Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
Knifemaker / Craftsman / Service Provider
- Joined
- Mar 2, 1999
- Messages
- 26,231
Just got this lovely knife from Ann_Dem and wanted to share the excellent
lines of this knife;
b15 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Raised the reflector up to provide some contours of the grind of the blade
the blade has DLC, Diamond Like Coating and is highly polished, something
that I recently found out William Henry doesn't provide any longer.
b15_attache by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
b15_attache1 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
The same week this arrived, I also had the good fortune to work out a deal
with another forum member for a user version of this knife profile, this one
has the Tom Brown signature on the one side, here is a shot of this knife
compared to a small Sebenza for size and shape.
wh_crk by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
I was in turmoil over this past week, initially contacted by this fellow for this
user/worker one of his, he owns two, one being a keeper and this one he's used
some, not abused, the tip and edge needed some work but nothing that some
time on the stones couldn't take care of
Shortly after getting his message of an offer for his knife, I saw Ann_Dem's post with
the brandy new fancier version, yikes that was beautiful and just
really wanted that, so I PM'ed back to the fellow that I had to decline and hoped he
would understand, then I found that Ann was from Israel and I declined her for overseas transactions
would make anyone pause, and went back to the other guy and said "I'm back" THEN Ann came up
with a plan since I have a good history here in Bladeforums, she would send the knife
first and on approval I would then arrange to send funds. Well, there I was
had to go BACK to the other person, very understanding he is too, and he replied
no problem Gary, if it doesn't work out he would most likely still have the knife
available, I asked if he wanted to work out a bartar of sorts as buying the fancier one
pulled funds out, so much so I had to borrow, but had to get that
one! so he came back with an offer an I ended up with both knives a few
days apart, now I have what I call, "one to abuse and one to amuse"
I highly recommend these folders for a couple of reasons, one they have a nice
size to them, not overly big but plenty of edge for most cutting chores
the spine of the blade is full thickness, meaning no swedge ground in,
While I love the William Henry Westcliff, I owned one a short time but could
not get use to the swedge, for when you go to press down the blade bites
back, not hard of course, but when you use a knife and need to apply some
pressure on the spine of the blade, it just didn't feel good to me. I know
others love it, and that's great, but just a personal opinion.
Also the button lock, at first I was a bit nervous but it seems quite secure
and solid and I don't feel that it will come loose in use at all.
For whatever reason, I couldn't find history on the web about it, but Tom Brown
of the Tracker knife fame, doesn't have his name associated with this knife
any longer, any one know about this? just curious.
Thanks for reading down through this, had to share and again, thanks to
Ann and the other person, didn't include his name as he PM'd me and if he
wants to chime in, he can do so but he knows I appreciate his help and knife too!
G2
lines of this knife;
b15 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
Raised the reflector up to provide some contours of the grind of the blade
the blade has DLC, Diamond Like Coating and is highly polished, something
that I recently found out William Henry doesn't provide any longer.
b15_attache by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
b15_attache1 by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
The same week this arrived, I also had the good fortune to work out a deal
with another forum member for a user version of this knife profile, this one
has the Tom Brown signature on the one side, here is a shot of this knife
compared to a small Sebenza for size and shape.
wh_crk by GaryWGraley, on Flickr
I was in turmoil over this past week, initially contacted by this fellow for this
user/worker one of his, he owns two, one being a keeper and this one he's used
some, not abused, the tip and edge needed some work but nothing that some
time on the stones couldn't take care of
Shortly after getting his message of an offer for his knife, I saw Ann_Dem's post with
the brandy new fancier version, yikes that was beautiful and just
really wanted that, so I PM'ed back to the fellow that I had to decline and hoped he
would understand, then I found that Ann was from Israel and I declined her for overseas transactions
would make anyone pause, and went back to the other guy and said "I'm back" THEN Ann came up
with a plan since I have a good history here in Bladeforums, she would send the knife
first and on approval I would then arrange to send funds. Well, there I was
had to go BACK to the other person, very understanding he is too, and he replied
no problem Gary, if it doesn't work out he would most likely still have the knife
available, I asked if he wanted to work out a bartar of sorts as buying the fancier one
pulled funds out, so much so I had to borrow, but had to get that
one! so he came back with an offer an I ended up with both knives a few
days apart, now I have what I call, "one to abuse and one to amuse"
I highly recommend these folders for a couple of reasons, one they have a nice
size to them, not overly big but plenty of edge for most cutting chores
the spine of the blade is full thickness, meaning no swedge ground in,
While I love the William Henry Westcliff, I owned one a short time but could
not get use to the swedge, for when you go to press down the blade bites
back, not hard of course, but when you use a knife and need to apply some
pressure on the spine of the blade, it just didn't feel good to me. I know
others love it, and that's great, but just a personal opinion.
Also the button lock, at first I was a bit nervous but it seems quite secure
and solid and I don't feel that it will come loose in use at all.
For whatever reason, I couldn't find history on the web about it, but Tom Brown
of the Tracker knife fame, doesn't have his name associated with this knife
any longer, any one know about this? just curious.
Thanks for reading down through this, had to share and again, thanks to
Ann and the other person, didn't include his name as he PM'd me and if he
wants to chime in, he can do so but he knows I appreciate his help and knife too!
G2
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