Knife thread?
This KA-BAR marine 1235 is nice asf. I oiled it, so the porous leather grip is straight molded to my hand.
Knife thread? This KA-BAR marine 1235 is nice asf. I oiled it, so the porous leather grip is straight molded to my hand.
Knife thread?
This KA-BAR marine 1235 is nice asf. I oiled it, so the porous leather grip is straight molded to my hand.
Shoulda gotta mora
Sorry but nah. Moras look like shit and last like 6 months before they collapse. Plastic dogshit.
which one ?
if you wanted durability why did you get a ka-bar? they have horrible rat tail tangs
Actually it looks like I got memed on. At least these ones from the Marine series are full tang, just not exposed. It's something very similar to Buck knives.
I don't get the hearsay that they have rat tails? Maybe people think a full tang that doesn't match the whole height of the blade is a rat tail?
Pretty sure it's a full tang.
yeah it's only a bit thinner than the blade's height, and hidden into the aluminum pommel (if it's anything like Buck)
Is this the one issued to the USMC?
Been using ka-bar style knives the last 20+ years and they will break right at the hilt with any serious bushcraft style use. Had this happen personally. They are okay for general use but are very thin and in all practical purposes just a fancy "regular" ratt tail tang Mora. Not built for striking or prying at all. They are a purpose built knife. When I was a kid, our scout troop would wear them. It reminds me of being 14 and having shit tier meme gear. Pic related of a USMC knife.
I like a Mora for a general use knife. They are cheap and come with a great edge. I hunt/trap so I have a lot of specialized knives for most other tasks because I try and maximize my harvest and I like nice things. Moras are just nice because you can buy 5 and stash them places. For an absolute bombproof knife outside those paramaters, check out the Habilis Bushtools line. I have 2 Pathfinders, a Wanderer and a Companion. Fricking love them. I also like Kephart style knives. Even some of the cheap Old Hickory knives would suit people well in my opinion. Just depends on what your needs are. If it is just show, then buy a Chinesium LOTR dagger. Who cares.
>serious bushcraft style use
Batoning is a marketing gimmick. You're not being a "serious bushcrafter" when you clobber your knife with a log. You're being a citiot who doesn't know how to make or use wedges.
Today I saw that my mother's garden trowel was in a really bad spot so I took it and carved a new handle for it with the puukko. I should get a spoon knife.
>Batoning is a marketing gimmick.
I thought the same and I agree that in the way it's presented in YouTube "reviews" it's a complete meme, but then I read the old book by Mors Kochanski and batoning is easy peasy compared to the stuff a good knife is supposed to handle.
First of all he says (paraphrasing here) that a knife with a long blade (like 20cm) is a superior tool for heavy work. So he doesn't dismiss large knives like some people do here, he does find them useful. I think he's talking about leuku style knives here. Then he does absolutely mention batoning. And here's a direct quote from the book, page 111:
>As a test of strength, a good knife should not break when driven four centimeters into a standing tree at right angles to the grain, and the handle bears your weight as you stand on it.
So a good knife should be definitely capable of batoning and doing other tasks that would break 90% of knives available today. This was in 1988 and I think the guy is a reputable source. Now what I don't understand is how the hell did they make knives this tough while modern supersteel knives made with modern processes snap all the time. Is it hand forging? No idea.
>batoning is a marketing gimmick
Batoning been around since 1602, started in Japan because it was safer than using an axe.
I doubt that people only started beating knives into wood in 1602, but can you give me the sauce for that about Japan? I'd enjoy the read. Being a country so centered on wood, Japan has a very interesting blade history that is overshadowed by the ebin katana swords. There is a chisel-ground utility knife called kiridashi that people would tuck into their belt folds. It's a great all around utility knife and a fantastic tool for carving wood. Japanese axes are bearded and they seem to be built for carving rather than felling or splitting.
https://www.fine-tools.com/jigata-nata.html
Help describe use. Trying to find the link again when it was created, the link said it was created at the start of the Edo period, which was 1603.
The Nata and the Froe (some times spelled Frow) were designed for a wide range of tasks, including batoning, because it was a lot more safer to do than using an axe. Sure the Froe was mostly used to make shingles, but it was also used as well for fire prep, other tasks like that. The Nata is described as tool that can do a lot of forestry tasks, including splitting logs, seeing as you can't really swing it to the point to generate enough force to split a log, batoning was used instead, one reason for it's over all thickness. I will post more when I get home in a bit, not trying to find my links on my phone.
A Nata is not a knife.
I've seen these before but this time I went looking around. If you do own one, how are these things riveted to the handle? I've seen the bare blades and they seem to have 2 inch long tangs that are connected to the wood handle with one or two rivets. I've also seen several cases where they break at the rivet. Sometimes you can't see the rivets, then how are they handled? They're not just glued in, right?
Looking at the prices of these is kind of funny, I understand being a japanophile but if the same item costs 7-8000 yen in Japan I'm not paying 100 euros for it lol. Overall I think these make sense in Japan because they have this temperate rainforest environment, so this seems ideal to use as a machete than can also split bamboo, small firewood and shit like that. They make them both with a chisel edge and with what's practically an axe grind.
It's 2 rivets and the steel collar holding the handle on, not glued in. You've seen the handle (wood)break, or the tang?
A nata is great for dry, seasoned kindling, but it is not as flexible as a hatchet with green wood.
And example with no rivets is this
https://kanenori-japan.com/product/c-20/
If you look at the second picture, the one close up on the blade, you can see there's basically an open section in the handle where I imagine the tang is affixed. No idea how this works.
>You've seen the handle (wood)break, or the tang?
The wood. I've always seen 1 or 2 rivets. The tang would eventually tear through the wood because there's so much leverage. If the tang were longer and riveted across a longer section you'd have much less stress on the blade. This is also a fairly common occurrence because companies that produce nata will also sell replacement handles. People who make them by hand will craft them full-tang.
Nips are moronic Black folk
both
batoning is a useful skill PrepHole
batoning is silly as part of your primary/optimal strategy for processing wood
its a good back up plan, good for small pieces, and good when you are ultralighting
>and last like 6 months before they collapse.
