Three knives for U.S. Marines

[James Helm]

These will go in the mail on Monday. They were made for three current members of the USMC.

 

 

 

 

 

They're forged from 3/4" round 5160, filed bevels, triple normailzed to refine the grain, triple quenched in veggie oil to harden, and triple tempered for toughness. The handle wraps are paracord impregnated with Minwax Wood Hardener with desert tan for the underlay, black wth its core stripped out for the overlay, and black with the core intact for the two-strand Turk's head knots.

 

The sheaths are desert tan Kydex with two MOLLE locks each.

 

Edges are shaving sharp, including the top edge of the bottom knife. In fact, it drew blood already because someone assumed it was a false edge and ran their finger along it before I could stop them.

 

They've been being worked on since I started playing around with this paracord wrap and have been re-wrapped three times. I'm happy with them now, though I will continue to tweak my method as I do more of these wraps. One of the Marines who will be recieving a knife got to handle them one handle wrap back, several months ago. I asked him if he had any comments, and this was what he typed:

 

"a wonderful blend of both a utility and tactical blade mixture." "perfect for cutting a MRE box open or a cutting a bad dude if needed "

 

Looks like these blades will probably accompany them to some exotic locales.

[JohnnyB]

as a former Marine myself I can assure you that these knives will be appreciated. Thank you sir for looking out for these Devil Dogs. Oh, and let me add that these are some fine looking knives.

[Jason Taylor]

those are my cup of scotch...

[James Helm]

Thank y'all!