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Just took the plunge into custom folding knives and bought a ridiculously huge Brian Fellhoelter Futoku. 5"(!!!) blade, titanium framelock, etc. Basically a super-sized Sebenza Insingo. Not practical in the least, but HILARIOUSLY AWESOME.
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priznat posted:Is the Lansky sharpener system generally more "foolproof" than the spyderco sharpmaker? It's a little harder to mess up the angles and such but personally I'm not a fan of how finicky it is to get the hones and guide rods set up. I also don't like how the hones have no stop, it seems like it would be easy to accidentally cut yourself if you're a dumbass like me. The Sharpmaker is much faster to set up but I think it has less angles. You do also have the option of using the triangle stones like a bench stone for freehand sharpening though which is cool. With a bit of practice you can easily get the same results from a Sharpmaker as the Lansky. If you can't hold a knife vertical, still want angle guides and think diamonds are cool, DMT make a similar thing to the Lansky with their Magna-Guide system which I've used some and liked as it's faster to set up, there's more angles, no screwing around with the guide rods and the Diafold hones are useful freehand as well as with the guide. Also it combines the power of magnets and diamonds, what's not to like?!
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| # ? Aug 30, 2011 04:42 |
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priznat posted:Is the Lansky sharpener system generally more "foolproof" than the spyderco sharpmaker? I used to have the Lansky, probably 15 years ago. I remember being disappointed with it when I got it. It felt like poor quality, and one of the stones had already come unglued from the plastic guide-rod-holder thingy and I had to glue it on myself. I never had great results from it, but I was a teenager and I may have been doing it wrong. I probably still have that in my folks basement or something, but I bought sharpmaker and couldn't be happier with it. I've gotten great results so far, and I wouldn't worry about it being foolproof; it is not a difficult system to use.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2011 04:48 |
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Thanks guys, good info. I like my sharpmaker but I was thinking wow the lansky sounds way better from the way he was describing it and pointing out how I need to keep the knife vertical with the sharpmaker.Even though that's not all that hard. I've gotten nice results with the sharpmaker anyway so I should have never doubted it! The magnets + diamonds sounds cool though.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2011 04:50 |
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http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=18769 So.. I bought that. A SOG Topo Meridian Knife. I've had good experiences with their multitools, so when I saw a folder on woot I thought I'd give it a try. I didn't know it was assisted. I've never played with an assisted opening knife before. I think it's time i pick up a real sharpening kit.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2011 04:56 |
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priznat posted:Thanks guys, good info. I like my sharpmaker but I was thinking wow the lansky sounds way better from the way he was describing it and pointing out how I need to keep the knife vertical with the sharpmaker.Even though that's not all that hard. I have the lansky, and I've been able to get knives sharp, but never scary sharp with it. I've also had issues with the tip getting a different angle than the rest of the blade. If you're considering a lansky, strongly consider getting a stand for it. Its a pain in the rear end to hand hold it, especially with a larger knife.
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| # ? Aug 30, 2011 18:42 |
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Nice OP. The advice it gives is pretty much what the people at glocktalk told me ten years ago, though back then they pimped the delica along with the tri-angle, not the native. I've since dropped both for the 83mm mannix because the handle is amazing and the CPM steel resists corrosion better. This little spot is all the rust there was after it spent six weeks lost in my yard during a damp PNW spring: ... And is it just me or is this subforum packed with bronies? Is there some kind of crazy corellation between collecting weapons and watching MLP? 
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| # ? Aug 30, 2011 23:52 |
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I just bought a crkt ftws and a benchmade griptillian and brought them both on a week-long backpacking trip in the high sierra. The crkt came dull as hell, and is outrageously heavy. I expected this. That aside, it felt great in my hand, has a great balance, and once I honed it, it really became a fine heavy-duty camp knife. I mostly used it to hack apart dead trees for firewood; it will soon become a full-time farm/garden chore tool and it will excel at its job. The scabbard it came with is pretty heavy and pretty tactical, but if you really want to carry your knife in a dropleg config then I guess it's a-ok. It is covered in molle compatible mounting options too. The benchmade was awesome. It replaced my crkt M16-12zer for the trip; the m16 knife is my fall-back general use knife, even though it fulfills all the hate criteria of tfr (partial serration, tanto blade). The knives are roughly equal in weight -- the m16 is .2 oz lighter than the grip, though the grip has a .5in longer blade. The axis lock felt as sturdy, if not more so, as the m16 liner lock. The m16 is slightly thicker, especially toward the point, due to its tanto design. This didn't affect me one way or the other since I ended up stabbing a total of zero things during my time in the wilderness. All that said, I'd be more inclined to use the m16 for backpacking due to the usefulness of the serrations and the general over-built nature of it. The plain edge grip on the other hand makes chopping veggies and meats a cinch and of course has no trouble transitioning to other light camp chores. Maybe I'll carry both, weight be damned?