Did you fall for the "moras are good to baton with" meme?
Dumb Black personmutt
>Moras look like shit and last like 6 months before they collapse.
meanwhile, scandi fishermen, hunters, carpenters, electricians etc. think to themselves "wtf merimutts doing to break their knives?"
There's an obsession with batoning with a knife instead of committing the space or weight for a hatchet or small axe.
mora isnt a good fightan knife
>knives
>fighting
people will shoot you
ok
It's been proven in close quarters that knives will despatch someone quicker than a gun will be drawn and fired. Just watch some uk knife killings, and you'll see how quick your cartoid juices itself out, lol.
>in close quarters that knives will despatch someone quicker than a gun will be drawn and fired.
Right, I completely forgot about the
>teleports behind you
technique, obviously someone with a gun stands no chance against a based and redpilled knife user
I'm also vegan and NB
>NB
Neil Breen?
Norf Bongland
If you attack someone with a gun you will be deader than fricking dirt by the time they bleed out.
Thanks anon. I'm OP.
The story behind this is that it was used to exonerate a cop in a very specific circumstance. Ayoob did a whole thing about it, which popularized it, but it's pretty much bullshit if you're not that cop in that particular situation. Like no shit, an ambush is an ambush, but if you're jumping at someone they can also just fricking move back as they draw, and with any modern handgun it's shooting immediately after being drawn.
I use a civivi elementum and a german trench knife. Pictures attached
Can’t get past the Chinese factor. It’s one thing if you buy from a US company that manufactures overseas, but the straight Chinese brand is rough.
KVD the millionaire incel, everybody!
>1095 esee knives
why doesn't esee make knives in a decent alloy like 3V? I have an izula in 1095 and it'd be a great knife if it stayed sharp. They released some knives in S35VN (which I can never find in stock) but I don't get why they don't just use something like 3V that's strong but holds an edge.
Read the descriptions about those memesteel knives they made. They don’t offer a warranty on them and they don’t recommend using them as PrepHole knives like their 1095 steel stuff. The supersteel knives were 100% made for collectors, not users. They know what they’re doing with the 1095 stuff.
Kek. Everything is wrong on this. The Esees are both quite beat up from being used daily for years, the orange knife is for jamming thru skulls of invasive species, and the Benchmade blade isn’t damaged, that’s the one knife that hasn’t been used because it’s a meme collector’s knife. And the Lansky sharpener is way less of a meme than Spyderco DMT collector shit.
>Meme shaprener system
>Knives that look mostly unused
>That nick on the edge of the Benchmade
>Goober knife
>Joe Biden goggles for receiving facials at the knife counter at Walmart
Opinion immediately discarded.
I just use a couple of decent folders I've had for years. I'm not Rambo.
I do want to acquire a high-quality fixed-blade knoife at some point, but there's so much hypebeasting, tacticool, bling, and Veblen factor (I'm not talking about mall ninja shit, that's instantly recognizable and easily dismissed) associated with knife collecting that I, as a non-collector, just can't even begin to sort through it all. "Benchmade" and every other popular name are just white noise to me.
My basic plan (whenever I get around to it) it to locate an actual blacksmith whose work I like and buy one of his knives. I might go to a show, or just search up some websites.
>there's so much hypebeasting, tacticool, bling, and Veblen factor associated with knife collecting that I, as a non-collector, just can't even begin to sort through it all
I feel you and sadly this problem has extended to practically everything that can be bought thanks to compulsive buying disguised as "collecting" and influencers, who are a cancer upon the world. But generally speaking anyone who's visible enough on the internet will be given free products to ~~*(review*~~) so you cannot really trust the talking heads. I try to look at as many negative reviews as possible. This is still the best way to understand where something comes short when it does.
Honestly just get a Mora and a decent sharpening stone and unless you baton like a chimp it will likely never fail. They even make a full tang knife now
If you're looking for a small fixed blade maybe the Fallkniven Colt could be something for you. Stainless, stays sharp quite long, easy to sharpenand good blade size and geometry. I carry mine every day except when I'm wearing a suit which is not too often.
I essentially want a 6" version of this(finger guard, rubber handle, Not a clip poin), What can I get for under £100?
I don't care about "super steel" as I need a knife to use and abuse.
fox bushman but it might be above 100 pounders
the cold steel recon scout seems to be what you want except for the price
maybe you can find a good deal?
This is as close as I can get to your demand. Muela Elk-14G. 5.7", 41€.
There's also a 7.5" version called the Sarrio-19G
That looks great but for the price I'm worried about construction, Can't seem to find much info about the tang either.
As I have a nice little camp knife that I use for battoning, food prep, etc I want something bigger to be my LARP survival knife.
>low price big knife, full tang
Get a leuku from somewhere that sells them in the UK so you don't have to pay import taxes. Most manufacturers in that price range will use Laurin Metalli blades so you'll get 80CrV2 carbon steel, full tang, big knife you can baton with. If people use these in the middle of fricking nowhere in Lapland where having a working knife actually matters, they're probably good for you too.
Wow this looks really nice for a muela, I'm familiar with them but more as makers of cheap looking "hunting" knives with shitty half grinds.
>There's also a 7.5" version called the Sarrio-19G
I have that one, one of the best looking knives ever made, at least to my personal taste in knives. Perfect lines, perfect proportions.
Just suck it up and go with the full sized version. It behaves like a much smaller knife and is the best in its class. Price a problem, get a (or multiple) Mtech m151 copy. Anything will break. Some just sooner than later.
Anybody want pics of Walmart's Kershaw Xmas 2022 packs? Looks like Chinesium pocket trash again this year.
Reverse. ~$22.50 each. They didn't have Gerber's packs in (yet?)
Recommend me an EDC knife, I have a Mora for camping/bushcraft but want something that can do it all, including bushcraft. Fixed blade only please, I dislike folding pocket knives.
what's the budget anon? it's hard to beat a Mora at low prices
henlo knife frens
I only use a Randall, cuz I’m not a gay.
jew
the frick are you talking about?
lmao I think he thought the HELLE logo was hebrew
i first thought it kinda looked like le happy merchant. cue that screencap with "there are israelites in the breeeeaad"
Pareidolia is a hell of a drug.
