The Tourist
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One of the elders in my church has invited some of the members up to his cabin in the Upper Peninsula for a long weekend. The word 'cabin' is a generic implication, the place has a great heater and a shower.
I wanted to take stuff I didn't have to worry about, so a stainless steel rifle is in order. I needed camp knives.
One of my friends is a Buck salesman, and I get to pick from his rotating stock at great prices. I needed a folder, a kitchen or camp knife and an axe. The axe I got from Menard's.
He had a Buck 110 for the folder. It was one of those 'Ion Fusion' models where only one side was sharpened. The bolsters had been handled so much you couldn't tell where the brown of the wooden grips met the 'brown' of the brass. I gambled, he wanted 15 bucks for the sample.
Yikes, it took only 20 minutes with the Nevr-Dull to make the brass gleam like gold! Even that faint 'orange peel' was removed! It just glistened! The blade has a faint golden sheen, I'd guess from some type of titanium plating. In a few minutes on the Edge Pro, the beveled side gleamed, then it got a hard stropping. I was reluctant about the chisel grind edge, but it floated through newspaper.
The fixed knife was one of their new Alpha Hunter models. It's solid bar stock with walnut grips. It comes in a leather sheath like a belt knife, but the shape is closer to a Japanese Hai Hocho kitchen knife. The bevel was crooked and needed a slight re-profiling and a quick polish. It slices smoothly.
I paid 40 bucks for the two knives worth 150 dollars at a B&M store. I had to invest a little over an hour of sweat equity in sharpening, re-profiling and polishing. The knives look brand new. If I drop them, ding them or if a buddy wants one of them, I have no losses. Plus, my 'good stuff' stays safe at home even though I will be well served. A very good deal.
I wanted to take stuff I didn't have to worry about, so a stainless steel rifle is in order. I needed camp knives.
One of my friends is a Buck salesman, and I get to pick from his rotating stock at great prices. I needed a folder, a kitchen or camp knife and an axe. The axe I got from Menard's.
He had a Buck 110 for the folder. It was one of those 'Ion Fusion' models where only one side was sharpened. The bolsters had been handled so much you couldn't tell where the brown of the wooden grips met the 'brown' of the brass. I gambled, he wanted 15 bucks for the sample.
Yikes, it took only 20 minutes with the Nevr-Dull to make the brass gleam like gold! Even that faint 'orange peel' was removed! It just glistened! The blade has a faint golden sheen, I'd guess from some type of titanium plating. In a few minutes on the Edge Pro, the beveled side gleamed, then it got a hard stropping. I was reluctant about the chisel grind edge, but it floated through newspaper.
The fixed knife was one of their new Alpha Hunter models. It's solid bar stock with walnut grips. It comes in a leather sheath like a belt knife, but the shape is closer to a Japanese Hai Hocho kitchen knife. The bevel was crooked and needed a slight re-profiling and a quick polish. It slices smoothly.
I paid 40 bucks for the two knives worth 150 dollars at a B&M store. I had to invest a little over an hour of sweat equity in sharpening, re-profiling and polishing. The knives look brand new. If I drop them, ding them or if a buddy wants one of them, I have no losses. Plus, my 'good stuff' stays safe at home even though I will be well served. A very good deal.
