EDC XIII Which knife or knives are you carrying today?

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I carried and used today both a Cold Steel Code 4 with Ti colored Aluminum handle and S35VN blade
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A Benchmade 940 with the old Standard Green Aluminum handle with purple ano Ti spine / spacer ; blade thinned and fully convexed from edge to spine ; some what thin behind the edge and polished sharpening bevels .

Haha I was cutting rectangles out of the side of some double wall corrugated cardboard with the Code 4 . When I finished the blade was hot .
Cold Steel / Hot Blade . . . get it ? :rolleyes:
 
Had my CMF today. Love this thing. One of my smoothest and literally sounds like a vault when lock mech engages and disengages. But this new pen (Billetspin Oil-Slick Zirc Aether Soul Pen) is blowing my mind. Wasn’t sure about the click mech or the oil slick zirc. It’s like a dang chameleon and overall isn’t that “loud”, which I was afraid of it being. I’m pretty subtle in my collection(s) overall - color wise. Good carry day😁. Hope you all did as well!
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sharp image said:
Silat is a wonderful and powerful style. Good luck brother!!
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Sharp Image,
After more than 5 decades in the FMA and southeast asian arts of Kuntao.. I figured it is about time I start looking into the silat aspects of the Filipino Kuntao systems of Mindanao and the Philippines.. But I also have been dabbling in Mande Muda and Cimande silat for a few years, Like the old saying goes " With out silat, there is no knife and with no knife there is no silat"

Thanks for the response
 
junglefighter said:
Sharp Image,
After more than 5 decades in the FMA and southeast asian arts of Kuntao.. I figured it is about time I start looking into the silat aspects of the Filipino Kuntao systems of Mindanao and the Philippines.. But I also have been dabbling in Mande Muda and Cimande silat for a few years, Like the old saying goes " With out silat, there is no knife and with no knife there is no silat"

Thanks for the response
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Can't agree more I've studied many different styles also. Silat has a purpose for sure. No nonsense at all. My girl is studying under a master right now that goes back 5 generation to the indigenous people of the Philippines. She has started with the 1lb teardrop clubs. Learning all 16 postures and names and purposes of the postures. Her master is also a shaman in the spiritual side of the arts. It's really fun for me to watch her grow. I am sleeping with one eye open more often now.....
 
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DA170 DA170 It was an average day of fishing at a friend’s farm pond. Many tiny bass caught on the fly rod, which is fun but got monotonous after a while. He has been trying to build the biodiversity in his water and it’s slow going. However the weather, whisky, cigars and company were grand. IMG_7325.jpeg
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I discovered a fantastic carniceria aka meat market on the way home and got a massive sirloin steak cut to order to cook up for the fair lady and me for dinner.
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Beautiful little grocery section too so I bought the goods and made fresh tomatillo salsa. The David Mary David Mary River Hawk is a lime slicing cilantro thrashing beast. IMG_7337.jpeg
 
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sharp image said:
Can't agree more I've studied many different styles also. Silat has a purpose for sure. No nonsense at all. My girl is studying under a master right now that goes back 5 generation to the indigenous people of the Philippines. She has started with the 1lb teardrop clubs. Learning all 16 postures and names and purposes of the postures. Her master is also a shaman in the spiritual side of the arts. It's really fun for me to watch her grow. I am sleeping with one eye open more often now.....
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I couldn't agree with you more about having to sleep with one eye open.. I'm married to a filipina, but she hasn't trained although she does not show it when she is slicing up fish or something else like that.. During my travels to the Philippines, I have been able to train and meet several instructors from the various islands and regions of the country.. My instructor in one of the systems that I trained in was a guerrilla during ww2 and later went on to become one of the Filipino scouts that was assigned to the US military during the occupation of Japan after ww2.. I started training with him after moving out of Taiwan where I studied Kuntao for the first time ( early 70s) and moved to the Philippines during the time after we started the close down of the bases involved with the vietnam era in the early 70s.. I started training and researching silat about 15 years ago while living in the states while working for the navy at Great Lakes.. I would make the drive to Michigan where one of my instructors lived and when I continued with my Kuntao studies, I had an instructor who was a member of the LRRPs during Vietnam.. Most of my instructors have passed on now, so I am relegated to training within the systems I have been able to get..
 
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