Doug Ritter RSK MKII - SHIPPED !! - was:Don't Spend All Your Holiday Cash Just Yet...

I've moved over from a user/collector mentality to a user mentality about my knives, but I am still sorely tempted to order another because of the possibility of the limited run. However, it would just sit in a lock box, and I'd rather someone else get that "second" knife, try it out, and post praise (like I expect to with my first one). That dynamic is what will keep this model going.
 
Critter said:
Actually, given the sheath issues, it's more likely to up than down. :(
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Okay, you may have just swung me toward a second one. :p

ETA: Doug, can you answer a question I have about the knife? Do the balancing inserts sit flush with the tang, or do they stick out a little?
I'm contemplating micarta scales for this knife (which will be heavier than Grivory anyway), and I wonder if I'll have to remove the inserts, or possibly mod the micarta.
 
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Guyon said:
I've moved over from a user/collector mentality to a user mentality about my knives, but I am still sorely tempted to order another because of the possibility of the limited run. However, it would just sit in a lock box, and I'd rather someone else get that "second" knife, try it out, and post praise (like I expect to with my first one). That dynamic is what will keep this model going.
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that's why i've only bought the one (for now). i figure someone will sell theirs later, as a user :)


Guyon said:
Okay, you may have just swung me toward a second one. :p
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then again ;)

how about an option of shipping with either no sheath, or an specops sheaths or an ESEE sheath? many options. heck, even kydex.
 
Bladite said:
how about an option of shipping with either no sheath, or an specops sheaths or an ESEE sheath? many options. heck, even kydex.
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I was actually serious about being fine without the stock sheath. I already have ordered a Spec-Ops short for this knife. On the Camillus knives, once I upgraded sheaths, I never had any impulse to go back to the stock version.
 
Guyon said:
Doug, can you answer a question I have about the knife? Do the balancing inserts sit flush with the tang, or do they stick out a little?
I'm contemplating micarta scales for this knife (which will be heavier than Grivory anyway), and I wonder if I'll have to remove the inserts, or possibly mod the micarta.
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They stick out. You would have to drill relief holes in the Micrataif you left them in. I strongly suspect you'll want the weights removed with Micarta, but as I haven't any to test with, I cannot say that from experience.

Remember that with the weights in the knife has neutral balance. So keeping the weights and adding heavier handles would really move the balance towards the handle a significant amount.
 
Bladite said:
how about an option of shipping with either no sheath, or an specops sheaths or an ESEE sheath? many options. heck, even kydex.
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:eek::eek::eek::eek: Not going to happen. Logistical nightmare. This is a business, even if it's not much of one. :rolleyes:

Sheaths are the bane of knifemakers. A royal PITA at best, always a compromise.
 
Guyon said:
I was actually serious about being fine without the stock sheath. I already have ordered a Spec-Ops short for this knife. On the Camillus knives, once I upgraded sheaths, I never had any impulse to go back to the stock version.
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Sorry, but that just doesn't work. Some very few semi-production knife manufacturers have succeeded in selling knives without sheaths. We don't feel that it is practical for us.
 
Critter said:
They stick out. You would have to drill relief holes in the Micrataif you left them in. I strongly suspect you'll want the weights removed with Micarta, but as I haven't any to test with, I cannot say that from experience.

Remember that with the weights in the knife has neutral balance. So keeping the weights and adding heavier handles would really move the balance towards the handle a significant amount.
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Got it. Thank you. Well, it may be that I keep the Grivory on this one. Whatever the case, I'm going to play with it a little before I put micarta on it. I think I'm getting some micarta scales from Ethan, and if that's the case, I can test it out before ordering any dedicated micarta.

Doug, I know you're probably standing on your head, but I'm a patient person. Like I said in another thread, what's a few more weeks when you've been waiting years?
 
I can post pics of Bladite's first one. Because I've always suspected he's covertly in my house, touching my knives, I've had to fight back with hidden webcams all over his place.
 
Guyon said:
I can post pics of Bladite's first one. Because I've always suspected he's covertly in my house, touching my knives, I've had to fight back with hidden webcams all over his place.
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i moved all the cameras to a russian bath house for hairy men down the road :)

enjoy!
 
Are you trying to say my chicken looks flamboyant?
Lesser transgressions have resulted in pecked eyes and pooped-on rugs.
 
Guyon said:
Are you trying to say my chicken looks flamboyant?
Lesser transgressions have resulted in pecked eyes and pooped-on rugs.
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i raised ducks and poultry when i was a kid. we even had a pair of "house chickens" - very pretty Black fancy things. paper trained. mostly :)

those russians aren't worried about no peckers :)
 
Oh..... I broke! Unless Knife Works is taking more pre-orders than they will have knives, I'm signed up for one now! I just have a soft spot for spear point blades!
 
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