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I have an older replica of the 1217 with a sharpened clip but wasn't sure how legal it was and so never took it hiking. I ordered one of the modern ones. Delivery was scheduled for Thursday the 18th. I got up a wee bit behind schedule and needed to hurry in order to get a hike in before it got too hot. I dressed hurriedly and then went out to get the morning paper and there was the 1217. UPS must have delivered it last night. I opened up the box and got it out. Might as well take it hiking. I slipped it out of the card board covering, must have bumped the blade ever so slightly against one of my fingers, and pushed the knife in its sheath. I grabbed up the knife and paper and started back up stairs. It was then I noticed that the paper had blood on it. The little bump against the blade had sliced one of my fingers.
I stopped to marvel at how sharp the blade was and look at my finger -- not too bad, a little Merthiolate and a band-aid would take care of it. Then into my mind popped the words from some old Samurai movie: "A warrior mustn't draw his blade without the shedding of blood," and I wondered about the wording in the original. Did it mean that the warrior ought not to draw his sword if he didn't intend to shed someone's blood? Or did it mean that the blade was so sharp he wouldn't be able to get it out of its scabbard without cutting himself? Not only is this 1217 sharper than any knife I recall getting but the tip is pointier and needle sharp. But I managed to hike a bit this morning without shedding any more blood.
Lawrence
I stopped to marvel at how sharp the blade was and look at my finger -- not too bad, a little Merthiolate and a band-aid would take care of it. Then into my mind popped the words from some old Samurai movie: "A warrior mustn't draw his blade without the shedding of blood," and I wondered about the wording in the original. Did it mean that the warrior ought not to draw his sword if he didn't intend to shed someone's blood? Or did it mean that the blade was so sharp he wouldn't be able to get it out of its scabbard without cutting himself? Not only is this 1217 sharper than any knife I recall getting but the tip is pointier and needle sharp. But I managed to hike a bit this morning without shedding any more blood.
Lawrence
