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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: TAB on March 21, 2018, 05:35:04 AM
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0009VC9Y0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521628376&sr=1-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&dpPl=1&dpID=31R9WiLp32L&ref=plSrch
One of my edc. They also have different finishes as well. Just ordered 20 of them for my guys
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I’ve had a Leek for years!
Slender, kinda hard to hold with the brushed finish but stays razor sharp. Mine’s the bimetallic blade.
It’s my dress up knife!
LOL
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It says blade length: 3 inch, and describes the 3.5" blade. Which is it? I can legally carry a 3" blade (just barely), but not a 3.5". A lot of the knives I can carry have blades around 2.5", but not many have a 3" blade.
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It’s a three inch blade, Frank.
This is the one I’ve had for probably 8 years. Can’t find it at the moment... this is the site photo..
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180321/23962f45dcbebb2b7a7e04b592bccb83.jpg)
Like I said, it’s slippery with the matte stainless frame!
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Jeez. That is a good deal! Just ordered it. Thx.
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TAB piqued my interest in another blade and I am a Kershaw fan...it's all I buy these days. Nothing against Benchmade or others, just Kershaw is in my price point...
Well, it seems that Amazon has cut off shipping cutlery to the People Republic recently. Every blade I viewed with the speed safe design is not available to be shipped to MA. I didn't check fixed blades or kitchen cutlery since I have plenty of both..
Amazon, after years of purchase history, is really starting to piss me off! There is nothing in MA state law that prevents me from owning an assisted opening knife of any kind or length..
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They can not ship toy guns too .ca any more. But that's a .ca issue not a Amazon one
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Apparently in Michigan I can't own an assisted opening knife, but switchblades are legal now. I'm not taking any chances on buying an assisted opening knife. I also don't like liner locks or frame locks, which I didn't know this one is. I don't want to put any body part in the path of the blade to unlock and start folding it.
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I'm an Emerson Wave fan. But Emerson is expensive and the quality varies somewhat. However, Kershaw licensed the Wave feature and has a line of them. Sadly they're made in China but they're 1/10 the price of either Emerson or Souther Grind.
So for those who are in states that restrict "assisted" opening blades look at this system. Most opening systems take two steps to utilize. One, remove blade from pocket. Two, open blade. With the Wave it comes out of your pocket open. One step. The "wave", the hook catches on your edge of your pants as you pull it out. Simplicity. No springs, no buttons, extra parts.
I own the CQC4 and CQC1. The later being my Sunday-go-to-meeting blade. I'll add a CQC10 when I see one locally.
https://www.bladehq.com/cat--Kershaw-Emerson--1748
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This video has me wondering if the Kershaw Emerson is worth buying at any price.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_NCHeXwPQQ
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8 minutes of ApostleP saying it's so bad he doesn't know how to put it into words, will be 8 minutes I'll never get back. He is probably a real expert in knives, but not in how to communicate. Possibly the worst review ever. In his defense, I'm like this when it comes to some handguns. Look down my nose at certain makes and I just can't can't put into words how "really bad" they are. But I didn't make an 8 minute video about it.
I'm not a "knife" guy, so I don't understand all about the bevel thing but mine is plenty sharp and I don't have a problem with the edge. The coating was coming off is his only real complaints, which his only proof was he saw some black stuff on his cleaning cloth. The CQC1 isn't really a working blade, more of gentleman's Sunday-go-to-meeting size. I suspect the one he had had been used a lot.
I also read the comments and they're pretty much in the camp of, mine works just fine, and hey, it's $20 knife, made in China. so what do you expect. I'm not saying this is a perfect knife. It's an inexpensive cheap knife that gets the job done. When it wears out, throw it away. If you lose it you don't cry over it for days. I lost an Emerson 2 years ago and I'm still upset about it.
Also, neither OKC nor Cold Steel license the Emerson Wave. Though they have nice knives at not bad prices. I'm sold on the Wave feature. And I favor the clip point. Southergrind's Bad Monkey and Emerson's Sheepdog would be my choices. In fact I may treat myself come my birthday.
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A knife with a narrow angle bevel cuts better than one with a wider angle, and is easier to sharpen. From what I've read, and heard from other people, it sounds like most of them sharpen their knives to about 20 degrees on each side (40 degree total angle). If it's already 20 degrees you can re-sharpen it at 20 degrees in a minute, give or take. But if it's been sharpened to 30-35 degrees each side (60-70 degree total angle, which is okay for an axe), you have to remove a lot of steel to get to the point where you can actually start to sharpen it at 20 degrees.
I had a cheap POS butterfly knife with an excessively large bevel angle. It wasn't very sharp and I couldn't get it sharp at that angle. I bought a diamond hone that cost more than the knife, and spent several hours re-contouring the whole blade. I was finally able to get it fairly sharp, but it dulled quickly because of the low quality steel it was made from. I spent way more time trying to sharpen it than I did using it, and all I did was get sore, cramped up hands. I threw it away after period of not being able to much with it.
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I sharpen my knives on 1000/6000 grit whetstones.
All my knives sharpen quickly and cut nicely using that setup. Might buy a strop to polish but they’re kitchen and EDC knives, not sushi knives.
My Scandinavian small forest axe is razor sharp and used seldom. I can shave with it...
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I got a little pocket knife from the NRA several years ago. I don't even think the blade is a full 2 inches long, but it was so sharp I thought I could shave with it. So I did. No more beard but I had to shave again with a razor to get the remaining stubble. After that one shave it doesn't quite feel as sharp as it used to. I've never used a straight razor either. If I knew how I'm sure I could have done a better job with the knife.
My cheap POS 2-bladed pocket knife that I always carry isn't worth spending the time putting a good edge on. Now I just use one of those carbide sharpeners that rips the steel off the edge of the blades. If I need another blade I also carry a multi-tool that seems reasonably sharp.