Re: Intro
[Re: Maniacal Pete]
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10/24/10 07:20 AM
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SkunkHunter
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I chopped up a broken limb about 6 inches thick and maybe 8 ft long with all the side limbs normally associated with a redbud. I couldn't believe how fast the DF went through this stuff. Yeah it is a softer wood, but I mean GEEZ it was like using a competition ax!
A Little Paranoia Will Keep You Safe (ALPWKYS) Be a Sheepdog JYD#105
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Re: Intro
[Re: Prince of Peace]
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10/24/10 07:21 AM
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Maniacal Pete
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I won't bore you but I HAVE removed 8" thick trees with my Dog Father CG. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Sweet! I can't wait. Bill
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Re: Intro
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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10/24/10 07:22 AM
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SkunkHunter
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Bill, what part of the world you from. I'm in S.E. Missouri and Tom (klink) is out in western Missouri.
A Little Paranoia Will Keep You Safe (ALPWKYS) Be a Sheepdog JYD#105
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Re: Intro
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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10/24/10 07:35 AM
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myketheknife
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Sorry for the late welcome Bill.
SYKCO JYD#112 It's better to have it & not need it, than to need it & not have it.
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Re: Intro
[Re: Maniacal Pete]
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10/24/10 12:34 PM
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Renee
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Welcome to the Yard Bill! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Intro
[Re: Maniacal Pete]
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10/24/10 09:45 PM
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El CacaFuego
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Bill - Howdy and Welcome to the Scrap Yard! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Looks like you're well on your way to feeding the addiction! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Thanks for the warm welcome Klink, and all the rest of you, kind words indeed... Bill Welcome to the yard Bill! We understand the addiction, and we'll be here to support it any time!
"Teaching is not showing others new things, but reminding them that they know as well as you."
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Re: Intro
[Re: Maniacal Pete]
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10/24/10 09:52 PM
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Horn Dog
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Welcome to the Yard, Bill. With all your real world experience using knives, you won't have any problem getting SR77 steel hair flinging sharp. Edge holding on SR77 is very good. Not as good as SR101 (52100) but quite good. As far as tough goes, NOTHING beats it. And you chose two of the very best Scrap Yard knives, IMO. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Horned, dangerous, and off my medication.
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Re: Intro
[Re: Horn Dog]
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10/24/10 11:31 PM
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Private Klink
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And that's coming from a man who KNOWS how to work knives!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bowdown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Junk Yard Dog #1 Moderator/Leader of the Pack Good night Mrs. B, wherever you are! Long Live the Brotherhood of the Yard!
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Re: Intro
[Re: Maniacal Pete]
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10/24/10 11:52 PM
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Dumpster Dan
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Guess it's time to delurk and reveal myself.
My name is Bill and I have a few knives by various makers and have been looking for some bomb proof survival knives for outdoors use. (I'm a chef and have been using knives indoors pretty much all day every day for the past 35 years).
I've received my new DFLE and Scrapper 6 CG today, and am working on closing the deal on a SOD LE. I read around a lot and have come to the armchair conclusion that these may be as good as it gets for real world use knives. Infi steel is amazing, but it seems like many who can afford it aren't necessarily out using it. I really don't know that I could bring myself to start whacking on a stump with a $700 piece of steel that hadn't touched anything but a sheath before. But I have seen a video of a FBM LE splitting a human hair, so we'll see if the DFLE is enough knife for me to resist temptation (I hope that it is).
The edge on the DFLE is shaving sharp. What a beautiful knife. I am interested to see how long the edge holds up after all that I have read about it. I am comfortable with my sharpening skills, and the steel looks great. The edge is nice, if a bit rough, I think it would benefit from some simple fine stone work to just polish it. I really like the edge on that one.
The edge on the Scrapper 6 is not very sharp. It is ground at a much higher angle, but I think that I can just change the angle a bit and it will be very sharp as well. That is if I can bring myself to use these knives in the field as well. It appears that (I'm guessing now) SY may have changed the angle a bit on their edges as they evolved to make them sharper from the factory. I know a lot of people expect a knife to be a sharp, static form when they first receive it.
I was wondering if I might have preferred to get the Scrapper in le as opposed to cg. I guess that it will be nice to have some of each so I can see how they work out.
At any rate, it is plain that it is going to take considerable effort to do any harm at all to any of these knives, they are obviously some tough stuff. I think that I made the right choice of Busse variety given my intended use.
Now that I'm "out," I'd like to thank you guys, Horn Dog in particular, for popping up repeatedly in all of my google searches and helping me to get to "here."
Sorry for the long winded intro, I'm looking foward to your comments and getting to know you all.
Bill Welcome to the Yard. I am glad you jumped in. Dumpster Dan
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Re: Intro
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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10/29/10 02:09 AM
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Maniacal Pete
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I received my SODLE today. What a sweet knife. You guys are onto something here...
Bill
Last edited by Maniacal Pete; 10/29/10 02:09 AM.
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Re: Intro
[Re: Maniacal Pete]
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10/29/10 03:26 AM
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Sethrotull
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If I missed the welcome, welcome to the Yard.
You got some great blades, looks like you scored some sweet Busse LEs! I love my SODLE, What number did you get?
JYD #100 Dog, Hog, Rat it's all Bussekin
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Re: Intro
[Re: SkunkHunter]
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10/29/10 02:39 PM
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Jim
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First of all, welcome aboard, Bill. Now at the risk of pushing your thread farther afield: There used to be a site called "The Swamp" that showed all the older Swamp Rat blades but I just went to it in my Favorites and it isn't there anymore.
ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO "THE SWAMP" SITE? Boy We could really use Andy now! The site I think you're referring to was http://www.swampshack.com/, but it appears to be down or gone. You can find some of the same information over on the BladeForums Swamp Rat sub-forum in the sticky thread titled Swamp Rat Heritage. It's not the same, but you've gotta go with what's available, and at least for the moment, The Swamp Shack site is gone.
JYD #60
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