>tfw I sorta see it
I can see the merchant too.
right? the crease is his back
That's a pretty damn nice knife btw. Beautiful piece of birch. Sheath with a double stitch, nice. The only thing I dislike is the grind that's maybe a bit low?
I've taken this Gerber on numerous trips to the Adirondacks, I've been happy with it.
I have that scabbard. I have the all black Mossberg Shockwave (590A).
it's fun with the half shells
Muh chopper
I also carry a mora that I carve with and use to check holes for snakes
Nice
I really want something from bark river(rampless Bravo 1.5 or wilderness explorer) but can't really justify the price... they're so neat though.
I'll need to sharpen my Kansbol soon. Fällkniven DC3 or DC4?
get a cc4, the dc line is too coarse and the size 3 is too small
Thanks!
after lots of elbow grease
Haven’t been in one of these threads for a while, good to see nothing has changed.
Guess I’ll drop some pics of what i take PrepHole.
Had this piece made for my 40th birthday.
So nice. Out of curiosity, what steel? Most makers in my area use 440C, I guess it's just easy to work with
It’s done with 80CRV2 carbon.
Scales are stabilised Poplar burl.
Bolsters, pins and lanyard are Copper.
why do obnoxious tripgays exist on PrepHole? can't get enough attention on reddit? sage
Cool knife but leave the nigspeak at the door next time homosexual.
Suck my throbbing wiener boomer. Fricking boomer.
You rec ballistol? Don't really know which oil I should buy for my knives, the one I use was a gift and I'm running out
Yes, ballistol is useally one of the best oil in my opinion. Neber get any rust and you can oil up the wooden handles too
i own a yojimbo 2. main uses are for work, cutting the thick zip ties we use to tie rollup signs and shit like that. i was thinking about buying a serrated knife but dropped that idea cause i cant be fricked to carry that
Genuine question - how did you end up with 4 Of the same Mora?
i bought 3 for my friends but they ended up moving away and couldnt take them on the plane. so i just kept them
nope
cope
Odd behaviour. Do you often pretend to be other people?
why do so many of these modernized scandi knives have this shitty grind that doesn't have a notch but also doesn't extend all the way to the bolster like pic related, it triggers me to no end.
I can emphasise a bit with you..
I was specific when getting No.2480905 made I wanted the grind to be drawn back to the bolster. It’s not a deal breaker in every case but I can’t figure why makers / designers decide 5mm or more of the blade isn’t needed.
That's called a ricasso. I feel your pain, anon. I think the problem has something to do with manufacturing, like that in order to have no ricasso you'd need to sit the blade really well into the handle or there will be gaps or it will slide out. I figure that it implies extra steps they don't wanna take, so they end up with these huge ricassos on the knives. I only see that kind of grind with no ricasso in artisanal puukkos that cost three hundred shekels. It's a shame because it's one of the things I really want from a knife, to have the edge as close as possible to the handle. I got a Mora Eldris exclusively because of that
So you dont slice your fingas if you slip a bit? A tiny bump of steel is a small development in the couple hundred years of knife tech since pukkas were invented.
You don't need a finger guard unless you're stabbing.
I get that some knives are way too large in the ricasso area (don't even get me started on finger choils on anything less than a 5-6 inch blade, completely idiotic), but I don't think the cutting edge needs to go right up to the handle either. This particular knife does it perfectly for me; the work piece hits my thumb before it gets to the end of the cutting edge, and I'd much rather have the protection that it gives to my fingers.
>(don't even get me started on finger choils on anything less than a 5-6 inch blade, completely idiotic)
Why? Finger choils allows you to choke up on the blade more comfortably/securely which helps make it better for precision work, which is what basically any fixed blade under 5 inches is primarily used for
As far as I'm concerned, the only time a finger choil makes any sense at all is on a large fixed blade chopper, where the blade is so front-heavy that it is incredibly cumbersome to do fine cutting tasks like carving etc. The choil allows you to get your hand closer towards the centre of the blade, making it more balanced and, in turn, much easier to wield. Only inexperienced knife makers think that finger choils were designed to get your hand closer to the cutting edge. They weren't. They were originally designed to balance large front-heavy blades to aid in fine cutting tasks. Knives of 5-6 inches or less don't have a front-heavy problem. If anything, smaller blades have a handle-heavy problem, completely the opposite, with a finger choil exacerbating the problem. As the picture illustrates above, finger choils on small knives are utterly pointless.
To start, your picture quite literally disproves your point of saying it doesn'y allow you to get your fingers closer to the edge. The way you drew the finger is fricking abysmal and doesn't reflect how someone would actually hold it
>The choil allows you to get your hand closer towards the centre of the blade, making it more balanced and, in turn, much easier to wield.
Are you trolling or are you just this uninformed? A perfectly balanced large knife is going to preform terribly as a chopper. Having the majority of the weight at the end is how they actually chop effectively
>They were originally
Skipped the sentence after reading this. I'm talking about knife design, not fricking history
>To start, your picture quite literally disproves your point of saying it doesn'y allow you to get your fingers closer to the edge.
This was just one random image I pulled up of a knife with a choil. There are many slight alterations to this type of design. Some closer to the cutting edge, some further away. But feel free to explain how it disproves my point
>The way you drew the finger is fricking abysmal and doesn't reflect how someone would actually hold it
It's to roughly estimate how thick a person's fingers are. That's it. You want me to spend the next 2 hours making a perfectly to-scale CAD drawing?
>Are you trolling or are you just this uninformed? A perfectly balanced large knife is going to preform terribly as a chopper. Having the majority of the weight at the end is how they actually chop effectively
You clearly cant read. You agree with me. Go back and read carefully.
>Skipped the sentence after reading this. I'm talking about knife design, not fricking history
My point was that a choil was designed to make a chopper more effective at finer tasks, which it does (which you failed to grasp, because you didn't read my post). Some knife makers misinterpret what a choil is actually for, and start putting them on small knives, which, as I've pointed out, is moronic. Keep seething.
