Knife Chat: Slicing to the meat of all things sharp

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

[NT2C]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

$39 from Tractor Supply

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

$39 from Tractor Supply

That's where I was hoping to buy one from.

There's a Tractor Supply in my town not too far from my place and I'm hoping they have them in the store and not just on the website.

[NT2C]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

$39 from Tractor Supply

That's where I was hoping to buy one from.

There's a Tractor Supply in my town not too far from my place and I'm hoping they have them in the store and not just on the website.

It's website only but can be shipped to the store.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cold-steel-war-hammer

[NT2C]

$42.57 with tax

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

$39 from Tractor Supply

That's where I was hoping to buy one from.

There's a Tractor Supply in my town not too far from my place and I'm hoping they have them in the store and not just on the website.

It's website only but can be shipped to the store.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cold-steel-war-hammer

I figured it was a website only thing. Probably the same for the Fallout game stuff they advertised in the same deal aa the war hammer.

[NT2C]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

$39 from Tractor Supply

That's where I was hoping to buy one from.

There's a Tractor Supply in my town not too far from my place and I'm hoping they have them in the store and not just on the website.

It's website only but can be shipped to the store.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cold-steel-war-hammer

I figured it was a website only thing. Probably the same for the Fallout game stuff they advertised in the same deal aa the war hammer.

Probably.  If you can wait until around Memorial Day I can have it shipped to you.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Why not just buy directly from the tomahawk company and cut out Cold Steel entirely? 

Problem with that is they don't sell the war hammers themselves. They only make them for Cold Steel.

$39 from Tractor Supply

That's where I was hoping to buy one from.

There's a Tractor Supply in my town not too far from my place and I'm hoping they have them in the store and not just on the website.

It's website only but can be shipped to the store.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/cold-steel-war-hammer

I figured it was a website only thing. Probably the same for the Fallout game stuff they advertised in the same deal aa the war hammer.

Probably.  If you can wait until around Memorial Day I can have it shipped to you.

No worries on that, NT2C. It's not an important thing for me to get right now.

I'm just trying to force myself to break free of this silly superstition I have about Cold Steel stuff.

Basically it's just me thinking out loud.

[flybynight]

New EDC knife
. 

I had bought smaller knife awhile back from this company and like it alot. The blade on it is big enough, but I wanted  a little longer blade. So I got this one.  You know the knife is sharp, when you  cut yourself within minutes of opening the box it came in . 

[MacWa77ace]

New EDC knife
.

I had bought smaller knife awhile back from this company and like it alot. The blade on it is big enough, but I wanted  a little longer blade. So I got this one.  You know the knife is sharp, when you  cut yourself within minutes of opening the box it came in . 

Cutting yourself on a new knife is mandatory. Isn't it?



I just got these throwing knives and cut my thumb putting one of the tip protectors back on before I even got everything out of the box. [the tip protectors are throwaways]

While the SOG throwing knives are the expected size, they are really light.

I got 'em 'cause they are the exact knife in my BF2042 video game. 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Only reason I own a set of throwing knives is because my mom bought them for me when I was a kid and I had watched Danny Trejo in "Desperado" not too long before.

I actually still have the knives and I've never thrown them. I did use one to cut an orange when I was younger, though.

[Optimist]

I bought a Cold Steel tomahawk years ago and my friends and I certainly got more than it's cost in entertainment throwing it. Not a very practical thing to practice, but fun.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

So I was working on one of my Schrade/Old Timer folders and apparently the threads that hold the pocket clip screws in stripped at some point.

There was just barely enough thread holding onto the screws and as I attempted to tighten them down to finish up, the thread went "Screw this, I'm out." and gave up. And the pocket clip snapped right by the holes for the screws, so that's another issue I had to deal with.

My guess on that one is the metal was a bit too brittle from heat treatment (not sure if pocket clips are heat treated or not.) or there was a small crack from the initial assembly at whatever Chinese factory Schrade/Uncle Henry uses and no one noticed it during the QC phase.

Given that it's one of those 20 dollar two pack holiday folders, I'd be surprised if there was any QC beyond "Is it assembled in a knife shape? Yes? Package it up and ship it out."

So it looks like this knife just became my new "Beat the crap out of it until it breaks" utility knife. Other than the stripped out screw holes and the now broken pocket clip, it's still an ok knife. It's not fantastic by any stretch, but as long as it cuts what I need to, it'll be just fine.

[MacWa77ace]

@12_Gauge_Chimp
See if these guys have a titanium one that fits your knife.

https://mxggear.com

One of these days I'm going to put them on my Cryo ll and Blur.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

@12_Gauge_Chimp
See if these guys have a titanium one that fits your knife.

https://mxggear.com

One of these days I'm going to put them on my Cryo ll and Blur.

Those are neat, but I don't think they'd make a titanium clip for something as cheap as my Schrade/Uncle Henry folder.

Even if they did, I'd rather not spend 24 bucks on a clip for a 10 dollar knife.

[MacWa77ace]

@12_Gauge_Chimp it would make it unique.

It'd be like putting $4K worth of True's and Vogues and a $2K sound system on a $500 80's Dodge Dart.

 

[majorhavoc]

It might make sense if the cheap knife were of sentimental value, I suppose.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

It might make sense if the cheap knife were of sentimental value, I suppose.

True.

I'm ok with the knife not having a pocket clip at the moment. If I find another one at a yard sale or flea market, I might pick it up for parts.

I could also probably contact Schrade and get a new clip, but that only solves one problem.

There's still the matter of the stripped out screw holes and I don't have a rethreading tool to fix that.

[NT2C]

@12_Gauge_Chimp it would make it unique.

It'd be like putting $4K worth of True's and Vogues and a $2K sound system on a $500 80's Dodge Dart.

 

With a slant six.

I'd do it in a heartbeat if I had the money and supplies.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Did a bit of shopping at the Odessa Walmart and left with a pair of Ozark Trail assisted openers.

One was 8 bucks and the other was about 4 bucks. I got the display one of the 4 dollar knife, which had some issues with the assisted opening mechanism, but easily fixed. It turns out whoever assembled it in China greased the absolute hell out of it.

Seriously it was so thick with grease, it looked like they'd lubed it with peanut butter.

A quick wipe down later and it functions about as well as a $4.50 knife can be expected to. When it breaks, I'll just go buy another one (and probably have to tear it down and degrease it like I with this one).

The other one had zero problems out of the box. The only ding against it is the pocket clip makes for tip down only carry, but I can live with that since I don't really plan on carrying it anyway.