Yarbrough Knife

[Team Sergeant]

Sent all my paperwork in for the Special Forces Yarbrough Knife, we'll see how long it takes from paperwork to a combat knife in hand.

Team Sergeant

[Eagle5US]

than never...
I do believe I owe a photograph :D

[Team Sergeant]

Very nice....

[shadowflyer]

Nice...:D....I have held one just like it. Mr Harsey does not disappoint when it comes to blades.

I am sure it will serve you well TS and E5US.

Jason

[Ambush Master]

Picked up mine on Tuesday.

I must add that during a demonstration of the Knife out at Camp Mackall on Wendesday, Chris Reeve made a VERY HARD CHOP on a Chain Link Fence Post (Pipe) and left one hell of a gash in it !!! The cadre present were amazed, it barely disturbed the EDGE !!! After about 3 strokes on each side with a DMT sharpening tool, the edge SHAVED HAIR !!!! The CPM S30V is some really Bad Assed Steel !!!

Any questions, I'm sure Bill Harsey will be around to provide the answer.

A believer !!
Martin

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Ambush Master
Picked up mine on Tuesday.

I must add that during a demonstration of the Knife out at Camp Mackall on Wendesday, Chris Reeve made a VERY HARD CHOP on a Chain Link Fence Post (Pipe) and left one hell of a gash in it !!! The cadre present were amazed, it barely disturbed the EDGE !!! After about 3 strokes on each side with a DMT sharpening tool, the edge SHAVED HAIR !!!! The CPM S30V is some really Bad Assed Steel !!!

Any questions, I'm sure Bill Harsey will be around to provide the answer.

A believer !!
Martin Chris whacked that galvanized steel pipe holding up the chain link fence pretty hard. He's always full of surprises. I wondered what kind of damage it would do to the edge, didn't take much work to clean up. The notch will be in the post for some time.

[CPTAUSRET]

One of these days, I will order one of these beautiful blades.

Terry

[NousDefionsDoc]

Is there a thread with what paperwork it takes to get one?

[Team Sergeant]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Is there a thread with what paperwork it takes to get one?

http://www.soc.mil/swcs/museum/yarborough_knife.htm

[NousDefionsDoc]

Thanks TS.

Now I have boxes of papers to open.

[The Reaper]

More than happy to assist on this end if there is a sticking point.

AM's paperwork and purchase sailed right through with a little heat. Could have done it in one day if the Gift Shop was open on Mondays.

That chop on the post imprerssed me as well. Got to get a pic of it next time I am out there. Probably have to initiate a Report of Survey on the knucklehead who brought the civilians on the compound.

Terry, all you need to do is contact any Chris Reeve vendor and order the Green Beret knife. I have a buddy or two who are vendors. Usually a couple on eBay at any given time as well. Sounds like a great Father's Day gift, about $200-$300, depending on where you buy it.

TR

[Guy]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Thanks TS.

Now I have boxes of papers to open.

Or I may just have to fly out there.;)

Need to visit some folks anyways.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Guy
Or I may just have to fly out there.;)

Need to visit some folks anyways.

Yes, you do!

TR

[Kyobanim]

I hate it when you guys post these pictures. I'm running out of hard drive space.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Kyobanim
I hate it when you guys post these pictures. I'm running out of hard drive space.

Somehow, I doubt it, but that is one of the reasons I do not post my mug here.

You have email, BTW.

TR

[Ambush Master]

Originally posted by Guy
Or I may just have to fly out there.;)

Need to visit some folks anyways.

If you do decide to "Fly out there", give a shout, I'm ready for a rematch !!!!

Take care
Martin

[Team Sergeant]

Paperwork arrived today with approval to purchase. It now heads back to SF museum gift shop to order the knife!

[Air.177]

Now you are going to have to figure out where on the Vest you are going to carry your knife:D

[Ambush Master]

Originally posted by Ambush Master
Picked up mine on Tuesday.

I must add that during a demonstration of the Knife out at Camp Mackall on Wendesday, Chris Reeve made a VERY HARD CHOP on a Chain Link Fence Post (Pipe) and left one hell of a gash in it !!! The cadre present were amazed, it barely disturbed the EDGE !!! After about 3 strokes on each side with a DMT sharpening tool, the edge SHAVED HAIR !!!! The CPM S30V is some really Bad Assed Steel !!!

Any questions, I'm sure Bill Harsey will be around to provide the answer.

A believer !!
Martin

TR posted this in one of the "Visit" Threads, but it also belongs here. This is what I was talking about !!!

[Smokin Joe]

Originally posted by Ambush Master
TR posted this in one of the "Visit" Threads, but it also belongs here. This is what I was talking about !!!

Holy Crap, :eek: is that a standard chain link fence post? Like the kind anyone could pick up at a Home Depot or a Lowe's?

