Daywalker and potterma got WHARTs!

potterma

potterma

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Gotta be careful who you consort with..... Never know what you're going to get :eek:

Over in THIS thread, Daywalker introduced his WHART. If you haven't seen it, check it out. Chad talks about the Whys and Wherefores of the WHART, which I'll not go into :yawn:

Chad asked me to post up some pics of this WHART variant he did with a bit longer blade:

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I've always been a fan of Wharncliffe type blades and decided to apply the WHART concept to a Trance I had on hand. Here is my interpretation of Chad's WHART:

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Blade is about 2.050" long
Added a full convex swedge to front edge of blade
Bead blasted and stonewashed blade, lock side and clip
Satin finished thumbstuds and all hardware
Replaced teflon washers with phosphor-bronze washers
Added a bead blasted carbon fiber front scale
 
WOW i like that. It's the offspring of a meat cleaver and my Kershaw Random Leek!

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= WHART :D

I love the stonewashing!

What do the new washers do for the movement of the blade?
 
Thanks :cool:

The teflon, while slick, is quite compliant, and gives a "squishy" side to side feel to the blade. The p-b washers firm that up. Not quite as low a coefficient of friction, but for thumbing open the blade, more than sufficient.
 
That's freakin' outstanding!!!!!:D

Now send it over to holland for closer inspection. lol

Like the satin on the studs for extra Chadoyance....
 
Awesome work. The blade reminds me of those cool little Dao folders that Michael Burch makes. I vote for full-on factory production. :D
 
Funny, I dont see these on the Boker website

/poke /poke Boker HQ

Please Please with sugar on top. :D
 
Mahalo ALL,

And thanks again to the master potterma for pulling off an excellent version of my WHART design. As I mentioned before, I have a Trance design with a shorty blade, as well as a Mini-Trance...however:

I REALLY like the blade/handle offset of the WHART, and there is "something" to this offset otherwise I would not be mutilating my Trance folders!!!:rolleyes: The short blade, long handle concept is an old one...but house a short blade in a Trance frame...Hee-hee-heeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
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Among some "family members"...
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It's amazing. Non-Knife People don't freak out when it is used in public, urban office friendly, and in the SD world...it's hard-ER to...uh...well, we'll just not talk about it here.;)

Um, potterma sir, we're gonna have to work something out for one of the WHARTs you make...:)

God bless and thanks all!:cool:
 
Just let me know, Sir!

I'm liking the bit longer blade on your latest Whart.... What's the blade length?
 
Took my original WHART and added a curve on the top and some jimping out near the tip for added tip control :cool:

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:D
 
Another Whart!

Green/CF Fibermascus with Anso-inspired texture

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Thin black G10 scale on the back

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:...

AGAIN I will ask...how the heck do you outdo yourself?!? Cripes sir, your work just gets better and better and better and...

God bless and soon...the SubClaws a cometh!!!:p
 
Yep I need a Whartclaw.....yeah you go figure out how to design one...when it's finished I'll take a few.....Doc:foot:
 
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