Foo - lets talk blades

i know there has to be some knife junkies out there. i am a little bored so i figured id start up a knife thread. just recently got a benchmade osbourne black/black coated blade. i dont know if anyone has got there hands on the axis lock, it is deffinatly one of the best. i haves tossed around a microtech and i love the snap of the frame lock. but the axis is just soooo smooooth.

I am a knife nut also. I have 2 Applegate knives (a Boker and a Gerber), a Tops bowie, 2 leatherman's, and a Mercworx Equatorian. I also have a bunch of pre-chinese Schrade Clip Hangers. Those are the notable ones.

I once played with a Microtech Makora at a knife show, and it was very cool, but illegal and much more than I had to spend at the time. I think they are very nice knives, so I am curious what kind of Microtech you fiddled around with.

Also a knife nut.

Mt pride and joy is my USMC Ka-Bar. But then I also have a Sandvic Ti hunting blade, lots of buck knives and a few other things.

I recently picked up a really, really nice switch for cheap. about 2" shorter then my Ka-Bar when open.

All my knives were stolen.

Atleast I still got my butterfly knife, but its a cheapie and in rough shape.

Whats funny about most cheap butterfly knives (balisongs to use the proper term) is that they were illegaly imported from over sea's. For some reason, the "Federal switch blade act" classify's them as being switchblades, and bans their importation. That law is largely ignored.

Well your screwed if you get caught with one, atleast around here you are. I can see why they are ilegal though, they open very fast and are designed only for fighting.

Actually, bali's open slowly in comparrison to thumb stud side openers, and they feature a lock up that parallels a fixed blade. I have a very tough 10 dollar chinese model that goes to work with me. They are great work knives.

Yay!

I have been waiting for this for a little while, so I can show off my baby :)

The knife is a Mora made by Frosts of sweden. Its an incredibly sweet and high quality blade. It keeps it's edge really well sharpens very easily and the grip is bery comfy...

here it is (in all it's orangeness :D )
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/hi565/IMG_1735.jpg


Want to know the best part of it? The blade was only 10 dollars. Its incerdible what I got for that price...

true, in skilled hands, a butterfly knife is faster than a switchblade. At one time, I was able to pull my old Jaguar out of it's belt holster, open it, stab forward, close it and have it back in the belt pouch in one smooth motion....far faster than any switchblade.

My current collection is pretty small. My pride is a Benchmade Panther ATS-34, non-serrated clip point. The handle is pretty beat up (got used as a hammer once), but it's still like a rock.

My Jaguar died from a broken handle, so the only butterfly I have now is an early 80s Parker Gypsy. The logo is gone, since I got the knife in a severely damaged condition, and restored it as well as I could. It's a pretty sweet knife now.

I also have a series of obscure knives, many old carbon steel "gent's knives" from the 40s and 50s, as well as a middle eastern youth's version of the gent's knife....I carry that one sometimes, it's pretty much a gent's knife scaled down to pen knife proportions.

I also posess a leatherman S2 scissor model I also occaisionally carry (it's also my emergency bike repair tool), as well as a leatherman PSTII.

Somewhere here I have a half-finished tactical fixed blade I was modifying...it's been years since I done anything to it. It's a high quality generic, that resembles an applegate (one piece construction with exception of grips, unknown "stainless", but the blades hardness and edge holding is like my ATS-34 Benchmade). I was working on mirror polishing the blade, adding some rosewood grips, and then getting a proper sheath made (not that crappy nylon one that it came with)....so far it's been left undone. I haven't even gotten all the teflon blade coating off yet (it had a very thick coating on it) That knife is so thin, but so strong....seriously, it was the best $12 I've dropped on a knife.

I have an old Delica and a couple of other old Spydercos including a nice fixed skinner. My Howard Clark tanto is currently on the block and I have a Clark daito waiting to be polished and fitted. Also have a Bugei Dragonfly katana that is used for kata and tameshigiri, as well as an unsigned shinshinto nihonto used for the same purpose.

Several of shots of the tanto.

true, in skilled hands, a butterfly knife is faster than a switchblade.

Having handled a Makora, and owning a Bali, I don't see how that is the case. I admit, I haven't practiced that much, but I don't see how I could open it and have it ready to go faster than an OTF auto.

Having handled a Makora, and owning a Bali, I don't see how that is the case. I admit, I haven't practiced that much, but I don't see how I could open it and have it ready to go faster than an OTF auto.

i highly doubt you can get a bali out faster than a OTF. those things are wooow lethaly quick. microtech halos one of my top 5 favorite knives.(that i will never have)

balis are fun to mess around with though.

