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    Gerber is stepping up their game

    I trust this comes from inside knowledge, because almost everything new I see from them either ignores the steel question or very quietly buries the fact their blade is 7Cr steel, which seems to make up the lion's share of their folders. A handful of blades are S30V, which is a very good steel...
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    Blackthorn Walking Stick

    I carry the Cold Steel City Stick with the aluminum pistol grip head. It's ridiculously strong, and the head gives good heft. They used to have a carbon fiber version called the Slim Stick. The inside was almost exactly .25 inches, and in a fit of creativity I bought a .250 T5 titanium rod...
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    Hitler Youth Knife

    That's good to know. I saw this knife in a YouTube video about some guys building a Viking House with hand tools. I noticed it immediately and recognized it. I knew the red and white diamond was missing, I wondered if it was an HJ knife with the symbol removed. Sounds like they stopped...
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    Hitler Youth Knife

    Here's a website with some info about originals. Maybe you could find out more about it there. https://www.lakesidetrader.com/Education/Blut-und-Ehre!/
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    Blowguns - Is Bigger Better?

    I have been a fan of blowguns ever since I was a kid and I read those ads in the back of Boy's Life and Soldier of Fortune magazines for "House of Weapons" in Provo, Utah that had a picture of a guy holding up an anteater supposedly killed by the blowgun. I eventually bought one, and I had a...
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    Custom Ulu Blade - Recommendations?

    As I am finally back up in Alaska, and things are starting to go well again in my life (horrible experiences going to Wyoming for a couple of years, life fell apart - don't ask) I am trying to get things back to a semblance of normality and comfort. One of the things I miss is having a nice ulu...
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    Need Purpose Built Walking Cane

    I have used and still use a Cold Steel City Stick. I was luck enough to get one with the original pistol grip, It's smooth I the hand, provides excellent support, and it's heavy. The cane itself is fiberglass, and I honestly have no idea what it would take to break one, but it would take a...
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    The Unbreakable Umbrella - my experience

    Living on the coast of the Bering Sea, we got some occasional wind. By 'some occasional' I mean about 10-12 times a year usually lasting about 10 days during which it would be steady wind at 20-30 with gusts up to 80 or so. I bought one of these in about 2008, it had three hard years of use...
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    Self Defense Knife

    As for self defense, if there are times I'm not allowed for one reason or another to carry a gun or a knife, I have yet to find a place that won't allow a teacher (or anyone else, for that matter) to carry a pen. I have had to use this once, and it did a very good job at stopping a person from...
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    Self Defense Knife

    Guys, I know for a fact that the OP has a sister who successfully defended herself with the thing. I know this because I read it on the Internet, and like the lady in the State Farm commercial says, they can't put anything on the Internet that's not true. I read that on the internet. The...
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    Shocking News...well no...Gerber has to recall another defective knife

    I had an early 70's Mark I I used for quite a few years and it was a really well made knife. I'm really sorry I sold it. The stuff Gerber has been making for years now is like Taurus guns were when they first came out: Every once in a while you'd get a decent one, but for the most part you...
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    Experience with a Randall?

    Randalls continue to go up in value. If you ordered a Randall you pay $500 for, you can get it, put it on eBay, and you'll get 200-300 more than you paid for it. However, you'll be giving up a beautiful knife that has excellent construction. I agree that there are many knives for less money...
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    inexpensive improvised rattlesnake and zombie killing weapon.

    I second the idea of an ice chopper. There are several sizes and styles available.
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    Hatchets: Estwing vs. Fiskars......??

    I've also used a Kershaw Hatchet and liked it quite well, too.
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    Hatchets: Estwing vs. Fiskars......??

    Estwing Hatchet with blue handle for $39
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    Kukri Pass Around

    In another thread I posted a picture of a McCurdy kukri I got back recently from having a sheath made for it. It's a guaranteed monster in size, seems like it in toughness for the little I've used it, too. However, Summer's half over and I have a whole class I need to design before school's...
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    Genuine? Gurkha Kukri from Nepal

    I got this McCurdy some time ago, and I sent it to Northern Knives in Anchorage to have a kydex sheath made for it last July or August. I forgot about it until just recently. When I called them, they still had it for me sitting on a shelf. I went down to Anchorage the other day to buy a...
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    Non lethal ways of defending against dogs

    I had a Principal who had a pitbull, one of the sweetest and most loving dogs you'd ever know. To people. To other dogs, he saw females as pleasure toys (willing or no) and males as satanic invaders who must be destroyed at any and all costs. This is fairly characteristic of pits. His...
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    Is a Benchmade worth the money

    Benchmade? Worth every penny for the Grips and Mini Grips I've had. I have both thumb stud and thumbhole versions and I like both. I like the hole on a Spyderco because they're harder to open, and the hole is MUCH better than a stud, in my opinion. I was hesitant to get a stud-opening...
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    Classic Bowie

    Here's a link to that Case Bowie for a lot better deal. It's currently going for $38, and though it'll probably go up, it's probably not going to go over $100.
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