The blond is pretty nice looking, too!




::hauling ass outa the AO::

Photo analysis leads me to believe the human female is a non-native species. She has a tan. I've seen examples of the native population and they never get enough sun to tan effectively. :D Peregrino

I hope to make it to the Blade Show this year. Hopefully I'll be admiring knives on Friday and Saturday.

Good news/Bad news
 

I mailed off my 'request for a memorandum of authorization a month ago today.

I received a call this morning from a gal with the USAJFKSWCS Chief of Staff's office. I'll just refer to her as... L. Went something like this:

L: "Mr Morrison?"
Me: "Yes" ( knowing I had to get that Mr stuff out)
L: "I Have good news and bad news"
Me: "OK L, but please know, that phrase was invented BECAUSE of me.
A couple other things, L. Please just call me Brad. I know what the
'good news' is. I qualify for the Yarborough."
L: " Yes Sir" (LOL, now I have to get rid of the "Sir")

Me: "L"?

L: " Yes Sir"?

Me: Please call me Brad. I was a NCO not an Officer....... Okay?

L: Okay S......... Brad.

She is a sweetheart.
Here's the deal. Seems that the original allotment of serial numbered Yarboroughs
Is/was targeted for 1000. I didn't and still don't see any mention of that on the Yarborough site. Seems I'm 1001. LOL.

I am now at the TOP of the waiting list. :cool: Which, I believe is a first for me.

She told me that they were thinking about extending the current run to Sept. or Oct. OR........ Doing a second run and that she would call every week or two to keep me informed. Thinking back today about the number of SF guys, while I was in, since and now, it's alot more than 1000.
See how it pans out.

Odd...
 

When I ordered mine I was told the following regarding the numbering system:
#1-#12: spoken for / presented to the muckety mucks who are mentioned in some historical papers someplace :rolleyes:
(just kidding)
#13-#1000: SF Qualified folks from prior to the first classes being "issued" their knife on graduation (Aug 2002???)
#1001 and up: to be issued to newest Q graduates from date above forward.

not certain why they wouldn't just issue you one with a higher number. I had to wait for mine as well (#474) because they only received small batches (2-5) at a time.

Best of luck
Love my knife: THANKS Mr. Harsey!!! :lifter

Eagle

This is a matter of choosing blocks of numbers.
If there is any problem, please advise. I got a call yesterday from some guy asking how this was going. He wears four stars and is in charge of some little operation near Tampa.

I don't know Eagle. Based on what you just described, it looks like I'm in the 'gray' area, having graduated SFTG 11/69. I knew they were ordered in small batches and there would be a wait, which was fine. I didn't even care what serial number was on the knife. Thought it would be up in the upper thousands anyway.

Maybe if they sold me one with a number over 1001, folks would think I was the oldest guy to graduate from Q. :D

Damn, Mr Harsey... hob nobbin' with Four Stars. :eek:

L said she'd call in a week or two. See what she says then. I'll ask her about a higher serial number.

Thanks Guys........

12B4S,
Not hob nobbin, just a brief conversation.
Please keep me in the loop on the numbers thing here. There is no problem with CRK doing the work on it's end.

Thanks Bill. Let you know what I learn from L, next time we speak.

green beret knife
 

Hi Mr Harsey, good call on the S30V i have a couple of customs made from this steel and its performence leaves nothing to be desired , when making a hard use knife for hard users you have hit the nail on the head! S30V sebenza is my edc folder and i is a fine product of sound design, all the best ,kitty

hellokitty,
First, welcome aboard Sir. It's good to see you here.
That Sebenza you carry is made by the same guy (Chris Reeve) who suggested to Crucible Specialty Tool Steels the chemical composition of that type of steel and the result is the CPM S-30V.
Much credit due Crucible for the amount of research and fine tuning it took to make this happen, it was not easy or overnight.
Chris and I ran the "caveman knifemaking" tests with it before it was on the market.
If it failed at any one of several key points, we would not be using it.
This steel has served us and our users well.

Bill,

I work with one of your former students (van beever). Can you tell us about the Japanese honor you hold? Aren't you the only American with that recognition?

I believe the honor you speak of is that I am one of the very few Americans who as a custom knifemaker have their work in the Japanese National Knife Museum.

Update
 

Closing in on a year now. Talked to a gal down at USAJFKSWCS last week. To save me typing........ The authorization letter is on it's way..........

Good thing I am a patient guy. :rolleyes: I might have had to resort to be being a name dropper. (Bill) ;)

There were only 987 serial numbered Yarboroughs. Starting at #13, going through #1000. I mean for present and former guys, who didn't have them awarded after graduating Q school.

Good news you got to this point.

I don't think dropping my name would change anything.

Thanks Bill. No, and I didn't. ;) They have thier deal and working through it. After April 15, Twenty became available.

Look at what I got today. It is spectacular.

When did you send in your payment SP? You must have been on the waiting list too.