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Smokin Joe
Holy Crap, :eek: is that a standard chain link fence post? Like the kind anyone could pick up at a Home Depot or a Lowe's?

Yep, Chris just wound up and whacked the snot out of it with a $300 knife of his.

I believe that Harsey could have cut it down with that knife and his logging skills.

No visible damage to the blade. No nick, no chipping, no bending. A few strokes on either side with a ceramic stick, and it would pop the hairs off your arm again it was so sharp.

The thread:

http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2159&perpage=15&pagenumber=2

I was stunned, and I own one.

TR

[Team Sergeant]

Just received a call from the JFK gift shop at Ft Bragg. My knife is "in the mail."

Will post a pic soonest.

[August-O Twenty]

Originally posted by Team Sergeant
Just received a call from the JFK gift shop at Ft Bragg. My knife is "in the mail."

Will post a pic soonest.

Nice Can't wait to see it.:lifter

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by August-O Twenty
Nice Can't wait to see it.:lifter

Lots of Y Knife pics on this site already, if you look.

I want to see his number.

TR

[August-O Twenty]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Lots of Y Knife pics on this site already, if you look.

I want to see his number.

TR

That's Why I want to see it

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by August-O Twenty
That's Why I want to see it

Why would that matter to you?

TR

[August-O Twenty]

:p nvm Ill continue on my way

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by August-O Twenty
As I recall TR each number is Uniqe(sp) just curious what his is thats all ,and I also have no clue where it is located at.

If I might make a suggestion, consider editing some more.

[August-O Twenty]

Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
If I might make a suggestion, consider editing some more.

Yes sir will do, My mistake

[Team Sergeant]

Guess what the Fedex man left at my doorstep…..

Very nice design Mr. Harsey.

TS

(Yes that’s an old 5th Gp issue PT sweat jacket top)

[Roguish Lawyer]

Congrats, TS. Nice.

[NousDefionsDoc]

Very nice indeed. There's just something about new steel...

[Bill Harsey]

Thanks TS! Is that handgun your hideout?

[Smokin Joe]

Nice Knife.

Maybe one day I can afford one. :(

P.S. Nice threaded barrel there T.S. :D

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Thanks TS! Is that handgun your hideout?

Not for him.

It could be for you.

Joe:

All of the H&K Tacticals I have seen have threaded barrels.

TR

[pulque]

Originally posted by Team Sergeant Guess what the Fedex man left at my doorstep…..


nice! congratulations.

[QRQ 30]

Perhaps I missed it but how much? If I read the app. documentation is no problem since I have SFA #D-1088.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by QRQ 30
Perhaps I missed it but how much? If I read the app. documentation is no problem since I have SFA #D-1088.

IIRC, around $270, delivered.

TR

[Team Sergeant]

Terry,

$280 delivered and one month from doc's sent to knife in hand. Very well worth it.

TS

[Smokin Joe]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Not for him.

It could be for you.

Joe:

All of the H&K Tacticals I have seen have threaded barrels.

TR

:o

Oh my bad I thought that was a MK23 only deal.


Beatiful Knife though.

[hoepoe]

Very nice TS

Where is Mr. Harsey's factory or what is his website?

Hoepoe

[hoepoe]

That search button is good indeed!!

found it....

Hoepoe

[Ambush Master]

Well. I got my Y Knife back today, signed by Bill and Chris !! I believe that I have broken Mr Bill's code though !! I now know why his designs are so far out, ahead of their time !!!! He must have a DeLorean in his garage and partakes in TIME TRAVEL !!!!

Please see attached !!!

[NousDefionsDoc]

Originally posted by Ambush Master
Well. I got my Y Knife back today, signed by Bill and Chris !! I believe that I have broken Mr Bill's code though !! I now know why his designs are so far out, ahead of their time !!!! He must have a DeLorean in his garage and partakes in TIME TRAVEL !!!!

Please see attached !!!

I'M BLIND!!!

[Sacamuelas]

Put on your glasses...its right there old man. :p LOL

Nice, very nice ambush master.

[Ambush Master]

Something bombed. Try again:

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Ambush Master
Well. I got my Y Knife back today, signed by Bill and Chris !! I believe that I have broken Mr Bill's code though !! I now know why his designs are so far out, ahead of their time !!!! He must have a DeLorean in his garage and partakes in TIME TRAVEL !!!!

Please see attached !!!

Busted AND Owned!!

I'd sue.

Lawyer!!

TR

[Sacamuelas]

LOL....

wonder how much Bill had to drink when he did that engraving! ROTFLMAO

[Ambush Master]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Put on your glasses...its right there old man. :p LOL

Nice, very nice ambush master.

Now, THE REST OF YA SHOULD BE BLINDED BY THE LIGHT !!!!:D

Later
Martin

[NousDefionsDoc]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Busted AND Owned!!