>My point was that a choil was designed to make a chopper more effective at finer tasks, which it does
I have a Lionsteel M7 and I think it's a perfect example of a choil on a large chopper
>But feel free to explain how it disproves my point
Knives with choils allow you to get closer to the edge than knives without, simple as
>You want me to spend the next 2 hours making a perfectly to-scale CAD drawing?
I want you to have a pic that doesn't have the finger only like halfway into the choil you mutt, appeal to extremes all you want
>You clearly cant read. You agree with me. Go back and read carefully.
Alright, here's what you said exactly
>The choil allows you to get your hand closer towards the centre of the blade, making it more balanced and, in turn, much easier to wield.
Feel free to explain how "Making it more balanced makes it better" is somehow the same statement as "It being unbalanced is how it actually functions
>My point was that a choil was designed to make a chopper more effective at finer tasks
And my point is finger choils on small knives make them a lot better at fine tasks (what smalls knives are specifically made for) than small knives without. Your entire argument is "finger choil on small knife bad because I say so", which is a dogshit opinion that only a baiting moron such as yourself can hold
>Feel free to explain how "Making it more balanced makes it better"
Dude I am not him but he clearly meant balanced in the sense of adjusting the grip so it's not front heavy. He's not saying that front heavy choppers are bad
>he clearly meant balanced in the sense of adjusting the grip so it's not front heavy.
Which is a moronic thing to do with a knife like that in the first place unless you're strictly commited to using only one knife and need to change up your grip.
>Which is a moronic thing to do with a knife like that
Why... if you move toward the middle the knife becomes objectively easier to handle for finer tasks, due to balance... it's an alternate grip that works for its purpose, then you can grip the knife lower on the handle to chop... knives allow for different grips, a finger choil on a large chopper is a smart design
Exactly
> if you move toward the middle the knife becomes objectively easier to handle for finer tasks, due to balance...
As I've already said, that words if you want to use only one knife, but small knives are just better at those tasks. If it works for you, that's fine, but it's not for everyone
Nobody is arguing that a small knife is better at finer tasks than a big one. Of course it is. The debate is over what the purpose of a choil is, and specifically, why they serve no purpose on a small knife (which they don't) but do serve a purpose on a large knife (which they do).
>As I've already said, that words if you want to use only one knife, but small knives are just better at those tasks.
Nobody contested that though. I don't wanna participate to the bickering but anon said that with a finger choil, you create enough space to adjust your grip on a large chopper knife so that it's comfortable for finer tasks. That's objectively right on a big knife, I mean it works perfectly good. When I use the M7 and I'm doing something where I wanna put a lot of power on the base of the blade I just naturally grip the knife on the choil. Then IDK about small knives with choils, no idea about those. I only know that I dislike ricassos on small knives (I'm
) and generally speaking on small knives I like either a full grind all the way to the bolster, and also no finger guard whatsoever or something very minimal, and a small sharpening choil because it does help. In any case my ideal knife is shit like
except made with birch bark. That is absolute knife perfection in terms of design. You can grip it any fricking way you want, scandi grind, full tang, no ricasso and other shit on the blade. I already have knives and I don't collect, but one day when I'm richer I'm getting a Risto Mikkoken because he makes knives exactly like that and I can't find another makes that does them exactly that way.
>Knives with choils allow you to get closer to the edge than knives without, simple as
Cool, let's be pedantic. Wrong again. Note the knife above.
Also, what is this mythical task that requires you to be so incredibly close to the cutting edge that you are willing to sacrifice the blade length, the balance, and the comfort of a knife?
>Alright, here's what you said exactly
No, that's not exactly what I said. Taking my comments out of context doesn't work, homosexual. Here's what I said:
"the only time a finger choil makes any sense at all is on a large fixed blade chopper, where the blade is so front-heavy that it is incredibly cumbersome to do ***fine cutting tasks*** like carving etc. The choil allows you to get your hand closer towards the centre of the blade, making it more balanced and, in turn, much easier to wield". Check it.
>Feel free to explain how "Making it more balanced makes it better" is somehow the same statement as "It being unbalanced is how it actually functions
You still obviously can't read or you STILL haven't read my post, because at no point did I say that. YOU said that, not me. Keep having an argument with yourself.
>And my point is finger choils on small knives make them a lot better at fine tasks (what smalls knives are specifically made for) than small knives without. Your entire argument is "finger choil on small knife bad because I say so", which is a dogshit opinion that only a baiting moron such as yourself can hold
That's not my experience. As I've said before and as the pic above clearly demonstrates, finger choils don't allow you to get closer to the cutting edge. Your entire argument is "finger choil on small knife is good because I say so" which is a dogshit opinion and only a baiting moron such as yourself can hold because its not true. Back at ya. Your argument has no validity. As always, keep seething. Or just buy a knife that is not poorly designed, then you won't need to defend it.
>Also, what is this mythical task that requires you to be so incredibly close to the cutting edge that you are willing to sacrifice the blade length, the balance, and the comfort of a knife?
Woodcarving you fricking tourist, along with other fine tasks that large fixed blades aren't suited for. You sacrifice 0 usable edge, "balance" isn't even a factor in small fixed blades, and good choils are comfortable as hell
>No, that's not exactly what I said.
I copy pasted it from your reply you shitposting Black person. I'm just gonna get down my opion here and not respond again, because you're getting extremely obvious with the bait now
Finger choils shouldn't be excluded to only big knives or small knives, it's a good way to have extra control for detail work. Quit shitting up these threads with your bait you dumb fricking Black person
>Woodcarving you fricking tourist, along with other fine tasks that large fixed blades aren't suited for
Again, you seem to be having an argument with yourself. Nobody is saying a big knife is better at fine carving than a small knife. It isn't. What the frick are you talking about? The argument is about whether they serve a purpose on a small knife (which they don't) but do serve a purpose on a large knife (which they do).
>I copy pasted it from your reply you shitposting Black person.
You copied and pasted it without the sentence before, so it seemed like I was saying something that I wasn't, you slimy frick.
