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Okiecruffler,first your career choice has my upmost respect. As a volunteer Firefighter the worst thing I ever had to do was see kids hurt or worse. I can not even imagine doing your job for even one day,I'd never be able to handle it.

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Now I have to be honest, my daily carry knife is either an M16 or a Mirage made by Columbia RIver Knife and Tool in a factory that's a damned site removed from the Columbia River.
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I still have a few of those type..

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All Walmart buys....only one has any meaning to me.And only the bottom two still see use.

The last one is a USA EZ-Out my current better half keeps it in her car.It was my first Tactical and I carried it for many years.

Second from bottom is my most valuable knife. A cheap Buck Juno from Walmart. A couple of years ago my kids came for our weekend,father's day weekend. My ex had promised to take them shopping before but had "forgot to". My kids were sad they didn't have anything for me so my better half snuck them off for a quick trip to Walmart and let them pick out stuff for me.

That Buck is a gift from my son,it has a place of honor as my truck knife...were my truck is I am ,so it is "always" with me.And it gets used.

The others are boxed up...I have more than a few slip-joints for normal EDC.
 
What an EXCELLENT thread!

I'd NEVER be able to handle Okie's job!

In that knife picture up there, the Spiderco Native (third from top) is VERY well thought of on another forum I visit. I've never "taken" to Buck knives myself.

Anyhow some of what is posted in this thread makes me laugh, some of it almost makes me cry!
 
The S30V Native is a GREAT knife...just my taste has changed.

These are my current users...
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Most are USA Schrades with one Case,a Utica ,and two Kabars thrown in. Plus I won a couple more Old Timers on Ebay this weekend :) and a Imperial Boy Scout for my son.
 
Now that is a nice looking collection.

AFWIW, Okie can't do Okie's job anymore, that's why I'm on sabatical. Been working in a house full of CP and Autistic kids for the past few months. In about 6 months I'll go back to the PICU, just not sure if it'll be here or somewhere else. I have a yearning to try my skills at a top notch hospital (not that this one is any podunk hospital, some of the best thorasic guys in the US hang out here), St Jude, Shriners, Hopkins. I'd like to find out if I'm as good as I pretend to be.:D

Strange I never really paid attention to this forum. I do so love sharp pointy things. Seems like this one has somehow ducked most of the bravado that's taken over the other forums.

Just realized that I should have used the correct word, chafes. It's the Okie in me. You'd never guess I had a degree in English.
 
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Okie - Jobs like yours take a toll, to be certain. "Healing the healer" is something that is sorely lacking in our current system, and I'm glad to hear that you're taking care of yourself.

I can't tell you how much I appreciate this thread and the folks involved. It reinforces the sense of community and selflessness that is lacking in so much of the Internet experience. I am of reading Internet bravado about SHTF, TEOTWAWKI and other tin-foil-hattery. So often, the premise is "I'm prepared. Screw everyone else. Check out the cool ghost-ring sights and tac-light on my gun."

Most of the people I know and choose to hang out with are the ones who will grab what they've got and go to help out in a SHTF scenarion. Due to their profession, their upbringing, or more typically both, they will be working tirelessly (although that's one of the stupidest expressions ever) to help others. Yeah, I know the concept of "taking care of myself and my family". I also know that my family includes more than just kin.

Frankly, when I originally offered John the knife, my inclination was to do so entirely via PM. However, I decided to do this on the public thread to try to set an example and show others that this is what we do for one another. Tourist already knew that and jumped right in. Steve and Okie and Dave and others have built on that with their comments and stories. In this whole thread, the least important thing is the knife.
 
Now get this. I might be meeting one of the THR guys here pretty soon. I got a PM from a member (I'll respect his privacy) who said he had a knife and lived "in a Madison suburb." Well, yikes, that's over a dozen little burgs.

Anyhoo, in private, he names the town, and it's my town! Due to the size of the inkspot on which I dwell, he can be no more than one mile away from me!

Originally I invited him/her down to the Harley shop, thinking a public setting might make the first meeting more comfortable for them. Now the guy could be doing my dishes or vacuuming my rugs whilst I put a lick of polish on his knife.

The wife is still out of town, having the house cleaned at this point might be more valuable than money, but I digress.

I'm actually looking forward to the idea of THR members practicing what we write.
 
I don't think I could work in a PICU- it'd just break my heart. Kudos to those who have both the love and the strength to do it.

