rschuch
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Sharp blades are good to have, if Shire-folk go walking, east, south, far away into dark and danger.
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Post by rschuch on Mar 20, 2024 15:49:45 GMT
I have a William's Heiho that's been my EDC for a decade. It serves me well. (borrowed Blade HQ's stock photo) I have the Heiho. That assist spring is strong! Very audible “sproing” when I open it. I rarely carry it though, and prefer his big brother the Otanashi noh Ken, which I just happen to be carrying the last couple weeks or so. Attachments:
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Post by El Chingon on Mar 20, 2024 19:56:47 GMT
I have a William's Heiho that's been my EDC for a decade. It serves me well. (borrowed Blade HQ's stock photo) I have the Heiho. That assist spring is strong! Very audible “sproing” when I open it. I rarely carry it though, and prefer his big brother the Otanashi noh Ken, which I just happen to be carrying the last couple weeks or so. Otanashi is too big for legal reasons in my area. I might have been able to squeak by using the Shizuka, but there aren't any to be had now. How did you remove the blacking from the blade?
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rschuch
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Sharp blades are good to have, if Shire-folk go walking, east, south, far away into dark and danger.
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Post by rschuch on Mar 20, 2024 21:42:25 GMT
I have the Heiho. That assist spring is strong! Very audible “sproing” when I open it. I rarely carry it though, and prefer his big brother the Otanashi noh Ken, which I just happen to be carrying the last couple weeks or so. Otanashi is too big for legal reasons in my area. I might have been able to squeak by using the Shizuka, but there aren't any to be had now. How did you remove the blacking from the blade? I bought it used off the BladeForums site that way. It's so aggressive-looking! I love the Veff serrations, and the size is perfect for me, but then I'm a swords kinda guy.
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Post by mrstabby on Mar 21, 2024 9:20:06 GMT
I never could warm up to serreations myself. The stuff I cut daily does not really profit from serrations, maybe if I was cutting more rope.. The Veff serreations look interesting from the videos, but I still hate sharpening serrations. How do you do it? Those in the video look quite polished which is what I would prefer, but the only tool I have to do this is sandpaper and a lolly stick.
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rschuch
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Post by rschuch on Mar 21, 2024 18:18:01 GMT
I never could warm up to serreations myself. The stuff I cut daily does not really profit from serrations, maybe if I was cutting more rope.. The Veff serreations look interesting from the videos, but I still hate sharpening serrations. How do you do it? Those in the video look quite polished which is what I would prefer, but the only tool I have to do this is sandpaper and a lolly stick. There are long round files that work well for large aggressive serrations, not sure about smaller ones. I've never had to sharpen mine, but I used the files on a Ronin Katana dojo pro #5 tsuba that had pointy edges and it worked really well. I generally don't like serrations either, but it does come in handy on occasion, especially if I'm doing yard work and need to cut an odd branch.
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