S.A. Wetterling Axe 26H S.A. Wetterlings Axe



WHAT A BEAUTY.

12/7/2011 9:00:19 PM

Shitty picture of my Chris Reeve Yarborough. Anyone got a good idea for a display case for this thing?

12/11/2011 6:34:29 PM

Do any local places have a good selection?

Mostly looking for Cold Steel.

12/16/2011 12:49:08 PM

i picked up my knife at a gun shop. i live in richmond though. i did check gander mountain, dicks, and REI. none of them had a good selection.

12/16/2011 1:30:00 PM

the idea of displaying something useful instead of using it seems silly to me

at least sports cards can't be used for much

/judgment

12/16/2011 1:39:12 PM

^^ Davi's used to have a huge selection. Alas, they no longer exist.

12/16/2011 2:25:20 PM

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"the idea of displaying something useful instead of using it seems silly to me at least sports cards can't be used for much /judgment"

It's a Yarborough, guy. You can't buy those.

12/16/2011 4:35:36 PM

Anyone got any good info on sharpening a full flat grind?

12/17/2011 1:42:36 AM

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"It's a Yarborough, guy. You can't buy those."

According to eBay's "Completed Listings" anybody with $228-$262 + shipping can buy one.

12/17/2011 3:33:50 AM

Haha well you sure as hell aren't supposed to sell 'em, I'll have to dig up that agreement to post on this thread.

12/17/2011 2:58:30 PM

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"As from August 23, 2002, a serialized version of the "Yarborough" knife will be presented to each graduate of the Special Forces Qualification Course. Without the name "Yarborough" and non-serialized, the otherwise identical knife - The Green Beret Knife - is available from Chris Reeve Knives. "

I think that explains it. The eBay ones are the Green Beret knife; not the serialized version.

12/17/2011 11:16:41 PM

Still looking for a fixed blade knife; but now thinking under $100 and maybe a 4-5 inch blade. Would like it to come w/ a MOLLE compatible sheath. Really like the Ontario Ranger RD-4 @ this point.

12/18/2011 12:16:28 PM

you should really stick it to 'em and use the knife...see if it lives up to being awesome or is more for pretty

12/19/2011 9:36:21 AM

The Ontario Ranger? It's really a good knife. You wouldn't break one in "normal" hard use, especially a 4" because of the lack of leverage. If you push it to the point that you're whacking it with a sledge hammer while it's clamped in a bench vice then you'll find its limits are quite a bit lower than something like a Busse Combat, Swamp Rat, or Scrap Yard.

For sub $100 you won't find anything better except for some of the smaller Busse family knives.
I'd surely take an Ontario Ranger over any other Ontario knife.

12/19/2011 10:07:53 AM

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"you should really stick it to 'em and use the knife...see if it lives up to being awesome or is more for pretty"

I know guys that do. I am, alas, a pansy, plus I have a benchmade fixed blade that I bought for a survival school that I use for all my (limited) fixed blade tasks.

12/20/2011 1:09:31 AM

Got an Ontario SP15 for someone as a gift.

I liked it so I got on for myself.

12/21/2011 8:28:13 PM

Thought I was sold on the RD-4, but now leaning to ESEE-3MIL (with the discount of course).

12/21/2011 11:07:49 PM

i'm pretty certain i've got a few Mora knives under a tree somewhere this xmas

12/21/2011 11:25:41 PM

I've been wanting a Mora just to see what they're like.
I've owned some Opinels in the past and my favorite kitchen knives are cheap asian stamped steel, so I'd probably like them. At those prices they can take the roll of a box cutter/utility knife at the least.

^^Did you decide yet?

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12/22/2011 8:56:32 PM

http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/mora/Mora+of+Sweden%C2%AE+Morakniv%26%23153%3B+Companion+with+BlackOrange+Thermoplastic+Handle/FS11824.html

i went round and round trying to decide on a decent fixed blade hunting knife for field dressing deer, cleaning small game, and the other random stuff that pops up while i'm in the woods. i stumbled across these and figured for $13 it was certainly worth throwing on my xmas list.

then i was looking for a skinning knife and came across this set and went ahead and put it on my list too.

http://www.smkw.com/webapp/eCommerce/products/mora/Mora+of+Sweden%C2%AE+Progrip+Hunting+Set/FS3000.html

i think i asked for one of the mora filet knives too. i can always use another filet knife. keep one in the truck, one in the boat, one in the house, etc.

[Edited on December 22, 2011 at 9:23 PM. Reason : adfs]

12/22/2011 9:12:47 PM

^^Placing an order for the ESEE-3MIL.

12/22/2011 9:46:21 PM

^^field dressing knife is out of stock. Santa is good but he can't work miracles. Maybe you'll get it for your birthday!