>Finger choils shouldn't be excluded to only big knives or small knives
I never said they should. I simply made the point that they are a bit pointless on small knives, and you immediately started seething. Not my problem.
but if you have a ricasso put in a goddamn choil/notch so it can be sharpened properly reeeeeeeeeee
All of them are different.
Bought the standard carbon version, didn't like how it rusted in my environment.
Bought the standard stainless version, liked how it didn't rust in my environment, but didn't like how the very fine edge rolled so easily.
Heavy duty carbon version was released, bought it, liked how the edge angle was steeper and didn't roll, still had a corrosion problem though.
Heavy duty stainless version came out, bought it, best version yet, edge angle isn't as fine as the standard version so it resists rolling and it doesn't have a corrosion problem (black one).
Ok thanks for clarifying for me.
I have to put up with a wet environment as well. I prefer carbon steels and have experimented with forced patina and gun blue. Citrus fruits and different types of vinegar will give a good layer of protection against the elements.
i carry a pm2 but lately ive been in need of pliers constantly so i just bought the Skeletool RX . the serrated knife is something ive been eyeing as well. extremely exciting for this to arrive tomorrow. i was going to get the leatherman surge but decided that i would literally never use 99% of the shit on there and the surge has far too many QC issues.
QC?
"quality control"
I hate that Americans speak in acronyms too. QC is a known one but sometimes I get these unintelligible letter salads, so I use this thing called a search engine. I type the acronym followed by "acronym" and I usually manage to guess what the burger is saying.
Euros get upset over the most inane shit, it's borderline autistic how much they protest against any sort of linguistic change/shortening
The QC on the skeletool is great. Ive mainly used the wire cutters and the blade. Even after some use, its still very stiff. I do need to use both hands at times. I can pluck my nose hairs with the pliers lol
NTA but IDK why that guy says that people in the USA speak in acronyms. AFAIK the QC on the skeletool is OK, it's my favorite EDC when I'm on the AT and I have a PB&J while I watch my SO take a BBC
How do you go about acquiring knives that are out of production?
Trying to find pic related, extrema ratio bf2 tactical tanto, but it has been out of production for awhile now. Been monitoring auction sites for a bit and nothing is coming up. How do you go about getting dumb anime products?
Register on knife forums and look for the trading section(at least some of them hide those sections to non-members). Usually you will also be able to post a WTB offer. These days probably also check reddit(I think knife_swap is the knife trading subreddit but maybe there are other ones), and maybe facebook but I don't use facebook.
If it's out of production for only a little bit and not a popular model you will also have a chance to find some in stock at smaller knife stores but you're probably out of luck here.
Womp womp
>reposted from another board, maybe some better luck here
so my gf spilled some pop or something on my knife without telling me. a few days go by, and I scrape off the rust, but am left with this. I've just used ballistol, a towel, and israeliteeler's rouge. am considering brass wool.
how to remove this dark square?
Green compound?
I have no experience with these compounds. Look like I have something else to learn about.
It's abrasive stuff you put on a strop or buffing wheel. I use it to remove scratches, not sure about stains
Is that a kitchen knife? Really hope you it's not, seeing as you used ballistol.
no it's a general purpose outdoors knife.
I use ballistol on many things -it's multipurpose!
is it toxic? It did get rid of the surface rust, the black was under it.
It's an ancient wootz dagger I've repurposed.
Ballistol is food safe and doesn't have any hazardous ingredients according to the fda, so I'd say you're good. I dunno why people have something against it, I use mineral oil personally but if it works while not poisoning you I don't see why theres any fuss
Not really PrepHole knives, except for the opinel, leatherman and mora on the very left, but remember to maintain your knives anons.
A cheap recently sharpened knife has better cutting performance than a irregularly (or never) sharpened knife for 5 times the price.
It's maintenance day for me.
What is the knife to the right of the mora?
Sorry anon I was busy for a bit, couldn't get back to you earlier.
It's a Kiwi brand steak knife, that I use as a paring knife (at times).
The good:
- The cheapest knife in that lineup, cost me like 1-2 € at a chinese grocery market
- The steel is soft, meaning it gets razor sharp from a few strokes on a sharpening stone or steel. You can sharpen this thing on ceramic tableware or even just use a strop half the time. If you have a field sharpener, that'll work too
- I like the simple design
The bad:
- soft steel, so while it does get super sharp, it doesn't stay super sharp. You have to sharpen this thing at the very least weekly, I'd say after every day of use is ideal though(alternatively honing or stropping is enough too). Since it's barely any effort, it doesn't bother me, but if you are the kind of guy who doesn't maintain his shit, it'll dull quickly (small sidenote, since the blade is thin, normies who don't know what a sharp knife feels like won't notice it's dull and still use it).
- Not very sturdy. I can imagine the knife blade coming loose after long use and the blade can bend to the side, so it's only for delicate work. Don't try to baton something with this thing or you will have a bad time.
- The wooden handle is untreated. You can always oil it, but if you don't, make sure it doesn't stay wet, or it will degrade and possibly form mold.
It's a pretty nice steak knife, a decent paring knife, but not really a good survival or PrepHole knife, though I guess you can filet fish surprisingly well with it.
Will not be replying to anything this time. Like it or don't.
>got so ass blasted the last time that he needs to tell every one he won't respond.
At least post a knife that you use, not some safe queen.
That's not your knife, so why you even posting it?
????
are both my knife
wtf are you on about
That's not your knife being used, so frick off with your safe queen, b***h.
Yet if I took a hammer to my knife and did the same thing, it'd be just fine. I'm allowed to have nice knives, that's why I own users.
The cope is strong
>Your knife may be able to do that
>But you CHOOSE NOT TO!
OK?
Cool stock photos, is the knife any good though?
What're the holes for anon
The holes are for my penis
I always wonder when I see these... Are those two ugly holes in the guard so that you can nail it to a wall because it's what it's designed for, are they for pretending you have a girlfriend and putting earrings on it? Do they represent the palms of Jesus Christ who died to greedy israelites selling overpriced meme knives? The holes in your pockets?
Is this the same brand?