Guys, to those who expressed interest in a HI version, I would need to know if y'all wanted wood or "white metal" handles*. HI knives are almost always made from salvaged springs from Mercedes trucks, which I understand is probably 5160. I would also need to know about how many people would be interested. If there seems to be enough interest, let's start another thread, so we won't hijack this one too much.

*(Personally, though I like how the all metal handles look, I believe wood is probably better for actual use.)
 
The Tourist,

The gentleman you are keeping private about, is a true gentleman.
I have not met him in person, just communicated with him privately.
He has passed forward to me, and assisted me with things I needed for others.

He has more knowledge and real world experience in his little finger, than I will ever learn in a lifetime.


John,
Good steel that 5160.
Wood would be my preference, though the metal is good looking!
Agree on another thread for further discussion.
 
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is a true gentleman
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I have given him info to contact me and I'm looking forward to meeting him.

If he watches me sharpen his knife perhaps he can report in on how a waterstone system (replete with tools and pastes) differs from traditional stones and belts.

And I always like to show off Black Betty...
 
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fires up Black Betty and takes off with her
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I'd give him my wife first.

Of course, that's a threat I also give to muggers when I want to inflict true pain.

I wish your buddy would call. I haven't sharpened anything in two days because of the slow-down for the holiday.
 
so we won't hijack this one too much.
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I think we've hijacked it a few times already and the OP hasn't minded. Heck, he's the one doing the most hijacking.:D

Hope you all are having a good Memorial Day, and remembering that it means more than a nice weekend at the lake. I doubt anyone in this thread ever forgets.

Here's another hijack for you. Had one of my aids ask me last night, "Why does everyone have so many flags out this weekend?" We had a long talk, but I'm not sure how much she understood, being so busy texting her friends and all.:rolleyes:
 
And I'd have called you this weekend...

Save for it's Memorial Day, a family day as it were, and I respect other people's holidays too much to bug them about a neglected custom knife. ;)

I will give you a call later though - neighbor of mine! I'll warn you though, I'm not real good at rugs, but I can wash dishes like nobody's business. :D

BTW, the knife? Here it is, a Richard Bancroft "Mrs. Doubtfire Kitchen Fighter" in 154CM and micarta, Serial No. 1, posed with a 1918 DWM Luger to show the size of the blade:


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Gewehr98 said:
I'm not real good at rugs, but I can wash dishes like nobody's business
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Close enough, I'll take what I can get.

I sent you a PM. I'm doing nothing. Well, that's not accurate. I'm sitting back with Pinkie and The Brain plotting the downfall of Fitchburg.

Nice knife.
 
I just wanted to report in on my first meeting with fellow forum member, and now new client, Gewehr98.

As you can imagine when too old Harley boys get together, the truth was a tad stretched from time to time. Well, I suppose it is possible (with enough tequila) to "push start" a stalled B-52, but hey...

We went through his little knife case and hammered, repaired, and polished every cutting device we could find. I tinkered until I was tuckered.

Then I showed him the infamous Black Betty. We did a brief tour of my gunroom. It was a fun first meeting. Even my dogs liked him.

I encourage other members to get to know each other. There are probably some near you, and it's nice to just be yourself among friends.
 
Jeebus!

The blades are so sharp after Herr Tourist did his magic, one bleeds just looking at them...

I've got one in front of me right now, and I'm bouncing a green 532nm half-watt DPSS laser off of the newly restored edge, watching the diffraction pattern reflected onto a sheet of paper. It's mirror-smooth.

He has a client for life, even if he didn't just iron out my custom blades. He will also tutor me on the fine points of casting boolits for my big Sharps - he just doesn't know it yet!

Oh, and Black Betty is a gorgeous girl, I might add. She has it in spades over my non-pedigreed Milwaukee mutts. ;)

I agree, get to know your fellow THR members. They might just be around the corner from you!
 
I just received the knife back from Tourist. I was going to have him just send it on directly, but was too curious and wanted to see what he did with the edge.

I have to say that it's flat-out amazing. To call it a mirror-finish really doesn't do it justice. I'm going to try to set up a light-box and take some pictures of it this evening, and then send it out to Okie in the morning.

Nice job, Tourist!!
 
Steve - Just for you... a pic of my buddy. I'll just post a link, since the pic itself is of gargantuan proportions and I don't have time to rescale it just now. Warning: If you are on dialup or a slow internet connection, don't bother clicking on the link.

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