CTS-XHP Native Regrind

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CTS-XHP Native Regrind

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I sent my knife to knifemaker Big Chris for a Regrind. I got it back today and I'm super thrilled with it! He maintained a lot of the spine thickness, but thinned the edge out beautifully! I diced up some junk mail and let me tell you, it's a lightsaber now :D

That's just lint on the tip in the second picture, not a crack!

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That's freaking sweet!
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That is pretty awesome. I love FFG Natives. :)
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ooh that's real nice
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That looks sweet. I really like the fact that he was able to save that small section of swedge to retain the spear point look I love so much about the non-ffg natives.
I had the ffg forum native and I think the blade shape looks a little goofy in the ffg configuration. I ended up selling the forum native to another member, but I am keeping my brown version mostly because I like the looks of the blade with the swedge grind so much more. This is a nice balance of a high performance edge with the look I really like of the swedge grind. Thanks for posting.
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Looks like a good job done well!
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I agree dgebler! To me it's a characteristic of the Native that sets it apart from others! I also like the FFG Natives, just not as much.
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Absolutely insane :D How thin is the edge?
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Looks amazing!
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****, that looks fantastic. Can you PM me some contact info?
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It looks great. How is the tip, not too thin?
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Evil D- PM inbound

Gull Wing- the tip thickness is perfect. That's what I was most worried about.
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The swedge really makes the regrind stand out from the norm. Great upgrade!
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+1 for the swedge!
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Great job ! Even if I love the Native exactly for its spear point blade ; so you're right keeping a small section of it, making a combo of a FFG and spear point blade !
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That turned out exceptional. If I didn't already have a native 5 I would be tempted to buy one and have the same regrind performed.
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Looking real snazy.

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Ferris Wheels wrote:That turned out exceptional.
:spyder: +1 Really nice Roger! :spyder:
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Really like the looks of that with the swedge.
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This must be the most gorgeous Native (:spyder :) I've ever seen.
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