12/22/2011 10:26:04 PM

lies

12/23/2011 2:12:09 AM

i picked up this mora 511 for something like $4 when i was in sweden since all of our swedish staff carried them when we were doing field work...it goes with me everywhere (well, backpacking and in the field, anyway)...i truly wish i had gotten a dozen

12/23/2011 2:19:21 PM

i grabbed one of those kershaw speed bumps that amazon had on sale

i hate the lock on it

12/23/2011 4:03:23 PM

Got a Byrd Cara Cara 2 on Amazon for $20. Can't really beat it for that price.

12/23/2011 5:05:30 PM

Had a sub give a really nice Randall buck knife as a Christmas gift.

12/23/2011 9:45:06 PM

Is it difficult to have something engraved on a blade?

12/24/2011 1:20:58 PM

WOOT! GF got me a Leatherman Skeletool CX for Christmas. Been looking for another EDC knife for a while, and this fits the bill and more. Very light and the knife is super sharp. Not much bigger than my normal Kershaw.

http://www.leatherman.com/products/product.asp?id=3&f=6&c=1

12/24/2011 6:23:42 PM

Girlfriend got me my first knife Kershaw Safeblade or something. Pretty sweet thus far

12/25/2011 12:48:27 PM

I am moving to Detroit. What can I buy for self defense?

12/26/2011 5:15:51 PM

for christmas I got the spyderco tenacious. G10 handle, liner lock, 8Cr13MoV blade (would rather have CPM S30V, oh well), definitely comparable to the paramilitary that I lost ( ) but much less expensive

12/26/2011 5:36:45 PM

^^wrong thread. I think you need to post in the gun thread

12/26/2011 9:35:27 PM

yeah arghx you don't want to be the knife to a gun fight guy.

12/27/2011 8:01:33 AM

Looking at getting this for the wife:



SOG Flash 1 TiNi
Aus-8 Steel with TiNi finish, which I love. Pink handle, which she'll love.

I just wished it was a straight edge and not half serated.

[Edited on January 1, 2012 at 9:10 PM. Reason : .]

1/1/2012 9:09:10 PM

as predicted, i got a lot of knives for xmas. bunch of Moras and a Spyderco Pacific Salt.



these should make cleaning fish and game a lot easier.

also, i have an Endura 4 i've carried every day for quite a while that needs sharpening. suggestions on how to sharpen it? do any of those kits or special sharpening things work or is a whetstone and oil the way to go?

[Edited on January 1, 2012 at 9:37 PM. Reason : adfs]

1/1/2012 9:30:37 PM

^^ that is the old style Flash BTW. My wife is a little intimidated by the spring assist and rightfully so, as it wouldn't be so bad-ass if it were not a little dangerous.


I recently got a SOG Aegis, love it. In stock at Dick's too.



[Edited on January 4, 2012 at 2:38 AM. Reason : lgksndf]

1/4/2012 2:35:55 AM

^ I am having a hard time finding 2.5"-3" pink pocket knives for around $50 with a decent blade material. That SOG is a really cool knife... I'm hoping to post my new pocket knife soon...

1/4/2012 8:05:19 AM

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"WOOT! GF got me a Leatherman Skeletool CX for Christmas. Been looking for another EDC knife for a while, and this fits the bill and more. Very light and the knife is super sharp. Not much bigger than my normal Kershaw."

Mother-in-law got me the Skeletool CX for Christmas. I like it a lot. It's basically become my keychain.

1/4/2012 8:15:23 AM

^^^^I used to have a Spyderco that looked just like that but with a black handle and loved it. I lost it at some point, though. I found it when tore the carpet out of my jeep. It was open and stashed under the carpet on the driver's side floorboard.

1/4/2012 6:13:09 PM

will be here Tuesday, needed something nice and small to carry at work

[Edited on January 4, 2012 at 7:39 PM. Reason : plain edge]

1/4/2012 7:39:14 PM

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"also, i have an Endura 4 i've carried every day for quite a while that needs sharpening. suggestions on how to sharpen it? do any of those kits or special sharpening things work or is a whetstone and oil the way to go?"

I think the way to go is get the biggest, most aggressive solid (not mesh patterned) diamond stone you can afford and a medium ceramic stone at least 2x6" in size. For diamond stones I like DMT. This is the one I have, it's the really big extra coarse
http://www.dmtonlinestore.com/115-Dia-Sharp-Continuous-Diamond-Bench-Stone-P13.aspx
For ceramics I like Spyderco. I have the medium and a smaller super fine. A "coarse" ceramic will be finer than any diamond stone, so the medium I have is really more like a fine IMO.
http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=82
Skip the oil, use water on diamond and ceramic if you plan on taking off a lot of material, otherwise just use them dry.

