thats nice...bashing someone you dont actually kno...he was speaking of his experiences and his customers experiences....maybe you had better luck....hi im jeremy and i was actually there for the conversation...he was in no way rude direct and to the point yes....confident in his answer and...
i had an impulse purchase there once...got me for 150 over what it was worth...i think don likes to make money.....got 15min free range time, i think that was to turn it into a used pistol....also they had a deal spend 300 get a free jennings or lorcin 22, i asked since i spent twice that do i...
good to hear mike is still there...i used to live around there...i gave him some dollars....the white jesus statue always cracked me up a lil...god and guns....does he still have the duck phone....first time i was in there i heard quackquackquack and he picked up the duck phone....yup...
mike billman...grindstone knives...ft. wayne....has a website grindstonecutlery hasnt updated for a while...custom kydex, sharpens better than anyone ive seen, his store is full of steel....smells metal....refurbs axes and hatchets...answers questions honestly and doesnt try to sell you a more...
thats what i was wondering...durability???....theyre neat but are they novelty only....if they stand up to hard use thats great for finding your blade in low to no light then you dont have the expense of tritium and possible breakage...or nova light that you have to turn on...hope to hear back...
just read comment that serrated knives dont belong in bob....great for making tender, twice as much linear cutting surface, hold their edge twice as long as a plain edge, easier to sharpen than a plain edge and you remove half as much material because you only backbevel and strop.....i dont know...
depending on how heavy you want it....condor el salvador has some sweet parangs....im a fan of ontario and collins....the older collins legitimus were made out of some serious steel when my knife guy was convexing the edge it had a full length burr and it didnt want to come off..took a diamond...
for anybody looking for a strop in the ft wayne area...grindstone knives....mike the owner has all kinds of leather...he sold me one made from new old stock belt drive from a mill...its sweet....laminated and thick....he also has the rouge and other abrasives such as metal glo
my buddy got a nick out of a puukko while we were sitting by the fire with a beer bottle and stropped it on his belt...and then shaved a patch off of his forearm....this was after batoning and making a gaggle of fuzzsticks....it was sweet
im still a fan of mora knives....spend the extra money you saved and get a kydex sheath made...this is your basic carver, whittler, utility knife...and they are light and cheap so buy 2 of the same and carry one and a reserve in the bag...the ontario machete orange dguard is choice alsocut the...
be careful with the buck wannabe striders....alot of them have issues with lock failure.....hate to hear about catastrophic failure with injury..just a heads up
strongest lock would have to be a butterfly knife...quality of course....you basically have a folding fixed blade...outside of that would probably be a liner lock...but most knives with a liner lock will guillotine if they do fail...sounds terrible to me....spyderco makes the highest performance...
you would be better off with a 12" ontario machete and a molded g.i. sheath cut down to length....my buddy reprofiled his into a drop point santoku style and its a cutter....plus the value of spending around 30$ for the whole pkg....im a fan of machetes and moras
i would still get them appraised by someone....the more info you have on them the better....heirloom quality pieces should be handed down and kept in the family with the stories also....you should write down the story you remember and hand down knowledge with the item so it isnt lost and...
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if you can send me some pics i would gladly show them to the owner of grindstone cutlery...mike...and pass you on what he said.....he has a lot of knowledge on steel...i pick his brain often
get her a pink classic alox...small blade, tweezer, toothpick, file, scissors....not a weapon....my wife hated knives said she would never carry one....now she loves it and uses it all the time..they are durable and have a lifetime waranty
more money doesnt make more functional
if you want bang for the buck get a 12in ontario machete and have it reground to length for a chopper.....20 for blade 10 for regrind.....as far as utility blade get a mora....15 invested .....look up grindstone cutlery in ft wayne.....mike is the owner...