What blade did you EDC today?

“usual shaving sharpness” is what Dundee demonstrate.

The Millie is a framelock. It actually has a SS insert for the ball detent which also functions as an overtravel stop that I thought was a nice touch. It’s an exclusive model only sold by knifeworks.com. When I saw it was down to only $199 I had to jump on it.

Sanrenmu should release an Adahn SE version like that! :slight_smile:

Lovocoo SF001

Yes indeed :wink:

But I really like that little folder, too.

Today I’ve just reground the blade of a Fura Kwaiken, the one with the fat flat grind, rather a sharpened prybar than a knife.

Hollow grind is “easier” to do as I thought…


@Isti I’ve seen your Ti pen and I’m wondering if there’s any titanium bolt pen where I can use the thin refills.

Or is there some kind of adaptor available?

Thing is I don’t really need a standard pen but I often use a silver pen on job to mark leather or EVA foam before cutting.

These refills are the old thin style and it’s always difficult to find a good pen for them :frowning:

My titanium tac-pen uses standard Parker style refills (you know the thicker ones).

What did you use for the hollow regrind on that Fura kwaiken? The result looks nice.

Yeah, it’s easy to get pens for Parker refills but difficult for those lame old style thin refills
I thought there must be adaptors for that but I couldn’t find one

And on that Fura blade I used a belt grinder on job with a maybe 20cm wheel, I can measure it later
I have no work rest that’s why I couldn’t make a straight hollow grind with a flat ground tip
The finest belt I have is 80 grit but after a good polish it’s not rough anymore (even though I’d prefer something like 200 at least)

I guess I’ll stonewash it later, I just must resist to grind it again to reduce some of the mistakes I made
From my I learned job that the trick is to stop when you can’t make it any better instead of continuing to make it worse :wink:

Now the blade swings much better than when it was a folding prybar :stuck_out_tongue:

Did you use some sort of jig for grinding?
Yes, it’s always good to know when to stop. I learnt that on my own. :smiley:

Ganzo F713M today. It also begs for modding. :slight_smile:

Can you give an opinion about this new back lock Ganzo?

Sure! What I like:

- EDC friendly size,

- excellent fit and finish,

- solid lock-up without any blade play,

- perfectly centered blade,

- adjustable/removable thumb studs (legal carry for example in Germany),

  • deep carry pocket clip.

I’m not a big fan of the bead blasted finish on the blade so sooner or later I’ll give it a satin or a stone washed finish. I would prefer full G10 handle scales because in my opinion the exposed liners at the end of the handle are only design elements.

Well, I think jig is the wrong term, it’s more a holder and a grind stop

I had to do it freehand as there’s no workrest mount on our belt sander

I like that Ganzo with the SOG OEM pattern, too, but I wish they would have left more G10 where the pinky finger grabs it
I get the point to leave the lanyard hole this way, if I’d make scales I’d only leave away the material at the butt though

The clip would have to become as thin as behind the circle, this way it’s looking too bulky

I guess I’d prefer an F-753M1 or a small version of the F7621 if they ever make one

It would be fastastic to see some land-sanrenmu knives with frame lock with disc, replaceable frame lock, ball bearings and… a flipper :slight_smile:
A step more.

?? You mean steel insert like on titanium folders :question:

Hi Isti - I noticed recently on your blog that someone commented about a Ti/CF Decepticon 2 clone with Damascus blade. You don’t happen to know where he got it from do you? My mate is after one.

Paul

Hi Paul,
As I remember he got it from DHgate.

Cheers Isti

Yeah my mate had seen one on there - he was hoping to get it a bit cheaper.

Thanks buddy


It seems that d2 steel in fura knives is not good. Or it is not d2 or is a d2 with a very bad heat treatment. Al least tested in a pair of models.

I’d say the one above is better than 8Cr13MoV/AUS-8, maybe on par with SRM’s 12C27 or better
The D2 on my Malyshev Gnome is only bettered by the ZDP189 on my Caly 3 and the S35VN on my Vespa Neon