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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 23:23:57 GMT
Finally have mine to add to the bucket of pocket swords.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 23:43:27 GMT
A Gerber obsidian here its a very nics tool and cheap.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2009 23:44:40 GMT
Refurbished old G2 spyder co in my pocket, found it with a completely beat to hell serration job.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 3:58:07 GMT
I've got a cheep folder I picked up at an antique fair that I don't carry with me simply because I haven't goten around to sharpening it yet (it's only been a year or two) and a Victorinox Huntsman ( www.swissarmy.com/MultiTools/Pages/Product.aspx?category=sportsandleisure&product=53201&) that I got for graduation, I never leave home without it and it's really the only knife I ever need. The little wood saw it has is surprisingly effective, I've cut through 1 1/2" branches with it no problem. I've also closed it on my fingertip, that kinda sucked.
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Post by randomnobody on Mar 25, 2009 7:06:37 GMT
Finally have mine to add to the bucket of pocket swords. Oooh... I really, really like that one... Hmmm..................................is it payday yet? A Gerber obsidian here its a very nics tool and cheap. Every time I pass the sporting goods department in my store I have to stop and look at at that one. Not sure if it's worth $30 yet but it does look like a very good knife; the extra tools are a handy feature. Gerber does good stuff from what I've handled of theirs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 10:25:32 GMT
I ordered a Higonokami-burasu yesterday from Japan, $22 including shipping. The ordinary one with blue steel, that is.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 15:11:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 19:38:34 GMT
Same as shown earlier in the thread, made by Kanekoma. Burasu is probably the blade shape.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2009 19:52:38 GMT
I've seen it in a leafblade shape also. Different but I like mine/ the original look better.
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Post by hotspur on Mar 25, 2009 23:54:11 GMT
Stuff I have within reach here at the keyboard and have all been in a pocket, belt or boot at one time or another. Not too far away is a tool box with less daily stuff. Ranging from more gentleman size to larger Al Mar and Buck. More still of fixed blades too big for that box. I guess you could say the assortment is volumous. The SK Soldier and baby ti frame Benchmade are most likely to be found in a pocket while out of the house right now. I've not been in a true work environment for other's use for awhile. My last favorite work knife is an Al Mar ultralight Eagle with the swedge blade. It was a terrific general purpose warehouser and excellent for sampling cases while up in the racks checking. I should have bought a Random Task instead of the Whirlwind but that knife as well has seen some long hours of use. I liked carrying the Al Mar and baby Benchmade as a pair. The ultralight was fantastically slim in a hip pocket and the ti frame scalpel baby rode on a shirt pocket or between buttons. The Whirlwind was a decent worker but had a bad trait of the clip attaching to other things like safety harnesses and seat belts, thus getting lost in plain sight. The Almar had the clip removed and replaced with a fob. Handier for me anyway. Unloading all the pocket knives to one area for a shot would take me awile but few wuld be especially extraordinary except maybe the Gilbreath (big ti frame bowie) and a Vince Evans cutey. Oh, there is a Bench Mark Rolox Diamond back in stag as well. A couple of nice lock backs from A.G.Russell, etc. Cheers Hotspur; even a Statue of Liberty bi-centennial Buck clone
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Post by kidcasanova on Mar 26, 2009 0:03:47 GMT
Glen, I like that second folder, underneath the fixed blade. It's got a simple, very clean look to it. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by hotspur on Mar 26, 2009 0:26:10 GMT
Hi Kid That little ti frame thing was a prototype for/of the Benchmade Big Spender. About a two and a half inch scalpel that I have honestly enjoyed immensely since 2000. The very day I received that, I cut a fiberous exhaust hanger doughnut in half to make two of them. I honestly tried to see if it would fail. It is a remarkable little folder. I can't remember if the production Big Spender has wood scales or not but this was of a run pre-production/prototype with just ti frames and 154cm steel. I'll break down and post some more folders maybe tomorrow. Many of the fixed blade assortment have been posted in a past shot that includes the big ti frame Gilbreath (great knife really, 4 1/2" of ATS-34 and rock solid), the Rolox and the Vince Evans folder. usera.imagecave.com/Hotspur/Manville/Manville2007002.jpgSo, all shown thus far and another pile with them would make most of them in one place. I never have assembled/exhibited everything knifely in one place. I forgot another dagger hanging my shoulder at the desk as well (lol). Cheers Hotspur; not suprisingly, knives take up less space than the swords
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 13:48:24 GMT
Nice assortment of Pocket Swords Hotspur! I've seen stores with less and certainly a lot more stores with not nearly as good of a selection... Mind if I shop awhile? Nice!
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Post by hotspur on Mar 26, 2009 16:53:45 GMT
Here are more of the rest from that toolbox. I now have realized I missed a couple and I still have yet more in a tackle box and another toolbox. Most of the black handle shot picture are of freebies. A few of that one are actually quite nice and have been quite used. of the fixed blade shot, the old leather handle job is a Western L-77 that had come in a $5 box of other knives. Top there is one of my own efforts from a few decades ago and the broad blade with a hole was ground out of A2 by a friend many years ago. Bottom, an India made French like knife I have enjoyed the past several years. Quite thick on that one but it took a blazing sharp edge. Another shot shows a worn out trapper I had carried for years. Missing from that is a Case trapper that I had broken, much like one shown in someone's picture from earlier in the thread. Stockmans I have enjoyed. I still pocket the 1960s white bone stockman at times, the black one was tried and true but got loose in serious use over the 1990s. That's the bulk of the rest. One quince A.G.Russell I have enjoyed with mixed folded blades (gets very, very sharp) Another from him that is a diminutive lockback and is simply wonderful in ATS-34. Basically some 40 years of accumulation and many traded or lost along the line since then. another remade from a folder blade in this first shot along with some real favorites like a very long carry as a Buck 110, the Al Mar Eagle a more recent (also early first run production), the stripy blue an ATS-34 effort by a fellow named Doc Johnson up in Maine, nice blade. The rest of all probably explainable Some of the frebies have been pretty trashy but still effective within their limits. Forgive some fairly lackluster photography but quick sets indoor without a tripod and auto settings. Cheers Hotspur; A favorite? Tough to call but all kept for one reason or another.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 19:38:13 GMT
Here are a few of the ones I found. As you can tell I am more into the tactical style knives. Then there is the Old Timer and Swiss Army knives...I think everyone has at least one of those...lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 19:58:07 GMT
I feel like a kid in a candy store.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 20:49:45 GMT
my hotties
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2009 20:51:00 GMT
one for every day and one for those... special occasions
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Post by kidcasanova on Apr 9, 2009 6:35:08 GMT
I just purchased a Gerber Presto 3.0...great knife so far. It's my first spring-assisted knife, so I'm still getting used to it. Being a lefty, I appreciate a knife that's easy to open with both hands. I remember a few years back, Gerber was having some problems with their locking mechanisms on their folding knives. I've heard they've fixed this (and fixed my fathers knife under their lifetime warranty) since. It's a different locking mech than what I've got on this knife, but it crossed my mind while I was shopping for one. Looking forward to many years with this knife. Obligatory pictures: And by my hand for comparison:
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Post by SlayerofDarkness on Apr 9, 2009 13:27:47 GMT
WHOA!!! Your knife has a remote?!? Just joking! ;D I'm not THAT dumb, lol. Very nice knife, though... Would you mind telling where you got it and how much? -Slayer
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