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Charley
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Posted: 22 September 2008 02:50 AM |
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| Just added scales to these this weekend. I know they aren't really cool custom blades, but I've not found anything that holds an edge better thanGreen River knives. I guess they've been doing it long enough to know how to do it right. Attachment: DSCF0006.JPG (Downloaded 39 times)
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Rockydog
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Posted: 22 September 2008 02:56 AM |
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| Charley, I've been using Green Rivers since about 1973. Used to buy blades off of trade blankets at Rendezvous. Seems like they had more styles then. I've also got some Green River Commercial blades from a packing house. These things hold an edge for quite awhile and a couple of strokes on a steel and they are like new again. I don't know how you could ask for more. RD
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Charley
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Posted: 22 September 2008 03:02 AM |
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| You've got me beat, only been using them since 1980 or so.
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steel13
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| Location: | I Live In The Rain, Washington USA |
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Posted: 22 September 2008 05:49 PM |
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My Dad had a Green river knife that he had bought from Herters in the mid- 60's. My mom "appropriated" it and put it in the kitchen drawer and used it almost exclusively for her kitchen duties until about a couple of years ago when I had finally sharpened it past the tempering line.
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steel13
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Posted: 22 September 2008 06:03 PM |
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One thing that I notice right away is that the knife my folks had and whats now currently offered is that their knife was factory blued or blackened by some means. I would have to wonder if they had changed the recipe a bit.
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Timberghozt
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Posted: 23 September 2008 09:59 AM |
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You cant beat functionality like that Charley If they will hold an edge,thats all I ever ask for from a knife.Doesnt matter if they are pretty,they cut meat and skin...what they were meant for bud
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sako06
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Posted: 24 September 2008 06:51 AM |
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| We have a Russell Green River Works Stag Handled Steel, Knife & Fork Carving set given to us by my wifes father,it was an antique when we rec'd it and we've been married 46 years.
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LilMag
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Posted: 9 October 2008 02:00 AM |
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Charley I bought my first Green River knife back in the mid 70's, a skinner. It is plain and simple but soon found that "NO GUARD" can leave one with a sliced finger in a big hurry. I know own two of those knives but they are for looking at only.
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Charley
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Posted: 9 October 2008 01:10 PM |
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I've used them since the 80's, as I said, and have never cut myself.
Now that I've said that, I'm sure I'm going to slice myself this hunting season simply because I said that.
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steel13
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Posted: 9 October 2008 07:47 PM |
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When I use this style of knife I typically place my index finger on top of the blade, much like I am pointing toward the tip. I find that it give me a little more precision during meat cutting,and processing.
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Charley
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Posted: 9 October 2008 08:08 PM |
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steel13 wrote: When I use this style of knife I typically place my index finger on top of the blade, much like I am pointing toward the tip. I find that it give me a little more precision during meat cutting,and processing.
I used to be in the grocery business about 30 years back./ I spent a fair amount of time with the butchers, back when meat was cut at the store level. I'm a decent cutter, and use my finger as a guide most of the time.
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