A so called expert hunter/outdoorsman is interviewed for an article on knives and he makes the statement about carbon blades being junk due to rusting while being caught in a hard rainfall but the gun he is posing for the article with is carbon and not stainless? Most of my hunting knives are stainless only because it's hard to get good carbon blades these days in hunters but i would never go into the wilderness with only a stainless blade.
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That should tell you just how much these gun/knife/outdoor magazine writers actually know. 
These people make a living on a keyboard, and the articles they write are specifically written to sell the products of the companies that advertise in their magazines.
Read an article about testing a product in a gun/knife/outdoor magazine, and then look at the next page! Lo and behold! It's a full page advertisement for the product that was just tested.
Coincidence??? I don't think so!
These people make a living on a keyboard, and the articles they write are specifically written to sell the products of the companies that advertise in their magazines.
Read an article about testing a product in a gun/knife/outdoor magazine, and then look at the next page! Lo and behold! It's a full page advertisement for the product that was just tested.
Coincidence??? I don't think so!
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Most firearms are also blued, which helps prevent rusting. The others are stainless. In my experience, most hunters will spend the better part of a day cleaing every surface of a firearm, but will do little more than wipe a blade on a pant leg before putting it away for the night or the season. It seems like all of the focus is on the gear for the hunt, but after the hunt is largly ingored.
Those writers toting Sako rifles topped with Swarovski optics are usually carrying some piece of Winchester brand scrap metal posing as a knife.
For what it is worth, who ever writes the gear columns for Field and Stream has a hard on for mora knives, and most of them are carbon steel.
Those writers toting Sako rifles topped with Swarovski optics are usually carrying some piece of Winchester brand scrap metal posing as a knife.
For what it is worth, who ever writes the gear columns for Field and Stream has a hard on for mora knives, and most of them are carbon steel.
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Ask a dedicated 'gun nut' what a knife is and the answer will probably be something like "It's just a sharp bit of steel." Ask him what rifle he's carrying and you are VERY unlikely to be simply told that "It's a Tikka in .270 Win." 
5 minutes or so will go by whilst he tells you ALL about his rifle, the options he has on it and the mods he's done/had done to it, what ammo he used to use and why he changed to the stuff he's using now (and how wonderful it all is) etc etc.
What did you expect ? He's a gun nut !
Ask a knife knut what his rifle is and it'll likely be "A t Tikka in .270 Win", Ah... you ask "Whats that knife on your belt?" and sit back for 5 minutes whilst he tells you all about it, the steel type, the composition of the steel and why he thinks it's the best thing since knapped flint, the handle material, who made the custom sheath for him etc etc.
Guess which 'type' of guy the magazines have write their articles about shooting ?
If I want advice on guns, I'll ask a gunsmith. If I want to know about knives, I ask a bladesmith. The guys who write the articles you are on about are usually very well informed indeed when it comes to their 'pet' subject, but couldn't tell a Gene Ingram from a Cold Steel Tanto or a Sebenza from a $3.99 Chinese fingernail cleaner....
Each to their own.
5 minutes or so will go by whilst he tells you ALL about his rifle, the options he has on it and the mods he's done/had done to it, what ammo he used to use and why he changed to the stuff he's using now (and how wonderful it all is) etc etc.
What did you expect ? He's a gun nut !
Ask a knife knut what his rifle is and it'll likely be "A t Tikka in .270 Win", Ah... you ask "Whats that knife on your belt?" and sit back for 5 minutes whilst he tells you all about it, the steel type, the composition of the steel and why he thinks it's the best thing since knapped flint, the handle material, who made the custom sheath for him etc etc.
Guess which 'type' of guy the magazines have write their articles about shooting ?
If I want advice on guns, I'll ask a gunsmith. If I want to know about knives, I ask a bladesmith. The guys who write the articles you are on about are usually very well informed indeed when it comes to their 'pet' subject, but couldn't tell a Gene Ingram from a Cold Steel Tanto or a Sebenza from a $3.99 Chinese fingernail cleaner....
Each to their own.
My viewpoint is that the whole "carbon steel will rust" mentality is flawed. I carried a carbon Opinel in Arkansas outdoors for several years. Soaking rains, saturating sweat, and steaming heat. I never coated it or treated it with anything, and it never rusted. Imagine that...
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Hey Alex, ask a "knife nut" what kind of rifle he is carrying and you will probably get the same long winded explanation of mods, ammo, ballistics, and "war stories" that you will from a "gun nut". The difference is that a "gun nut" carrying a knife is a "gun nut", but a "knife nut" carrying a rifle is likely a "gear nut" and searches extensively for the gear and equipment that is the best for his application. Let's face it, what kind of knife is minutia to most people. Ask him/her about his/her boots, jacket, or polypro long jons and you will get the same sort of answer.
Bob, I've got a O1 camp knife that lives in its leather sheath and has not one bit of rust. Of course, I'll go to clean my deer this weekend (crossed fingers) and pull out a rusty stub of tang from the sheath now that I said that, but so far nothing.
Bob, I've got a O1 camp knife that lives in its leather sheath and has not one bit of rust. Of course, I'll go to clean my deer this weekend (crossed fingers) and pull out a rusty stub of tang from the sheath now that I said that, but so far nothing.