New Black Southard

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Great addition to the flock there Mac! I love my black Southard and agree it's snappier than my original first release brown one. I definitely thought they should have used a coarse G10 scale on the black one, similar in texture to the brown, but that was easily remedied by dyeing my brown scale black with RIT dye. Found a coarse black G10 scale for my Domino too, and it really makes the knife.

That was before I was introduced to Steve Ketchen, and the last pic shows what he's done to make my beauties really shine! Cheers, Radioactive :)

[MacLaren]

Oh man! You droppin bombs! Those are phenomenal!
The Black Southard could be "The Black Mamba" - it looks wicked.

[MacLaren]

Almost sorry I opened your post, didn't know what a Southard is. Had to look it up and I'm impressed. I'm going to look seriously at one. Good luck, enjoy it.

Thanx Mick :)
You won't regret getting one ....

[MacLaren]

Nice addition to the collection Paul, I have the brown version, it was one of my first grails and took me a long time to finally pull the trigger, great knife, perfect size and great steel. I carried mine for a while and still do from time to time. Mine is not the best flipper I have, that award goes to my BBS Domino, I think I need to take the southard apart and clean/polish.

Thanx Dan
But, yeah man, I really loved my older Southard. Not a thing wrong with her. Just not as snappy as the newer ones. Still, a very fine knife.

[gbelleh]

Do all your Southards cut well out of the box?

[MacLaren]

Do all your Southards cut well out of the box?

Actually yes. All 3 cut pretty well to tell the truth.

[Johnnie1801]

R/S's posts should come with an age rating, that's just 50 shades of knife there, lol :)

[SpeedHoles]

Yeah, Radioactive, everytime you post your Domino with that black G10 it makes me stare closer. Looks so good in an understated kind of way.
Simple black G10, it works.
That C-tek is wild stuff though.

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Thanks for the nice comments guys! As I've said before, all credit goes to Steve Ketchen for transforming these beauties into what they are today. Now I'm thinking I might need another Southard! (Well, maybe "need" is a strong word ). Cheers, Radioactive :)

[MacLaren]

Thanks for the nice comments guys! As I've said before, all credit goes to Steve Ketchen for transforming these beauties into what they are today. Now I'm thinking I might need another Southard! (Well, maybe "need" is a strong word ). Cheers, Radioactive :)

Awesome. Another Southard- yes :)
Do you care to pm me Steve's addy? Thanx RS-

[RadioactiveSpyder]

Thanks for the nice comments guys! As I've said before, all credit goes to Steve Ketchen for transforming these beauties into what they are today. Now I'm thinking I might need another Southard! (Well, maybe "need" is a strong word ). Cheers, Radioactive :)

Awesome. Another Southard- yes :)
Do you care to pm me Steve's addy? Thanx RS-

Steve's email is all over his BF thread so I assume it's OK to share it here again. He can be reached at sketchenscales@gmail.com. He's a real pleasure to work with, tell him I sent you !

[swigert]

Southard is always on my shirt list. Hopefully soon.

[MacLaren]

Southard is always on my shirt list. Hopefully soon.

Cool. The Black one is a real sweet heart.

[Evil D]

Not normally a fan of shiny handle scales but that's awesome looking with the DLC. I think I'd have to go with the wood over the honeycomb, but it's still awesome looking.