2015, the snarkiest year yet!

[The Warrior]

Dubz, next time you're headed to the cabin stop at GP Knives in Troy. It's right off the highway, there are VERY good people, and the have a large selection of Spydies, Beckers, Esee, Benchmade, etc.

Wow, I had no idea that was even there. Drive by Troy every time I go down there. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[daizee]

I thought they were pretty darn ugly too. Then I got my hands on a few and figured it out. Most of the folders in my collection are now Spyderco and they all get used.

My experience as well. The trick is to look at some of them individually. They make alot of WEIRD stuff, but I'm nuts for the pair I have. Spyderco has really figured out how to get the most USEFUL handle on a small knife, and their blades are made to CUT, not pry. Mucho respect.

I've never like the weight of spyders. Too light for me Call me crazy... but I like my tools heavy, gives me that illusion that they are indestructible, so I can use them to their full potential.

Ah, you're handling the wrong ones - I had the same experience here too. Skip the FRN-handled models and try one with G10. They make many models in both lightweight and 'heavy'. I think all the G10 models have steel sub-frames, and correspondingly have proper heft and stiffness. I too like a solid-feeling tool, be it a knife, file, or firearm.


No advice to give on women or football, though.

 

[Guyon]

Different boats for different floats. I personally love me some Spyderco. Spydercos are why I came to BFC nearly 15 years ago.
I'll still buy one occasionally. Just got in two new ones recently that were on clearance at Tierra Shading Toast. Lovely Wharnies both.

 

[Chameleonbear]

I like my women like I like my knives, a substantial sub-frame!

 

[Guyon]

Does this mean I like slender and sexy? BTW, that's CPMS30V and some really pretty G10. It's a laser beam of a cutter.

 

[Chameleonbear]

I could see that. How do you feel about rat tails? LOL!

 

[Noswad0208]

Nicely done. Most people seem to think Coyotes are little things and not dangerous, but your pic clearly shows they arent small at all. One of my friends in Co. lost the family dog to coyotes and they were stunned when the vet told them.
They thought they were barely bigger than a cat ..lol

Yeah, and these were actually pretty small compared to the ones we normally catch. Lots of pets go missing around here but people say to leave the poor little coyotes alone..

The place I work is lousey with rabbits and coyotes. Friday night I was in my patrol rig and a 'yote came right up to the truck. Was barely phased when I started honking and flashing the lights. Can't touch 'em either because the place is also designated a wildlife preserve. We also got bobcat, deer, antelope, fox, badger, skunk, mice, snakes, big damn spiders, hawks, owls, eagles, frogs, lizards, and unconfirmed sightings of a cougar. One night a young black bear wondered on too.

They're getting way less scared of humans nowadays. Dad says about 25 years ago they had never even heard of a coyote except on the Lone Ranger, then they started killing sheep, and now they're thick around here.

 

[Guyon]

I could see that. How do you feel about rat tails? LOL!

Just had my hair done.

 

[Noswad0208]

Just had my hair done.

brb calling my barber

 

[iwouldhurtafly]

I am not much of a folder nut, and far from the high end "special" type folder guy, but spyderco has never failed to please. Everything I have from them I really like. Most recently that is the Bill Moran Upswept/Trailing point fixed blade. The things a straight razor. Nice and thin, really light, excellent sheath, and its reasonably priced. From what I understand it was designed after a model Bill Moran made for himself for edc, kinda neat.

All y'all talking bout coyotes reminds me of where I grew up. Have coyotes and what not, but recently my parents keep having mountain lions come into their yard! They used to be kinda few and far between and would stay away from man made stuff. They would essentially just dash across the yard, but they are seeing them more and more. One was nosing around the outside of the garage, then just sauntered down into the creek bed like it owned the place, in broad day light! Kinda weird.

 

[TBL]

Ah, you're handling the wrong ones - I had the same experience here too. Skip the FRN-handled models and try one with G10. They make many models in both lightweight and 'heavy'. I think all the G10 models have steel sub-frames, and correspondingly have proper heft and stiffness. I too like a solid-feeling tool, be it a knife, file, or firearm.

Next time I head to SR I'll handle a few:thumbup:. I still can't justify getting a new folder any time soon. I'm still in love with my EDC's


I completely agree with you Cbear. I've said it before... and I'll say it again. I like my knives like I like my women; Thick with curves Because hey, if I wrestle with it, I don't want to feel like its going to break


Noswad0208; Can you make me a hat/ cape with one of those? I want to wear its skull as a hat, and drape its front paws over my shoulders:thumbup:

The other I would do the same kinda thing as... but use its head/ upper jaw as a cod piece then run around the woods in nothing but that! (when it gets warmer)

In all seriousness... nice catch :thumbup: Coyotes are a big problem up here too. We hand load sub sonic .303 to take care of them

 

[Guyon]

if I wrestle with it, I don't want to feel like its going to break

Female wrestlers scare me just a little.

