Flatwoods Forge Bowie passaround

[Spots]

[quote name='sbroomheadsr' timestamp='1353417249' post='848694']
Hey all,
I swiped the "[b]Flatwoods Beast[/b]" from Dan to bring into work. i was telling them about it and they just had to see it. Now if i had a printer like in the movie Office Space, I would use the [b]Flatwoods Beast [/b]instead of a baseball bat,. Oh well...
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Now that would make for an intresting video....

[peejman]

[quote name='sbroomheadsr' timestamp='1353417249' post='848694']
Hey all,
I swiped the "[b]Flatwoods Beast[/b]" from Dan to bring into work. i was telling them about it and they just had to see it. Now if i had a printer like in the movie Office Space, I would use the [b]Flatwoods Beast [/b]instead of a baseball bat,. Oh well...
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Damn it feels good to be a gangsta!

[img]http://www.uvm.edu/asptech/officespacefaxsceen.jpg[/img]

Love that movie.

[Guest Broomhead]

I touched up the convex edge using a ~600 grit belt on my belt grinder. It's not shaving sharp but it will slice through a t-shirt just fine (I use old t-shirts as shop rags). I was able to baton through a scrap 2x4, twice, easily without disturbing the edge. I also hacked halfway through the 2x4 with ease, again, without disturbing the edge.
[img]http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Broomheads/20121121_153313.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Broomheads/20121121_153330.jpg[/img]

Next, I tested the strength of the tip.
[img]http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Broomheads/20121121_153555.jpg[/img]

And... (I can't get it to embed the PB video so here's a link.)

[url="http://s432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Broomheads/?action=view&current=20121121_153722.mp4"]http://s432.photobuc...1121_153722.mp4[/url]

[DaveS]

[quote name='Spots' timestamp='1352425940' post='842189']
Its that smoked deer hide thats with the knife lol. I was hoping it wouldn't be to offensive, it hung around the camp all weekend before I wrapped the knife in it to ship. Sorry fellas. Have you guys been signing the leather wrap?
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Spots...which hide is it? Send me just the hide last, and I'll sign it if it's one of the ones I provided, if you would like me to.

Dave S

[Spots]

[quote name='Broomhead' timestamp='1353599358' post='849453']
I touched up the convex edge using a ~600 grit belt on my belt grinder. It's not shaving sharp but it will slice through a t-shirt just fine (I use old t-shirts as shop rags). I was able to baton through a scrap 2x4, twice, easily without disturbing the edge. I also hacked halfway through the 2x4 with ease, again, without disturbing the edge.

Next, I tested the strength of the tip.
[img]http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Broomheads/20121121_153555.jpg[/img]

And... (I can't get it to embed the PB video so here's a link.)

[url="http://s432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Broomheads/?action=view&current=20121121_153722.mp4"]http://s432.photobuc...1121_153722.mp4[/url]
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I'm not gonna lie, that video made my cringe. I didn't think it would break, but thats a lot of force on a tip. I'm glad it performed well, and thanks for the sharpening

[TrickyNicky]

Can't get the video link to work on my iPhone?

[Guest Broomhead]

[quote name='TrickyNicky' timestamp='1353654019' post='849689']Can't get the video link to work on my iPhone?[/quote]Hmm...Let me upload it to youtube and repost the link for it, It won't work on my Android Galaxy S3 either. Edited November 23, 2012 by Broomhead

[Guest Broomhead]

How's this?

[url="http://youtu.be/prYOQOV10sc"]http://youtu.be/prYOQOV10sc[/url] Edited November 23, 2012 by Broomhead

[TrickyNicky]

That worked, thanks.

Spots I wouldn't worry about that knife to be honest. It's like the Chuck Norris of Bowies.

[musicman]

Hey, I'm sorry but I'm going to drop out of the passaround. We've had a recent death in the family and I'm just out of free time for awhile. Y'all have fun without me! ;-)

[TrickyNicky]

[quote name='musicman' timestamp='1354201781' post='852402']
Hey, I'm sorry but I'm going to drop out of the passaround. We've had a recent death in the family and I'm just out of free time for awhile. Y'all have fun without me! ;-)
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That's rough buddy. Sorry for your loss.

