Gayle Bradley M4
Dude, if I ever, ever, ever told anyone at work that I ate a "crumpet", my life would be over.carrot wrote:Nutella is also excellent on crumpets. I like to fill all the holes of a freshly toasted crumpet with Nutella. Who needs butter?
Forget the "nutyella" stuff, and just go for basic JIFF PB&J on toast. Man-o-man, it's a slice of heaven on earth. Don't forget the milk.
Oh, and my GB will be in next week :D
To remove all doubts :D , put the knife down on top of the receipt for the purchase. Quality at that price is frankly a bargain.blackcatt wrote:To me the GB is one of those knives that are 100% more impressive in the hand than in pictures. You don't get a sense of the heft this knive has from the pictures. The blade is pretty massive as well as liners and lock.
JIF is inferior in every way to real peanut butter. It's more expensive, has lard added, goes stale easily and tastes . . . well, let's not go that far.
Do yourself a favor and pick up a pound jar at Trader Joe's for less that $2 (including tax) and experience the actual taste of freshly roasted peanuts. I recommend their crunchy unsalted.
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JIF ingredients: MADE FROM ROASTED PEANUTS AND SUGAR. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT. (I'm not up to date. They don't use lard anymore)
Trader Joe's unsalted crunchy PB ingredients: peanuts
Do yourself a favor and pick up a pound jar at Trader Joe's for less that $2 (including tax) and experience the actual taste of freshly roasted peanuts. I recommend their crunchy unsalted.
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JIF ingredients: MADE FROM ROASTED PEANUTS AND SUGAR. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT. (I'm not up to date. They don't use lard anymore)
Trader Joe's unsalted crunchy PB ingredients: peanuts
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- William James, from The Will to Believe, a guest lecture at Yale University in 1897
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DeltaWhiskey
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your freaking me out.
I have been away from home the last few weeks and the M4 Bradley has been waiting patiently back at the house. With this thread keeping the M4fresh in my mind, I can't wait to get home and try some Traders Joes Peanut Butter! :confused:
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No one should eat unnatural pb. The peanut is at its best without the hydrogenated tinkering of humankind. I recommend smuckers or even better is getting it fresh ground at the market.
So many knives, so few pockets... :)
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The "Spirit" of the design does not come through unless used. -Sal
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The "Spirit" of the design does not come through unless used. -Sal
Received the Gayle Bradley earlier today. This is one very beautiful knife! The fit and finish are impeccable and the M4 blade, which I'm already familiar with, is sharp and this Spyderco collaboration with Bradley is a great design.
Regarding the word Taiwan on the blade... who cares! :confused: I would surmise that Sal has great contacts all over the world in the steel and manufacturing industries and he knows better than others how to make one heck of a first quality knife!
I've got a few Spydercos, and some of them are with the carbon fiber handle. Without any doubt what-so-ever, I think this Gayle Bradley knife is one of the best, if not THE best of the bunch. And we're talking shared company with the Manix 2 CF and the Stretch CF... both of which I also think are phenomenal designs.
In fact, I like the knife so much, I just ordered another one from the Cutlery Shoppe.
Regarding the word Taiwan on the blade... who cares! :confused: I would surmise that Sal has great contacts all over the world in the steel and manufacturing industries and he knows better than others how to make one heck of a first quality knife!
I've got a few Spydercos, and some of them are with the carbon fiber handle. Without any doubt what-so-ever, I think this Gayle Bradley knife is one of the best, if not THE best of the bunch. And we're talking shared company with the Manix 2 CF and the Stretch CF... both of which I also think are phenomenal designs.
In fact, I like the knife so much, I just ordered another one from the Cutlery Shoppe.
+1 on Smuckers, the downside is that I always feel unsatisfied if I eat peanut butter in restaurants or at other peoples houses.araneae wrote:No one should eat unnatural pb. The peanut is at its best without the hydrogenated tinkering of humankind. I recommend smuckers or even better is getting it fresh ground at the market.
Same goes for maple syrup, do yourself a favor and get the real stuff instead of caro syrup.
Yep. I liked my first so well that I took a cue from Yab and ordered a pre-need no-logo replacement. I was worried that Sal might turn down the Rc (which he later said they wouldn't be doing, thankfully!).Climb14er wrote:Received the Gayle Bradley earlier today. This is one very beautiful knife! The fit and finish are impeccable and the M4 blade, which I'm already familiar with, is sharp and this Spyderco collaboration with Bradley is a great design.
Regarding the word Taiwan on the blade... who cares! :confused: I would surmise that Sal has great contacts all over the world in the steel and manufacturing industries and he knows better than others how to make one heck of a first quality knife!
