Myyyyy Northstar

[JakeR]

Well, the long awaited NS arrived this morning, i was asleep but someone must have been in as i found it on the table .

Feels very, very nice in the hand and the tapered tang is stunning. And sharp!!! You could have a shave with this thing.

The sheath is making my hands greasy though, but i know that it is temporary.

Will attempt to get some pictures up tonight, i'll get over to my Dads house and use his digital camera, but neither of us have a very technical knack so don't get your hopes up!

Mine is Antique ivory micarta. I think i made a very good choice there!

Hope that picture works. Mine is less grained than that one, probably more like

Call it something in between.

Who else got one???

):

 

[JakeR]

WOW! I got the pictures up :shock:

Maybe i'll be able to take some of my own as well!

 

[boaty]

Who else got one???

):

I did, but it got stolen by a Ferocious Beast :yikes:

 

[SteveUK]

My Northstar and Mini Canadian arrived this morning, first impressions are these are SUPERB knives, the Northstar feels good in the hand, cuts Newsprint in very thin strips and shaved the hair off my arm out of the box.
The Mini Canadian is a neat little blade and also shaving sharp, Thanks to Joe at ODS for excellent service and Thanks to Mike at BRKT for two beauties.

Stephen.

 

[bushwacker bob]

I got mine today.WAHOO. I can still do cartwheels!!!
I heard the other half talking to my son,explaining my elation she just said;
"Mowgli has his tooth" ):

 

[JakeR]

I know the feeling! I it such a superb knife, one to rival many. An i also think my handle material is by far the best choice . So smoooooooooth.

 

[Stew]

I know the feeling! I it such a superb knife, one to rival many. An i also think my handle material is by far the best choice . So smoooooooooth.

Antique Ivory is nice but I always think of it as a blank canvas waiting for some scrimshaw.

 

[JakeR]

:roll: no way!

By far a superior handle material! Subtle, sofisticated, bright enough to find on a forest floor.......all the qualities you need.

 

[tomtom]

how is it jake.. i have been you "whittlin'" all day.. me fingers hurt nuw but its great!

 

[JakeR]

Its great. It's raining and i'm in the middle of the city so i can't! But will hopefully get out this weekend (he says :roll

 

[Stew]

Yeha but Jake, you could have something like this on one side:

and your name and address on the other.

 

[RovingArcher]

Jake, congratulations on your new blade, it is a real beauty. That is exactly the knife I will order when I can. I plan on adding Ivory grips to my .45 to match.

I also gave thought to having an Inuit friend add some scrimshaw to the handles, but getting Mike Stewarts imput would definitely be in order before doing so.

You mentioned that the handle is smooth with the micarta. Is it a good griping handle? Or, is the smoothness going to be prone to letting the hand slip while using the knife?

 

[DUCky]

Check out my Northstars (on the left)

YEAH!!!

Bring on the wood...... :super:

Lennart

 

[Martyn]

Nice William Henry folder Ducky, I'm jealous. :biggthump

 

[dave750gixer]

Mmmmmm

My blaze orange G10 and desert ironwood handled pair of North Stars arrived today. No need to put up a pic though as someone else seems to have bought the same :super:

 

[grumit]

hi ducky are those the sheaths that come with the north star or have you made new one's just wondered as the production ones look naff to me :wave:

 

[Andy]

two is taking things a bit far isn't it?

 

[rapidboy]

Im really looking forward to mine ,are those the temporary sheath's?
They look fine and so much better than the original ones.
What's wrong with your woodlore ? ,it's much too clean and new looking ):

rb

 

[BIG-TARGET]

Have you seen their new E.L.K.'s that are coming off the production line yet??????

Me thinks some of us won't be paying bills this month, and/or plundering the church coffers!!!!

 

[BIG-TARGET]

two is taking things a bit far isn't it?

Never hurts to keep a spare on your BOB.