Make some sort of angled platform to put the stones on and just go at it while keeping the blade horizontal. I like 15­°, 17.5°, and 20° edge angles for most knives. Start with 10 strokes on each side on the diamond stone til you raise a wire edge, then flip to the other side til you get a wire edge. Keep doing that but lessen the number of strokes and the pressure as you go until you're sharpening only once on each side, then do the same with the ceramic. Always remember that the stone will sharpen perpendicular to the edge and you'll have nice points:


Spyderco sharpmakers and the like work fine, you just have to be careful not to round off the tips and I don't like how you can't change the angles.
The clamp in style guides can work well but the cheaper ones are finicky and the nicer ones are $texas. I'd rather spend my money on more knives and bench stones that are more versatile.

1/5/2012 5:30:13 PM

excellent. thanks man.

1/5/2012 7:11:01 PM

No problem. That wasn't too confusing was it?
Basically, it's difficult to hold a certain angle. It's relatively easy to hold something horizontally or vertically. So, if you angle the stone then all you have to do is keep the knife horizontal. The rod holders work on the same principle, only vertically.

Another big thing is you're not ready to move to a finer stone until the wire edge is gone from the coarser stone. You're really not ready to move to the other side of the knife until you've raised a wire edge with the side you're working on. However, I would limit the initial grinding to 10 strokes per side. If you don't you'll end up taking more material off of one side. Once you've gotten a wire edge on each side you can start lightening the pressure and reducing the number of strokes. You'll find this method will give you an edge that's pretty damn consistent and free of burrs. Often times after using my diamond stone I'll only need to start with 4 or 5 strokes per side on the ceramic and can go ahead and start reducing the number of strokes.

People think I've sharpened my knives on machines. I tell them it's by hand and I can do it because of the 4 years I spent sharpening tools in the woodshop on campus plus all the years after that with my own knives.
There's a lot of truth to that, but the real reason my edges turn out great is because I finally figured out the best way (at least for me) is to prop up the stone and take my angle holding ability out of the equation. Work on that method. You'll probably impress yourself.

One last thing; I only use diamond and ceramic for a reason. They are durable and will not dish out over time like arkansas or aluminum oxides.

Ohh yeah, one last last thing...I also use a piece of plywood about 4x8 inches. I epoxied a piece of glass to that wood and added some of those little stick on rubber feet to give it traction on a table. If you use enough epoxy that there's no uneven pressure on the glass it's almost certain the glass will be as close to flat as you'll find. If I have a big project like a dull axe or a machete then I'll use elmer's spray adhesive to stick wet/dry sandpaper to the glass. This is a cheap way to do coarse removal when you don't want to wear out the diamond stone on a tool that isn't that important. With the cheap elmer's spray adhesive you just have to get it wet and the paper will come right off so you can use a fresh piece or different grit.

[Edited on January 5, 2012 at 7:53 PM. Reason : ]

1/5/2012 7:47:08 PM

Good gentlemen of the internets, I have this cheap DealExtreme knife that I dig, so i'm trying to find the legit version of it.

It's branded as a Boker, but who knows if that's accurate. It's the bottom one in the picture:


Anyone happen to know?

1/11/2012 2:36:58 PM

I'm not sure what you mean...Boker is a German company that has been making blades for over 100 years and their US company has been around for 25 years. Are you saying you think it's a rebranded version of a different knife?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6ker

[Edited on January 11, 2012 at 4:09 PM. Reason : s]

1/11/2012 4:06:42 PM

got my KA-BAR Becker BK2 today. freakin love this knife. can't wait to put it to use.

i've been looking into making some sheath mods. i'm not a fan of the flimsy nylon belt loop but i do like the kydex sheath. i purchased the tek lok belt clip today that i'm going to mount to the sheath so i can carry scout style. i also want to mod it so i can carry drop leg mount. any idea's on how to do that?



[Edited on January 11, 2012 at 4:51 PM. Reason : .]

1/11/2012 4:46:30 PM

^^^Looks like it aught to be a knock off of an Emerson...which is funny because your Benchmade Stryker is sort of a knock off of an Emerson.

1/11/2012 4:51:43 PM

^^^they'll slap whatever branding they want on those knockoff knives

now, it may actually be a straight-up ripoff boker, but i didn't see it when i looked at their site

1/12/2012 10:20:50 AM

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"i also want to mod it so i can carry drop leg mount. any idea's on how to do that?"

Get a buckle the width of the loop on the sheath and sew one end to the factory belt loop.
Get nylon webbing the same width as the buckle and sew a belt loop in one end. Put a slider on the webbing, loop it through the other piece of the buckle, then sew the loose end to the slider. Ta da! you've got an adjustable length drop leg belt loop.
After that, get a buckle, slider, and webbing that match the width of the slots on the sheath. Use that to make a strap to go around your leg.

1/12/2012 10:42:01 AM