Moose "confessed" to no longer needing a large blade, and I concur.
My Randall knife, a 1960's price list, a copy of Angier's book and a
personal letter from Randall are going on the bay as a package next month.
Paring it down Rick.
On Mar 6, 2017 12:28 AM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All this knife talk is interesting, but ever since I went on Warfarin, 24
> years ago, I've carried only a small Sharp lock-back, whose stainless blade
> doesn't hold a really sharp edge, but, at least it won't fold up on my
> fingers and cause excessive bleeding. But, with all of the scanners in use
> these days, I seldom carry one at all.
>
> I have a well-known custom knife maker living right behind me, Bob
> Levine. If anyone wants to spend some money on a knife, I'll put you in
> touch.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 3/5/2017 11:10 PM, Moose wrote:
>
>> On 3/5/2017 8:08 PM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>>
>>> Love the Benchmade, but well out of my current budget.
>>>
>>
>> That was almost 17 years ago. Seems like more than I would have paid for
>> a knife, but I really don't remember. That may be a collector's price?
>>
>> My 'good' pocket knife is a CRKT Squid:
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-River-Knife-Tool-Folding/dp/
>>> B00TFY39EQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488772649&sr=8-1&
>>> keywords=squid+knife+crkt
>>> -
>>> a gift from my younger daughter and her hubby.
>>>
>>
>> Good steel, looks like a good knife.
>>
>> I tried a CRKT assisted opening knife, as I'd always been curious. <
>> http://www.bladehq.com/item--CRKT-Delegate-EDC-Knife-w--7397>
>>
>> I like the size and the blade shape. I've always been partial to
>> Warncliffe-ish blade shapes. But the mechanism is overdone, to no good
>> purpose I can find. About one time out of five, my thumb doesn't press
>> correctly on the safety release, and I can't open the darn thing. At about
>> the same time I was trying to get used to it, I had a simple, cheap Kershaw
>> (very different blade), usually in another pair of pants. The Kershaw had
>> no fancy opening assist, but was just as fast any easy to open - and I
>> could do it every time. :-)
>>
>> My good 'big' knife is a Randall No 5 Bradford Angier Special that I've
>>> had
>>> for 40+ years.
>>> (Was my Cascade carry - Still has volcano dust from Mt St Helen in the
>>> sheath.)
>>>
>>
>> Oh, I think we may have been to this rodeo before? My knife of that sort
>> is a Navy aviator's knife from WWII. Well, well worn, furthest tip broken
>> off at some point and resharpened, but both sheath and knife still fully
>> functional. I don't really need such a knife these days.
>>
>> Openly Assisted Moose
>>
>>
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