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 | | From: | alvinj at XX.com | | Subject: | Colonial SAK for $1 :) | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:35:37 +0000 (UTC) |
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 | Yep, $1 at St.Mary's Horse-pital auxiliary thrift store.
Couldn't pass up carbon steel knife for a buck. ;)
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/ColonialSAK.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/ColonialSAK1.jpg
Planning to re-heat treat the spear blade, not sure if I'm going
to change the shape to a clip blade or not.
As far as I can tell, this dangged thing is 1095...
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/InternationalHarvester.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/Colonial-IH-1.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/Colonial-IH-2.jpg
http://www.panix.com/~alvinj/Colonial-IH-3.jpg
(they are ready for heat treating!:)
Planning to make a cattle knife from it in a "shadow knife style". :)
Not sure the double spring is thick enough to fit the two little
blades in there... might have to make a new spring for it and space
the little blades at either end with what I call a "dutchman".
Funny thing about Colonial's blades, some are hard as anything and
worth having (no kidding:) and others, like this spear blade are too
soft (might as well be stainless;).
"can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"
I've always figured someone could make a nice "sow's ear purse"
from a sow's ear tho if they wanted to. What more could someone
(as easily entertained as I am) want anyway? :)
Alvin in AZ
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