No clue if Gerber is lowly or not @Lightcycle but I paid $15 for it at CT down from $60 or so.
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The knife thread
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Ah, it's a cheaper model. $15 is what we paid for the Coast knife. I think that's regular price too...
I use the blade on my Leatherman Wave+. You can switch the blade out for one made of better quality steel or one with a partially-serrated edge.
I'm okay with what's on it, already has a mini-saw built-in.
Our (also lowly) collection:
Nice.
Gerbers are considered lowly? Was trying to find the one my wife had, but she just told me it was stolen along with the rest of our motorcycle and camping gear. Right now, we've got a *really* cheap Coast LX320 for camping. I guess she didn't want to spring for another $100+ knife...
She's really into blades. She's eyeing a trail saw and bike mount for cutting down branches and small fallen trees on the trail. Do we need another thread for this?
Can’t tell for sure but the one on the right looks like a Silky. They are very good
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Can’t tell for sure but the one on the right looks like a Silky. They are very good
Good to know! Yes, they're both Silkys.
Gotta get on this before the spring, because they'll probably be all sold out by then for the early trail season. Got caught out last year without a trail saw which made us have to turn around earlier than we wanted to.
That looks dangerous as ****. I want two. One for each hand.
Awesome!
Good kitchen knives should never go in the dishwasher. It dulls them faster, the banging around damages the cutting edge and regardless of handle material (assuming not an all steel knife of course) the heat cycles can (but not always) make the handles loose over time, of course much worse for wood handles.
Wash by hand, don't let them soak in the sink.
I have a bunch of Grohmann and most of the other usual suspects....
The dishwasher is the least of the abuses that kitchen knives are subjected to here. My wife occasionally uses a glass cutting board, for instance... But she also seems to prefer a dull knife and uses the made-in-China Henckels more than the Ghromanns anyway. She does all the cooking in this house, so I'm willing to look the other way on stuff like the knives for the sake of food that requires zero effort on my part. Compromises must be made.
That looks pretty awesome! Cut up a Turkey in no time!
2 spring assist Kershaws and a spring assist Leatherman. Getting harder to find them ever since that Lieberal backbencher introduced his private member's bill trying to ban them.
The wording of the Criminal Code has always put any assisted opening knife in a subjective grey zone, but it's the CBSA that really forced the issue (at least for importation)
My ceramic has no assist but if you start it with your thumb, a quick wrist flick and it is open and locked. Heavier blade makes that work better than most steel knives.
I would almost feel worried going to buy a used knife simply because I’m coming with money to a guy with a knife willingly….
But that could just be my imagination running wild.
But that could just be my imagination running wild.
Forgot all about this little guy…
I've had a swiss army knife on my key chain ever since my late cousin said I needed one (with a cork screw) if we did go backpacking thru Europe. Quit our jobs, sold the house and bike and went. That was '88. I'm now on my second one after the first was stolen.
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