Tyrant Bowie Prototype Run- Z Tuff

[Private Klink]

I passed on the Forefather Bowie in favor of the Tyrant Bowie (prototype) which I hope to receive soon. I can only afford so many knives on Social Security.

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Any updates about this, Hunter?

 

[Private Klink]

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[SharpBits]

At this point, I think Hunter is more anxious about it than you guys are.

 

[Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.]

Any updates about this, Hunter?

We got all the blades milled and sent off to HT, and have the new kydex molds made. Just waiting on the scales.

 

[MattinLA]

I passed on the Forefather Bowie in favor of the Tyrant Bowie (prototype) which I hope to receive soon. I can only afford so many knives on Social Security.

I've passed on a few things and then I just saw the Kukri proto thread...(sigh)

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Happy Easter, Hunter.
I hope the easter bunny hides those scales in your mailbox today.

 

[Moorik]

Happy Easter, Hunter.!

 

[Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.]

Thanks guys! Got good news. The blades will be back from HT this week and the scales will be done so I can start finishing these by Friday.

 

[Currawong]

This is great news! You must be excited to get these to completion, you've put a lot of effort into this model.

 

[Private Klink]

No doubt Hunter's efforts will yield a fantastic knife.

 

[SwarthyGnome]

... The blades will be back from HT this week and the scales will be done so I can start finishing these by Friday.

I think everyone is waiting with bated breath.

 

[ferider]

I think everyone is waiting with bated breath.

Nope

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Nope

Roland over here with the over-size scales making it look easy.

 

[ferider]

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Roland over here with the over-size scales making it look easy.

I was very happy to get the fatter scales ....

The Tyrant Bowie and one of my UF2 are permanently allocated to my car now, BTW. So versatile and 100% dependable, I feel.

 

[Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.]

I think everyone is waiting with bated breath.

Kowalski HT treated called me yesterday and said they were a little behind and would have them done and ready for pickup no later than Tuesday.

They also nearly gave me a heart attack. During the soak and quench, one the of oven fixtures broke and 3 bowies fell to the bottom of the oven, landed on their tips, and got quenched there.

I thought this had happened to that ALL of them. Thank God, the other 50 3V bowies are fine.

Ended up with a pretty cool Salvador Dali esque knife. Yes, this knife is completely hardened. I told them to save it because i'm going to make an art installation out of it.

Or, maybe I'll send it to a naughty customer. I don't make any specific guarantees on flatness in the fine print afterall.... Kydex will be kind of challenging though.

 

[zaedion]

Instead of "Crooked Soul", it's the "Slither" special edition Tyrant Bowie haha... That looks cool beyond measure!

Sorry to hear about the HT mishaps though, glad to know it only happened to 3 of them. Hope they'd make up for this mistake somehow!

 

[Huntsman Knife Co. LLC.]

Instead of "Crooked Soul", it's the "Slither" special edition Tyrant Bowie haha... That looks cool beyond measure!

Sorry to hear about the HT mishaps though, glad to know it only happened to 3 of them. Hope they'd make up for this mistake somehow!

Things happen. No matter what I end up with around a 10% scrap rate between various production problems, me messing things up on the grinder, dropping one on the floor, missing my angle on the final edge etc...

Kowalski are great people and they take good care of me.

I need to come up with a cool name for this very special limited edition batch of 3 blades. Dali's famous melting clock painting is called "The Persistence of Memory." Kind of fitting as the steel does in fact have memory. Ain't no way we are getting these straight again

 

[Private Klink]

"Serpentine Steel".

 

[SwarthyGnome]

Did Kowalski HT come through with the goods, Hunter?

Were you able to get the scales/ pics taken for us to select our options?

Thanks for the update!