I've got a few Spydercos, and some of them are with the carbon fiber handle. Without any doubt what-so-ever, I think this Gayle Bradley knife is one of the best, if not THE best of the bunch. And we're talking shared company with the Manix 2 CF and the Stretch CF... both of which I also think are phenomenal designs.
In fact, I like the knife so much, I just ordered another one from the Cutlery Shoppe.
Not a thing wrong with that. :D The dark is kinda more like a rum....-
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After having my Bradley for a few days, I feel the fit and finish is top notch. The knife design is excellent as it feels very natural in the hand and is also a great cutter. Very solid knife overall and there is absolutely no blade play at all. My only two comments on the blade is that since it is supposed to be a hard use knife why not go with black G10 handles and there is also a need for jimping on the finger choil for more detailed cutting.
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Discussion and trolls don't go in the same sentence.5.56 wrote:Wow, let's talk about PB&J because we can't discuss a genuine concern like adults.
Keep deflecting, there are plenty more non-US allied nations that need your money.
N. Korea needs nuke money.
FWIW I know Taiwan is an ally, I'm referring to Spyderco's support of China.
Everyone supports China. Write congress and ask for an outline of our national debt. In the meanwhile buy what you want. It's our right to do the same because our income and sales taxes pay for that freedom.
That work for you? If not there are plenty of American companies dealing with "comminist devils" you can bicker with who have forums. Look on the shelves of your closest WalMart.
Some of us don't deflect. We just don't want to piss in Sal's living room. It's called "respecting the host's house". I'd personally rather talk knives than politics because that's my freedom of speech which is valued along with The freedom to ignore (aka PB&J).
If people want this to stop get it changed on a federal level via congress. Making it illegal will stop all companies in the USA...then our economy will implode and it will be like Mad Max :) .
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wow, I thought I was on the spyderco forum, a fun loving place where spyderco aficianados can converge and enthuse about spyderco products, nutella, and peanut butter.Wow, let's talk about PB&J because we can't discuss a genuine concern like adults.
Keep deflecting, there are plenty more non-US allied nations that need your money.
N. Korea needs nuke money.
FWIW I know Taiwan is an ally, I'm referring to Spyderco's support of China.
I didn't realize we were having a serious discussion about the socio economic outcomes of spyderco's use of off shore manufacturers and how this might relate to the future defense strategy of our nation... my bad.
I guess the joke will be on me when the chinese take us over cause I bought a tenacious
No joke!
There is a guy on USN who put it through it's paces for a while. He's a knife destroyer. Beating the **** out of the Bradley he has one scratch on the blade and it's still sharp. In half the time his more baby-ed military is all bunge up and he even broke the tip off.
That's a statement to the M4 and design rather than a knock to the Mili. Clearly he does things that would make me cry.
There is a guy on USN who put it through it's paces for a while. He's a knife destroyer. Beating the **** out of the Bradley he has one scratch on the blade and it's still sharp. In half the time his more baby-ed military is all bunge up and he even broke the tip off.
That's a statement to the M4 and design rather than a knock to the Mili. Clearly he does things that would make me cry.
I know the thread your referring to. But as far as that Millie damage goes, I think it's more or a case of the wrong tool for the job, that or he needs to learn how to use it properly. My knife usage regularly tops over a thousand cuts a day, my primary work knife is a 440V SE Millie and it is by no means babied, apart from it's well worn teeth now after daily sharpening sessions this Millie has been **** near indestructible.Blerv wrote:No joke!
There is a guy on USN who put it through it's paces for a while. He's a knife destroyer. Beating the **** out of the Bradley he has one scratch on the blade and it's still sharp. In half the time his more baby-ed military is all bunge up and he even broke the tip off.
That's a statement to the M4 and design rather than a knock to the Milli. Clearly he does things that would make me cry.
Now the Bradley has been gong to work with me for the past few weeks too, taking some of the work load off my old Millie. Never before have I been confidently able to work a plain edge blade this hard. The M4 really holds it's cutting edge like no other. There have been a few isolated incidents where the blade has seen small chips, and surprisingly the edge actually rolled on me a couple of times too. I've accidentally managed to turn this into a butter knife once :o . (These have all been rare events, definitely not regular occurrences.) Gladly though restoring the edge back to normal has been much easier than I expected. I've since started to put a slightly convex edge on it, and it now seems even more impervious to edge damage.
I've had a couple of "issues" with the lock binding open occasionally, nearly needing the liner to be pry ed apart from the tang to release. This did happen frequently over the course of 2-3 days. Applying graphite powder to the mating areas seems to have remedied this problem, as I cant recall this happening today during use.
Overall I'm really happy with the Bradley, I'm already considering getting another one. For me Bradley M4 is the new benchmark for a hard use folder.
This needs to used to be appreciated, other wise why bother producing CPM M4!
Jez
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