Josh, I do really like the 411. It’s thinner than the S5 and once I revisit my decision in a while, I MIGHT change to that one. Basically (if I remember right) it mainly boiled down to the blade shape from the “belly” to the tip.

Oh, and like you, I also have enough various “Busse Boys” wares to handle about any situation. I need to take another look and maybe give my B8 another look see and test. I like it’s lightness and who can argue with INFI. That’s why I considered my Wardog. Well that and it’s thickness.

Hey, wait a second. I thought you lost your Wardog several years ago. Are you talking about your Wardog HACK?

Of course! I'm just to lazy to write the full thing.

Hard to say for sure which is objectively the better blade (well, obviously for me the Hack is ). The Hack is lighter and slice-ier. The OD (original dogster) is easier to sharpen and sturdier.

But to be realistic, the weight difference ain't much, and sturdier? Well....I don't have doubts about either one.

I love convex blades, the OD model took a bit of time to sharpen, but help the edge forever (well as long as I had it anyway), but that Hack gets sharper, faster. Neither is hard to sharpen like some of my S30V blades...

Again... splitting hairs....which both could do

In the final analysis, for me it's no contest:

The Hack is clearly the better of the two and one i take great pains to never lose. It came from a dear friend and means the world.

That, and a Game Warden another fine Dog gifted, that will lleave home with my oldest, to whom it was truly given. He cleaned and butchered his first deer with that blade. He'll pass it to his son, and so on.

Another Dog made it possible for me to give my eldest an RMD. I got another for my second oldest, and my two girls will inherit my two INFI RMDs. One will get the satin with blaze orange g10, and the other gets the flat ground with the sheath yet another great Dog made for me... once it leaves my side, that is

Usable "heirloom" blades. Something your progeny can hold and know their father, grandfather, great grandfather, and so on all held in their hands and used to do the same thing....for a lot of reasons, giving my kids each a few nice items from their parents and grandparents is important to me. Not to saddle them with a burden of junk, but anchor them to their past and their heritage, with something they can continue to use like their ancestors did

I am also grateful that each of my kids will also have one item with special significance that amazing people I've met here over the decade or so I've been a member have done for me and my kids. There's a story that binds them to a larger community.

We're launching our second this fall. These items become all the more important to me, and hopefully to them as they go off into the world. I really wish I was able to get on here more often. I miss all the amazing people I've gotten to know and feel like I'm missing out on getting to know others. No matter how long it is between posts, rest assured you all are in my thoughts and prayers

Now you got me all teary- eyed Randy! Thanks a lot!

You got me all teary eyed too!

You’re welcome guys. Just another service provided by your ever present FRIENDLY and HELPFUL mods.

Just so you don’t feel alone Josh, I’ll do a little sharing myself. Patty and I both look fondly upon items (and she wears hers a lot) we have from foreign lands that were bought for us by Great Dogs. Items we could never acquire on our own. Why I even have one coveted item (well Patty does) that is older than I am! I mean how many folks can claim they have a jade carving that could be up to 3000 years old! Oh and I have gotten my fair share of hard use gear that I use all the time. Sometimes “Thank You” just doesn’t seem enough.

Oh and by the way, I just mounted up my last set of DT built ferro rods and pjcb fire starting kits (thanks to DT) to a Spec Ops short Combat Master Sheath I got from another dog a ways back. You’re a good squirrel DT.

He's a SUPER Squirrel !!!

That he is Tom. He brightens up all our days with his posts.

Yes, he's a person I would love to meet face to face, not just on the forum.

It really is a great place with great people.

I have 2 slots on either side of the new setup. I'm thinking regulator and 511 should fill those nice

How about a beer can holder?