Recent content by zhyla

I had no idea until recently that Boker makes SO MANY KNIVES. There's hundreds of models. They seem to make for more models than any other company. Weird considering I've never seen one in the wild (except one I own). They really should rebrand the Magnum crap to distance their good knives...

No, but there's a vocal group of Stretch advocates at the Spyderco forums. I'm sure you won't be disappointed, Spyderco rarely makes a misstep with their mass production knife designs.

Hmmm... the big 4x36 sanders are scary beasts. I prefer the cheap 1x30 that HF sells for around $30. The belt runs down (like a grinder), you point the blade up and it's all good. This way you don't build up a wire edge and there's no chance of the belt ripping nicks out of the blade. I have...

RC is stearing you the right way. I just wanted to mention that VG-10 is a moderately hard to sharpen steel. You may find it takes more passes to get to that edge than a lower end steel. Keep at it, you'll get that thing sharp.

Do whatever keeps your car keys from getting lost in the forest.

There are so many options... blade shapes... blade length... plain edge/serrated/combo... hollow ground/FFG... overall weight... handle materials... spyderhole/thumbstud/flipper/assisted -- it's like asking "what kind of car should I drive?" Hard to go wrong with a Manix2. The higher end SOG...

I've bought so many Spyderco knives, from the 90's to a couple of last year's Manix 2's, with absolutely zero issues that I would probably chock this up to extreme bad luck. It's not really clear from the OP whether these screws are stripped or just not tight enought? The one issue I've seen...

Saiga or another MAK90. BTW, Saigas are now going to be imported under the "Kalishnakov" brand name starting this year, if the PR is to believed. They haven't been imported in a year or two so a flood of cheap Russian AK's is on the horizon. I wouldn't pay top dollar for an AK right now, I'd...

It's pretty hard to argue with detachable magazines. I love my SKS but for any purpose other than sitting there looking pretty my Norinco AK wins out.

What bothers me about this blade isn't the potentially inappropriate steel/heat treat. That just means it won't stay sharp. What bothers me is the slight curve in the blade. Seems like it would make less contact with your face than a regular straight blade, so you need to make a lot more passes.

As a range toy/fancy gun $1k isn't outrageous. But everything I've read about this thing leads me to think it's a crap design. Just because it's a cool looking bullpup doesn't mean it's "innovative". Why they didn't go with a detachable magazine I don't understand. I'd take a Saiga 12 any...

MP5 magazines are proprietary and if MP5's were available at the same price point we'd all be all over them. There will be 3rd party mags if enough of these get sold. The real problem is the price point. At ~$650 it's up against AK's and budget AR's. Cheaper than a Cx4 or PS90 but those...

They can have my hands when they pry them from my cold, dead hands.

I think you misinterpreted my post. I've never handled a PS90 but have no problem with it for home defense. In fact I wouldn't mind getting one for my wife, though we live in CA and the 10 round mags and other restrictions sort of limit the benefits of this gun. I don't have anything...

PS90 seems like a decent gun and not that expensive compared to some of the other fun/oddball guns out there. But I've noticed that nobody seems to hang onto their 5-7 pistols, those things are easy to come by used. So I wouldn't buy the PS90 with the idea you're going to consolidate to the...