swedges already. PERFECT!!!...he stepped right into that one :D, so I says, "Huh, sounds a little whiny to me. Maybe you SHOULD leave those little weeny swedges alone".

....he couldn't leave it alone after that. :D :D :D :D
 
:D :D

That's really cool. I am suitably impressed. Congrats on the knives Charlie.

Ed
 
Very nice Charlie. I'm wondering if GEC might have used potassium permanganate as the base for the dye used to color the bone on those knives.

Nice touch on the swedges. Just how sharp are they? We can't have anything with sharpened swedges here in CA. I think it's that way in OR too.
 
KnifeHead said:
Every once in a while when I am working on a knife project, Tony will chicken eye it and say something like, "Are you going to leave those swedges like that?" or "You gonna fix that little boogie there on the grinds?" or a myriad of other Old Dog colloquialisms. When he was grinding those knives from Charlie he said he wasn't going to touch the swedges because the blade was too thin along the top of the swedges already. PERFECT!!!...he stepped right into that one :D, so I says, "Huh, sounds a little whiny to me. Maybe you SHOULD leave those little weeny swedges alone".

....he couldn't leave it alone after that. :D :D :D :D
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Uh, oh. Kerry's slapping the bull on the snout again!

Just remember this moment when Tony says something about your swedges! 'Cause now he can say - remember that knife of Charlie's ... :rolleyes:
 
WA Martin said:
Uh, oh. Kerry's slapping the bull on the snout again!

Just remember this moment when Tony says something about your swedges! 'Cause now he can say - remember that knife of Charlie's ... :rolleyes:
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:D:D:D
Thanks for challenging Tony to out-do himself, Kerry!!
Thanks for doing a great job, Tony.

Ed, I was referring to the "crispness" of the swedges. They tend to get rounded slightly in the factory polishing process. They look much nicer freshly ground IMO. The back of the blade or "false edge" is not sharpened; a sharp back edge would be a definite liability in a pocket knife! It'd make it a risky proposition to reach in for the knife:eek:
 
waynorth said:
Ed, I was referring to the "crispness" of the swedges. They tend to get rounded slightly in the factory polishing process. They look much nicer freshly ground IMO. The back of the blade or "false edge" is not sharpened; a sharp back edge would be a definite liability in a pocket knife! It'd make it a risky proposition to reach in for the knife:eek:
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Thanks Charlie. That's what I thought and ya sure as heck wouldn't want a sharp blade in a pocket hanging next to the family jewels.:eek:
 
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