Arrived This Morning!!! (pic heavy)
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Still can't stop grinning!!!! 
and the biggest bonus was that my postie brought it while the missus was out!!!!!!
and the biggest bonus was that my postie brought it while the missus was out!!!!!! 
Still can't stop grinning!!!!
Pffff, wish that could happen to me. Emma thinks that Stu is the most generous man in the World sending me all of these free samples
Still can't stop grinning!!!!
All part of the service mate, it did take me a while to organise that part....
Pffff, wish that could happen to me. Emma thinks that Stu is the most generous man in the World sending me all of these free samples
LOL !
knifefan , that's a beauty !
One to be proud of for sure, that is a fine looking knife. Elegant design, pure function, clean lines, what's not the love? That desert ironwood looks good enough to eat.
That's a seriously nicely executed knife.
Are they pins or bolts (professional curiosity ) ?
I've not yet handled a Deval bushcrafter but my curiosity is becoming well and truly piqued.
I wish you long years of faithful service from your new knife, and thanks for the glimpse into your grin-factor
Are they pins or bolts (professional curiosity
) ?I've not yet handled a Deval bushcrafter but my curiosity is becoming well and truly piqued.
I wish you long years of faithful service from your new knife, and thanks for the glimpse into your grin-factor
Well, Stu has been very busy: I received mine this morning! It's got black linen micarta slabs and red liners and is faultlessly finished. In the few moments I've had with it, it feels really natural in the hand in any of the grips that I might normally use. I am just about to go and feather up a bit of hazel I've set aside for the purpose but I just know that this is one tool that will get used and used and used!
Stu M has been utterly brilliant to deal with. The regular updates and photos have been really interesting and highly informative to see. His admission that something was amiss on the first slabs he put on the blade was both refreshingly honest and indicative of the perfectionism he practises. A lesser maker might well have made do and let it go; Stu stripped them off and replaced them, saying that it was not a mistake he was going to make again. He has been helpful, patient, thoughtful and enthusiastic throughout - all things that are quietly present in the masterpiece he has made for me.
I have no association with Stu - I am just another utterly, utterly delighted customer.
Stu M has been utterly brilliant to deal with. The regular updates and photos have been really interesting and highly informative to see. His admission that something was amiss on the first slabs he put on the blade was both refreshingly honest and indicative of the perfectionism he practises. A lesser maker might well have made do and let it go; Stu stripped them off and replaced them, saying that it was not a mistake he was going to make again. He has been helpful, patient, thoughtful and enthusiastic throughout - all things that are quietly present in the masterpiece he has made for me.
I have no association with Stu - I am just another utterly, utterly delighted customer.
I was pretty disappointed stripping those scales, they were perfectly fine until my own oversight messed things up, but, if vindication was needed, that post is it, thank you! Stu.
Really? I'll try but the whole process of putting up pictures ages me by about 60 years! And you, of all people, should know what they look like!
I'll try. I'm not promising anything, but I will try...
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