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Schatt & Morgan: Keystone Series #43 Half Whittler (Elk)
It is larger, and heavier, than I was expecting. It's heavy enough (3.5 oz) to be restricted to jeans or cargo pants
 
Nice acquisition Donn, that Stag ought to colour up satisfyingly after a year or two (I actually gave an Ablett a Tea dye bath and it really came on!) Is that Henderson's Relish at all similar to Worcester Sauces? I never drink Vodka but I know an exceptional woman...who enjoys Bloody Mary, might go well in that.

Regards, Will
 
Will Power said:
Nice acquisition Donn, that Stag ought to colour up satisfyingly after a year or two (I actually gave an Ablett a Tea dye bath and it really came on!) Is that Henderson's Relish at all similar to Worcester Sauces? I never drink Vodka but I know an exceptional woman...who enjoys Bloody Mary, might go well in that.

Regards, Will
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Thanks Will. The scales are actually really mismatched in regards to thickness but it doesn't really bother me. I didn't know about the tea dye bath thing; I'll give that some thought.:thumbsup:
Now Henderson's Relish. I have friends in Yorkshire who consider the Worcester Sauce comparison the worst sort of blasphemy. :D
I prefer my vodka ice cold and neat so I've never had a Bloody Mary but you could give it a try if your exceptional woman doesn't mind being a guinea pig :D:thumbsup:
 
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A.Wright & Sons stag Ettrick. A bit of nailbreaker
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How are you finding the A Wright knife??

I just picked up an A Wright spearpoint in buffalo horn. I fell in love with the knife when I first saw it and then fell out of love when I realized it goes blunt just by breathing on it. What's the deal with these so-called C70 carbon steel blades that won't hold an edge and won't seem to patina easily? There is no Stainless stamp on it but it seems to behave like a very (very) soft stainless. Incidentally mine has the exact stamp that yours has. Did I get a dud?
 
Just got a Case mini copperlock in CV. Red jigged bone. First I'll comment on the colour, real nice cherry red in the middle but faded almost to pink by the edges. The cherry red seemed too plasticy looking though, and the almost pink wasn't doing it for me so I dyed it in some boiling hot vineager with coffee and dark red dye for a few minutes. It evened it out and added a little brown to make it look less like plastic. Much better now.
Next, f&f. Definitely not a GEC but well put together. Transitions and pins flush, some gaps between scales and liners. A little daylight through the backlock spring. Shield not fit too well and epoxy that needed to be removed around it. The blade sits either perfectly centred or way over to the shield side, you can move it around closed but it doesn't rub. It locks up perfectly however, no play in any direction, (GEC should take a look at these). The action after flushing it with wd40,(needed it before dying but I waited till after) and a couple drops of lube is good. Light pull til just before lockup then stiffens. It doesn't drop freely with the lock fully depressed, in fact it still requires a decent push to begin closing. The plunge grinds, swedge and sharpening choil all great, the edge is a bit uneven one side to the other but shaves out of the box even with a pretty "toothy" edge. The tip could be better. I'll fix all this when I sharpen it, but I like to use the factory edge for a while first just to see how it performs.
Haven't tested her out on much yet but feels nice and solid, heavy for its size but probably a good
thing as I think it might feel flimsy otherwise being so slim. Feels good in hand considering it's small size.
I wanted a small locking blade that I could throw in my suitcase for travel without worrying to much if it gets lost or swiped by a baggage inspector. At the same time I didn't want some cheapo that I wouldn't trust or enjoy carrying. I think this little guy is the right knife for the job, I'll see how I feel after carrying it for a week on our upcoming trip.
 
Apologies for the late reply N.F I've been away. I'm sorry I'm not an expert on steels but I've found it ok, though I've not used it on anything demanding since I got it. As to holding it's edge I'll regularly strop a blade on my belt if I use it on anything likely to blunt it so I don't really notice how a knife holds an edge.
I own a couple of other A.Wrights; both carbon blades, which I must of bought about 10 years ago which I've always been happy with. In comparison the Ettrick does appear to be a different steel, however it is supposedly meant to be a carbon blade.
Sorry I've not been much help.
 
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Atiger said:
Liked the single blade #14 so much that I thought I'd order the two blade version in ebony. Someone said they liked the heft of the dual blade better and they may have a point. I like them both.

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A Atiger Atiger , the two blade is great, but I love the clean simple lines of the single. All one really needs in a pocket knife IMO.:thumbsup:
 
Atiger said:
Liked the single blade #14 so much that I thought I'd order the two blade version in ebony. Someone said they liked the heft of the dual blade better and they may have a point. I like them both.

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The 14 single blade is one of my favorite GEC patterns. I hope they make a clip point version at some point (440C would be nice as well).
 
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