You're cute. I'd rape somebody like you after the incoming impending economic apocalypse.
Right in your mouth pussy.
Whoa we got a badass over here! Too bad the one whose bussy is hurting right now is you.
You're a legitimate Black person. You have no genuine criticism of the knife, you're just upset people buy nicer things than you. I'm sorry you're shit at life, bro. I've posted empirical evidence suggesting they do indeed do work when desired. Drink bleach and piss off. You're why this website is a joke, now.
The knives are objectively horrid but I admit I just enjoy trolling you because you seethe so hard every time. Take it easy breh.
You're entitled to an opinion. What you need to try and understand, if you have that amount of humanity left - is that when you, or I, or someone tries to show something cool off to people he has some semblance of respect for, and then someone like you comes in because you're horny and need a good troll? Doesn't make that person feel too good. It also discourages content from being posted again. Which means less contributions to the relevancy of the thread, and more tit for tat like you and I seemingly tend to prefer to do. I don't harbor any genuine ill will or hard feelings towards you, but I also genuinely enjoy calling people Black folk, and if you'd like to try to detract from my genuinely positive feel good vibes from getting a cool knife, i'd be happy to revert to my animalistic hatred for Black folk and punks like you.
Good day sir.
Sorry anon I'm not reading that. Just seethe less, maybe buy an actual, real use knife instead of a prybar with your next paycheck, possibly one without those pothead ear dilator loops carved in the handle. I'll stop jabbing you in the bussy then. Kek
I'm sorry if you have trouble with reading comprehension, they aren't teaching you kids too well these days. That's something I can empathize with. I genuinely had considered you might be moronic, but I appreciate the clarification. Good luck to you in trying to be more positive in the future. Even societal rejects like you stand a chance at finding love, if you just put that effort into trying instead of being a Black person.
Imagine being so bussyhurt you follow me from the other thread to continue to try to make snide remarks about something you can't afford.
Irony is a b***h, kid.
I'll ask again - like I did in the other thread.
Do you have anything to contribute?
Discussion?
A knife perhaps?
No?
Car doors are the new paper test
now please shut the frick up and just post knives. all you homosexuals do is try to make me feel bad about my cool shit. you're a Black person and you know it.
You feel bad because you're autistic.
I never claimed to feel bad, fren. I merely claim people like you -attempt- to make others feel worse than you do, in some sad attempt at garnering yourself a bit of pride. You deserve it, you know what? Who am I to keep you from feeling good about your shitty life, right?
Will buy a spyderco next so I can break it on a stale loaf of bread
Why are you using pocket knives to cut your bread? You can get a pack of some actual breadknives for like a few bucks
>Hurdur your knife has holes LOL
>proceeds to buy a chinese kabar
>double posts out of sheer seethe
You ever going to post a knife, bud?
I'd at least like to know what you consider "Classy".
Let's see it, then.
>I'd at least like to know what you consider "Classy".
Why, Opinel #10 corkscrew and a nice bottle of red. Hon hon hon!
wow I would've never guessed you'd be into Opinel and the like.
Do you buy your "bottles" boxed, also?
You mean bricks? Yeah if you want to open the wine with that knife you gotta buy it like that. I doubt you can pull off the saber trick.
Here - i'll post my other prybar so you can whine some more, Black person.
>)
Here's my pry-bar. Notice how it gets used? This original left or right handed Kydex sheath is gonna make Becker fans seethe uncontrollably.
Lmfao replace the scales you absolute mong
Jesus frick my sides
You've been knocking Busse Combat and you own fricking KABARS LOL
I didn't call that, earlier in the thread, or anything.
You're not predictable or anything.
Nasty ass homosexual.
I'm not him you absolute homosexual.
Why interject yourself into our conversation to make fun of a google picture of the knife I own? I use my Esee, it's not a safe queen lol, it was 160$
Jesus man. I just came back from a 10 day camping trip, I didn't realize what I was getting into. Please don't touch my butthole.
Alright since you asked nicely 🙁
It also doesn't have half the fricking knife removed hidden under the gay plastic scales, either.
You do know that the skeletonization is there to improve the balance though right?
My butthole is so tightly clenched. Please, I beg of you, don't.
Yeah, I do man.
I honestly dont mind the beckers, I just hate that other homosexual so I wanted to hurt his feelings
I still recommend replacing the scales, though.
Makes a world of difference with the bk2
I also cannot attest to the benefit of removing all that metal. When they do snap, they typically do at a junction where it's been removed.
The older becker 2's were much better.
Dissapointed me to hear they changed the manufacturing process, even if it does cost them more to do so.
That's ok man. Frick that other Black person, whoever he is. Black person. Black person Black person .Black person. Black person.
My BK2 is from maybe 14 years ago, I think. I wasn't aware they changed the manufacturing process. I was only aware that the sheath's got exponentially shittier and the logo was no longer stamped on the blade like mine, but etched/laser engraved. What did they do to change the manufacturing process?
It used to just have 3 holes in the tang. For the pins for the handle. They skeletonized it, as i'm sure you've seen. They removed quite a bit of metal. Ethan himself stated that it doesn't necessarily reflect the ruggedness of the knife, and that it's not any easier to break than it was before. Even if that's true, he cannot deny the fact that the breaks occur where the metal has been removed, now, whereas before they occurred where the blade met the tang. I genuinely think they're solid, great, build tough, long lasting knives, but the Esee 5 is pmuch the old Becker Bk2 with G10/Micarta and no machining to remove interior metal. With the price of the becker being just under 100$, when you add a proper sheath and scales the cost equals out to an Esee 5 anyway.
+ you get a questionably better warranty. Just don't throw or shoot your knife.
And i'm tired/baked, so forgive me, I was rereading your comment. If yours is from 14 years ago, i'd almost gauruntee if you remove your scales you'd have a full tang.
Good stuff, rare, and worth quite a bit more.
Get some nice scales and clean that b***h up. She deserves a quick spa treatment considering how long and faithfully she has served you.
Cheers anon, good vibes your way.
