great photos HD, enjoyed them!
I've never played with a Camillus Heat....hope it turns out to be a knife that u like...
But I've been thinking about the question of this thread "best AO folder under $70"......so I was doing some web shopping and came upon the Kershaw Cyclone.....mostly because it has a "switchable" on/off switch for the AO action (from what I understand it's a little wheel you rotate on the spine of the handle.....that can be had for around $50 from this place (which I've successfully ordered from multiple times in the past)....
http://www.savsonswordsandknives.com/kecypled.html
....but it does outweigh the Heat by at least 1 oz....
After scanning Kershaw's forum on Bladeforums....it's no surprise that the "spring" mechanism on their AO knives will sometimes fail.....but their warranty service is top notch....I figure if I was gonna get an AO I might as well get it from one of the more prolific AO companies in the USA... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
So my Leeks and Chive have this (cheap-looking) safety switch at the "butt" of the handle (looks like a piece of plastic/Zytel that slides over the tip of the blade when the knife is folded) that's not too reassuring to me....and while I haven't ever played with/held a Cyclone/Mini-Cyclone, the safety mechanism on it seems "a little more reassuring"....
Aside from this, I know that the factory edge on most Kershaw folders are a little too obtuse for my liking (approx 40 degrees inclusive)....mostly coz I have mostly Spyderco folders which on average have a factory edge of 30 deg. inclusive or less.... but I know u're pretty good with reprofiling edges (I saw your penetrator tips thread)... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Please let us know what u think of the Heat when they arrive... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Last edited by jaislandboy; 04/22/07 07:41 PM.

Brian