4th of July Knife - What are you carrying?

smcclown05 said:
Nice! I had an earlier Beast but I think TSF knives have improved quite a bit over the years. Love that blue too!
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The quality of this TSF Beast is great, however the Queen produced Northwoods has a pretty bad blade grind, so bad that it rubs. I also have the Queen 69 in D2 and the Shatt & Morgan barlow in ATS-34 which share the same queen frame and they also have fit and finish issues. I don't mind since they're users and get carried regularly, but you would hope Queen could come a little bit closer to GEC. My TC and 77 are unbelievable when you put them next to the Queen produced barlows.
 
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Pulled out the Sb jr. for yesterday with it being made in America and all.

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Had this one one me. Today, too. :)

Seems like a popular choice!

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ScottG said:
The quality of this TSF Beast is great, however the Queen produced Northwoods has a pretty bad blade grind, so bad that it rubs. I also have the Queen 69 in D2 and the Shatt & Morgan barlow in ATS-34 which share the same queen frame and they also have fit and finish issues. I don't mind since they're users and get carried regularly, but you would hope Queen could come a little bit closer to GEC. My TC and 77 are unbelievable when you put them next to the Queen produced barlows.
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I purchased one of the fire & wire Schatt & Moragan's (#22) in elk and ATS-34 at Blade. The knife is just about perfect and each of the few S&M's I have purchased in the last couple of years have had excellent fit and finish, and I might add a nicely sharpened blade versus the Queens of a few years ago. They have been every bit as good as a the GEC slip joints I have purchased in the last few years. The Daniels are doing a lot better with Queen since they purchased the company in terms of QA/QC issues. I know they are trying.

Oh, I carried my usual SAK on July 4th.
 
I had my rainbow leek, a gift from my son, and a couple of Opinels, a No.6 for whittling with my grandson (plus a No.6 Inox to replace his that I lost the lock ring for) and my new No. 10 Slim in olive wood.
 
It was like a war zone in my neighborhood on July 3rd and 4th with all the fireworks. Some people spent a lot of money. The high shooting rockets are expensive. I think I would rather buy a few knives myself.
 
22-rimfire said:
It was like a war zone in my neighborhood on July 3rd and 4th with all the fireworks. Some people spent a lot of money. The high shooting rockets are expensive. I think I would rather buy a few knives myself.
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Yeah but, when it's a joint account and you want knives but she wants shoes, a pretty good compromise is just buy a bunch of fireworks instead and have a blast ;)
 
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