Knife Chat: Slicing to the meat of all things sharp

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Any of y'all heard of "Anza Knives" ?

I picked up a sheath at a yard sale the other day and it has "Anza Knives" stamped in the leather. It's a nice sheath, but I don't have anything that'll fit in it properly.

These guys maybe??? Hadn't looked at their website much, but I have heard of them before...

Anza Knives...

I believe that's them.

I wish I'd have asked the folks at the yard sale I bought the sheath from if they had the knife that went with it, but I didn't think of it at the time.

[MacWa77ace]

Do you think they upgraded to kydex or something and still had the knife?

Was there any rust on the sheath? Maybe the lost or got rid of it cause it rusted. 

[flybynight]

New Mora knife collection 



https://knifenews.com/morakniv-unveils-full-tang-ash-wood-collection/

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Do you think they upgraded to kydex or something and still had the knife?

Was there any rust on the sheath? Maybe the lost or got rid of it cause it rusted. 

No rust on the sheath, but there is what looks like an oil or water stain on the front of it.

But it is entirely possible that maybe the knife itself got damaged somehow or rusted.

That or maybe the knife got misplaced somewhere and all they found was the sheath. Or someone beat me to the knife before I got to the yard sale.

[Moab]

New Mora knife collection



https://knifenews.com/morakniv-unveils-full-tang-ash-wood-collection/

That is sweet! Anyone heard of price structure on these? 

[Moab]

Do you think they upgraded to kydex or something and still had the knife?

Was there any rust on the sheath? Maybe the lost or got rid of it cause it rusted. 

No rust on the sheath, but there is what looks like an oil or water stain on the front of it.

But it is entirely possible that maybe the knife itself got damaged somehow or rusted.

That or maybe the knife got misplaced somewhere and all they found was the sheath. Or someone beat me to the knife before I got to the yard sale.

Maybe they had a custom sheath made for it. And didn't need the original anymore. 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Do you think they upgraded to kydex or something and still had the knife?

Was there any rust on the sheath? Maybe the lost or got rid of it cause it rusted. 

No rust on the sheath, but there is what looks like an oil or water stain on the front of it.

But it is entirely possible that maybe the knife itself got damaged somehow or rusted.

That or maybe the knife got misplaced somewhere and all they found was the sheath. Or someone beat me to the knife before I got to the yard sale.

Maybe they had a custom sheath made for it. And didn't need the original anymore.

That could be, Moab.

Another option is since I bought the sheath at what was essentially an estate/yard sale, one of the children of the old German couple whose house it was at may have taken the knife as part of an inheritance.

From talking to the ladies who were running the sale (who I found out were the daughters of the couple who owned the house), I was told that the elderly German man who the sheath had belonged to passed away recently and his wife was in a local nursing home.

I'm going to assume that maybe one of their brothers had taken the knife long before the yard sale started and probably forgot about the sheath.

Or like you said, had a custom one made and no longer needed or wanted the old one.

[MacWa77ace]

My guess was that the knife was rusted to junk, but that would leave a trace on the sheath.

Second would be it was separated. Sometimes you gotta look thru the old toolboxes, if they had them, it might have been in there. Old toolboxes are fun.

I bet it was still there somewhere. 'Cause who would take a knife out of the sheath because they wanted the knife?

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

My guess was that the knife was rusted to junk, but that would leave a trace on the sheath.

Second would be it was separated. Sometimes you gotta look thru the old toolboxes, if they had them, it might have been in there. Old toolboxes are fun.

I bet it was still there somewhere. 'Cause who would take a knife out of the sheath because they wanted the knife?

I didn't see any toolboxes, but the pickings were kind of slim by the time I got to the yard sale. So it's possible someone bought them, if there were any to begin with, and the knife may have been in one.

Oh well, I've got the sheath, someone else has the knife and now I get to look for a suitable replacement to go with the sheath. Maybe I'll get lucky at another yard sale and find an Anza knife without a sheath.

[MacWa77ace]

My guess was that the knife was rusted to junk, but that would leave a trace on the sheath.

Second would be it was separated. Sometimes you gotta look thru the old toolboxes, if they had them, it might have been in there. Old toolboxes are fun.

