[JShirley]

Recently, Dan Koster (pendentive) made a file knife for me. This was based on a
Nicholson file, with curly maple burl handle, corian spacer, and brass guard.

I got it today. :D

Next to 16.5" HI WWII kuk...

[JShirley]

Very lightweight. Very fast. Balance is about an inch in front of the guard...

[Dave Markowitz]

Nice!

[Jim March]

Now you need something to store it in.

I suggest a file cabinet... :neener:

[Schuey2002]

Sweeeeeeeeet! :cool:

[Byron Quick]

I'm John's roommate. John's either in Augusta studying or trying to avoid death by girlfriend at the moment.

Few minutes ago, I decided to test the edge of his new blade. With three
passes down my forearm the blace shaved a strip of hair two inches wide and seven inches long totally smooth...totally dry.

One of the sharpest knives I've ever handled and most folks ooh and ahh over knives I've sharpened.

[JShirley]

John's either in Augusta studying or trying to avoid death by girlfriend at the moment

Well, first I was studying, and then, I cleverly escaped...:uhoh:

I come in, and Byron's eyes are large. When he starts with, "I want to tell you, that knife is sharp", I started looking for punctures. :)

John

[Gordy Wesen]

i wanna see a picture of the whole knife being balanced.:D
and, testing the blade by shaving a hairy arm?:banghead:

my tests are: cutting 12 conductor thermostat wire like rope. reaming the burr out of 7/8 or 1 1/8 inch hard (copper) pipe. and lastly but nor leastly holding it on a sheet metal (ductwork) edge and ripping the blade across it hard.
I examine the blade after each test. don't wanna see no rolling, flatning or chipping. A good blade will just be a bit dull all the way. if it passes I resharpen it and use it for work. If it fails I usually resharpen it to a perfect edge and sell it at the next knife show.
:p

[JShirley]

Gordy,

This is gonna be my dress/BBQ/wedding rig knife. It don't get no arduous testing. :D

John

[Andrew Wyatt]

think pendentive would be willing to make a bayonet?

[JShirley]

Ask him. I will say he appears to be pretty busy, for a while. :)

John

[Gordy Wesen]

I like that knife and I think it would do arduous:)

[Schuey2002]

wedding rig knife
What exactly is a "wedding rig knife"? Is it something you take to someone else's wedding, or to your own wedding? :confused: ;)

[tyme]

wedding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding)
rig (http://www.dropzone.com/gear/articles/HowToSelectAParachuteHar.shtml)
knife (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife)

Seems logical to me... :)

[JShirley]

Gordy,

I think it would, too. I just don't feel the need to test it myself- I know Dan tests all his knives before they leave his hands.

Dunno that I'll be wearing hardware if/when I get married again. There is, however, a "got to meeting" gun tradition in some areas. I plan on having a nice knife to wear, as well.

John

[Gordy Wesen]

You're lucky to get a nice custom knife. I'm waiting for a similar piece... been waiting for almost 3 years. And you know, when I get it, the pride of ownership will be 9/10 of it for me. With some of these things I let normal use and resharpening tell the tale. Because I use a knife so much at work (HVAC tech) I tend too quickly to think of them as tools... even though all my work knives are made by a fellow in Oregon.

[JShirley]

You're not talking about Dale Sandberg of EDMF, are you? I know he's in OR.

John

[Gordy Wesen]

nope. Gary Little in Broadbent. He was the only fellow who took an idea and crafted it in steel. We worked out the details as we went along and called it the journeyman. I wrote it up and got it got the story published in Knives Illustrated several years ago.