EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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I was going to drop the first of two tall oaks in our side yard today, but ended up spending most of the afternoon blowing both saws out, tuning, and getting them started. The Jonsered CS2258 is the "new" one--bigger, faster, and lighter--maybe 6 years old now, and had been put aside without any attention since last summer. The Jonny 49SP--old reliable at 48 years and still chugging along--hadn't been run for maybe a year longer and didn't want to start. That one got some extra attention, lube, and carb cleaner and got running OK, though I should still tune the carb Hi, Low, and Idle screws as they seem to have been set for Vermont. Here's Old 49 before cleaning on this Skinny Slicer Saturday.

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The two chains I've got for the newer saw both needed sharpening, but not wanting to take the time, I ran uptown and bought two new ones as I can always use a couple more spares. That ended up being two trips as my friend Jim at the hardware store sold me the wrong ones. After all that I didn't get that tree down anyway, but made a couple passes on a stump on our other lot just to see how the 2258 was cutting and to start breaking in the new chain..

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RugerNurse said:
How hard was it to remove the bump next to the choil?
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It was very easy. Unlike many other models from Spyderco, that bump is all scale. I started with a basic dremel sanding bit. (I forget the actual grit but it is relatively coarse.) I gently touched it down to near where I wanted. Then I finished by hand with a couple of grits. You'll lose part of the raised border that encloses the raised hexagon pattern but you can round over your new scale edge right into the hexagons. It is very comfortable now. :)

Definitely do this with the scales off. Aside from not exposing the liners, there are a few small shafts in the FRN that you don't want to hit.
 
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