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To find the limits, you sometimes have to break stuff... :) I treat all my knives as if I want them to be used tomorrow. If I have to baton, i use a folding saw and any small axe. If I have to work in the sea, I use a Salt, or a Whale Blade. If I have to cut rope, I use a serrated blade. ( or a Serr...

I like the idea, for more acute work, at the tip

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/detail ... trade-/858

Thanks...

I wonder who named it Wild Cat first?

The Micro Jimbo has my attention!
Purposeful and compact.

Wouter, thanks for all your hard work in provding these images and thanks to Spyderco for allowing you to show them!

VG10 or Bohler N690...equivalent to each other... :)

In an exchange of gifts a few years ago, MrJanich gifted to myself a copy of his work : "The Best Defense" ISBN is 978-1-939467-00-3 Covers all sorts of weapons, some improvised, some with edges... :) Grab one while you can! https://www.amazon.com/Best-Defense-Michael-D-Janich/dp/193946700...

An extract that I did in 2018 in EM... . ......I have Rockwell tested all my files, old and new, and the variance is scary. They were tested at the brand mark and the tip of the file. Four indentations. Nicholson, Bahco, Grober...and borrowed from other craftsmen and craftswomen that I know: Pferd, ...

For those that say a file that slides on the HTed blade is the test... One question...What hardness is the file? :) In my HT experiments, I tested a bunch of files to see the HRC. Enough of a variance that is matters. A file might give you a general idea between the difference of annealed and harden...

I am hoping it is Kalgard Gun Kote...

In the 1990's, ATS-34 was released with a bad batch, and reacted like yours, Sidpost. A lot of South African knifemakers got together and bought a bulk order in sheets. They had to remake knives that were sub-standard. Pitting all over the blades and rusting along the edge were common. I never used ...

Any heat treatable steel sold to anyone should have HT specs with it. It is in the steel company's interest to sell more steel and the "stuff" associated with it. When I worked at a specialised steel company, anyone could ask for the HT specs, and we would give it to them, but the corect a...

Northern Munkey...
If you look at the proto image, and measure the blade length of 2.5 inches against the scales, it might be just a tad under the NZ legal requirement?

I have named it MJ²

Sal has two in the long, long, long, long queue...one fixed, one bending the middle... :) Think Comp Lock?

My next collaboration? :)

There is a forum called " Against the Grain" with a sub forum with images of straight razors from all over the world...

Around 470 pages at this time!
Knock yourselves out!

https://www.atgshaving.com/threads/stra ... -day.4099/

What is Sal rapping?

" I'm a Knifemaker, and I sometimes wear white
So I can cross the road in the middle of the night"

Some enterprising Golden foodie should turn up with a portable coffee, hot dog, and burger stand...

G10 is color straight through.
I have had blue G10 darken, but a wash in a degreaser and then hot soapy water should revive it.