[Guest Fingersoup]

[quote name='BJB' timestamp='1352760402' post='844482']


[i][url="http://s840.photobucket.com/albums/zz323/ernursebjb/?action=view&current=campknife3.mp4"][img]http://i840.photobucket.com/albums/zz323/ernursebjb/th_campknife3.jpg[/img][/url][/i]

[i]Hope this works better[/i]
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I liked that golf ball test - that was pretty cool..

[Guest Broomhead]

The bowie is on its way to 56fordguy as I type.

[56FordGuy]

Woohoo!

Edited December 1, 2012 by 56FordGuy

[56FordGuy]

The knife arrived today. First impressions are good, it's definitely solid. The handle is a bit loose as someone mentioned before, but it's certainly a functional, comfortable knife.

I should be able to get some testing done this week!

[Guest D.B. Cooper]

[quote name='56FordGuy' timestamp='1354593798' post='854654']
The knife arrived today. First impressions are good, it's definitely solid. The handle is a bit loose as someone mentioned before, but it's certainly a functional, comfortable knife.

I should be able to get some testing done this week!
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Don't rush on my account.... I believe I'm next on the list and I'll be pretty busy until the next weekend....

[Spots]

So how is the testing going?? Any new pictures to be posted??

 

Heres the list right now, I'm gonna go ahead and close it to new people

 

Trickynicky (Tested and approved)
Maroonandwhite (Tested and Approved)
Bjb (Tested and approved)
Broomhead (tested and approved)
56fordguy (testing)
TheBisch (up next)

Cknight98

[56FordGuy]

Unfortunately, I've had very little time to do much of anything specific. I've been using the knife as much as practical as a 'daily' knife. Tomorrow night there will be some dedicated testing, then it should ship out on Friday to TheBisch. :)

[Spots]

Unfortunately, I've had very little time to do much of anything specific. I've been using the knife as much as practical as a 'daily' knife.

I can understand very well not having time to do anything. What have you been doing with it as a daily knife? Id love to here about normal day to day applications.

[56FordGuy]

Opened some feed sacks, stripped the outer insulation off some multi conductor cable, lots of baling twine. :) It's not something I would want to carry every day for those type of tasks, but it works. Tomorrow should be more in it's wheelhouse, I have some timbers that need to be shortened. 

[56FordGuy]

I took the knife out for some chopping last night. All I did in the first picture was to hold the knife about a foot above the board and let it fall under it's own weight. I was surprised at how far it went into the board. 

 

The next pictures are of the knife vs a 4x6" timber. The knife worked pretty well. The handle had a tendency to slide in my hand just a bit, I had to regrip after a couple of swings. Not a big deal. Overall, I was impressed with the knife. I haven't had any others that I would've attempted this with!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveS]

Blow it up! I'm telling you!!  LOL

It'll survive...

 

Dave S

[Spots]

Blow it up! I'm telling you!! LOL
It'll survive...

Dave S

Dont listen to the senile old buckskinner. The knife will survive but Id lkke to keep the handle intact if possible lol. Thats an awesome test 56. That timber cut is impressive

[DaveS]

Dont listen to the senile old buckskinner. The knife will survive but Id lkke to keep the handle intact if possible lol. Thats an awesome test 56. That timber cut is impressive

So my test wasn't impressive?

Buddy, I give your knives a double A+!!!

I am gonna use your knife tomorrow to completely process a deer. It's been "slammed, hammered and blown up"....I believe she's still up to the task! We'll see....

 

Dave S

[Spots]

Your test was insanely impressive, and entertainment to boot. Im glad you enjoy my blades, and I hope that one givew you years of service in all your task. It was by far the hardest torture test Ive seen a knife survive, and Im not bragging on my knives, just impressed anything will take all that abuse Edited December 15, 2012 by Spots