Knife Chat: Slicing to the meat of all things sharp

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I wonder if the new KaBa /Becker aftermarket handle scales fit the old Camillus/Becker BK knives.

They might. Not 100 percent sure on that one, though.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Y'all remember how I lost one of the bronze phosphor washers from my Spyderco Tenacious, right ? Well, I found the damn thing today by my trash can.

This may seem stupid, but I'm genuinely happy I found the washer.

Now both of my Spyderco Tenacious' have all four washers and work as intended.

I'm still not sure why Spyderco decided put four frigging washers when two would've been sufficient, though.

[Lodewijk]

On unusual grinds.

After a little work the main edge on the BK3 is satisfactory and can shave.

The front "tip" is a big chisel, and while it's sharp enough it's not gonna really be slicey unless I thin it out a whole bunch.

I... don't think I want to do that? The whole point is that it's stout, and I think I want the main edge to be a "knife" with enough mass to chop, and the tip to have some meat on the shoulder so I can wedge it into something and then crank on it like a prybar.

This is a lot more thinking than I had to do with any of my bushcrafty knives.

[MacWa77ace]

@Lodewijk I wouldn't thin that front wedge at all. I don't think its meant to be a stabby tool.
Speaking of unusual grinds, at one point I was really going to get that knife and I was going to do an inverted tanto point grind on it to match a knife in Battlefield 4

This one known and the ACB-90:


www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/7dodsh/acb90_the_best_knife_in_bf4_how_i_made_a_real/

And I had already gotten this one from BF4. Smith & Wesson

[Mr. E. Monkey]

Y'all remember how I lost one of the bronze phosphor washers from my Spyderco Tenacious, right ? Well, I found the damn thing today by my trash can.

This may seem stupid, but I'm genuinely happy I found the washer.

Now both of my Spyderco Tenacious' have all four washers and work as intended.

I'm still not sure why Spyderco decided put four frigging washers when two would've been sufficient, though.

Even what may seem like small wins are still wins.  Nothing stupid about that.

[majorhavoc]

Y'all remember how I lost one of the bronze phosphor washers from my Spyderco Tenacious, right ? Well, I found the damn thing today by my trash can.

This may seem stupid, but I'm genuinely happy I found the washer.

Now both of my Spyderco Tenacious' have all four washers and work as intended.

I'm still not sure why Spyderco decided put four frigging washers when two would've been sufficient, though.

Even what may seem like small wins are still wins.  Nothing stupid about that.

I wouldn't even call it a "small" win. We're all excited about it because we're just a bunch of knife geeks! 

[Mr. E. Monkey]

Like a good knife, you have a point. 

[JeeperCreeper]

I've been searching for those Wally World D2 knives and I can't find them local or online. 

I'll have to check Walmart again cuz I kinda forgot about them the last month.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I've been searching for those Wally World D2 knives and I can't find them local or online.

I'll have to check Walmart again cuz I kinda forgot about them the last month.

Those knives have been sold out for the last couple months.

I got lucky and picked up three of them at one of the local Walmarts. Two I kept and one I gave to a friend that works at the Walmart I went to.

Biggest problem for those knives is resellers will buy every one Walmart gets in (which is like five or six per truck) and post them up on Ebay for two or three times what they paid. Last I saw one, the seller was asking like 30 bucks for it.

[JeeperCreeper]

I've been searching for those Wally World D2 knives and I can't find them local or online.

I'll have to check Walmart again cuz I kinda forgot about them the last month.

Those knives have been sold out for the last couple months.

I got lucky and picked up three of them at one of the local Walmarts. Two I kept and one I gave to a friend that works at the Walmart I went to.

Biggest problem for those knives is resellers will buy every one Walmart gets in (which is like five or six per truck) and post them up on Ebay for two or three times what they paid. Last I saw one, the seller was asking like 30 bucks for it.

Typical scalpers.

Ughhhh.

I don't mind people making money on a Hussle, but I hate when people scoop everything from big box retail and flip. People did the same thing here during COVID for ammo at Bass pro. Then go online and act like they are Gordon Gecko. Same with any new Gen video game as well. 

[MacWa77ace]

Typical scalpers.

Ughhhh.

I don't mind people making money on a Hussle, but I hate when people scoop everything from big box retail and flip. People did the same thing here during COVID for ammo at Bass pro. Then go online and act like they are Gordon Gecko. Same with any new Gen video game as well.

