Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
Hi guys!
Shaking off the winter hibernation here. I went ahead and finished up the last of my heavy versions of our "Shivver" reverse-tanto-wharncliffe blades.
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This is a stout blade: 1/4" 5160 semi-full-flat grind that's 1-3/8" wide at the front of the choil. Blade: 6" OAL: 11" Buffing to a high polish isn't really for looks (promise! ) but because that helps 5160 act more like stainless. Decent rust resistance.
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Handles are "Black Cherry" G10 with stainless pin and lanyard tube. The red tones are extremely subtle.
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This handle came out feeling amazing. Wet-sanded to 600 and then buffed. Feels like liquid in the hand.
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These are perhaps somewhat specialized blades. I know one or two things they're probably really good for, but the history of Wharncliffe blades seems to be nautical. Sailors' knives, with the down-curved point being a safety thing. Maybe I should advertise these to the sailing set. Maybe not yachtters, so much as...
"TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER
If sailor tales to sailor tunes,
Storm and adventure, heat and cold,
If schooners, islands, and maroons,
And buccaneers, and buried gold,
And all the old romance, retold
Exactly in the ancient way,
Can please, as me they pleased of old,
The wiser youngsters of today:
—So be it, and fall on! If not,
If studious youth no longer crave,
His ancient appetites forgot,
Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,
Or Cooper of the wood and wave:
So be it, also! And may I
And all my pirates share the grave
Where these and their creations lie!"
-Robert Louis Stevenson, forward to Treasure Island
Shaking off the winter hibernation here. I went ahead and finished up the last of my heavy versions of our "Shivver" reverse-tanto-wharncliffe blades.
[resize=1000] [/resize]
This is a stout blade: 1/4" 5160 semi-full-flat grind that's 1-3/8" wide at the front of the choil. Blade: 6" OAL: 11" Buffing to a high polish isn't really for looks (promise! ) but because that helps 5160 act more like stainless. Decent rust resistance.
[resize=1000] [/resize]
Handles are "Black Cherry" G10 with stainless pin and lanyard tube. The red tones are extremely subtle.
[resize=1000] [/resize]
This handle came out feeling amazing. Wet-sanded to 600 and then buffed. Feels like liquid in the hand.
[resize=1000] [/resize]
These are perhaps somewhat specialized blades. I know one or two things they're probably really good for, but the history of Wharncliffe blades seems to be nautical. Sailors' knives, with the down-curved point being a safety thing. Maybe I should advertise these to the sailing set. Maybe not yachtters, so much as...
"TO THE HESITATING PURCHASER
If sailor tales to sailor tunes,
Storm and adventure, heat and cold,
If schooners, islands, and maroons,
And buccaneers, and buried gold,
And all the old romance, retold
Exactly in the ancient way,
Can please, as me they pleased of old,
The wiser youngsters of today:
—So be it, and fall on! If not,
If studious youth no longer crave,
His ancient appetites forgot,
Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave,
Or Cooper of the wood and wave:
So be it, also! And may I
And all my pirates share the grave
Where these and their creations lie!"
-Robert Louis Stevenson, forward to Treasure Island
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