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    The Betta Test

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    Probably the last evolution of the Opinel No. 8 Carbone. Lessons learned:

    1) Teenage critics are harsh.

    Stepson: What are you carving?

    Me: A betta.

    Stepson: THAT looks NOTHING like Spike*. THAT is a SARDINE.

    *Spike being his beloved, student desk perched, betta the last couple of years.

    2) When all you have is a Swiss Army Knife, everything looks like a Swiss Army Knife project!

    Or not. I used the SAK to carve with since I don’t really have any small woodworking tools. If I work on any more of these I really should get a set of small wood carving tools: tiny blades, tiny files, tiny chisels. The SAK worked but was not ideal and did not allow any really fine detail work. Lack of tools and skills made the results a bit crude but I kind of like it anyways though...

    Secondary note: the small blade on the SAK is currently VERY sharp. A small slip working around the handle curve left a nice gash in my pinkie. If it scars, I’m going to allude to a mysterious connection with the Gurkhas and a blade needing to draw blood before being sheathed…

    3) The forced patina is low durability. Cutting weed roots in a couple tight spaces in the yard rapidly degraded the patina. It also dulled the knife quicker than the Opinel No. 8 Garden, with a stainless blade, I usually use for these tasks. The 12C27 stainless takes as sharp an edge and definitely retains the edge better cutting through dirt. May not bother with the carbon blades again. Though then again, there’s an article I read recently on rust bluing carbon steel, using hydrogen peroxide and salt, that might be interesting to try…

  2. #842

    The year of the knives

    My last birthday gift trickled in from the mail last night (a couple weeks late). It is apparent the family now views me as a knife guy:

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    Left to right:

    Customized Opinel Mushroom Knife from the wife.

    Katsu Damascus from my mother.

    CRKT Pilar Copper from my Stepson.

    Really need to remind them I'm a gun guy before Christmas rolls around :-)

  3. #843
    Misplaced my EDC 940-1, so I picked this up while on a road trip in Coeur D’ Alene last week. Can’t be going out without a knife. Spyderco Shaman
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    The Shaman is a good pattern. Sal Glesser is proud of that one. Some new versions coming out soon(ish).
    There's nothing civil about this war.

    Read: Harrison Bergeron

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    Deadeye Dick Clusterfrack's Avatar
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    "You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
    Shabbat shalom, motherf***ers! --Mordechai Jefferson Carver

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    Boker Plus Strike Drop Point Automatic. 3.25" blade.

    My first auto. I fondled a friends OTF auto a while back and just didn't care for it.

    The good:
    I prefer the slightly smaller size vs the OKT Rat that has been my EDC for a while.
    Very grippy.
    Plenty sharp.
    Great lock-up. Nearly zero play.
    Can be locked in both closed or open positions.

    The less than good:
    The release button is very grindy. It can be depressed part way and the blade will move slightly. Definitely not a "crisp break".
    The Rat is much faster to deploy via the assisted open with thumb stud. I don't know why I was expecting different, but, I was. Naivete, I suppose.

    Overall happy with it but unlikely to buy another auto folder.

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    "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776

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    Deadeye Dick Clusterfrack's Avatar
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    Making a trainer to match my Watson Pikal

    "You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
    Shabbat shalom, motherf***ers! --Mordechai Jefferson Carver

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    Hokey / Ancient JAD's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by JodyH View Post
    Buck 110 Auto Elite.
    S30V steel, black G10 scales, brushed nickel silver bolsters.
    Snaps open pretty hard, locks tight, razor sharp out of the box (there's a Band-Aid on my finger that proves it).
    I have a custom leather pocket clip slip coming for it.
    Source for the slip?

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    My favorite knife and light.
    "Shooting is 90% mental. The rest is in your head." -Nils

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    Trollsky Raider on top and Winkler on bottom.
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