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 Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Magnum22]
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03/28/07 09:13 PM
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wow. spark's got a lot to say. i'm not readin all of that yet i wonder if i want my 889 anymore. i admit, it's a freakin cool knife. very substantial and solid. it is, however, poorly designed. only good for shallow cuts, but that's how hollow grinds go. think i'll try and trade it for a d'allara drop point. i want a vg-10 knife. I don't really like hollow grinds anymore for anything other than smaller folders. Do you think that your Strider is as solid (edit: "tough") as the Scrapper 6 or DF?
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: diceman]
#35435
03/28/07 09:16 PM
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diceman
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Hey Vic - I just snagged a 24" diameter x 18" tall chunk of white pine trunk to use as a chopping block behind my house. I've noticed that you have a trusty stump that you use all the time - and when I saw some guys sectioning out a big pine out of some rich guy's yard I asked if I could steal a chunk!!
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: diceman]
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03/28/07 09:20 PM
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Bors
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Do you need one, of course you do it's a knife and you like knives.....
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: diceman]
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03/28/07 09:22 PM
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Horn Dog
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Hey Vic - I just snagged a 24" diameter x 18" tall chunk of white pine trunk to use as a chopping block behind my house. I've noticed that you have a trusty stump that you use all the time - and when I saw some guys sectioning out a big pine out of some rich guy's yard I asked if I could steal a chunk!! Good grab, Diceman! I need more of em myself.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: diceman]
#35438
03/28/07 09:25 PM
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Magnum22
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wow. spark's got a lot to say. i'm not readin all of that yet i wonder if i want my 889 anymore. i admit, it's a freakin cool knife. very substantial and solid. it is, however, poorly designed. only good for shallow cuts, but that's how hollow grinds go. think i'll try and trade it for a d'allara drop point. i want a vg-10 knife. I don't really like hollow grinds anymore for anything other than smaller folders. Do you think that your Strider is as solid (edit: "tough") as the Scrapper 6 or DF? definitely not, it's a buck/strider. i got it in a trade for this handmade tanto from the UK that i won in a raffle.
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Magnum22]
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03/28/07 09:32 PM
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Horn Dog
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I don't know jack about strider knives. They may be fine. I know Thompson does a lot of over the top hype, but I have used a lot of his knives and have been pleased with most of them.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Horn Dog]
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03/28/07 09:37 PM
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Bors
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I don't know jack about strider knives. They may be fine. I know Thompson does a lot of over the top hype, but I have used a lot of his knives and have been pleased with most of them. I have handled striders their ok like I said I think there way overpriced. I have and still do own CS products and I have also been pleased with most of them. but reciently I think some of their stuff has become cheap.
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Do you need one, of course you do it's a knife and you like knives.....
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Bors]
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03/28/07 09:40 PM
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Horn Dog
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Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Horn Dog]
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03/28/07 09:53 PM
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Bors
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Yeah, I had a laredo Bowie which is a nice knife But.....
the handle is to slick and the tang stops about half way in the handle. A wire is used to secure the tang to the pommel nut. I hate short cuts like that.
I really like the looks of the Natchez Bowie but it shares the handle design of the laredo.
Not worth the price
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Do you need one, of course you do it's a knife and you like knives.....
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Bors]
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03/28/07 09:56 PM
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Horn Dog
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I'm glad you told me about the Laredo, Bors. That is cheap work for such a pricey blade. Being a Bowie fan, I was looking to get one.
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Horn Dog]
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03/28/07 09:56 PM
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Magnum22
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i may get flamed for this but a decent knife is not complicated or difficult to make. for $300-$500 a knife should be...well a busse. a .25" thick saber ground tanto of s30v isn't gonna cut jack squat better than a .08" thick scandi ground clip point in 12c27. paracord wrapped handles do not feel or function better than molded plastic. did i just say a $10 mora is a better knife than a strider costing 40x? i'm gonna paracord wrap a mora and charge $300. it'll be huge. ![[Linked Image from eden.rutgers.edu]](http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~mghattas/feb21/P1000501.JPG)
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Re: JYD Death chat thread
[Re: Magnum22]
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03/28/07 09:58 PM
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Horn Dog
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Sounds about right to me magnum.
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