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 00:51 |
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Hey TFR goons, I'm not a daily poster in this thread, but I understand you fellas know a thing or two about knives. I've read the OP and am looking for a decent knife. I've settled on a Benchmade. I just want to make sure it has the forum's blessing before I get it. It doesn't have any reviews on Amazon so I just want to be sure. Benchmade Pardue Design ComboEdge Mini It meets my criteria: -has to be quick to open and close (axis lock or fixed preferable) -meets CT knife laws -basically won't break/bend/chip when prying things open with it. -has to be under $100 If you bunch know of something better. I'll take suggestions as well. rcman50166 fucked around with this message at Aug 31, 2011 around 01:10 |
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rcman50166 posted:Hey TFR goons, I'm not a daily poster in this thread, but I understand you fellas know a thing or two about knives. I've read the OP and am looking for a decent knife. Thats not what knives are made for, Perhaps you should buy a 10.00 pakistan made blade if you're going to abuse it.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 02:26 |
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Omg50BMG posted:Thats not what knives are made for, Perhaps you should buy a 10.00 pakistan made blade if you're going to abuse it. Ok. If you really need the details, I'm actually going to cut stuff with it. The prying stuff open was more a comment on the quality of the knife I'm looking for. I already own a Leatherman I can use to abuse.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 02:32 |
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e:/\/\/\ oh you bastard yea, don't use a blade for prying. Benchmade uses high quality steel, but will definitely chip under that kind of abuse. Maybe try a leatherman, or some other multi tool if you're going to be using it to pry at things often. You'll still have a blade on you, plus a lovely flat head screw driver that you can punish.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 02:34 |
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rcman50166 posted:Ok. If you really need the details, I'm actually going to cut stuff with it. The prying stuff open was more a comment on the quality of the knife I'm looking for. I already own a Leatherman I can use to abuse. Your prybar comment doesn't really have anything to do with the quality of the knife. Generally speaking, the better your knife is at being a prybar, the worse it is at being a knife.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 02:52 |
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Scott808 posted:Your prybar comment doesn't really have anything to do with the quality of the knife. Generally speaking, the better your knife is at being a prybar, the worse it is at being a knife. Well now you know why I came here for advice.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 02:55 |
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Buce posted:The axis lock felt as sturdy, if not more so, as the m16 liner lock. Way more sturdy.  A friend asked me to help him research some fixed-blade wilderness/camping/bush knives tonight. After about an hour of looking, I now want an Enzo Trapper, ESEE RAT 5, and a dozen Moras. Anyone see a problem here?
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 03:18 |
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AR posted:Way more sturdy. Yes, you misspelled "have" as "want" or are you going to fix that?
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 04:10 |
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Haskell9 posted:... And is it just me or is this subforum packed with bronies? Is there some kind of crazy corellation between collecting weapons and watching MLP?
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 04:19 |
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Pitch posted:I've noticed this too and to be honest it concerns me. Someone was randomly buying pony avatars for people. The existance of bronies in here however, cannot be confirmed nor denied.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 04:40 |
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TFR 2011: All Brony, all the time. edit: Holy poo poo. spankmeister fucked around with this message at Aug 31, 2011 around 11:24 |
| # ? Aug 31, 2011 07:25 |
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Ka-Bar makes a tool that is supposedly capable of both cutting and prying. https://www.kabar.com/product_detai...oductNumber=BK3
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 12:59 |
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I miss when that was made by Becker
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 13:38 |
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I just got a new EDC as my old one was too big. They both have all the stuff I like in a folding knife (and seems to be acknowledged around here as desirable) : S30V, Axis lock, comfortable handle. The 530 was an REI special edition Benchmade with blue handle and S30V. The black knife is a Doug Ritter knife (RSK Mk1) with S30V and his own blade shape made by Benchmade with the Perdue Griptillian handle. I really like both a lot. I didn't see the Mk1 mentioned in this thread but it has all the features at a reasonable price. There is a smaller mini Mk1 that I would have gotten had I not found the 530-901.  
