Gunslinger wrote:Yup, vg-10 and contoured bi-directional textureing.
Also came in the 440V steel.
Yeah, I meant Native lightweight was my fav edc.
I have two black and a pink.
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I also had a BRK model, but mine was a poor sample and I didn't keep it.
jnsn wrote:
the ukpk is edc perfection. wire clip, basic all t8 screw construction, great ergos even with big hands, crazy light and slim, jimped finger choil & thumb ramp, ffg blade, fair price. i regret waiting so long to get one.
I agree, it is one of my absolute favorites!
GoodEyeSniper wrote:pretty sure the native 3 is the one with vg10 steel and the thicker, contoured handles. no?
I think the one in the pictures doesn't have a generation associated with it, it is just called the "Native Lightweight". At least that's what I've been calling it. The only Native 4 was FFG, VG-10 with Carbon Fiber Scales, unless the Flat Ground Forum Native is considered a Native 4.
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Waiting on a Squeak and Pingo with a Split Spring!
Invective wrote:Well I went back to the gun shop and got a deal I just couldn't pass on. $170 for a NIB Hossom Wodlander! This makes it my first blade from Italy as well as first blade in N690Co and I can't wait to try it out!
Great find for a fair price. I love the Hossom line and would love to see a sprint of one model come back around. Maybe in something like 3V? Thanks for sharing.
sal wrote: .... even today, we design a knife from the edge out!
xceptnl wrote:Great find for a fair price. I love the Hossom line and would love to see a sprint of one model come back around. Maybe in something like 3V? Thanks for sharing.
Yeah that would be awesome! So far I've used it to chop some firewood up so it would fit in my stove although seeing as it's hovering around 80 degrees that was more an excuse for me to use it :D Also used it in the kitchen just to see how it performed. For a 5MM thick blade, it performed about as well as you would expect. I need to touch up the angles though, they came about uneven from the factory so I'll be doing that before I use it anymore.
And yes, if these were brought back with a high toughness steel that would be awesome. I could see Elmax being a good contender too, especially since they were originally made in Italy so it's not too far to BU to get some.
finally received a Gayle Bradley folder as part of a trade! and it did not disappoint! this has definitely become my preferred 3.5 inch folder ahead of the para2 :D
-Spencer
Rotation:
Gayle Bradley 2 | Mantra 1 | Watu | Chaparral 1 | Dragonfly 2 Salt SE
Beautiful, Spencer the GB is a model I have been on the fence about. It is expensive enough that I would like to handle it before making a decision but there certainly are a lot of fans out there.
xceptnl wrote: :eek: :mad: :eek: What a deal you found! Congrats on the buy and I would hope for that money, you could freely use that monster.
Thanks! You'd better believe I'm going to use it. I'll beat on it for a while, but I'll clean her up sometime...polish, crowning, maybe an acid bath and stonewash, new backspacer...for now though, I'll enjoy using her. :)
Finally got one of my holy grails - the white Endura. This one is brand new in box. Never sharpened. And a sprint ZDP-189 blue Delica to add to my blues collection! This addiction is getting worse!!
DJFrostbyte wrote:Finally got one of my holy grails - the white Endura. This one is brand new in box. Never sharpened. And a sprint ZDP-189 blue Delica to add to my blues collection! This addiction is getting worse!!
Congrats! that white endura looks amazing!
-Spencer
Rotation:
Gayle Bradley 2 | Mantra 1 | Watu | Chaparral 1 | Dragonfly 2 Salt SE
