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Starting to get broken in.
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Ladies, and Gentlemen, I give you the Applegate Fairbairn dagger. One of my favorites. I love this knife. You love this knife. (or at least you should) Everybody loves this knife. In fact, it's pretty much the standard that you judge a good combat knife by...
But as always... it came with an insanely crappy sheath.
So I got a guy I met on another forum that does custom Kidex work. Picked up 3 of my knives today after my VA appointment down in Indy that were getting new custom Kydex sheaths made for them, and it makes them much more user friendly.
On to the sheath... The knife snaps in firmly, and stays in place. The molle straps on the back can be mounted horizontally, or vertically, as the eyelets are spaced the same distance apart, or they can just come off. The Multicam on the front is a bit more expensive, but I just got the regular black on the rear. On the bottom, there is a space molded in between the layers that acts as a drain hole. Now, all that play time with the red rubber trainer will pay off, and I can put this bad boy to use. (Well, I can put it on the war belt anyway. I hope I don't actually need to put it to use.) I've has this one for almost 3 years, and have almost never used it because the factory sheath sucked so bad.
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Sharp, pokey, bottle opener thing. Tracker Dan Bottle Shark - Space Metal edition. SM100 nickel titanium "steel" but it's technically not steel as it doesn't contain iron.
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D Guard Cutlass
Blade
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User Interface
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Ohta Chikahide Gendaito.
A very good Gendai bladesmith. The blade was mostly roached when I found it.
The balance and length of blade (28") are exceptional. Hada is Itame, Hamon is "Horsetooth" O Choji.
I undertook a major restoration of blade (3 yrs.) and new Koshirae (fittings). Fittings are old; Tsuba is Koto era (late 1500's) "Kiku" Iron "battle Tsuba", Fuchi/Gashira newer Shin/Shinto era, "pretty" pieces.
It's my forms, Tameshigiri blade.
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No decent photos of blade, apologies.
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