What evs, wasn't gonna fo realz any way
What you just realised how xpensive it would be to get a truck to deliver it.
Ummm I have a new knife! A Wilkinson Sword Survival knife in NATO black!!
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What you just realised how xpensive it would be to get a truck to deliver it.
Hahaha Nah, I just can't spare the paper weight, or my research papers into the existance of smurfs ill blow away. 
There is a good 20 minutes in that thenAnd will be used till it dies or I it wears out,
don't you mean 20:03 to 20:04 GMT or British summer time? Either way they worked for a couple of minutes.
Well that took you 11 minutes longer than I thought you'd take.
I don't think I ever actually did anything useful with it to be fair, except clear a huge overgrown garden and faffing about in the woods at the back of our old house. They are as blunt as Hell and the grinds need loads of work.
Collector prices they are asking there based on the Wilkinson heritage. I think they were originally £105 back in 2003. But Wilky Woodlores were only £99 then too. Sad to see Wilkinsons cutlery making come to an end.
I tried a bit of photoshop to show how the knife design might be improved ... get rid of the choil, reshape the handle, make it full tang with an integral guard shaping, get rid of the obese belly and saw back, delete the grind on the back of the blade and clean up the look of the knife.....
oh - someone got there first.....
oh - someone got there first.....
At the risk of making an eejit of myself.........
I can't see any of the pics (work PC blocking them), so are we discussing the WS Dartmoor CSK Survival jobbie?
If so, then I noticed one or two thread contributors (Ged for one) wistfully lusting after one.
I still have the one I posted for sale a few months back; it now also has a custom sheath made by Lee and is still available if anyone is interested?
I can link back to the original sale thread if anyone fancies it and we can carry on the discussion there.
Mods: Apologies if this breaks house rules; I am only testing possible interest again at this point.
Edit-this thread is the one selling the knife
I can't see any of the pics (work PC blocking them), so are we discussing the WS Dartmoor CSK Survival jobbie?
If so, then I noticed one or two thread contributors (Ged for one) wistfully lusting after one.
I still have the one I posted for sale a few months back; it now also has a custom sheath made by Lee and is still available if anyone is interested?
I can link back to the original sale thread if anyone fancies it and we can carry on the discussion there.
Mods: Apologies if this breaks house rules; I am only testing possible interest again at this point.
Edit-this thread is the one selling the knife
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is it me or when BCUK had an online shop a couple of years back didn't they have selection of these in various stages of finish from unground blades to finished knives ???
ATB
Duncan
PS didnt want one in the 80's still dont today But i still have my Kukri i used
ATB
Duncan
PS didnt want one in the 80's still dont today But i still have my Kukri i used
Certainly is. But on the plus side, the wife's 1908 cavalry trooper's sword will be going up in value.
For the avoidance of doubt, I am not in the market for one of these things. As I said I've always had a soft spot for them but I really can't see me ever using one.
It isn't just you, I've seen a range like that offered too. I don't remember it being the BCUK shop though, I thought it was Dartmoor Knives.
You are right. They used to be available from the BcUK shop. I believe Tony bought a shed load of them when WS closed down.
I had one of the first run of these in the late 80's, after it was in the Combat and Survival magazine. I bought it from SA in Glasgow. Probably the most 'hell yeah' feeling on leaving a shop with my purchase of my life. Thats how much I wanted that knife.
So much anticipation. So much unjustified
It was, frankly, an over-hyped pile of pants.
I spend bloody years trying to get on with that knife, then I cracked and moved it on. Good luck with it, but not for me. In fact, mind bleach please.
So much anticipation. So much unjustified
It was, frankly, an over-hyped pile of pants. I spend bloody years trying to get on with that knife, then I cracked and moved it on. Good luck with it, but not for me. In fact, mind bleach please.
Not very useful .... Had one and it was pits... saw the back was good for notching and thats it. blade needed loadsa work before it was any good. way over hyped...and now way over priced...