I'd sue.

Lawyer!!

TR

LOL - OH SHIT! STAMPEDE!!!!!!!

[NousDefionsDoc]

Whatever you do, don't fix it. That knife will be a legend.

[Sacamuelas]

That is exactly what I was thinking....

Like misprinted stamps or money... worth a LOT more being a "special" Special Forces Knife. LOL

[NousDefionsDoc]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
That is exactly what I was thinking....

Like misprinted stamps or money... worth a LOT more being a "special" Special Forces Knife. LOL

Well, there's that, but I was thinking that Mr. Harsey can never tease AM again. About anything, ever. LOL

[Sacamuelas]

I am SERIOUSLY considering looking up a phone number and making my first razzin' Mr. Harsey prank call. LOL

Thinking of funny avatars for Mr. Harsey right now... :D

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Whatever you do, don't fix it. That knife will be a legend.

Only for 11 months.

TR

[Ambush Master]

I shit you not!! Not 20 minutes after I PM'd TR with this, Mr. Bill calls, while Air and I are in the middle of a 2 hour+ discussion, of should I, or shouldn't I post this. Bill is talking rather cryptically with me and asking if all is OK with said Knife !! So, I ask him if he has a DeLorean in his garage !! Silence. Then I tease him about the Time Travel and he starts to get curious. When I tell him he starts laughing his ass off and tells me to post it !!! THEN HE ADMITS THAT HE WAS SOBER WHEN HE DID IT !!!!

This one is a KEEPER !!! It has taken on a life of it's own !!!!

Later
Martin

[NousDefionsDoc]

Naw Boss, the posts are date time stamped. And AM got pics. LOL

[Sacamuelas]

ROTFLMAO! :munchin

[Bill Harsey]

...and AM picks today to show me he has a high resolution camera and can use it. In avaition terms, this is an unrecoverable flat spin. I won't even try.

[Guy]

LMAO!

No wonder Mr Harsey is on the "CUTTING EDGE" of knife making.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
...and AM picks today to show me he has a high resolution camera and can use it. In avaition terms, this is an unrecoverable flat spin. I won't even try.

Eject, EJECT, EJECT!!!

TR

[Bill Harsey]

Have pulled hard on the eject handle, nothing happening.

[Bill Harsey]

AM, Do you want us to re-finish the knife? I can then try again to see if I could come a bit closer on that date thing. Looks like I was more worried about my penmanship with the 14,000 rpm carbide cutter than the number I was cutting. Now for a little knifemaking hypothetical excercise, if I was to make some mistake on a knife, what group of people would I least want to do it in front of??? Let me think, this should come to me...

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Have pulled hard on the eject handle, nothing happening.

Brace for impact.

Your penmanship is exceptional, by the way.

Would you like to see the date you put on mine?

TR

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by The Reaper




Would you like to see the date you put on mine?

TR Maybe.

[Roguish Lawyer]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Would you like to see the date you put on mine?

You know you want to show it. I want to see it. So please do it! LOL

[NousDefionsDoc]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Maybe.

LOL

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
Maybe.

How does this happen?

TR

[Ambush Master]

Originally posted by The Reaper
How does this happen?

TR

I'll wager a $100 Bill against a hole in a Do-Nut that Mr. Bill is PRAYINING "PHOTOSHOP" !!!!!

[Guy]

You guys are kidding us right?:D

[Ambush Master]

Originally posted by Guy
You guys are kidding us right?:D

I'm not !!!:D

[Bill Harsey]

I'm getting the DeLorean back out and see if I can figure out what happened.

[Solid]

Its interesting that both dates on the knives are identical...

Solid

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Bill Harsey
I'm getting the DeLorean back out and see if I can figure out what happened.

Better go way back, cause I have another one from an earlier conflict.

BTW, thank you, Mr. Harsey for your service in the Continental Congress.

How many generations have you been doing this?

TR

[Guy]

LMMFAO!

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Better go way back, cause I have another one from an earlier conflict.

BTW, thank you, Mr. Harsey for your service in the Continental Congress.

TR Those were the good old days of smelting bog iron up in Long Island. It wasn't as good as the steels we have now.

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by The Reaper


How many generations have you been doing this?

TR You guys thought I was joking when calling myself a neanderthal knifemaker.

[The Reaper]

Hope you enjoyed that pic as much as I did.

You should send a copy to Chris.

TR

[Team Sergeant]

Very nice photo shop work TR!

I’ll bet Bill was sweating bullets!

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Team Sergeant
Very nice photo shop work TR!

I’ll bet Bill was sweating bullets! still am.

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by Team Sergeant
Very nice photo shop work TR!

I’ll bet Bill was sweating bullets!

I had someone else do it, I mean, some help with it.

He still doesn't actually know what he put on my knife.

