Honestly I haven’t been using it as my everyday knife lately. I’ve gone back to my red Tajima that I show in the video. It’s comfier in the hand, there’s less play in the blade and moving the blade in and out is easier.
I cant help think that if Ave reviewed this knife he would complain bitterly about the amount of sanding required ... he would say you should do your ow bloody work. Duclaw is not there fir these things
I just installed quicky adjustable pushrods and it wont start. I can crank it and it does one big backfire out the carburetor. I can see backfire coming out of the exhaust to but won;t stay running. How do I fix that?
Great and patient job on the sanding. I was a little impatient on mine. I may disassemble and do some more edge cleaning, plus see if it can be assembled left handed, as someone else commented below.
I use an olfa HD with the plastic stripped off. I put a piece of reflective tape on it, cos it's very slim and easy to lose. Only downside is that the blade can slide out the back if it's loosened because the stop was on the plastic.
If you use your olfas with the blades extended you should really check out the Knipex one. They have a spine that can be extended to support the blade which makes it way better to use with longer extensions. Nice video. I think I'll pick one up. But there's definitely a bunch of things I wish were done differently. Might try to develop my own 18mm version.
I placed my order in April and it still hasn't shipped. I've now lost 3 finger-like appendages because I'm using a chainsaw to open my packages. GET HERE YOU CANADIAN BASTARD! 🤣
@@fromthebackyard2415 It did come after the specified 4 to 6 weeks. I didn't see the proper ship time till later and I was only seeing the Shopify ETA, which is inaccurate. I think i will get the sand paper out and clean it up this weekend.
If you have an auto tumbler with appropriate media it will put a perfect finish on the material and save almost all that sanding. I say almost as it will still need fine tuning here & there. Fantastic tool.
I flushed and polished my outer edges too, came out really nice. You can also easily flush the protruding screws too, that's what I did. Finally slightly rounded and polished the corner edges, feels great. Well done and regards.
As a laser operator I see things about how this kit was cut that kinda grate against my standards. The cut lead-ins (little divots on the side of the parts) should have been on an inside facing edge or the end of the part and the bridges on the two spacers could have been much thinner for easier cleanup. Speaking of clean up, the operator could have gave the parts a gentle wipe when the slag was hot and it mostly would have brushed off, or refine the cut to reduce how much is produced in the first place. Whining aside, you've done a great job cleaning it up and I love the idea of the knife but these small changes wouldn't have cost any production time to result in a better finished product.
