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tonydahose wrote:The only grail that really matters to me is the WTC knife. I picked it up a few years ago, everything else just doesnt seem that important compared to it.

Hi Tony, thought that yer number an mine were close for some reason, I've got 1455. My Grail as well.

Merry Christmas to yer families Tony.

Among the production Spydercos I own, the Chaparral wins. Hard to beat a 2mm thick FFG blade that's ground thin behind the edge. Next in line would be the Caly/Calypso family, with the exception of the SS Calypso Jr. How do you think the old full size Dyad (is it the C46) plain blade would compare ...

Bingo. The price of something literally boils down to what people are willing to pay to get it. It's as simple as that. People will spend $400 for one, so they sell them for that. I don't get it myself, but to each his own right? Or not, bingo. It might not be something you get right away, it wasn'...

Another Surefire nut over this way. The 6P's are affordable and if you like the E2DL, why not a plain jane E2e? Incandescent may not be the latest and greatest, but they are affordable and a warm light that no LED can hope to replicate. They even appear as a regular, ho-hum flashlight. :) A nice sin...

Three things to remember as mentioned to myself from an old biker (Mick); 1) If you can't drive a car there, don't ride there either, think of the bike as any other motor vehicle, 2) Never trust anyone other than another motorcycle, people in cars will look in your eyes, and then pull out in front o...

JNewell wrote:H*ly smoke. :eek: :D

There's ALOT of physics going on there that I admit I'm not fully understanding. :D And alot of scrap lumber.

I like Carp's version more. :)

For a few years I was trying to steel up the nerve to buy one and I kept thinking along the lines of what Joe has posted. For the price they command, it just wasn't happening. The fact you have to source out a sheath is abit of leg work, I guess you get exactly what you want that way though. I accid...

There's more to building them than meets the eye. My oldest girl and I built one and needed to keep reinforcing the pivot, the counterwieght attachment, and then we were only so-so in our release mechanism. The throwing arm was about 4' and we had about 40# for weights. Going to need to study up som...

Haven't bought a new Spyderco for quite some time now. Looks like I may make up for lost time. Another sale for a Lum tanto and one of the new Natives I'm sure.

Very nice work. That looks far better than my first blade as well. You have every right to be proud of your talents. I'm curious too as to what steel you used.

Hi Casey, have you checked the other handle screws to make sure they are properly tightened? Just wondering if you loosen the pivot bolt, and then ensure the other screws are snugged up to ensure squareness of the knife frame, and then adjusted pivot tension, you might have better pivot consistency....

It's just marketing. Most people nowadays never worked with metals so they will believe anything. And people love to hear that they are buying something very special. Ti has its place in the aerospace industry but for many other applications it is a bit of a hype. Thanks for the honesty Piet, don't...

I'm at a loss as well Jim, prayers said for your family. All the best and from north and west of you.

Keep being the good man you are and fight the bad, it's our only hope to stomp out the stupid.

I've supported both the online merchant and the knife store that is about 120 some miles from me. The knife store has OK prices on some knives, usually Spydercos, and some kinda outta line prices on Chris Reeve. I have however paid whatever he asked, even for the CRK, and never left the shop without...

I'm a definite fan of CPM steels, M4 and 154, but my all time favorite is 3V with a high flat grind.

Hi Jon. There are a number of "steel heads" on the forum that would post better comments than I. Let's hope Joe or some of the other folks see the thread and chime in. If I ever got a chance to try some that would be a fun experience, or very frustrating. I grind a little 3V from time to t...

The "downside" of that is that even 1/4" drivers tend to be fairly large and, the bigger the handle, the greater the leverage and the easier it becomes to use excessive force. That's the main reason some good sets put smaller handles on smaller size wrenches. One way to compensate fo...

Another thing to keep in mind is during the summer is when alot of positions at the border are being filled with summer students from various "Criminology" programs at college. They sometimes tend to be more "zealous" in performing their duties. The other 9 or 10 months you seem ...

Nice addition with the gold tone alox Blunt.

Don't have many, but do have a Swisstool, the soldier in alox, and a climber. The multi tool and the soldier see lots of use.

When I find someone who can do my job as well as I can for 75% of what I get paid, I'll hire him myself. I'm not too worried there. My job is work. Real work. Creeping socialism has seen to it that people willing to do real work are a vanishing breed. And if I wasn't as good as I am, I wouldn't be ...