Sheeeet man. I know mine is skeletonized because I periodically remove the scales to oil the tang to stop corrosion. I think maybe I got one of the first skeletonized versions back then. It's not broke yet, but I hear you on the fact that a solid tang is definitely stronger than a skeletonized one. I never really warmed to the Esee 5, because it didn't have the sharpening choil. I do like the stainless Esee 4 though. It's my usual "go to" for moto camping, because it's smaller and lighter, but still capable. Good vibes bro.
Their stainless is a lot more prone to snapping unfortunately. However, is still covered under their warranty. I think you'd enjoy the Esee. It's just beckers with a better warranty and better scales.
Yeah 440c is definitely not as tough as 1095cv, but here in Englanistan the weather is very wet and humid, so I've pretty much converted to stainless at this point.
Although, I need mention - only the Esee 5 comes with genuine Kydex sheath. All the other models come with composite plastic. It does better in cooler/colder temperatures and is less prone to breaking in them, but will also dull your knife significantly more than kydex
ALTHOUGH for whatever reason your 4 looks like Kydex
Go figure
It is the Kydex, fren. I fitted the belt clip from the ABS piece of garbage sheath, to the Kydex version. Much better.
Take care anon, am out, dinner time and i've had enough of the 12 year old for today.
>talks shit about others
>can't form a sentence
The twelve year old is you.
Frick off with your shit knife.
>Can't read more than a sentence without getting frustrated and giving up
>Vocabulary of a nigerian prince
I'm going to post it in threads from now on just to annoy you, friend.
My knife and I will certainly not frick off.
Thank you.
>My knife and I will certainly not frick off.
That's great! I don't know if you were too busy samegayging the whole conversation about skeletonized tangs to figure out that there are multiple people farming you for laughs. You're a screeching, autistic lolcow who goes on a 4-5 posts rampage of distilled impotent rage if someone throws the most basic insult at your shitty looking surrogate for self-esteem. Stop putting so much of your identity in your knife collection man lol this shit is stuff that women do
>this shit is stuff that women do
You're a hypocritical moron. You stare at knives all day, too, except they apparently suck dick. No, you pretending to be multiple people doesn't fricking count Black person. The difference between me and you is I have fricking taste. Notice you still haven't posted a fricking knife? I certainly noticed. If it's so shitty looking why has it sold like hotcakes? Again, your inability to purchase this knife won't affect it's popularity, or the fact that you sir, have bad taste. I don't know if your semen retention regime is getting to your head, man, but you've got some severe anger issues lmao. Sure - I may defend my knife, and the company that I stand behind and throw my money at. But where's your investment? Holy frick you're sad, lol. You have a good one broseph. I'll throw some genuine good vibes and prayers your way. I don't know who hurt you, but it's funny as frick.
Back to kiwifarms with you, moron.
Go fap to more troony porn
israelite
Here's a link if you're lazy.
https://theknifeconnection.com/becker-bk2-bk9-style-etc-1/
Also enjoy your skeletonized tang that "doesn't affect the performance of the knife in any way" homosexual
After this post, i'm not even going to bother anymore. I'm done. YOU WIN, lmfao.
Holy crap mate. You're a fricking goof.
Lol first google result
15 Things France is Famous for
France has the Eiffel Tower
French love cheese
France is famous for its excellent bread and croissants
French eat snails
France has great food
France has Champagne and wines
France is famous for its historical monuments
French love protests
French can’t speak English
French are rude
France is smelly
French are provocative
France is romantic
French play the accordion
France has picturesque villages
French are good at retreat.
Posting more holes to trigger
Inb4
>Tops makes bad knives anon
>Tops has absolutely no idea what they are doing
I gotta stop getting tricked by these meme companies
They obviously cant make a blade for smack!
Into the trash they go
eww
more ewww
Fricking disgusting pakistan steel
That bottom one, is it a coincidence the blade shape and milled lines somewhat resemble the Grimsmo Norseman?
looks like an uglier and less functional take on a bolo type machete
GAAAYYY
Here's the old tang
>he's STILL raging
topkek
>He's STILL here attempting to troll
Two days later
Feel accomplished, mate?
Still haven't posted a fricking knife. Just your fricking feelings.
This isn't your diary, Black person.
Some people's fricking "kids"
Your dad should've squirted you on your mom's eye bro, we'd all have been better off.
>hE'S still RAging
>fr fr
>no cap
>lit
>we bussin his busse's bussy
Go be a Black person somewhere else
AND YES I *DO* BUY THIS SHIT TO COMPENSATE, I HAVE A TINY DICK OK? LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE
I mean, not me, but yeah, I bought it because it's fricking cool and it makes my penis feel bigger. I'm sorry that you're stuck with a small penis, and no knife, rest assured having a large knife really makes you feel better about your penis.
Maybe if you do some chores for your mom, like clean the gutters or cut the grass, she'll hook you up with your very own knife. Who knows, you could get lucky and score a kabar, man!
Good luck!
Also, keep up, mate, we can all tell how old you are from your lack of reading comprehension and spergspaz attacks.
This is the skeletonized tang. All Bk2s come this way, now.
>BIG WORDS HARD
>TOO LONG
>GRUG NO READ THAT NO CAP
>NOT LITTY
>FR FR
Black person can't even post a chinese kabar, lmao.
iNb4
>nOT reADING thaT BRo TOo mUICH text
lmao stop posting 4 times in a row you seething moron
A new release from Schrade just dropped. They're calling it the choil-matic 5000. Apparently, it allows you to get really close to the cutting edge, for when you need to do those pesky detailed jobs.
>the whole spine isn't jimped
0/10 I want my money back
I don’t need any more fixed blades because my ESEE KNIVES won’t die!
Finally got a Mora... see what the hype is about
Namegay, is that you? Your soft, fat hands remind me of his.
Not me, no
Lmao
This thread is beyond hope
>says the homosexual who posts all these unused knives
Don't care about you're safe queen knives, homosexual. Post knives you actually use.
>those unused benchmades
Pottery
Imagine being a millionaire and spending your days on PrepHole kek
What else am I gonna do? Day trading only takes up so much time and your mom gets tired after the 3rd blowjob.
