Harsey Folder Article
 

Congrats to Mr. Harsey on his recognition for his T-2, one of the six knives in the latest Combat Tactics article by Pat Covert!

"Bill Harsey and Lone Wolf Knives may be the best knifemaker/factory team that you have never heard of."

Not around here!

Well done, Sir!

TR

Congrats, Bill!

Cover and Scan of the article, if anyone want to pick up a copy.

Note, no request to mutilate innocent copies on the newsstand.

TR

Hot damn! Well done, Mr. Harsey!

Nice flashlight next to the knives. Sponsorship has its privileges?

Yep. Looks like the new E2L, if my eyes do not fail me.

TR

Congratulations Mr. Harsey!

Thanks for the post TR!
I had no idea this article was in the works.

This is the same model knife Swatsurgeon did the emergency field amputation with.
Lone Wolf and I agreed that the CPM S-30V steel was the correct steel to be using and this has paid off in how well it holds up and performs in the field.

For anyone new, the CPM S-30V Steel was designed and refined by Crucible Specialty Tool Steels in Syracuse New York. Reeve and I had been testing this steel in our respective shops for a year before we decided to use it for the Army Special Forces knife known as the "Yarborough".

This was the very first production use of this steel.

USASOC named the knife to honor General William Yarborough (Ret) who was one of the founding fathers of modern Special Forces.

Edited to add: Forgot my manners, Lone Wolf is doing a great job with this knife. I already called them this morning to tell them about the article, Thanks Lone Wolf!

sweet kit.

congratulations, sir. You cannot buy advertising like that.

:)

Nice one Mr Harsey! Gongrats

Nice toys! Congratulations.

Congratulations Bill. It really is a great performer.

I count among my friends a British subject, who is a vegetarian, Social worker. He works with hospice and is a very kind and compasionate person. Occasionally, I will take him well out of his comfort zone. This happened recently when showing him the T2 in Cocobolo(the wood makes it look somewhat more civilized). He started to say"what on earth do you need a knife that big for?"

My response," It's for the jobs that this is just too big for" and allowed him to admire the splendor that is the Harsey Combat Folder.

His response was a simple"F@CK"!

Again, congrats Bill. You do amazing work.

Congratulations.

Thanks all for the kind words here.

There is another version of the Lone Wolf/Harsey T-2 in the works.

I'll call Lone Wolf and see if we can announce this yet.

Mumbleypeg,
Your buddy may need counseling. :D

Folding knife sizes are are a funny thing. When working outdoors a 4 to 5 inch fixed blade knife would be a small or medium knife and wouldn't draw a second glance in this country.
If you make a folding knife with the same working blade length, many folks respond just like your friend.

One of the problems with folding knife design is that the handle always has to be long enough to accommodate the pivot area and to protect the point when the blade is rotated to the full closed position. This adds length to the overall knife.
What this means is a well designed 4 inch blade will need a 5 inch handle and becomes 9 inches overall when full open.
Yes I just gave away a "secret of scale" in the last sentence.
The goal when designing folders is keep the handle only one inch longer than the blade.
To properly design a strong joint and make everything work while maintaining this self imposed rule is a sometimes trickier than it sounds.

Propitious timing here. I seem to have lost my 5 year-old Emerson CQC7 in a non-line of duty incident. Of course I am now naked and need a replacement. I am thinking the T2 Ranger.

Funny how karma has a way of letting you know when it's time to replace/move on.

Please advise if I can help.

My brother, I can heartily recommend the T2 or the Harsey Tactical folder.

I am also partial to the Chris Reeve Sebenza, which seems to be the Mercedes-Benz of folders, but it is pretty spendy.

I hate to believe that you are without any blades. Remember, if it is important enough to carry, two is one, and one is none. PACE.

TR

Thanks Boss, but I'm fine.

I'm not bladeless, I have my HAK and my AF and my PS Leatherman. :lifter

I'm just without a GP working blade right now.

I've been looking at this T2 for a while, especially since you guys started raving about them. I've been carrying EKI for a long time, and maybe it's time for a change anyway.

I would order the T2 right now and think about reordering the CQC7 if you are not happy with it, or a spare T2 if you are.

I am sure that the designer would be happy to personalize it for you. :D

For a folder, I currently own and carry (at different times) a Large Sebenza, the Harsey Tactical Folder, a prototype Surefire Delta, and a pair of Benchmade Axis Locks. The Harsey is too big to go into a pocket and is for when I wear a sheathed folder. The Sebenza and/or the Delta are my usual pocket folders. My HAKs and Leatherman are in different categories from my pocket knives.

TR

Right. The designer ;) is involved.

I think I will give the T2 a shot. I'm not really a Mercedes kind of guy. :cool: I like the one with the camo handle I think. I may wait a few days and see what this new version looks like.

What is this Surefire Delta? Perhaps a new thread would be in order about it . . . :munchin

It is a prototype. Intiendes?

TR

Well put, Boss! Tasteful, tactful, and truthful. :D Peregrino

Si, pero usted empezo esto. Si es secreto, usted debe ser callado acerca de lo. :p ;)

Another ant bed-kicker/wasp nest poker

LOL -- in my business, it's called "opening the door."

I understand the point. It obviously is an exciting concept, so the question was pretty natural to ask.

Well then, come and look at it, Counsel.

Exhibit "A".

TR

This is kinda like when FS is around...

...I don't understand anything.

And kinda like when FS is around, there is a person agitating Reaper.

Hey RL, I think some folks here just compared you to a chick. You gonna take that? :munchin

In other businesses, "opening the door" is akin to "standing in the fatal funnel" - such as in this case.

LOL.

Mr Harsey, congratulations on the article. I cannot wait to purchase a Harsey folder in the not to distant future. Going to get fitted for a HAK as well.

Congrats on the article Mr Harsey. I would buy one of your knives, but I'm afraid you'd institute a "Dot" system and I'd be waiting forever :D
DDD

Well, I'm going to stop digging. So yes, I suppose. :tuh: ;)

LOL. Intimidating attorney spit........

Congrats on the article Mr Harsey.
The T2 has been on my list.
First acquisition is the Yarbourough. Hmm, gonna need a HAK or three as well.

OK- need a second job now.

Sir,
That ain't never gonna, ever happen. :D

Remember those little candies called DOTS, colored sugar dots on a piece of paper...someone needs to find them and send them to FS.

Great article Bill, a winning combination indeed. .... thank goodness, no DOTS for a Harsey masterpiece

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Congratulations Bill!!

Try to bait FS and get slapped down by Mr Harsey :o
DDD