TR

[Team Sergeant]

I don't think I could have pulled off the photoshop, I'd been laughing so hard while completing the evil deed I'd never got it right.

[Sacamuelas]

Whew... thank God. I truly started feeling so bad about wild Bill screwing up TWO $300.00 knives that I had decided to stop pickin' and had actually started mourning and feeling bad for him. LOL

NOw that he only messed up one... Game on again. :D

[Bill Harsey]

Originally posted by Sacamuelas
Whew... thank God. I truly started feeling so bad about wild Bill screwing up TWO $300.00 knives that I had decided to stop pickin' and had actually started mourning and feeling bad for him. LOL

NOw that he only messed up one... Game on again. :D Never expected any of you to let up for even a second. I've got a sandblaster running 120 PSI air loaded with 80 mesh australian garnet , I can erase anything.

[Solid]

Wait, erase US or the date??


If a knife had a wrong date on it and everyone who saw it is dead, did it ever have the wrong date on it??

I'll leave you all to think about that one while I barricade the doors and windows...
;)

Solid

[CPTAUSRET]

Originally posted by The Reaper
Better go way back, cause I have another one from an earlier conflict.

BTW, thank you, Mr. Harsey for your service in the Continental Congress.

How many generations have you been doing this?

TR


Note the first signer on the left (Gwinnett), has to be related do me.

Terry

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
Note the first signer on the left (Gwinnett), has to be related do me.

Terry

Terry:

Why, were you killed in a duel?

Button Gwinnett
Baptized: Gloucester, England - April 10, 1735
Died: Savannah, Georgia - May 19, 1777

Button Gwinnett came to Georgia in 1765. He had little success as either a merchant or a planter, but became intricately involved and quite adept at Revolutionary politics. His political battles were as much with the Whig factions within Georgia as they were with the British. Gwinnett represented the group trying to wrest power away from the "city" party, dominated by the Christ Church parish centered in Savannah. His success was evidenced by his selection as leader of Georgia's Continental battalion in early 1776. But many of his political rivals opposed his selection. To avoid excessive controversy, Gwinnett gave up this post, instead accepting election to the Continental Congress.

He arrived in Philadelphia on May 20, 1776. He was heavily involved in committee work, but took no recorded part in the debate over independence. His support for the cause was clear though, as he voted to separate from England on July 2, voted for the Declaration itself on July 4, and signed the actual document on August 2. Soon thereafter he left Philadelphia to return to Georgia.

Gwinnett hoped to again be named leader of the Georgia forces, but that appointment went to Lachlan McIntosh, a longtime political rival. Gwinnett turned his attention to the legislature, where his faction won control. He and his followers set out to purge the military of all those ostensibly not devoted to the Revolutionary cause. But most of those purged were supporters of McIntosh. The legislature adjourned in February, 1777 - leaving the government in the hands of the Council of Safety. The Council's President - Archibald Bulloch - died within a month and the Council selected Button Gwinnett to take his place. The only negative vote was cast by George McIntosh - Lachlan's brother.

Gwinnett proposed invading Florida and taking St. Augustine - to guarantee protection of Georgia's southern boundary. But McIntosh and his followers believed the plan was politically, not militarily, motivated and refused to aid the effort. Gwinnett had George McIntosh arrested for treason, while Lachlan immediately came to his brother's defense. Meanwhile the expedition to Florida was begun, but soon halted. Gwinnett requested aid from McIntosh, but by now cooperation between the two was impossible. The Council called Gwinnett back to Savannah, where the tensions between the two factions and the two men continued to mount.

In May, 1777 a new assembly convened. Gwinnett was defeated in a bid for the governorship, but was cleared of any wrongdoing in the Florida expedition. An angry Lachlan McIntosh publicly declared that Gwinnett was "a scoundrell and lying rascal." The very next day Gwinnett challenged McIntosh to a duel. The two met outside Savannah on May 16, 1777. Both were wounded in the ensuing duel; McIntosh recovered, Gwinnett did not. He died three days later. His death so soon after the fact has made Button Gwinnett's signature a rare and valuable item. He subsequently became the most famous of Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence.

(Text compiled by Charles Pou, Carl Vinson Institute of Government)

[CPTAUSRET]

TR:

Sounds like he should have practiced getting his waepon into play, and making the first shot count.

I had never done any research on him, just presumed we had to be related at some point.

Terry

[The Reaper]

Originally posted by CPTAUSRET
TR:

Sounds like he should have practiced getting his waepon into play, and making the first shot count.

I had never done any research on him, just presumed we had to be related at some point.

Terry

Good advice, particularly the first shot business, since they used single shot flintlocks, and by the rules of the day, after each party fired, determined whether they wanted to continue or not.

TR

[Roguish Lawyer]

OMG, ROTFLMMFAO!