I am in my own long wait for a letter also. If anyone has any advice on a better way to do this then please email me or post it here. I am prior service (much prior) and would like very much to have this issue knife. I still have my ol' Model 15 Airman Randall that I carried. But with two sons now, I want to have something for each of them.

I guess I fit the bill of the description of an SF soldier I heard long ago. I have my divorce (2 actually), the Randall, and the Rolex. But I never did find a blue star saphire ring. I'll keep my eye out for that one.

The quest is over...
 

I received my Y Knife yesterday, after almost 14 months from sending off the intial paperwork. There was one other delay, I didn't mention. After sending off the rest of the paperwork and payment, I received a letter, explaining that it would be another two to three months. A large order was placed for the the guys graduating Q. That was fine. It's here now.

I remember a discussion on the BHI sheath. Seems somewhere along the line, they began using a different sheath. Mine came with a Spec-Ops brand sheath. My digital camera went south awhile back, but it is the same as in SP51C's pic above.

This knife is phenomenal!!!!!!! Amazing piece of work Bill and Chris.......

Brad,
What S/N did you get?!?!?! Mine is 569.

#933 Martin, just a few after yours. :)

I'm 878 because SWC flagged 800 for grads. Maybe they took 850 numbers.

You guys are killing me. I found out too late, and "purchase is closed" I've tried the address/phone # given me by another guy on the site - but, alas, no response. Got a nice call from Bill H. to talk about the knife - that was a kinda kick in the ass too, being able to talk to the 'knife god' about his creation, and having little current chance of getting one.

C'est la vie.

I know the feeling x_. As you can see from the 14 months it took me. After the intial paperwork, there weren't anymore available. I didn't think, I would be able to get one. Figured that, in that case, I'll buy one from CRK. It is an incredible knife.

Put mine on order with CRK. Will be produced end of this month, got a nice LEO rebate as well (thanks to Heather !). Won´t be serialed, but still the "real deal". Looking forward to receiving this masterpiece ! :D

Not a problem, we'll just have Chris Reeve send it to Ambush Master first and have him kill something with it. Then you can say it was used by a SOG vet!;)

Team Sergeant

TS, I was kinda hoping Brad would come to Tölz, kill a wild bore with it and I prepare a pork roast and some Bavarian beer for you guys...:D

Ohhhhhh, I like TS's suggestion Mike. I'd prefer to use your HK SL8 on the boar. :D Then we can use your new knife to butcher the thing. The beer will help pass the time while it cooks. We'll get all these guys over there for a Toelz reunion. Might make those boars an endangered species. ;)

Alright. Here is the plan. Ambush Master breaks in the blade, you drop the boar with my SL8, TS gets to butcher it while I´m in charge of the beer resupply. :D

As I said before, this Tölz reunion doesn´t sound bad at all. Think about it gentlemen... Any plans for, lets say, fall of next year ? Gives everybody enough time to plan ahead, save money and convince the wife.... :cool:

That will work MIke....

Plus I have no wife. After dropping the boar, I can help with the beer run. :)

That´s what I call "cross-trained" ! Thanks Brad ! :D

Well. we were always 'cross-training' Mike. Sort of stuck with me. Especially when beer and food is in the equation. Sometime I'll get around to a particular Team cross-training by our Docs. :eek:

Brad, yes, I always liked that concept. You never know when you will be needing a certain skill...

It is a great concept Mike. A Teams ever since I was in, continue to that. There is no better training, outside of sending every guy on a Team to every school.

Another "I got mine" post
 

Like some of those above my Yarborough came in the mail the other day. Serial number 0957. It took about two weeks from when I sent the payment and my signature at the bottom of the memorandum.

I actually thought the knife would be black like the photo I saw of serial number 2. By hey, if it's issued in green, then green is fine with me.

I think issueing a knife to the Q course graduates is a great idea. I think the distinguished honors grad of my class in '79 got some kind of Buck knife. I was just an honor grad and got squat. But I ain't complaining.

I am glad to be able to get this knife for my sons really. I have two and will give the Randall Airman I carried to the eldest and this Yarborough to the youngest. My daughter gets my Silva, it got me out of more trouble than either of these knives.

If you don't get one of these knives, I would not sweat it. Spend the $286.00 bucks on calls to your old buddies and a nice bottle of Jack or Jim. That'll do more for you than than just another blade.

ODA572

The Yarborough Knife in the "sandbox"...
 

Just so that Mr. Harsey doesn't think all Yarborough's end up on a display box:
This one has been along on a pretty nasty firefight, a couple of "interesting" combat missions and to every camping trip I do back here in CONUS. I have not had to re-sharpen it yet (and I got my knife back in 2003).

Painted no less. Would like to here some of those stories, Basenshukai.

:D Thanks for the work your doing and glad to hear the edged tool is included, that's what it's built for.

That handle doesn't look like "factory" either :D

Manufactured as promised in late August, it has arrived today.

Thanks again Mr. Harsey, Sir, and Heather @ CRK for this awesome blade !

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