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Post by Bruce Tackett on Jul 31, 2019 20:46:55 GMT
I had gotten this spring-assist knife awhile back because it was just the right size and feel, but I'd wished it had a serrated edge. Well, I went to the hardware store a bit earlier today and got myself a very narrow, very fine rat tail file, and then I put a serrated edge on my knife myself. I'm ready for Forged in Fire! And, yes, I did hand make that case.
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Post by Alan OldStudent on Aug 1, 2019 3:53:54 GMT
I had gotten this spring-assist knife awhile back because it was just the right size and feel, but I'd wished it had a serrated edge. Well, I went to the hardware store a bit earlier today and got myself a very narrow, very fine rat tail file, and then I put a serrated edge on my knife myself. I'm ready for Forged in Fire! And, yes, I did hand make that case. Gawd Brucie, What a cut-up you are!
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Aug 1, 2019 4:42:00 GMT
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 1, 2019 12:20:03 GMT
..... I'd wished it had a serrated edge. ..... I have serrated knives that I wish were plain blades. Was there an intended purpose for adding the serrations? Are you cutting up your frozen meat?
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Aug 1, 2019 14:56:59 GMT
It just looks so wicked-cool.
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Post by chanduthemagician on Aug 1, 2019 15:21:01 GMT
Of course the benefit of making your own serrations is you have the perfect tool with which to sharpen them. Nice.
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Aug 1, 2019 22:56:06 GMT
I hope that filing on the blade did not generate enough heat that it hurt the temper on the steel.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Aug 1, 2019 23:53:43 GMT
Hope not.
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Aug 2, 2019 0:34:17 GMT
BTW, that knife cost only $14.69. I found it on a website with hundreds of knives. It was so inexpensive that I ordered two knives so that I could decide which knife I like better. As it is, I like them equally as well. I was amazed when I received them within just a couple of days of ordering because they are so solid and well made. Both of them together cost almost half of what a Gerber would. And then there are those folding knives that cost over a hundred bucks. A waste of money! These bad boys are of the highest quality! They are both spring-assist which is legal and more efficient than a switch blade. Rather than pushing out on the thumb knob, you can just flick a lever with your index finger, and those blades just fly open and lock into place. They both have big, meaty handles that provide that all important, excellent grip. This is the other one I got: Here's the website I got them from: www.tigeredge.com/And here are a couple more websites I had found: www.budk.com/www.swordsknivesanddaggers.com/I have always carried a knife all my entire adult years. Back some fifty years ago the only practical knife of this sort was a Buck folding knife with a locking blade which I had for years. Keeping a knife on me just gives me a sense of security. Walking around recently in Las Vegas with my wife, having a knife at the ready gave me a bit of peace of mind. In all the years that I have carried a knife, I had to pull it out on three different occasions - once in Baltimore, and twice in San Francisco - and each time it was a deterrent. Now, I'm going to probably hear from the experts - Yeah, but it wouldn't do much good against a gun. No shit. It wouldn't do much good if someone pulled out a .175 ground-to-air missile launcher, either. The fact is that on three separate occasions it was a life saver, and i was so glad I had it on me.
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 2, 2019 1:22:50 GMT
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Post by Bruce Tackett on Aug 2, 2019 2:10:56 GMT
A great website, mikey - a ton of knives! When I browsed that Tiger Edge website, it took me forever to finally select the two I had, there are just so many to choose from. And notice how much more expensive those brand names are - Gerber, Case, Benchmade, Kershaw... I'm tellin' ya, MTech's knives, for example, are a fraction of the price and are of the highest quality.
One other thing. Virtually all those folders have that obnoxious belt clip attached to them. I went to the hardware store and got a special six sided screw driver that fits the clip screws on all the knives, and removed those suckers.
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 2, 2019 6:47:11 GMT
A great website, mikey - a ton of knives! When I browsed that Tiger Edge website, it took me forever to finally select the two I had, there are just so many to choose from. And notice how much more expensive those brand names are - Gerber, Case, Benchmade, Kershaw... I'm tellin' ya, MTech's knives, for example, are a fraction of the price and are of the highest quality. One other thing. Virtually all those folders have that obnoxious belt clip attached to them. I went to the hardware store and got a special six sided screw driver that fits the clip screws on all the knives, and removed those suckers. I've been buying from them for many years - like since the late seventies when they began. Worth a stop if you're in their neighborhood. The place will blow your mind. MTech is a more recent mark from Master Cutlery. From China, they've always been a good value in stainless. I don't care much for stainless, except certain ones. They are typically hard to sharpen and won't hold an edge (I mean a razor edge which is the only edge worth a shit, IMO) for anywhere near the time that other carbon steel and alloys will, but it's very hard to find a decent folder in carbon unless it's one of those old-time sideboard type patterns. Although solid and well made, the Master Cutlery blades are cheap though, and make nice beaters. Due to your post, I dug out my old Master Knives (marked) folder. It has some hellacious serrations for nearly half the length of the blade from the handle forward and it's the one that taught me that, for actual use, serrated sucks. Might be OK if you want to very slowly limb a bush or cut frozen meat, but it would still be a PITA because you'd need to retouch the edge constantly and keeping it sharp (stainless) would take more time than the cutting. Plus, the serrations are only part of the edge, so you can't get a decent stroke length like you can with a saw. Yeah, I too had to buy a set of torx head drivers to disassemble some knives. ddh was a meat cutter for, like, 30 years? I bet he knows some stuff about knives. Once you buy from SMKW, they will send you sale catalogs and notifications certain times of the year. Genuine closeouts, so if they say "discontinued" or "closeout" and you want one, you need to be quick to snatch it. Currently, they've been giving free shipping on orders over $99.
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 2, 2019 7:11:15 GMT
BTW, SMKW owns Zippo and WR Case & Sons and has for a number of years. I remember when they bought them. Many of the other companies selling knives are buying from the SMKW private label brand selections and then reselling. Except for some of the very expensive stuff like TOPS, ESEE, Benchmade, etc, I just assume that I'm buying a knife made by one of SMKW's companies - either one they started, one contracted with or one they bought outright, like Case.
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 2, 2019 14:01:45 GMT
I did some internet fact checking and I may be wrong about the ownership of Case/Zippo: I do remember, some years ago, some kind of collaboration between SMKW and Zippo/Case, but perhaps it was not acquisition?
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Post by mr potatohead on Aug 2, 2019 19:28:30 GMT
It just looks so wicked-cool. I agree. I have a few serrated, or otherwise different, knives for that very reason and no other.
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