Gotta love a Woman gives you a stabby-cutty-stick for Valentines Day.

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I just gave my wife a modified/rebuilt Victorinox Craftsman (sharpened the side of the cap lifter into a shallow carving tool and replaced the old scales with ruby clear ones, added a straight pen and a ball point). She'd rather get hand tools and power tools than anything else. I just make sure she gets good ones.
 
hso said:
I just gave my wife a modified/rebuilt Victorinox Craftsman (sharpened the side of the cap lifter into a shallow carving tool and replaced the old scales with ruby clear ones, added a straight pen and a ball point). She'd rather get hand tools and power tools than anything else. I just make sure she gets good ones.
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That sounds damn interesting. Do you have any photos of it?

My wife is nuts about pocket.... er, *purse knives* and would get a kick out of seeing the custom for your wife.


Todd.
 
greyling22 said:
What is that dished out area with the notch cut on either side of it?
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I'm guessing that it's purely artistic though, it may be a form of tension-relief cut.

It presents perfectly as a thumb rest should I ever be culinarily inclined with it. Perhaps next year's Christmas goose.:evil:
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Todd.
 
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greyling22 said:
What is that dished out area with the notch cut on either side of it?
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It makes no sense at all in a knife of this design (or any design I can think of right off the bat), but 30 years ago all sorts of things were being tried by knife makers. Those notches almost ensure blade breakage at that point.
 
hso said:
It makes no sense at all in a knife of this design (or any design I can think of right off the bat), but 30 years ago all sorts of things were being tried by knife makers. Those notches almost ensure blade breakage at that point.
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Wouldn't you have to use it as a pry tool for that to happen?
 
Speedo66 said:
Wouldn't you have to use it as a pry tool for that to happen?
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Chopping and any twisting would be a risk. Acute transitions focus stresses and focused stresses concentrate forces rapidly. When placed in the middle of the blade they can cause points of failure when forces are applied laterally or parallel to the acute transition. When you want to break something more easily you notch it, right? You don't have to notch it very much to get the forces to concentrate and the stresses to cause failure. That's why you don't see them except on knives more art than function.

https://knifesteelnerds.com/2019/04/15/how-stress-risers-lead-to-broken-blades/

I can't imagine why, other than visual effect, Randall Gilbreath (or any maker) would do "that", but I can predict that baring any other flaw those notches are making the blade weaker at those points and any chopping or torquing or lateral forces would cause it to break at those points (other than if the tip is overheated/hardened).
 
When I saw the cuts in the spine I assumed it was some sort of "blade catcher" gimmick as that has been a thing on other larger Bowie type knives I've come across. I've seen several variations on the idea, but nothing exactly like that.
It is a neat knife though. Fun one to add to your collection.
 
Sistema1927 said:
An old superstition is that you never give a knife for a gift, since it will sever the relationship.
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I've been given so many knives from friends, family, makers, and manufacturers that I believe I've disproven that old myth. BTW, a penny will do if you adhere to it since nothing requires the value to factor into it.
 
redneck said:
When I saw the cuts in the spine I assumed it was some sort of "blade catcher" gimmick as that has been a thing on other larger Bowie type knives I've come across. I've seen several variations on the idea, but nothing exactly like that.
It is a neat knife though. Fun one to add to your collection.
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That's an interesting thought. Never occurred to me.

Could easily be a nod to that old idea.

I think I'll go with that.:thumbup:

Todd.
 
Sistema1927 said:
An old superstition is that you never give a knife for a gift, since it will sever the relationship. Gifting, yes; buying, no. As a result, give her a dollar to keep your marriage intact.
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Too true.... I'm covered on that cool old tradition. It was after all, Valentine's Day.;)

Todd.
 
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