European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1977 the stars and stripes Page 25 Connors gain Wimbledon final Gerulaitis bows in five Mcenroe loses to Jimmy by Mohlke Myers Inland up do fend info Champion Bjorn Borg or Sweden and favorite Jimmy Connors thurs Day forged i hair Way through to their predicted mens final Duel in inc to Centenary Wimbledon was pushed to the Brink in a three hour Tennis spectacular before edging new yorker Vitas Gerulaitis 8 while Connors end Ixl die unique run of 18yearold John Mcenroe by Fri in the other the Tennis in the  match was As classic As the to Rolls Ito Ces owned by the Al Rovert new from Kings 11 was one of the  matches seen in inc 100year history of the worlds oldest tournament and at the end of it both play ers received a standing ovation from the capacity crowd crammed into the combustible Crucible of Wimbledon famous the match brought together two of the fastest men in the game am for 183 pulsating minutes they provided a feast of spectacular inc perfect miraculous Subtle drop shots and blistering the fierce Pace continued right into the deciding in which 23yearold go Tullai two years older than his gained what looked like a stranglehold by breaking borgs game to love in the fifth but the snowing the right of a True broke Buck immediately and they traded  All along the line unlit the 14th game when Borg needed Only one of two match Points to punch Home the winning the Connor Mcenroe match never reached Greal sheikh is although the youngest player Ever to gain a semifinal place in the mens proved a worthy the 1s74 mastered but never quite turned the Firsty Young lion from Long in an All Southpaw contest lasting two 31 a outsider before the tournament began and the first Wimbledon qualifier to make the finally succumbed to the weight of Connors doubt a flied Connors blew hot and frequently netting easy forehand and owed a Large part of his to Mcenroe flow of double the 24yearold will have to show improved form if he is to snatch the title from Borg in saturdays the two left handers separated by six years in age and Light years in experience provided same spectacular winners for the capacity but there were also periods where both were guilty of in forced the bookmakers 14 favorite to beat his Young seemed to be heading for a comfortable Victory after taking the first two aided by six double faults by missing easy overheads but to seeded Jimmy Connors slams a backhand return while Young John Mcenroe counters with a forehand in picking up Points with Sony Fine ground Hung on grimly while Connors blew hot and Connors inconsistency finally opened the door for Mcenroe in the third set in which seven of the 10 games went against Mcenroe gained the set winning break in spectacular fashion with three Back hands the first a Short angled Winner and Iutin two identical blistering drives Down the Connors looked ruffled for the first but he came Back strongly with two explosive double isted backhands to break my a Rocs service in the first game of the refused to concede and levelled at 22 when Connors netted the easiest of whose forehand Volley seemed magnetically attracted to the net during his Law got an top again in the seventh clinching it on his third break Point with a raking forehand it was now a matter of Connors sitting on his Lead and he sewed the match up three games later with a dipping Volley which Mcenroe could Only hit into the outdoors with Jim Hirzel 4 i t Mcenroe gets mayor Grain grind a new yoi1k ui1 mayor Abraham Beanie wednesday sent the following Telegram to John the 18yearold que Lens youth who reached to the semifinals of the Wimbledon Innis Champion ships congratulations on your wonderful Suc Cess at Wimb Ledwin it is Only fitting that a new yorker who lives but a few Miles from Forest site of so Many great Tennis performs ill All of us Back Home Are rooting or you to jets talk about within the past decade or so there has developed an unprecedented interest in knives and in not referring to production cutlery but to the custom made handcrafted Type made by skilled artisans using the finest As one author put custom knife Smitow Are proliferating like yet the demand is such that the Good ones have More work than they can custom knives generally Cost or More mostly but there seems to be no shortage of people willing to Shell out this kind of Money for custom made one of those artisans is right Here to Mel a Field Engineer working under contract with the is perhaps Best known for his steel shooting and his unorthodox shooting Fiance but when it comes to  there i nothing unorthodox about dunns like most custom artisans has a Standard line of knives from which to choose but for those who desire a knife patterned to Ihler own they must be Able to de scribe exactly what is using the terms shown in the sketch below you should be Able to properly de Sable what you want Dunn began making knives Back in the Early 70s and still considers himself a Bobby knife maker but Hopes to make it a full time Job when he leaves Germany and returns to the i asked Mel How he goes about making a knife and he replied a lot of people ask Roe thai and i always find a piece of steel that is suitable for knife making and away everything that Doest look like a after a lol of practice you will gel it Dunn on austrian Laos steel it u not real Ness tied but Dunn Wei the stains can be removed by rubbing Wilb toothpaste which contain very Floe ibis May be looked upon As a u it More than compensated Tor by its ability to bold an Edge j5 limes longer lao most commercially produced for the you can expert to Field Drew and kid three or Lour Deer before you need to touch tip the for ibis a wit Arkansas done ii Ideal the ability of the knife to hold an Edge is a characteristic of the hardness of the sled and is measured in terms of a so called Rockwell c hardness by Way of exam a cold chisel runs about 40 on this scale and files begin around 65 and go since Dunn is still in the Hobby stage he has made knives Only for his friends and skeet showing and when you consider that in requires approximately 10 hours of work to produce a finished product not counting the time to make the its understand Able that i had to wait nearly seven months before Mel delivered a Hunting knife with Hook to me a few weeks last week i had the first Chance to the Book u a unique feature Seldom Icen Wimbledon results thursdays matt1 and pull he Liine that 1 normally take and upon arriving Tome with the carcass j set about the tart of skinning which with the razor Sharpness of the Cut Almal Uke removing the attached from the skin in preparation for tunning was similarly an Ebay Taik but mum be done carefully by adding the knife relatively Flat to avoid cutting through the Dunn presently resides in Bremerhaven and to remain in Europe until 1380 if any readers Are interested in a custom knife Dunn says he May have time to Craft a few Befurt your inquiry to me c0 stars and stripes and i will Forward your inquiry be prepared to Wail Al least six on the other hand if you would like to try your Wiull at crafting your daily Urstle available from meveral Kolte such As Kige Box continued on Pope