Folder with a bloody history

over here they sell little plastic drop-in inserts for languioles, kinda u-shaped, which you push into the blade channel. see them on ebay while trolling. haven't used them myself, but i also NEVER let anyone else touch my knives anymore.

did that once in my youth, told him it was sharp, he proceeded to almost amputate his finger while testing the edge, said i was right, it was sharp & gave it back before heading to sickbay, never did find out why he wanted to borrow it.
 
You can see good pictures and fair descriptions of all these knives at www.cutlerytogo.com but their prices may be slightly high.

The good old American Texas toothpick is similar in shape to the Laguiole or navaja. The Cold Steel Vaquero line are modernized navajas, which was originally an Arab design, from Spain's days after the Muslim conquest.
 
Kronck and sarge, thanks for the heads up on both the insert and the larger model with the built in stop; both items were news to me. I have never heard anyone else complain about the original design, and had no clue until I got mine about 5 years ago; one would think that they would evolved to fix this. Other than the one goofy thing I love 'em.
 
A couple of my slipjoints, including two Laguioles, close with such a snap that I always close them by holding the blade all the way back in. This automatically eliminates damage. I nearly lost a fingertip to one of them. SNAP !!!
 
Just ordered five of the big Okapis from Ragnar. At ten bucks a pop they'll make great "stocking stuffers" for the guys in my family. Just have to make sure everybody gets along, don't want any knife fights breaking out at mom and dad's house. :eek: :rolleyes: :D

Sarge
 
Sarge, given the dull edge they come with from the factory, nobody will get hurt if you don't sharpen them first! :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Sarge, given the dull edge they come with from the factory, nobody will get hurt if you don't sharpen them first! :D
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Many old timers will remember when most production knives came that way, the assumption was that the customer would sharpen the knife to an edge profile of his choosing. As sharpening one's own knife became a less and less common skill, demand increased for knife manufacturers to produce knives that were sharp "right out of the box". Never fails to amaze me how many people walk around with a dull knife in their pocket, because they consider knife sharpening to be some mysterious process of lost lore. There's a fellow runs a knife sharpening booth at a monthly gun show I frequent. His customers stand there in rapt amazement as he whips an edge on their knife with a grinder, slack belt, and buffer. My old daddy would not be impressed.

Sarge
 
I can't imagine letting someone else sharpen my knives.
 
I can't either. I always try to recommend a Sharpmaker or similar skill to newbies looking for a good knife. What's a use of a good, dull knife?

Besides someone else sharpening your really good knife as if it's a kitchen knife, tearing up the edge and scarring the flats, what kind of an edge will he put on it? I like the choice of toothy or polished or more obtuse, depending on what I'm going to use it for.
 
aproy1101 said:
I can't imagine letting someone else sharpen my knives.
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Sharpening a new knife is more than half the fun of getting it, when you do, you bond to the knife & make it uniquely yours.
 
A quick note on the okapi. From what i've read, the okapis were the ratchet knives of the jamaican thugs in the kingston slums in the 6o's and 70's. they were the rudeboy's weapon of choice. Many older reggae songs refer to them, and Michael thelwell's book, The Harder They Come has a great description of the gunslinger-like panache and flair with which the rudies brandished them. An interesting side note. My $.02
 
Here's another folder that's had a "colorful" past.



The French "Douk-Douk" made in about three sizes and one spear-point type....
just look it up they got used! :eek:

I just ordered a stainless version :D
 
I love mine, I have it in my pocket in a 'Benchmade' case that probably cost me more than the knife... Great knife...
 
Krull said:
Here's another folder that's had a "colorful" past.



The French "Douk-Douk" made in about three sizes and one spear-point type....
just look it up they got used! :eek:

I just ordered a stainless version :D
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Wow, those are great! Where did you find them?
 
There's another pocketknife from Fl.that also has a "bloody past".The HAWKBILL,farmworkers carried a long narrow folder(MELON TESTER),CITY Blacks carrIed swithblades for stabbing & razors for slashing.Countryboys(Black & White)carried Hawkbills.One of my Instructors(70yrs.old) told me it's history & taught me how to use one.At one time there were only two people who had a Spyderco Civilian in Fl.me & a SEAL! A Hawkbill doesn't cut it RIPS!!
Mentioned this before "ALL" those that say "cutting"isn't effIcient,go stand in a certain gravyard in Pompano Fl.&tell all those killed by a Hawk to stand up cause "they"ain't dead! LOL!
THE DUCK!:cool:
 
Kukri4302 said:
There's another pocketknife from Fl.that also has a "bloody past".The HAWKBILL,farmworkers carried a long narrow folder(MELON TESTER),CITY Blacks carrIed swithblades for stabbing & razors for slashing.Countryboys(Black & White)carried Hawkbills.One of my Instructors(70yrs.old) told me it's history & taught me how to use one.At one time there were only two people who had a Spyderco Civilian in Fl.me & a SEAL! A Hawkbill doesn't cut it RIPS!!
Mentioned this before "ALL" those that say "cutting"isn't effIcient,go stand in a certain gravyard in Pompano Fl.&tell all those killed by a Hawk to stand up cause "they"ain't dead! LOL!
THE DUCK!:cool:
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Well I'll be hogtied and forced to eat instant grits, how the he&& you been you danged old knucklehead? You're right about hawkbills, lots of guys toted 'em back when I was in high school, and not for cutting baling twine especially.
Hope you're getting along well, been too long since we heard from you. I could use some, uh, "mentoring". Gettin' to be plumb sorry, done grew a beard and don't keep up on my PT like I ought to. Could still outrun you draggin' a dead cat on a string though. Bwaaaaaa. . . . . .:D

Sarge
 
the tool you carry the most, is the one you use the most...

cheap, sharp, disposable, useupable... probably accounts for many of the numbers.

i'm sure more than a few people have been dispatched with cheap country style machete type blades down in south america... a friend of mine that is an anthro/archeo lowgist phd thang routinely come back with a couple toys - 30ish in, hand made machetes, razor sharp, cost? $5, with a nice sheath (nice than what comes with many i see for sale). usable. practical. makes the TSA notice it in your bag. also makes a good gift.

quite the job too. jungle hacking for 3 hours, to reach a 3x3 foot area, of which everything is cleared, and then they're "allowed" to dig a bit, and they go back to the camp. not much glory, but lots of arm exercise.

bladite
 
jamesraykenney said:
Wow, those are great! Where did you find them?
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Here's the place with the best price.http://www.szaboinc.com/index1.html
click on "edged"and scroll all the way down to the bottom.

Only the large and spear-points are stainless the others are carbon,the small and large are $20 and the ex-large is $50 not bad really :D the large also come in carbon if you want.

My intrest is 1 the foreign legion used it 2 I'm French anyway so might as well see how my kin does making knives! :D

Oh yes Algerians used them to slice necks! so...."colorful"
 
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