I'm not making fun or dising the Hest. Heck If I can find one for a price I am willing to pay (yeah I am cheap sometimes) I WILL have one. Guess what it actually boils down to for me anyway is the way it looks. The notch, to me, just looks odd, (and It's NOT bad) Possibly in the OLD TIMEY blades I had to use whern I was growing up it could have possibly have made a difference, maybe not. Sometimes, as I said earlier, old habits are hard to get rid of.

I REALLY like the fact that you can lock the blade in the open position. And at first I though that knives with a scale on one side and not the other were really weird. Well the look has grown on me and the notch is starting to. They probably don't make cream sodas with twist off tops, so I will probably have to by a Hest one of these days.

AND the glass breaker could come in handy for me. I have seen more than a few wrecks going back and forth to work and running around with the guys.

And here I had just thought I had made up my mind to get a ZT. But with all the good talk about the Hest, I might go ahead and get one of them instead.

I wouldn't mind having one either ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Maybe the polizei will give mine back if I am really nice

Remember, LOW friends in HIGH places! Heck, I didn't spend 20 years in the Air Force and not learn something!

I'm working it.

Good Marine! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Of course! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> "Once a Marine...Always a Marine". <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Might I suggest a Pint from The Lost Abbey? There "Inferno" ale is quite delicious, though it's a dry beer. Depending on what you usually drink, it might suit your pallet. If you like Darker beers, thier "Judgement Day" (suitable for the thread I think <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />) Ale is borderline Super Ale in strength. It's 10.5% by volume, and is very finnicky about how it is served. Don't throw it in the freezer to cool it, let it sit in the fridge for at least 3 hours. It tastes best cold to cool. Once it gets lukewarm it starts to taste rancid. Also, don't put it back in the fridge if it gets too warm, the flavor is done once it warms back up when exposed to air. At 1 pint, 10.5% alcohol by volume, it's a formidable drink, but it's worth it.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif" alt="" /> niether of the above beers are capped, they're actually corked <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Try Stone IPA. It's one of my favorite capped, but not twist off, burrs. Light and when COLD it tastes SOOOOOO crisp, with a wonderful aftertaste of Orange Peel. Be warned, it's not a wimpy beer either, 7.5% by volume and all that.

Well, I did not get any beer for todays walk-a-bout. Soon though.