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Thomas McDonald
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 Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 11:37 am Post subject: The last (GIANT) full measure of devotion ! |
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For some reason the brother that gave me this thought it would be funny !
You can fold this baby up till the cows come home but it still feels a wee bit cumbersome !
;-) Crazy, Mac
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Greyson Brown
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| Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 11:54 am Post subject: |
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That's a lot of knife there, Mac! I'd hate to think what that thing would do if actually placed in a pocket.
-Grey
P.S. I do like drop-points, so it does have that going for it, I guess.
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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Kenton Spaulding
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Could you give us some stats on that baby? PoB, CoP, etc...
I like it,
Kenton
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Bill Grandy
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| Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Forget the stats, I want to see some tatami cutting with this baby! :lol:
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Russ Ellis
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Thomas McDonald
myArmoury Alumni
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| Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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The world will little note, nor long remember what I say here, but since you asked ..... ;-) Mac
Stats
Weight: 1 lb. 9 oz. (715 g)
POB: 2- 1/4" back into the handle from blade (just beyond the coin).
OL: 17-1/8"
BL: 7 1/2"
BW: 2-3/16"
BT: 1/8"
Cutting edge: 6-1/4"
Handle width: 2-1/2"
Handle width (when folded): 3-1/2"
Handle Thick: 3/4"
Last edited by Thomas McDonald on Thu 16 Feb, 2006 1:30 pm; edited 2 times in total
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Greyson Brown
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| Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Kenton Spaulding wrote: | | Could you give us some stats on that baby? PoB, CoP, etc... |
I'll bet that blade is too thick to get a good CoP :D . And it looks like there is enough metal in that handle to inspire a negative number for the PoB :eek: (we usually list distance from hilt and just assume it is "blade-ward" (don't even get me started on whether that is a real word, I'm having too much fun with this thread); this one could mess that all up).
| Bill Grandy wrote: | | Forget the stats, I want to see some tatami cutting with this baby! |
Here, here!! I'll settle for pool noodles or milk jugs, but I want to see some cutting with your collectors' edition, best-if-kept-in-pristine-condition knife! :p
| Russ Ellis wrote: | | That's not a knife! This is a ... oh never mind... |
'cause we all know that whatever you produce to highlight the end of that statement will only result in laughter.... :D
Mac, tell us, does it have it's own vitrine (I finally bothered to look that word up, so I have to use it) yet? Oh, and I have to know which is bigger, that knife folded or your keyboard? :lol:
-Grey
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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Thomas McDonald
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| Greyson Brown wrote: | I'll bet that blade is too thick to get a good CoP :D . And it looks like there is enough metal in that handle to inspire a negative number for the PoB :eek:
Mac, tell us, does it have it's own vitrine (I finally bothered to look that word up, so I have to use it) yet? Oh, and I have to know which is bigger, that knife folded or your keyboard? :lol: -Grey |
Goodness, Greyson, your good .... I'm beginning to think you have one of these :-)
Aye, the POB is indeed back in the handle (stats in my last post)
Come clean now, there is no shame in owning Giant Gettysburg folders ;-) Mac
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Greyson Brown
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| Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Thomas McDonald wrote: | | Greyson Brown wrote: |
I'll bet that blade is too thick to get a good CoP . And it looks like there is enough metal in that handle to inspire a negative number for the PoB
Mac, tell us, does it have it's own vitrine (I finally bothered to look that word up, so I have to use it) yet? Oh, and I have to know which is bigger, that knife folded or your keyboard? -Grey |
Goodness, Greyson, your good .... I'm beginning to think you have one of these :-)
Aye, the POB is indeed back in the handle (stats in my last post)
Come clean now, there is no shame in owning Giant Gettysburg folders ;-) Mac |
LOL! I'm an imagery analyst; it's my job to look at pictures and extract usable information from them.
Well, the knife open out-does your keyboard by just a touch, doesn't it? That's a lot of knife. And, no, I don't own one of those, but I almost wish I did so we could start some kind of exclusive Giant Gettysburg folders owners club. Then we'd really be cooler than everyone else (or something). :cool:
-Grey
"So long as I can keep the path of honor I am well content."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
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Kenton Spaulding
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I'm waiting for the next Giant Gettysburg round table event to be held in the northeast, so I can pick one up on discount.
Kenton
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Jay Barron
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Wow! That thing's impressive, Mac. Is it proportionally difficult to open and close? I would imagine a lockback of that size could really help build some muscles.
Constant and true.
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Steve Grisetti
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Good grief! What a monster!!
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Michael A White
Location: Missouri, USA Joined: 07 Jun 2005
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Did you have to buy bigger pants to carry it? :lol:
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Matt G
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| Posted: Thu 16 Feb, 2006 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Mac,
You might want to pick this baby up for the other pocket to help keep your balance! :lol:
It's a 1900's German 100 blade pocket knife. Thanks for sharing the pictures!
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"Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Jean Thibodeau
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Mac;
What I want to see is this guy's, with really big hands, 1911 automatic in 4.5 " calibre. :p
Something that one sometimes reads about in badly written novels where someone goofed with a decimal point. :lol:
You can easily give up your freedom. You have to fight hard to get it back!
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Patrik Erik Lars Lindblom
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:D "It's my knife!" :D
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Frid o Fröjd!
Patrik
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Thomas McDonald
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| Jay Barron wrote: | | Wow! That thing's impressive, Mac. Is it proportionally difficult to open and close? I would imagine a lockback of that size could really help build some muscles. |
Hi Jay
It's actually quite easy to open & close (though it definately requires both hands) so I'd say its size is kinda misleading in that respect !
The biggest workout with this thing is in trying to explain why you own it !
;-) Mac
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