Pocketknives/Kitchen Knives/Fixed Blades
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Sebenzas used to be semi custom, they had their bevels ground by hand up until a few years ago. They're currently CNC manufactured completely and hand fitted. A careful eye can see where the CNC left it's marks on the bevels
I already have someone in mind
The knife will be specific to IH, not an existing design with a logo on it.
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I like the stew your cooking here Doug, I like it a lot! BTW, just today I received a large sebenza. I get it now. Thanks IH forum.
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Doug, have you seen anything from Shing Crafts? I don't have one, but the guys on the British blades forum rave about his stuff. He's vey good by all accounts, and it's all bespoke stuff, high end materials etc. Perhaps a possible source for an IH forum knife.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?42384-Show-us-your-Shing…..&highlight=Shing
M
Update - ignore me, just read your post above saying you had someone in mind, I must have skipped a page of posts!
Sounds exciting though!
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Let's do that Doug.
Thank you both!!!
I feel like in keeping with the IH ethos of your "favorite" rugged wear this is the ideal product.
Much like my IH wallet, this is something that I would carry on my person every single day and therefore makes sense to be at the top of my list.
My finances dictate that one of the main factors in my IH purchases is the frequency of use they will get…
Looking forwrd to updates on this (and I'm stoked that it seems like a bunch of folks are on board with this!) -
Let's do that Doug.
Thank you both!!!
I feel like in keeping with the IH ethos of your "favorite" rugged wear this is the ideal product.
Much like my IH wallet, this is something that I would carry on my person every single day and therefore makes sense to be at the top of my list.
My finances dictate that one of the main factors in my IH purchases is the frequency of use they will get…
Looking forwrd to updates on this (and I'm stoked that it seems like a bunch of folks are on board with this!)+1
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@Geo:
I'm with K on this until we get to frequency of use - which to me implies carrying it about on your person - which is as near as damn a no go in UK and actually even more rigorously enforced in Scotland . . . basically makes the package a whole lot less attractive
Wow…
I had no idea. I live in a semi rural area in Northern California and I'm not exagerrating when I say that EVERYONE I know carries a knife. It's like an essential accesory around here.
Is it actually illegal to carry a knife over there? -
@Geo:
I'm with K on this until we get to frequency of use - which to me implies carrying it about on your person - which is as near as damn a no go in UK and actually even more rigorously enforced in Scotland . . . basically makes the package a whole lot less attractive
You guys gotta trust me on this one…even if you cannot legally carry it on your person...it will be awesome when you just need to cut something (in your car, kitchen, garage, shop)
More details to come...
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@Geo:
I'm with K on this until we get to frequency of use - which to me implies carrying it about on your person - which is as near as damn a no go in UK and actually even more rigorously enforced in Scotland . . . basically makes the package a whole lot less attractive
Wow…
I had no idea. I live in a semi rural area in Northern California and I'm not exagerrating when I say that EVERYONE I know carries a knife. It's like an essential accesory around here.
Is it actually illegal to carry a knife over there?As I understand it, only non locking folders are allowed
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yeah - knives, guns et al . . . nearly everybody in the UK is just dying of old age - fortunately alcohol, saturated and tran-fats, and range of drugs have helped combat the rising average age.
the law is quite specific about what sort of knife you may NOT carry
_1. You may NOT carry a knife with a fixed blade of ANY length in the United Kingdom without reasonable cause. Fixed blade includes lock knives!
2. You may NOT carry any knife of any length, fixed blade or otherwise, which can be considered to be a fighting or combat knife (through its design or even its name).
3. You may NOT carry a knife of any of the following sorts: switchblades, automatics or 'flick-knives', balisongs or 'butterfly knives', push daggers, gravity knives, belt buckle knives, sword canes, or knuckle-duster knives, any knife not readily detectable by x-ray or metal detectors (unless that knife is used for food preparation), any knife designed to be disguised as something else (like canes or pens which are actually knives, etc ). All the above are prohibited for sale in the UK (so it's illegal to own them, let alone carry them).
4. You may NOT carry a knife of any kind onto school property.
The only knife you can LEGALLY carry around with you in the UK is a non-locking folding knife with a blade of 3" or less, unless you have reasonable cause (which can mean a hobby, but usually means work). Moreover, in Scotland you must provide proof of your reasonable cause in the form of ID showing your profession/trade._
That's the letter of the law side of things, but in practice it's up to the police officer(s) concerned what's likely to happen to you if stopped with a knife. If you're off to the woods with a survival/bushcraft knife or going fishing or diving or off to your boat or a chef going to work etc, then they'll not be interested. If you're wandering round town shopping, out for a drink, at a football match (you get the picture) then they'll most likely confiscate the knife and may arrest you.
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@Geo:
yeah - knives, guns et al . . . nearly everybody in the UK is just dying of old age - fortunately alcohol, saturated and tran-fats, and range of drugs have helped combat the rising average age.
the law is quite specific about what sort of knife you may NOT carry
_1. You may NOT carry a knife with a fixed blade of ANY length in the United Kingdom without reasonable cause. Fixed blade includes lock knives!
2. You may NOT carry any knife of any length, fixed blade or otherwise, which can be considered to be a fighting or combat knife (through its design or even its name).
3. You may NOT carry a knife of any of the following sorts: switchblades, automatics or 'flick-knives', balisongs or 'butterfly knives', push daggers, gravity knives, belt buckle knives, sword canes, or knuckle-duster knives, any knife not readily detectable by x-ray or metal detectors (unless that knife is used for food preparation), any knife designed to be disguised as something else (like canes or pens which are actually knives, etc ). All the above are prohibited for sale in the UK (so it's illegal to own them, let alone carry them).
4. You may NOT carry a knife of any kind onto school property.
The only knife you can LEGALLY carry around with you in the UK is a non-locking folding knife with a blade of 3" or less, unless you have reasonable cause (which can mean a hobby, but usually means work). Moreover, in Scotland you must provide proof of your reasonable cause in the form of ID showing your profession/trade._
That's the letter of the law side of things, but in practice it's up to the police officer(s) concerned what's likely to happen to you if stopped with a knife. If you're off to the woods with a survival/bushcraft knife or going fishing or diving or off to your boat or a chef going to work etc, then they'll not be interested. If you're wandering round town shopping, out for a drink, at a football match (you get the picture) then they'll most likely confiscate the knife and may arrest you.
That about covers it! You also can't keep any knives on the 'you need a reason' list in your car without the same just cause and reason, it counts as on your person.
No samurai swords either, unless it's traditionally/hand made. It's ok to buy a machete though, 'cos obviously they're not dangerous or worrying…
I still buy the occasional non-carry knife, or fixed blade, just for the fun of it, but these days I really like to have something I can use on a daily basis without the Rozzers coming for me.
Hell, I got stopped in London once by a community support officer for filing my nails with the nail file on a Swiss army mini-camp in a public place.
M.