 

[spikebot587]

I use to think spyderco's were some of the ugliest knives, until I actually got one. My first was an original manix 2 lightweight, that is dn awesome knife. I would like to get a para 2 someday though
I also really like the look of their kiwi 4

 

[zzyzzogeton]

Coyotes are predatory pests. When I go outside at night, I can hear 5 to 9 distinctive packs howling. There's a pack in every overgrown pasture and strung out along the creek.

One morning, my brother went out and was looking over his pasture. His cow-calf pairs were scattered all over the place grazing. He went inside for another cup of coffee and when he came back out a couple of minutes later, the cows were all running away from the stock tank. When he looked closely, he saw a coyote head. He went in, got a rifle, came back out and shot it. A minute or so later, another one started creeping across the pasture. He shot that one and then a few minutes later, shot a third one. When he went down there to haul them off, he found a dead calf.

His neighbor across the creek drove up on a pack feeding on a yearling. There were over 30 feeding.

Around here, coyotes are shot on sight.

 

[mountainmist]

Every spyderco I've handled has been great. Their bushcrafter is really nice for a scandi.

@Noswad- Cool Coyotes! :thumbup:

So you all were talking about cutting boards a few days ago, well, I make cuttin' boards.

Here's one I made for school today:

 

[james terrio]

Female wrestlers scare me just a little.

Me too, but it's a good kind of scary

 

[DunkEm]

So you all were talking about cutting boards a few days ago, well, I make cuttin' boards.

Here's one I made for school today:

Nice work MM!

 

[daizee]

KMG is together. Just having a mild electricity shortage now... Ran great for a minute.

 

[granitestateofmind]

In other news, personally I think almost all Spyderco folders are ugly as sin, and I can certainly see why people might get bored of/turned off by the hype and fanboyizzery that sometimes surrounds them. But I've put new scales on a couple, so I got to check 'em out for free... I gotta say, the ones I've played with were quite well-made and surprisingly comfortable and nicely-balanced in hand. My best advice is to examine them with your mitts, not just your eyes, and then decide.

Never really paid attention to the hype, but I thought they were kinda fugly, too. Then I got my first, a Manix 2 (G-10), and it was such a great cutter and so comfortable that my opinion of their appearance has changed.

My experience as well. The trick is to look at some of them individually. They make a lot of WEIRD stuff, but I'm nuts for the pair I have. Spyderco has really figured out how to get the most USEFUL handle on a small knife, and their blades are made to CUT, not pry. Mucho respect.

This, exactly. Classic "form follows function" school of design.

Ah, you're handling the wrong ones - I had the same experience here too. Skip the FRN-handled models and try one with G10. They make many models in both lightweight and 'heavy'. I think all the G10 models have steel sub-frames, and correspondingly have proper heft and stiffness. I too like a solid-feeling tool, be it a knife, file, or firearm.

This as well. Though there are times when I actually like the lightweight version. I carry a Manix 2 Lightweight in a jersey pocket when I'm out cycling. Still a solidly built knife, just not as solid feeling as the same thing in G-10.

Me too, but it's a good kind of scary

Scarousal.


In other news, I just returned from the Manchester Gun Show and met our own JWBensinger. Super nice to meet and talk knives with; he had some really impressive blades on his table.

He had one wicked hefty "kitchen" knife that I was.....you know how you get a knife in your hand and your, ah....imagination, erm, kinda...activates a little? Yeah. That kinda knife.

 

[TMHunt]

JWBensinger's gonna be at the ManchVegas gun s
how this weekend....you going? Imma try and make it over on Sunday. Tomorrow is all about the gurlz. SSAT's and baxetball....


yeah.....right. 100 to 1 says she came that way. Don't NO man believe he can train his (or anybody else's) cat.
Little women in fur coats. We were never meant to understand. But I still think you're a lucky dog for finding one that came with the options you wanted.



His is a strange language, forged in the world of geek-speak flame wars, sharpened on the grinding wheel of time and honed on the strop of mere mortals worthless backsides. The Great Bla-dee-tay is often inscrutable. He may even be saying something....important. We may never know.

Never really paid attention to the hype, but I thought they were kinda fugly, too. Then I got my first, a Manix 2 (G-10), and it was such a great cutter and so comfortable that my opinion of their appearance has changed.



This, exactly. Classic "form follows function" school of design.



This as well. Though there are times when I actually like the lightweight version. I carry a Manix 2 Lightweight in a jersey pocket when I'm out cycling. Still a solidly built knife, just not as solid feeling as the same thing in G-10.



Scarousal.


In other news, I just returned from the Manchester Gun Show and met our own JWBensinger. Super nice to meet and talk knives with; he had some really impressive blades on his table.

He had one wicked hefty "kitchen" knife that I was.....you know how you get a knife in your hand and your, ah....imagination, erm, kinda...activates a little? Yeah. That kinda knife.

Yeah, Jims a good guy, looking forward to knockin a couple back with him in June, hope he had a good show.