You could get a Halo. You do after all have internet access. All you need is 3-4 hundred bucks.

i highly doubt you can get a bali out faster than a OTF. those things are wooow lethaly quick. microtech halos one of my top 5 favorite knives.(that i will never have)

balis are fun to mess around with though.


Learn latch drops. Once you know those, learn how to apply that in a horizontal position. From that point, all you have to do to open one fast is keep it stored so you grab the latch end, and while removing it form the pocket/holster execute your latch drop, and you have it open before anyone can even react.

Seriously, once you get the form down, it's lightning fast. Compare it to pulling out an auto, and pushing the button.

I can just pull my switch out of it's sheath and slide my finger down when I'm pulling it, and then I have to be carfull the knife doesnt kick out of my hand from it opening so fast.

Pics make it look small, but it's around 9.5 overall opened.

Yay!

I have been waiting for this for a little while, so I can show off my baby :)

The knife is a Mora made by Frosts of sweden. Its an incredibly sweet and high quality blade. It keeps it's edge really well sharpens very easily and the grip is bery comfy...

here it is (in all it's orangeness :D )
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y141/hi565/IMG_1735.jpg


Want to know the best part of it? The blade was only 10 dollars. Its incerdible what I got for that price...

Very nice. Is that carbon steel or stainless? I thought I heard the Moras required a little more diligence in maintenance. Is that true?

My knife list:
Beretta Airlight
Browning Ice Storm (2). I really love these two.
CRKT Points Guards (Pat Crawford design)
Gerber LMF
Buck Alpha Hunter w/ guthook

-José

Edit: CRKT correction.

I have several Microtechs which I really like. My everyday carry is a Microtech Lightfoot w/ carbonfiber scales.

I absolutely love my Henckels Professional S 8 inch chefs knife. Worth every penny it cost. :p

My Ka-Bar, worth every dime I got it for ($20 from a drunk guy :p)

Very nice. Is that carbon steel or stainless? I thought I heard the Moras required a little more diligence in maintenance. Is that true?

My knife list:
Beretta Airlight
Browning Ice Storm (2). I really love these two.
CRKT Points Guards (Pat Crawford design)
Gerber LMF
Buck Alpha Hunter w/ guthook

-José

Edit: CRKT correction.

Its a Stainless steel blade. To be honest with you, the only way I would buy carbon steel is if I am a really dedicated wood carver, or for a chefs knife.

High carbon blades are great. Any truly high quality work knife is high carbon. They stay sharp for a real long time. Only problem is rust. Keep them dry, clean, and oiled, and its not an issue. I have a bunch of high carbon blades, and none of them have a spot of rust.

Damn. I was hoping this would be about roller blades.

High carbon blades are great. Any truly high quality work knife is high carbon. They stay sharp for a real long time. Only problem is rust. Keep them dry, clean, and oiled, and its not an issue. I have a bunch of high carbon blades, and none of them have a spot of rust.


So true, back when I done more outdoorsy stuff, most of my heavy duty stuff was high carbon.

I used to have the following for my heavy suty stuff:

A wal-mart Machete, which I tempered myself. It actually turned out to be quite tough after the tempering, about as tough as the cold steel machetes, but at a mere pittance compared to those ($6...yeah boyeeee!)

A "Rocket" brand hatchet. Carbon steel head, chromed carbon steel handle with leather grip. That thing was amazing. I used the backside of it as a hammer, and built a many a tree stand with it.

A Flea Market High carbon "Bowie", which I again tempered myself. I have my personal tricks for obtaining a good temper...I won't discuss them here since the substance involved is pretty volatile when used in this manner, as well as the substance used for the cleaning of the tempered blade. Those who know how to work on blades probably already know what I'm talking about. ...there was a time I wanted to be a knifemaker, so I learned some really nice tricks back in the day....it was one of the 2.9 billion things I wanted to do at one time or another :rolleyes:

Please PM me with info about this method of tempering that you do. I have little to no idea how that would be done. I have an oxy acetaline torch and experience with many volatile chemicals, but little experience doing hot metal work outside of brazing. In the fall I will be taking a welding class, but as for now I don't no much about this matter.

I have a Katana that I made out of an old swivel arm paper slicer blade that I got from a school dumpster (I wish I could post pics). It appears to be 440 or so, but it needs a good temper, so again, please pm me with info.


Damn. I was hoping this would be about roller blades.

Thats funny! When I first saw the title I was worried it would be about roller blades.