EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

ChazzyP said:
I like that Grip of yours a lot! I've had 3 sets of igordeds. I had a 550BK/555BK matching pair in what Igor calls his Random Pattern in orange G10--similar to Anso's but more, well, random--which I sold as I couldn't bear to mark their blades up. I still have a set of his OD Micarta's on my 551SBK which has been a work knife for a long time and is plenty marked up.

IIRC Igor's last name is Dedzula and he is from Russia. His vendor page at the Big Auction Site has his work as "from Serbia" but his FB contact info is still listed as a .ru email, so my guess is he's still in Russia but is able to get his work out and payment in via Serbia. His Facebook page appears to be active, though his last post was some months ago. He had a forum thread here for quite a few years that is currently not open for for further replies.

His work is excellent, quite reasonably priced, and I had very some cordial communication with him when I custom ordered those orange scales some years back.
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Ahh, thanks for the more detailed information on the Igorded scales. Thanks for the compliment on them, I agree that he makes great scales and is slept on a lot! Not many people make multiple material Grip scales, or scales with multiple materials in general really. Just a small sub-section of the custom scale makers, and I agree that he's quite reasonable.

I like your Wilkins scales on your Ritter Grips by the way! He's the other big Grip scale maker that goes under the radar. At least now days, as you know he used to be quite popular back in the day, and I don't think he's making them anymore. I've got 2 sets of Wilkins scales, a Ti set for my one Mini Grip, and a Jade G10 set for another Mini Grip.

Brothers in Grip! 🍻

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And this pic was before I swapped the blades between the two.

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Carried these on my outside meanderings. Love the Cuda, and this Wuben L50 light is really surprisingly good. I bought one for my dad for Christmas a few years ago. He liked it so much that he bought one for everyone in my family, including myself. It's just a great no nonsense rechargeable light with about 5 brightness levels. He's used it every night for the past few years for at least an hour a day. He loves it, although the battery has gotten so bad on his that he only gets about that 1 hour out of it anymore before having to charge again. Although he has, I think kept it on the charger 24/7 unless he's using it, so I'd imagine that's tough on it.

By the way, if anyone is familiar with this light and can recommend a replacement 18650 battery for it, I'd be pumped to hear it. Wuben sells a replacement battery for it, but they've been sold out since Christmas. It's an 18650 battery, yet it's a tiny bit longer than the 18650 batteries that I've found for sale, even the ones with the button top. It's been kind of confusing trying to find a replacement battery for him. Thanks.
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lzeplin said:
He's doing good thanks for asking! My county (Yancey) here in western NC got destroyed from Hurricane Helene, fishing really took a hit. Our land and home is fine, but everything close to water is gone. We've never had anything like this before, in two days we received 23, 1/2" inches of rain, some areas had 30" inches we were without power, for 13 days, even no cell service for 8 days. We still don't have cable Internet, I'm on a starlink now. No one was prepared for this.

Tennessee wasnt hit nearly as hard, and there fishing is still decent. The water was so powerful that it would just grind cars and trucks up so bad that there unrecognizable, plus all the landslides and 80+ MPH winds. You can't even walk in the woods anymore from all the blow downs, it will never be the same here again.
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Important thing is you and your family are safe. Hurricanes damage in many ways. I tell people in the North, I will take a blizzard over a hurricane any time. I have lived through both. Neither are fun but seems blizzards damage less.
 
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