Great blade, and lovely micarta! The bigger Perrin should have had micarta scales also!
A Fred Perrin Street beat pic...
A Fred Perrin Street beat pic...
Hadn't had a chance to make some pics for a long time, too busy with work and study, but with the kids to the day-care centre, the wife out to work, and a full day off for myself, I thought I could make a nice one of the Fred Perrin Street Beat that I got recently..
Great blade, and lovely micarta! The bigger Perrin should have had micarta scales also!
Great blade, and lovely micarta! The bigger Perrin should have had micarta scales also!
I've noticed that this knife and all four of the new Hossom's have a hole near the base of the blade (I believe they call is a 'wrist lanyard' hole). Can someone diagram (or better yet, photograph) this in use??? I guess, in my mind, I'm seeing a loop lanyard with a ring through the hole and the loop around the wrist.... but to what end???
Thanks!
Ken
Thanks!
Ken
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Wicked photos Ted! I was handling mine yesterday and decided to go with a different sheath option than the factory one. Already have a few scratches on it from the kydex... thinking about leather but Mike S's sheaths look really good. (I'm not affiliated with Sastre's sheaths just like the look of them 
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What do you think of the sheath and will your SB be a user or collector?
)What do you think of the sheath and will your SB be a user or collector?
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[quote="elt1"]Wicked photos Ted! I was handling mine yesterday and decided to go with a different sheath option than the factory one. Already have a few scratches on it from the kydex... thinking about leather but Mike S's sheaths look really good. (I'm not affiliated with Sastre's sheaths just like the look of them ]
Hi Elt, thanks. I think I'm gonna try to make my own leather sheath for this one. I'm planning to get some stuff from http://www.brisa.fi.
Hi Elt, thanks. I think I'm gonna try to make my own leather sheath for this one. I'm planning to get some stuff from http://www.brisa.fi.
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:spyder: Seems like a trademark hole to me. Will there be any more of these available to the general knife buying public or is it an elite thing? :spyder:
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That's a trademark hole for sure....On certain double edged weapons, when one is sharpened for defense and the other blade for utility...a small hole would be used so a Soldier could tell in total darkness which blade was which...but this is not the case on these knives a good example of what I'm talking about would be Boker's Smatchet....Doc :D
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Excellent pics, Ted! :)
One way to use the forward lanyard hole is to string a single line of cord through both the blade hole and the hole at the bottom of the handle. If the cord is tight enough around your hand, you can let go of the knife and it will stay in the same position, with the handle across your palm. It's a lot safer than draping the lanyard loosely around your wrist.
Another way to use a forward lanyard hole is a design called the "Osborne Safety Lanyard". There was an issue of Knives Illustrated earlier this year that talked about its use in cutting competitions. It looks similar to Ted's pic with the lanyard around your wrist, but you twist the cord to take up the slack. Unfortunately, it doesn't work well for me with the Street Beat because the hole is too far forward and the knife is handle-heavy.
I personally think that the hole in the blade is just too impractical to use with a lanyard, at least on this knife. For one thing, the hole is pretty small, but it's also difficult or impossible to resheath the knife with a lanyard through the blade. On larger fixed-blades though, the forward lanyard hole might be more appreciated, as it could provide additional security during chopping.
One way to use the forward lanyard hole is to string a single line of cord through both the blade hole and the hole at the bottom of the handle. If the cord is tight enough around your hand, you can let go of the knife and it will stay in the same position, with the handle across your palm. It's a lot safer than draping the lanyard loosely around your wrist.
Another way to use a forward lanyard hole is a design called the "Osborne Safety Lanyard". There was an issue of Knives Illustrated earlier this year that talked about its use in cutting competitions. It looks similar to Ted's pic with the lanyard around your wrist, but you twist the cord to take up the slack. Unfortunately, it doesn't work well for me with the Street Beat because the hole is too far forward and the knife is handle-heavy.
I personally think that the hole in the blade is just too impractical to use with a lanyard, at least on this knife. For one thing, the hole is pretty small, but it's also difficult or impossible to resheath the knife with a lanyard through the blade. On larger fixed-blades though, the forward lanyard hole might be more appreciated, as it could provide additional security during chopping.
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