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Okay, I went back out to CMK and at great personal risk, took a pic of the steel fence post Chris Reeve attacked with a Yarborough Knife.
He took a full on chop with it that was very hard (and loud).
As he steped back over by us, I expected to see the edge of the blade chipped, bent, or severely nicked.
It was none of these. The fencepost, as you can see about midway in this picture, did not escape quite as cleanly.
He took a ceramic stone to the blade, and while I am not even sure that it needed it, in less than 30 seconds, had restored the edge to hair-popping perfection. I dragged the edge on my thumbnail and there was no defect or damage to be found.
If I ever get one of these knives to beat up on, I will take requests and push it to the limit, but given this demonstration, I will have to say that I was truly impressed.
Well done, Mr. Reeve and Harsey!
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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