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 14:52 |
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spankmeister posted:edit: Holy poo poo. When will the carnage end
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 17:50 |
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Tip: Liquidation warehouses are great places to get super inexpensive and yet decent pry tools. I've demolished most of the downstairs of my house to get it ready for re-finishing with nothing but a $3 prybar. Also a good mask with filtration..
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 17:58 |
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Mr_Person posted:Ka-Bar makes a tool that is supposedly capable of both cutting and prying. Cheaper option is the EOD Robotics Breacher Bar. It's got holes for a paracord handle, and can pry the poo poo out of whatever. The edge isn't sharp, but I've seen people post videos where they took a grinder to it to make a cutting edge. 
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 19:02 |
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CountyComm stocks their breacher bars as well. Along with all sorts of other poo poo that you will convince yourself you need before you checkout.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 19:11 |
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holy poo poo. I need everything on that site. Guess the kid doesn't really need his asthma meds this month...
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 19:29 |
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ThinkFear posted:CountyComm stocks their breacher bars as well. Along with all sorts of other poo poo that you will convince yourself you need before you checkout. Goddammit, now I have to go there and browse around now.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 19:33 |
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beanieson posted:holy poo poo. I need everything on that site. Guess the kid doesn't really need his asthma meds this month... It'll make him tougher.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 20:54 |
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beanieson posted:Cheaper option is the EOD Robotics Breacher Bar. 
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 20:57 |
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EOD Robotics is CountyComm for those who didn't know
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 21:16 |
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CountyComm has cool stuff but their shipping/handling department is goofy. They eventually get it right but I don't think I ever got an order right the first time.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 21:50 |
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Mr_Person posted:Ka-Bar makes a tool that is supposedly capable of both cutting and prying. I have this knife. I'm not a huge fan of it. If you plan on doing a lot of prying, it would be a good knife. But for anything else, its awkward, the grips are slippery, and it could have been designed so much better. On the plus side, I can baton firewood that's too small for my axe, but too big for my Griptillian, fairly well with it.
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| # ? Aug 31, 2011 23:27 |
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Oxford Comma posted:I have this knife. I'm not a huge fan of it. If you plan on doing a lot of prying, it would be a good knife. But for anything else, its awkward, the grips are slippery, and it could have been designed so much better. Before you toss it, you may want to think about getting some aftermarket grips for it. I'm not sure if Kabar is selling the micarta grips separately but they really change how it feels
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 00:19 |
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(((k))) posted:I just got a new EDC as my old one was too big. They both have all the stuff I like in a folding knife (and seems to be acknowledged around here as desirable) : S30V, Axis lock, comfortable handle. The 530 was an REI special edition Benchmade with blue handle and S30V. The black knife is a Doug Ritter knife (RSK Mk1) with S30V and his own blade shape made by Benchmade with the Perdue Griptillian handle. I really like both a lot. I didn't see the Mk1 mentioned in this thread but it has all the features at a reasonable price. There is a smaller mini Mk1 that I would have gotten had I not found the 530-901. Do they still sell the blue 530 and where can I get it? I LOVE the 530, and lost mine ages ago.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 14:06 |
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Not an Anthem posted:Do they still sell the blue 530 and where can I get it? I LOVE the 530, and lost mine ages ago. It was a special edition REI knife. I saw it on the Benchmade site searching for S30V and lightest weight. It is apparently somewhat old but I went to REI and they did a stock search and sent one to me from another store. This was last week and there were three in the system then.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 14:10 |
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Not an Anthem posted:Do they still sell the blue 530 and where can I get it? I LOVE the 530, and lost mine ages ago. http://www.knifeworks.com/benchmade...nlesssteel.aspx
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 14:22 |
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Mu Zeta posted:http://www.knifeworks.com/benchmade...nlesssteel.aspx Fuckin a, I searched everywhere online. They have 7 available. Good price too.
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| # ? Sep 1, 2011 14:41 |
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sky shark posted:Before you toss it, you may want to think about getting some aftermarket grips for it. I'm not sure if Kabar is selling the micarta grips separately but they really change how it feels Yeah, I've been told to do this over on Blade Forums. I guess I'm irritated about having to change part of my knife to make it usable.
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beanieson posted:Cheaper option is the EOD Robotics Breacher Bar. It looks like a lawn mower blade.
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