When Walmart sold ammo they used to have this Federal Value box of 100 ct 223 for 34.99. Around 2009 IRRC there was another shortage and scalpers would go in and clean them out. Back then that was the only way I could afford 223 was to buy one or 2 boxes of 100 / mth. I was on the road back then also and so every walmart I passed I'd stop in and check, but they were always out. It wasn't a great price at .35/rnd but I couldn't affird to lay out 200 or more for a bulk ammo buy.

And the same thing happened with the PS5 when it first released. C0vid.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Similar thing after Sandy Hook with .22lr.

I bought two bricks of CCI .22lr from a local guy off Facebook (back when Facebook still allowed that sort of thing.) for like 60 a brick. Wasn't great, but it was still less than what other guys were paying for WWB from Cheaper Than Dirt.

[NT2C]

I can haz... gladius?





Gifted to me by a friend when he came by to help us take out some old TVs and monitors for pickup.  Sucker is sharp too!

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I can haz... gladius?





Gifted to me by a friend when he came by to help us take out some old TVs and monitors for pickup.  Sucker is sharp too!

Neat.

I've got a spear made by that same company. Picked it up at Academy in Odessa a couple years ago and used it mostly when I'd take my dog Marli for walks.

It's now sitting in a corner by my bedroom door next to a shelf I've got all my Boston Terrier stuff on.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Why do companies like Gerber like using screws that strip out with the lightest pressure?

Example, I've got a Gerber Air Ranger that I needed to monkey with the lock bar (Gerber apparently forgot to adjust it properly, so it ran the risk of closing with minimal pressure. Bad idea if you want to actually use the knife.) and to properly do that, I'd have to totally disassemble the knife.

Yeah, that wasn't going to happen since Gerber cheaped out on the screws and LocTited two of them to Hell and back. I stripped two of them trying to get them out, so I ended up giving up on the disassembly and decided to try adjusting the lock bar as best I could.

It's not great, but it's a bit safer now and it'll only close if I mean it to. A new issue arose in that now the detent ball now snaps into place a few seconds after you close the knife. It's not a world ending deal, it's just kind of annoying.

That said, I'm done with Gerber's folding knives. Their fixed blades are ok, but their folders are really slipping in the QC department lately (ok, so it's more like the last 20-ish years, but still my point stands.)

I'm hoping their higher end stuff is nicer, but I'm not holding my breath nor wasting my money to find out.

ETA: Ended up snapping the scales in half trying to monkey with the lock bar again. Salvaged what I could and chucked the rest in the trash. Made sure to wrap the blade in a couple layers of tape to keep it from cutting the bag or me as I tossed it in the dumpster.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Got bored today and decided to try and fix that MTech assisted opener NT2C sent me awhile back.

Well, it's officially a lost cause. No amount of monkeying will fix the major design flaws of this particular knife.

I don't want to sell it being so unsafe. I'd rather just disassemble it, salvage what I can and put the rest of it in a drawer.

I'd toss it in the trash, but I'd feel bad doing so since NT2C sent it to me.

Other than the flaws, it's not a totally terrible knife. If MTech would just tweak the design a little, it could be a decent knife.

If I were MTech here's how I'd change the design.

1) make it a manual flipper instead of an assisted opener

2) make it a liner lock instead of a frame lock (alternatively, put an over travel stop plate ala the Gerber Flatiron to keep the the frame lock from bending out)

3) make it a tip up or down carry. It's 2025 and there's no need to make a tip down only carry knife anymore.

MTech probably won't listen to us consumers, though. They'll just continue churning out gas station/flea market quality knives and have it be business as usual.

Part of me wants to go to Blade Show Texas this year and see if MTech has a presence there and give them some input. Only problem is I'm a nobody in the knife world and they'd probably just brush me off.

[NT2C]

Feel free to toss it, chimp. I'm not done sending you crap knives. 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Feel free to toss it, chimp. I'm not done sending you crap knives. 

Roger that. I salvaged most of what I could off it, mainly the screws and the pocket clip.

Rest of it goes in the trash then.

[Mr. E. Monkey]

I've got a spear made by that same company. Picked it up at Academy in Odessa a couple years ago and used it mostly when I'd take my dog Marli for walks.

It's funny.  Swords and knives are cool and all, but every now and then I get that little voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me "you need a spear."  
  
I really don't think I do...but...I think there's just some primal "itch" for a good pointy stick.  Or maybe I have a screw loose. 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Anyone got a source for those little black and yellow Lansky mini multi tools ?

I may or may not have disassembled the one I've got and it may or may not be an absolute pain in the ass to put back together (so..many..little..fiddley..bits ).

Amazon is no help and Walmart's site just brings everything but what I'm looking for.