CPK: Carothers Performance Knives Purchasing Ethos, Methods & Protocols:

This post basically sums up all my "lessons learned" from my first 3 months of trial and error on this forum. Great job!

 

a Freudian slip, perhaps?

 

My Freudian slip is showing? That's just hoardable.

Good comeback, Lorien, lol.

Bob

 

Excellent explanations, Mat. Answers probably every question a new visitor might have.

Bob

 

I guess I will wait for the FK2 and pay normal price for one!

 

Good idea

 

Good idea. I only have 10. I can’t let any go.

 

Justin, I know the feeling.

 

Well, yall must have deep pockets to be able to spend that kind of money on knives just to look at them! I'm a user all the way and if I don't use it, then it's on the chopping block!

 

^Aw, no problem, I took out a home equity loan on my island.

 

Here's an example of some use...some of Alabama's finest, fragrant wood! @ManOfSteel89

 

That's what I hear...

 

Yeah, I am really lovin' the darkness of those scales.

 

I'm going to take some contrast pictures for you later, to show you the nature of micarta....and how it responds to cleaning! Stay tuned, you're going to see a drastic difference in looks!

 

Yup, bet it looks almost the same way as you received it after some soap and water

 

Excellent. Even if it lightens, it'll show what can be done, with the right oil or whatever, to effect color change

 

The handles the way you see them above, is how it looks normally from day to day handling.

 

I'll take some before and after shots to really show the difference!