Hello,
I juste wanted to sahre with you some infos I got: since last summer Fred has add a new concept in his cutlery.
Now some of his La Griffe and Streetbowies got three Visible Temper Lines !
Mine is a squeletton La Griffe chisel ground on the right side. The steel is XC75.
If the cosmetic of Fred Knives are not for everyone, he has been recognized worldwide to be able to create extremly sharp and durable tools.
Fred assures me his new Recipe of three different quenches got tremendous results on edge holding and sharpness.
Also due to the long process he's not able to make more than one of these new concept knives by day.
SO soon I will let you know
after some test the "TriTemper" La Griffe and compare it to other Fred Perrin XC75 chisel knives I own.
a customed squeletton La Griffe is flat and confortable to use.
Fred really knows how to grind and sharp this little knives.
I am trying right now a tri tempered Squeletton Lagriffe and this little one is really really sharp.
Long time I have given up any emerson's.
I just cannot stand the way they are ground.
Fred original's La Griffe is:
A fixed blade always ready.
Small, light and easy to conceal.
Short RAZOR edge means great control.
Short blade because Fred wanted a SD tool not an assault weapon.
The ring hole is the "security belt". You can climb a tree with the knife in your hand, ready to be used.
Almost impossible to disarmed in real combat situation...
Fred made it as a utility and SD knife.
It's really polyvalent.
Easy to keep really sharp and addictive.
I own 4 La griffe.
Too quote Michael Janich:
"Basically, the Griffe design combines the best features of a single-edged boot knife and push dagger and improves upon them with the unique ricasso hole. In case you’re worried that the hole will weaken the blade, a close examination of both knives revealed that they are differentially heat treated. A clear temper line (like the hamon on Japanese swords) was apparent on both knives, showing that the working part of the knife was substantially harder than the ricasso and handle. When was the last time you saw this kind of attention to detail on a neck knife?"
For more info on this orginal concept, you can visit my good old pages featuring many pictures... ;-D
Especially Fred personnal La Griffe (a squeleton with leather wrappes handle...)
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/...2/grifferev.htm
More to come, soon.
cheers
JM
Edited by - nemo on 2/27/2004 7:20:38 AM
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