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Post by dustytretch on Sept 23, 2012 19:37:39 GMT
www.perkinknives.com/index.aspI have not seen this UK based knife company mentioned on the forum, has anyone had any experience with them? They look quite interesting, not too badly priced either for damascus, or folded steel technically.
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Post by chuckinohio on Sept 23, 2012 19:41:00 GMT
Seen them on Ebay, but no first hand experience.
They do look to be nicely executed, and priced very competitively with other like pieces.
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Post by Talon on Sept 24, 2012 5:12:59 GMT
there's been some discussion on british blades regarding this !manufacturer! the general concensus is that they are made a bit further east than blighty :geek: they do look competitively priced (a bit too competitively to have been hand made in the uk) that's not to say that they're not good knives for the price and one of the tomahawks is tempting me but e bay is flooded with these knives,some of them for $30-$40
it states on their site that most of their smiths are uk based,but others are based in europe and other countries.......pakistan :?: cough cough.....now im not accusing them of false advertising,but as always
caveat emptor
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Post by chuckinohio on Sept 24, 2012 13:43:09 GMT
My first thought on seeing them jibes with your assessment Talon, a bit further east than the Channel Coast.
Since y'all are in Jolly Ol, and don't have to foot the shipping to the US, the prices are even more attractive.
I guess that the base material for the pattern welded billets, and the heat treat would be the only questions of concern as to whether they will hold up or fold up. Even if they are only in the low 50s Rc, they still ought to serve as a decent knockabout knife to keep in the auto or on the scooter.
I bought one pattern welded blade off of a UK retailer on ebay for cheap, and it is actually a pretty decent blade. The only real gripe with it is the fact that they must have let it sit in the etchant for an hour or so. The pattern is very pronounced, the blade surface slightly is irregular from the dissimilar materials. No complaints with material or heat treat so far. Judging by how it acted on the belt when tuning the edge, I would guesstimate it at mid 50s Rc.
Here's one for you blokes, do the constabulary over there frown on a fellow having a blade in the auto while motoring about? Not just laying out ready for action, but stored in the glove box say?
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Post by Talon on Sept 24, 2012 16:13:17 GMT
very true chuck,as long as the heat treat is ok then at the price they're a bargain,im definately tempted for one of the hawks,i'd probably never get to test it properley as i hate to mess up a nice pattern welded blade as for knives in cars,erm,i dont know,i guess a knife in a glove box could be easily explained away if the gendarmes checked,then again though i've carried all sorts of dodgy items with no trouble :twisted: an extendable asp currently rides with me,though that is illegal in the uk these days i do feel a lot more comfortable knowing it's there,for one of those just incase moments
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Post by dustytretch on Sept 25, 2012 19:04:00 GMT
In my year for high school, YR11 UK, senior for the americans out there. I think the count is that 3 people in my year of 210 have been permanently excluded for knife related breaking of the rules. From what I have gathered from the forum, knives are not a particularly useful self-defence mechanism. Although if I wanted something for self defence a deck of metal playing cards would suffice as I can throw cards quite hard, I have been training on and off for 2 years and it would not be considered at all dodgy from a police check.
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