Nice Eric. Who you feeding the neighborhood? What time is dinner?

Warren, Costco had Prime tenderloin, so I bought a couple of strips. I decided to use my new #10-5 to cut it up.

I've done many from them. Never had a complaint from any of my guests. Nice job!

Next time you do a beef tenderloin, poach it with garlic and green onions and kosher salt. Unbelievable.

Pap

Snake,

I saw the same Model 10-3 on ebay and I also thought that it looked like an unusual blade profile. From the handle moving forward, the blade started out looking more like a straight point version, but "dropped" as it neared the point (looking more like a drop point version). I have examples of Model 10s in both SP and DP configurations, and this one looked like neither of them to my eye (though the ebay photos were not ideal). It looked to have somewhat of a 'hybrid' blade profile, falling somewhere in between the SP and the DP. Whatever it is, it seems as if many bidders felt it to be unusual (or valuable due to its vintage?), as it brought a strong price ($391).

Bob.
What vintage would you give that #10

Dennis

Dennis,

I'm certainly no expert at dating RMKs, but the sheath (assuming it is original to the knife) looks to me like a Johnny Johnson loose stitch rough back, which would date it to about 1986-1991. If you want to read more about the different Johnson sheath stitchings, and dates of usage, there is an excellent discussion, with photos, on page 82 of the 'This Old Randall" thread.

It appears that the first RMK catalog in which the Model 10-3 appeared was the 29th edition, issued in 1992 (it was not listed in the 28th edition, issued in 1988). Unfortunately, it is not pictured. It's possible that the 10-3 was available earlier as a non-catalog, custom or special order?

I don't know when RMK switched from single handle pins in the 10-3s to double pins. That would give us a pretty firm 'made before' date. Maybe Joe or Mitchell or one of the Model 10 specialists can help with that.

Best guess as to vintage...1991-1992).

I hope this helps.

Bob

Enough time has passed from the time when the fears
that my #10-5 It is actually 10-7 with a broken tip
confirmed. My great friend, Nikolai, undertook to make regrind.
He did and 10-5 back in the ranks!!

As he said, the ideal could not be repeated. Despite its apparent
simplicity, in the performance of grind complex #10 very hard.

And I still found a keychain from heirs Rhett Stidham on ebay.

About the other knives tell in the relevant topic in the fullness
of time (it all came in a single package).

A few filters possibly slightly improve my bad photos on webcam

I wonder if there can be any change in the quality
of steel over time for the better?

The fact is that for about 2 years I have not touched the sharpening
of this knife. Yesterday I had to sharpen it, I did it,
now it's sharp as a razor. In the process of sharpening,
I noticed that, compared with the previous time,
steel has become more viscous and hard.

Just ordered another 10-5, these are handy knives. This one will have the Duralumin handles, should be a great utility knife.