I bet it was still there somewhere. 'Cause who would take a knife out of the sheath because they wanted the knife?

I didn't see any toolboxes, but the pickings were kind of slim by the time I got to the yard sale. So it's possible someone bought them, if there were any to begin with, and the knife may have been in one.

Oh well, I've got the sheath, someone else has the knife and now I get to look for a suitable replacement to go with the sheath. Maybe I'll get lucky at another yard sale and find an Anza knife without a sheath.

Single man with sheath seaks woman with knife...

Wait, that's backwards.

[NT2C]

I'm thinking the knife got lost on a hike or camping trip.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

That could be too, NT2C.

It's also possible the previous owner of the sheath lost the knife in a cotton or peanut field out here.

Those are the two biggest crops grown in my AO and a lot of the German population out here farms, so it's entirely possible that the knife could be out in some random field out here.

[flybynight]

My guess was that the knife was rusted to junk, but that would leave a trace on the sheath.

Second would be it was separated. Sometimes you gotta look thru the old toolboxes, if they had them, it might have been in there. Old toolboxes are fun.

I bet it was still there somewhere. 'Cause who would take a knife out of the sheath because they wanted the knife?

I didn't see any toolboxes, but the pickings were kind of slim by the time I got to the yard sale. So it's possible someone bought them, if there were any to begin with, and the knife may have been in one.

Oh well, I've got the sheath, someone else has the knife and now I get to look for a suitable replacement to go with the sheath. Maybe I'll get lucky at another yard sale and find an Anza knife without a sheath.

Single man with sheath seaks woman with knife...

Wait, that's backwards.

Not anymore

[flybynight]

New Mora knife collection



https://knifenews.com/morakniv-unveils-full-tang-ash-wood-collection/

That is sweet! Anyone heard of price structure on these?

I heard kinda pricey. But we will see. They're new. Everything is more expensive when it first comes out

[Moab]

New Mora knife collection



https://knifenews.com/morakniv-unveils-full-tang-ash-wood-collection/

That is sweet! Anyone heard of price structure on these?

I heard kinda pricey. But we will see. They're new. Everything is more expensive when it first comes out

They don't exactly show the spine. And I honestly didn't read the whole article. (Just did they are fulltang.) But they look fulltang too. Which is awesome. I also wouldn't imagine it would be to long before people started making g10 and micarta scales. 

These look pretty awesome. These look like the kind of knives they should have added to their collection long ago. I can't imagine them not selling well. Unless they were overpriced. They are made of recycled steel. Maybe that will bring the cost down? 

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

Did a little more monkeying around with those Swiss-Tech knives I got.

One big thing I found is the pivot pin screws on both the "Gerundet" and the "Wurdig" are really tight. Not sure if Swiss-Tech LocTited the screws or what, but it's a pain in the ass to loosen them.

Which will suck even more when I have to take them apart to clean or do any sort of maintenance on them. The screws are in there so tight that I'm afraid I'm going to strip them if I apply any more force to them.

Another thing is the detent on the "Wurdig" feels kind of loose. Like it'll open no problem, but closing it seems a bit unsafe. What I mean is the blade closes almost by itself with how easily it closes upon releasing the liner lock.

With that in mind, I wouldn't recommend the "Wurdig" for a newbie to knives since the potential to cut oneself closing the knife is high.

Other than that, I like both knives and might purchase another set as soon as I can. I may pick up the coarse G10 version of the "Wurdig" and see how that one compares to the green canvas micarta version I have.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I really have to stop checking out the "New Arrivals" section over on MidwayUSA's site.

There's now three new knives on my wishlist (a Gerber Armbar Trade multitool, a Gerber Armbar Scout multitool, and an Old Timer Heritage Series D2 fixed blade.)

[NT2C]

So, I may or may not have bought $150 worth of knives last night, to give away in the contests. 

Including one of these:

[JeeperCreeper]

I just received 2 knock off mora's from Amazon last night 

Chinese 8cr steel. Not sharp from the box, but we'll see how they polish up.

$11/knife since mora companions are now hovering around $20ish not on sale.

We'll see. Build quality is nice other than the dull blade.

[JeeperCreeper]

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