It's on the way. I expect to have it in my chubby little raccoon paws at the ends of stubby t-rex arms Monday!
FIFY.....Got it shipped out today. Expected delivery day is Monday!
I'm still at work! I'll text you when I get home with a report!
I'm still at work! I'll text you when I get home with a report!
Brad doesn't do txt's sir. he has those disabled on his phone!!!
I do now.... I decided to move into the 21st century and I bought a Galaxy S5.
Look at you sir!! accepting change and what not. very good stuff. now I can harass you easier
Text me your address, and I'll pick it up real quick
Brad doesn't do txt's sir. he has those disabled on his phone!!!
I do now.... I decided to move into the 21st century and I bought a Galaxy S5.
That's an amazing looking knife. I've wanted a Manix for a long time but it's just a little bit too big for my EDC needs.
If you get a chance to handle one, check it out. It's long, but very light. You might not even notice it if you carry it in a back pocket or in your waistband.
Adding to my preliminary review . . .
- It wasn't super sharp out of the box, but it only took about 4 minutes with a coarse diamond rod followed by a nearly worn-out diamond rod to get it popping hair with a nice, grabby edge for slicing.
- Opened a few envelopes - nothing unusual there
- Destroyed a medium sirloin at O'Charley's making as many slices as I could. It shined! Some knives are dull after this, but . . this guy was not affected.
- When I got home, I noticed the volunteer tulip tree branches that are trying to grow out of one of our window wells. I slashed at a few of the smaller green branches and when they met their doom, they made that cool "Ting!" sounds. I worked my way up to the harder, woodier branches and the Manix sliced right through them until I got a little past 1/4 inch in diameter. It still cut through the bigger branches, but I had to either attack upward from underneath or go at an angle (with respect to the branch) pretty aggressively.
- After that, it sliced receipt tape paper, unsupported with little effort, the full length of the cutting edge. It did the same to 3x5 inch index cards unsupported.
- After that, it still popped arm hair, but nowhere near as well as before I started. It was still sharper than what most people consider as sharp as something can get.
- 12 light strokes on the coarse diamond rod, followed by about 18 very light strokes on the worn-out diamond rod and it was tree-topping my spindly arm hair.
I proclaim the thin stock + the edge geometry + the Carpenter BD-1 + a good heat treatment = success.
I may have to get another one!
How would you compare this with an Endura for EDC?