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[yablanowitz]

I don't generally brag about my latest, but this time I have to. :D I won an eBay auction this week with what I considered a "throw away bid"...one that I just tossed in to keep everyone honest. I was shocked when I won, and even more shocked that there was money left on the table.

My latest snag: red bone Spyderkey (with a cracked blade, but still...)



Micarta C39 Dyad Jr. (chipped serrations, but it was destined to be a user anyway)



and...

Drumroll, please...

C27S Jigged bone Jess Horn!




The score (Spyderpouch not shown )

[mrappraisit]

[quote="yablanowitz"]Drumroll, please...

C27S Jigged bone Jess Horn!



Yablanowitz - Nice score! Those Jess Horn's are classics.

[yablanowitz]

Thanks! I never thought I would own one. They usually go for way more coin than I'm willing to part with.

[Fred Sanford]

I picked up a D2 Para the other day along with a Ladybug. :)





Great lockup on the D2 Para btw. The lock on this one moves over farther than on my S30V Para. It also seems to have a thicker washer on one side of the pivot and the locking liner doesnt have a hole milled in it near the base of the locking tab, like my S30V Para does. Hmm.

DRod,

What's funny is if you loosen up the stop pin screws a tad, and then tighten one of them you can see the stop pin rotate. I take a sharpie and put a dot on the pin so I can see it move. I find that with the knife unlocked and with the blade open about half way I can tighten the screw for the stop pin that is furthest away from the compression lock. As I do that the stop pin rotates. I move it about 1/16" each time and then test the lockup. I have been able to get my lockup to be further over to the left (as looking down from the top) just by doing that.

When I have it all set I open and lock the blade and push the blade downward onto some cardboard. This puts some pressure on the stop pin so it does not move when I tighten the screws. I put some Loctite on the stop pin screws and tighten it down a bit. Be careful not too tight or it will affect the action of the knife.

I think that the machining of the stop pin has made it a bit eccentric. Maybe not on purpose but it is on most Para's I find.

If you don't understand let me know and I'll try to make it more clear.

[RIOT]

heres some new ones i got today

Yellow Catcherman

Merlin

and my first Economy SS SE which for being a used 1984 knife the action is 100% smooth and perfect and to my surprise it has zero blade play, it locks up like no other

[SSB]

I didn't realize they were so nice! :eek:

[DRod]

DRod,

What's funny is if you loosen up the stop pin screws a tad, and then tighten one of them you can see the stop pin rotate. I take a sharpie and put a dot on the pin so I can see it move. I find that with the knife unlocked and with the blade open about half way I can tighten the screw for the stop pin that is furthest away from the compression lock. As I do that the stop pin rotates. I move it about 1/16" each time and then test the lockup. I have been able to get my lockup to be further over to the left (as looking down from the top) just by doing that.

When I have it all set I open and lock the blade and push the blade downward onto some cardboard. This puts some pressure on the stop pin so it does not move when I tighten the screws. I put some Loctite on the stop pin screws and tighten it down a bit. Be careful not too tight or it will affect the action of the knife.

I think that the machining of the stop pin has made it a bit eccentric. Maybe not on purpose but it is on most Para's I find.

If you don't understand let me know and I'll try to make it more clear.

Ill give that a shot. It locks up good and tight and fully engages the tang of the blade, but doesn't slide over as far as my D2 version. But yeah, next time I do a tear down cleaning, I'll give that a go, Thanks. :)

[RIOT]

Lonewolf Endura with Armorers tool.

this knife serves 2 purposes for me

1. my only handgun is a glock

2. here in CA our assault rifles have to have the mags locked in but require a tool of some sort for reloading i thought this would be a great shooting knife


really wish they made a delica like this so i could EDC it

[DRod]

Lonewolf Endura with Armorers tool.

this knife serves 2 purposes for me

1. my only handgun is a glock

2. here in CA our assault rifles have to have the mags locked in but require a tool of some sort for reloading i thought this would be a great shooting knife


really wish they made a delica like this so i could EDC it

Move to Texas. 5.5" legal carry. :p

[RIOT]

Move to Texas. 5.5" legal carry. :p

nice, full auto too or no ?

i just now figured out why you said what you said, we can carry enduras, but i prefer the delica over the endura, it fits my hand like a glove, no legality involved in what i first said

[Projek]

Move to Texas. 5.5" legal carry. :p

WHAT?!?! I would love to carry a fixed blade around in Texas, but us poor Californians have to stick to our little 2' inch pocket knives. People even give me looks for using my Ladybug :confused:

[DRod]

WHAT?!?! I would love to carry a fixed blade around in Texas, but us poor Californians have to stick to our little 2' inch pocket knives. People even give me looks for using my Ladybug :confused:

I carry my Mili daily. :)

I run across people from time to time that gawk and tell me Im breaking the law. I ask them which one exactly am I breaking and they proceed to give me the boyscout rule of no longer than the width of your hand... At which point their ignorance becomes painfully and abundantly clear. But I can't blame them really, they don't carry anything more than a pair of nail clippers and just don't know. I have even had an on duty police officer quote me this very "rule of thumb" as law. BUT, to this day, I have never had a knife taken from me.

Most of the time though, the Mili stays tucked in the pocket and a smaller matter separator takes the chore.

[RIOT]

WHAT?!?! I would love to carry a fixed blade around in Texas, but us poor Californians have to stick to our little 2' inch pocket knives. People even give me looks for using my Ladybug :confused:

2" ?

isnt 4" here in CA

[RIOT]

my long awaited Spyderhawk

[MCM]

Have a pic of the Ronin around here somewhere....... Found it

[tonydahose]

[mrappraisit]

Tony, I hope you don't take this the wrong way----nice curves :D

[LowSpeedHighDrag]

Picked up a Tenacious and Para Millie a couple of days ago. Right now Im in the process of acquiring a Persian and Black Millie.

[cwt]

finally caught the latest purchase thread on a day when I got one. The newest arrival is my smallest, but the other members of the committee approve...



(one of these days I'll do a real photo setup... and dust off the blade while I'm at it...)

[RIOT]

kinda splurged a little on these....

cf harpy
delica2 engraved
green lum CC# 101