You could try not being an incel
>blowjob from anon’s mom
>incel
Says the knoife collector who buys $200+ knives and never ever uses them for their intended purpose. It’s one step away from action figure collector.
>Calling KVD an incel
You new around these parts?
Yea I have my own line of fishing lures. You have any idea how much strange I pull?
Stop, you're making me wet.
This is my favorite everyday pocket knife. Not my favorite knife, but certainly the one I like having around the most. Rugged, simple, versatile, and inexpensive.
I EDC an Opinel No.8 in carbon steel and when I'm out I just use that and an Opinel No.17 carbon steel. I used to carry a big muela bowie knife in a leather sheath on my hip but never really found use for it.
>Opinel No.17 carbon steel
You mean 12?
No, 17 folding saw
What's a good kinfe to stab hobos? I guess for this specific situation quality is not too important, but I also don't want something too cheap
broken wine bottle
Which knife designs have the most durable point?
Drop point then there's stuff like tantō which I imagine is pretty breakage proof
Weird how a tanto looks like weeb shit when the reverse tanto looks so cool.
My idea is to carry both a knife and an axe/hatchet along with a folding saw, thought I’d start here.
If you carry an axe you only need a neck knife, something like ~70 mm in length. Get a short puukko from a good maker that has a deep sheath (the entire knife should fit into the sheath leaving only the butt, no bullshit flaps and buttons). Puukot are the best knives. Mora is OK but if you get something full tang it's better. A short knife, axe and folding saw has you covered in every way.
Galactus prefers his Mora bushcraft.
Based
Some times Galactus prefer a larger blade. He uses this to skin planets and remove their core.
I don't remember this guy having a skull face
Galactus can have what ever he wants.
So if you're going PrepHole is there any advantage to a folder vs a fixed blade?
If you have the room why not slap a fixed blade on the belt?
a fixed blade is better in every regard, except for folding up to put in your pocket. and OTFs are better than folders because you never run the risk of them closing on your fingers.
I trust folders for food and sharpening pencils
>Fixed blades: Inherently more reliable/sturdy, more verstile use-wise, and easier to customise to your liking (You can have one with the perfect handle for you and not be limited blade length-wise)
>Folders: generally easier to carry, although pocket fixed blades are a thing
I carry 2 fixed blades while out, one large chopper for clearing brush and proccessing wood and a small one for more general tasks
why not a hatchet if you have a small knife
it doesn't look like you live in a jungle
It's easier to carry while being more versatile. i'd opt for an axe if I were wanting to chop down something large, but my condor cleaves through smaller trees like they're nothing
>it doesn't look like you live in a jungle
Tree branches, vines, and brush are a near constant issue in the forests of my state. I picked the knife instead of a machete so it would hold up better to whacking thicker branches
Yeah that seems sensible.
>I picked the knife instead of a machete so it would hold up better to whacking thicker branches
is this a legit concern? machetes seem to do just fine at chopping thicker stuff
Machetes tend to be fairly thin (around 2mm usually), so I felt something thicker would be better suited to it. I'm sure you could probably limb a tree with a machete and be fine, I just didn't want something I could feasibly bend with my bare hands
Boomer humour is terrible
Who are you talking to?
I will forever shill these cause I've gotten more use out of this than any other knife. it's essentially a box cutter in clip point. the scalpel blades are so grinded so thin even when it's dull it's still sharp. the blades come in sterile packaging so sometimes I just pop a fresh one to cut my food. don't need to hassle with sharpening blades or worry about chipping it. I really love this thing.
I carry a nicer knife now that I have a little money but I carried this for like 5 years and fricking loved it. it's great.
forgot pic. it's a havalon. any brand is probably fine but I like havalon's blades cause they have a little more meat on the bottom. makes it easier to take on and off by hand.
The problem with disposable blade knives is that sure they're sharp but as long as you need absolutely minimal tensile strength they will snap. Even just whittling with a disposable blade is going to be difficult. There's a reason why outdoors knives are somewhat thick.
Based and Havalon Pilled
Speaking of machetes, can anyone tell me about kukris?
Kukri’s are just a machete and axe in one package.
Not great at both, but it works.
If your PrepHole knife isn't carbon steel, is it really an PrepHole knife?
>rusting is necessary for a knife to be an outdoor knife
Don't think so
Use my carbon stuff daily in South Florida humidity and salty air, get rained on at least once a week, no issues with the blade rusting. Maybe once a month I pull it through the little sharpener a couple times and them a drop or two of 3-in-1 and it’s fine as long as I don’t put it away wet.
I've owned around half a dozen carbon steel blades, and not one of them actually rusted (the most I've had to deal with is cleaning off minor stains after significant use)
Wiping your blades off if they get wet and occasionally oiling them goes a long way
I've been considering getting an izula with the black g10 scales for a bit, only reason I haven't pulled the trigger is I always find something I want more just before I get paid
For all the memes, the Esees are the first knoifes I have really EDC’d and abused for a long amount of time and haven’t managed to snap the tip off.
whats the rightmost knife?
Benchmeme Grip 20CV or whatever memesteel it is.
Always need to pry something or turn the knoife into a screwdriver because no screwdriver in your pocket. When it’s the only tool on your belt, it gets used for shit you shouldn’t use it for.
I don’t even really oil the things. Only time I ever noticed a small amount of surface rust was when I got poured on all day at work and left the thing on the wet belt for another 12hrs, it was like 20hrs of being wet.
And I think the Skeletool is the only >$30 knife I bought for myself. The small Leatherman and Gerber Dime were free from work awards, wife got me the Izula as a 1-month anniversary after we got married, I believe the Candiru was a Xmas gift from my mom (Amazon Wishlist ftw), and my brother got me the Benchmade. I don’t think I could spend $200 on a knife for myself, although I would buy another Esee if I lost mine because I got my $75 of use out of it for sure.
Realistically, how can you really abuse a <3" blade? Are you cutting shingles with the thing or does "abuse" cover "using it as something it isn't" (i.E. a screwdriver or prybar)
not that guy but a surprising amount of knives will not survive trying to whittle a hole in a piece of wood with the tip.