EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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maxjeg said:
There is no such word in the Russian language. The name of this knife uses the English word "snatch". Apparently, this is black humor from Alexander. After all, this knife used a lock patented by Benchmade. And the master stole it.
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Thanks for the quote, reply, and input maxjeg.

Have you seen that knife somewhere with the name "snatch"? All I'd seen naming it "Snach" was the original seller's listing, followed by the subsequent seller's listing. I know that's not a Russian word. What I posited was the original lister using English alphabet letter equivalents to approximate as closely as possible a Russian pronunciation. Again, even though it's not a Russian word, type "Snach" into the Russian side of the Google Translate app opposite the to English side and see that it says "Translating снах" below. Hit the speaker icon (pronunciation) to listen, then replace "Snach" with "снах", hit the speaker again, and also note that below "снах" it says "snakh", type that in and hit speaker. All three pronounce the same and all three translate to "dream" on the English side. Maybe this is just a stretch, though....

As far as the lock patent goes, it was held, not by Benchmade, but by its creators, McHenry and Williams as Mentor Group LLC, who licensed its use to BMK, who subsequently trademarked it as the AXIS lock. The patent ran from July 1996 and expired in July 2016. Russia did not continue with its ratification of previous international patent agreements after the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 and its obligations as signator to two subsequent international agreements are somewhat difficult to ascertain, perhaps regarding only trade re intellectual property and uniform internal patent application procedures. Perhaps, if the English name for this knife is indeed Snatch, then it would be some amusingly black humor from Alex, although he did produce several other differently named models using the sliding bar lock both before and after.

More to the point, I looked around again today for another knife like mine and found some at a Russian dealer that I do not favor despite them having customers on this side of the pond. Those knives have the same handle shape, scales, and locking mechanism as mine with differently configured clips and full flat ground blades. The several there are "not available" and each is listed as a "Scout". Looking at my knife in question next to my two frame lock Scouts, the handles are all but identically shaped aside from a slight difference at the butt and the accommodation for thumb studs at the other end. Perhaps what I have here is indeed an early Scout.

I just now Googled "Axis lock Cheburkov Scout" before posting and found a few other iterations with handle shapes and locks like mine, but with different blade grinds and scales--all called Scout--so, after all that searching and my two walls of text these last couple days, here's today's carry--my sliding bar lock Scout (?) again.

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TheFactor said:
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@GovernorJosh Here are the pictures for you my friend. Warning ⚠️ Let it be known I would never pass as a hand model 😆
Also for comparison I wear a medium glove but probably extra wide in width. I’ve been told I have big mitts but that was from the opposite sex 🤣
Anyway this knife is very comfortable in hand for me especially for a smaller knife with no hot spots.
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Nice knife.
The "Never Retreat" rocks. I actually like it as much or more than the knife.
 
Good evening BF!

It's the Smith & Wesson Performance Center R8 & Hinderer XM24 on deck for this evening! I can't think of a better pairing...with R8 on the right hip, and the XM24 in the left pocket.
Both are 100% Laser Beams, dialed in at a level-5.

The R8 running on either Gold Dot or Hydra-Shok 158 Grain .357mag Hollow Point & the XM24 with its CPM-20CV scoring <70 on the BESS Sharpness Meter.


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LimpCroissant said:
Top a the evenin to ya my friends! 🎩

Got Fat man and Little Boy today.
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Good pairing my friend.
denverknifeguy said:
Good evening BF!

It's the R8 & XM24 on deck for this evening! I can't think of a better pairing...with R8 on the right hip, and the XM24 in the left pocket.
Both are 100% Laser Beams, dialed in at a level-5.

The R8 running on either Gold Dot or Hydra-Shok 158 Grain .357mag Hollow Point & the XM24 scoring <70 on the BESS Sharpness Meter.


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Wow. The R8 looks like a joy to shoot.
Must resist the urge to hit gun sites and look
 
denverknifeguy said:
Good evening BF!

It's the R8 & XM24 on deck for this evening! I can't think of a better pairing...with R8 on the right hip, and the XM24 in the left pocket.
Both are 100% Laser Beams, dialed in at a level-5.

The R8 running on either Gold Dot or Hydra-Shok 158 Grain .357mag Hollow Point & the XM24 scoring <70 on the BESS Sharpness Meter.


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