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- Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:32 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Grip preferences for defense
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4191
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:59 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Curious What Fellow Spydie Fans Have Tastes In Guns/ Carry
- Replies: 310
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Has anyone seen the new Glock model 42 .380 I am eagerly waiting to handle one of these! Until late 2011, I would have scoffed at the idea, but a soft-kicking, locked-breech, hand-filling polymer-frame .380 may be just what my aging, aching right hand needs, an orthopedic back-up gun. (After a life...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:25 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Curious What Fellow Spydie Fans Have Tastes In Guns/ Carry
- Replies: 310
- Views: 88917
My classiest pistol is a Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special. While I try not to abuse it, it is no safe queen. The only change I made was to install Strider Gunner Grips. I may soon install a wider-notch rear sight. I bought it around 1999 or 2000, and carried it concealed for a couple of years, while I...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Anyone have a lifeproof phone case?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3072
My teenage nephew drowned his iPhone when using a Lifeproof case. He may or may not have failed to close the thing after charging. That kid drowned two iPhones within a month! (The Lifeproof case was only involved in one drowning.) They were insured, but the insurance company dropped the policy afte...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:18 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Grip preferences for defense
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4191
I like to have a working knowledge of several gripping methods, because I may not, in an emergency, be able to attain the ideal grip for a given blade. I may have to at least start with the initial grip I have attained. Being an LEO, I can carry a pistol, legally, more places than I can carry a seri...
- Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:50 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Poll: Most popular EDC
- Replies: 140
- Views: 27347
None of the above, unless riding in the driver's door pocket of my Honda Civic counts, in which case it would be my clip-less Military, the clip being damaged so long ago, I have forgotten how it happened. (I used to be very rough on pocket clips!) At work, I carry an Assist in one front pants pocke...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:10 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: what is your edc-self defensive spyderco?
- Replies: 108
- Views: 28504
No need in more than fifty years of lifetime for self-defense if you life in a peaceful country. Therefore I don't carry a knife or something else for that purpose ... maybe I have to change my mind, if I visit the US. Is it really so dangerous to life in the states? First time I ask this, as over ...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:38 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: what is your edc-self defensive spyderco?
- Replies: 108
- Views: 28504
My almost-daily-carry, purely defensive blade is a Spyderco Civilian. It is not my primary defensive weapon; more like tertiary. My actual EDC blade is a Tarani Masters Model Karambit folder, pre-5.11, made by Blade-tech for Karambit.com, back it its day. I do, indeed, think of my Karambit as a tool...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:15 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Spyderco Civilian
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4162
I still carry a Civilian, deeply concealed, on a regular basis. Even though my (rather limited) blade training, since acquiring my pair of Civilians, has been more point-driven, the slim compactness of a Civi makes it effortless to carry, and its methodology is quite intuitive, so it still has a pla...
- Sun Jul 07, 2013 12:02 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: The Civilian expirience
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1273
I still carry a Civilian, deeply concealed, on a regular basis. Even though my (rather limited) blade training, since acquiring my pair of Civilians, has been more point-driven, the slim compactness of a Civi makes it effortless to carry, and its methodology is quite intuitive, so it still has a pla...
- Thu May 30, 2013 12:21 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Blade thickness to self defence ratio
- Replies: 60
- Views: 13633
I sought knife training, in order to better understand how a blade might be used against me, on my cop job, or otherwise. Unless duty compels me to make a stand, Plan A is to create some distance, right quickly, if practicable! If I am with family, or another vulnerable person, that might mean somet...
- Wed May 29, 2013 11:31 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Lets shed a little light
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4904
My current favorite is a Surefire LX2 Digital Lumamax. It was a pair of them, but one has been misplaced; temporarily, I hope! A past favorite was the Surefire M2 Centurion, and I do still have two of them. Then, there is my M3 Millenium, same brand. On the small side, I like the handily small Innov...
- Wed May 29, 2013 11:19 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Is it right to carry knives in church?
- Replies: 94
- Views: 22308
I have been carrying a pocket knife virtually everywhere since I was a kid, including church. In my younger days, I did not consider a simple folding knife to be a weapon, anyway, as it seemed the blade would close upon one's fingers. Even at school, simple folders were not seen as weapons. (I gradu...
- Wed May 29, 2013 10:21 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Blade Show 2013
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12076
- Mon May 20, 2013 6:43 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Spyderco and then
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9283
Well, based upon numbers I have on hand, an easy answer would be Strider, with two MSC and one DDC, plus several standard models. My most-carried, under the most conditions, virtually always with me, however, is a Tarani Masters Model Karambit, from the Karambit.com era, made by Blade-tech. (I do ha...
- Mon May 20, 2013 6:28 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Blade Show 2013
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12076
I am still trying to decide whether to make the drive. I am on vacation during this time period, but two of our older vehicles just ate my discretionary income, and the one I would be driving needs a bit more put into it. I may, however, sell some things before the trip, or bring something to sell/t...
- Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:43 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Best value SHTF fixed blade, under $200?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 15605
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:20 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: Which discontinued model is your favorite??
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5859
The Gunting and Ronin; don't ask me to pick one or the other. I anticipated discontinuation, and bought several extras of each. I regret not buying one of the fixed-blade Hossom collaborations. The fixed-blade Temperance is another favorite, though it has come back, thankfully, in modified form. I a...
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 5:10 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: What is your favorite way to open a Spyderco knife?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6494
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:57 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How thin is the Civilians tip?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3133
Civilian was designed specifically as a last ditch defensive weapon. For years it wasn't even shown in Spyderco's consumer catalogs. The Matriarchs were originally designed as a defensive weapon for South African women. It too was marketed very selectively for years. Like motorcycle helmets, if eit...