Gayle Bradley Hard Use

i just withdrew mine from for sale.... mostly because some idiot kept telling me what he would pay in order to get me to drop down. but ive decided after this thread its much better to keep it (especially since i have one with the higher HT). Going in my pocket tomorrow!
 
Street Soldier - Here's a GB with a few others for comparison
Bradley010.jpg


Bradley012.jpg

Thanks for the pics. I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on this one.
 
I have been carrying mine for a couple of months now, thanks to this thread. No regrets, one of my all time favorites, thank you Andrew for posting this! I missed it a couple of years ago, but caught it on a search...
 
I have been carrying mine for a couple of months now, thanks to this thread. No regrets, one of my all time favorites, thank you Andrew for posting this! I missed it a couple of years ago, but caught it on a search...

You are most welcome!

The last few weeks I have been installing molding in my home. When the doors were installed by the carpenter into the rough opening, he sometimes had to trim up the sheet rock. We had already painted. This can cause the paint to form a ridge along the edge of the sheet rock which has to be trimmed off for the molding to lay down properly. So that's one of the many things I've been using my GB for of late.
IMG-20120306-01375.jpg


Andy
 
I'm sending my CQC10 to richard j tomorrow so I'll be putting my GB in my pocket. It may never leave it if the knife performs like yours.
 
I'm starting to really dislike you people, you are very bad for my bank account.
I couldn't resist, and came home with my own GB today! (I am soooo weak ;-)
 
I like the strong lock on the Gayle Bradley! After a week my hand has gotten use to it. I wonder how lefties handle closing it one handed or any other liner lock?
 
I like the strong lock on the Gayle Bradley! After a week my hand has gotten use to it. I wonder how lefties handle closing it one handed or any other liner lock?
While I'm not a lefty, I find that I can easily close it with my left hand. I'd say almost as easily as right-handed.
 
I have a Superleaf, and decided to employ it as a hard user, to be subjected to the same or similar indignities as my GB has been forced to endure.

So far I am not impressed.

Don't get me wrong; there is nothing wrong with the Superleaf, generally. It is a well designed knife made with good materials, and if you need a good strong folder, it's a fine choice.

It's just that it doesn't have M4 steel!

Lots of my Spydies have VG10. It is a decent medium use steel. It will cut cardboard and open bubble packs and that kind of thing just fine. But when exposed to cutting sheet rock for example, it just cannot compete with the M4.

Now I don't have a lot of experience with the other higher end steels which show up in Spyderco knives on occasion. But I have had quite a bit of experience using Spyderco's M4 steel, and I sure wish they would use M4 in some of their other larger knives.

Please?

Andy
 
I have a Superleaf, and decided to employ it as a hard user, to be subjected to the same or similar indignities as my GB has been forced to endure.

So far I am not impressed.

Don't get me wrong; there is nothing wrong with the Superleaf, generally. It is a well designed knife made with good materials, and if you need a good strong folder, it's a fine choice.

It's just that it doesn't have M4 steel!

Lots of my Spydies have VG10. It is a decent medium use steel. It will cut cardboard and open bubble packs and that kind of thing just fine. But when exposed to cutting sheet rock for example, it just cannot compete with the M4.

Now I don't have a lot of experience with the other higher end steels which show up in Spyderco knives on occasion. But I have had quite a bit of experience using Spyderco's M4 steel, and I sure wish they would use M4 in some of their other larger knives.

Please?

Andy

i would love a para 2 in m4!
 
:thumbup::thumbup:

Let me just get paypal first please!

i am NOT with this the para is NOT a "hard use" knife the blade and tip is way to delicate thats why m390 suits it so well i mean if you wanna try using it hard be my guest but an m4 para would be like puttin a m4 millie to hard work and i will save you the 200+ bucks it will end with a busted blade

now the m4 manix 2 sprint AAAWWW YEEEAA

a gold class/ritter griptillian with m4 would be IMHO the best "work" knife second only to a reg grippy with a nice set of handles that way you bust the blade nbd just send it to bm and get a new one for 25 bucks and if 154cm cant cut it (tee hee see what i did there) get the s30 variant with its 4% vanadium and set it to work and if you dont go the ritter route you break it its still only 25 bucks to replace

and you cannot beat the axis lock for fast easy and safe HARD use i can attest to that personally
 
i am NOT with this the para is NOT a "hard use" knife the blade and tip is way to delicate thats why m390 suits it so well i mean if you wanna try using it hard be my guest but an m4 para would be like puttin a m4 millie to hard work and i will save you the 200+ bucks it will end with a busted blade

now the m4 manix 2 sprint AAAWWW YEEEAA

a gold class/ritter griptillian with m4 would be IMHO the best "work" knife second only to a reg grippy with a nice set of handles that way you bust the blade nbd just send it to bm and get a new one for 25 bucks and if 154cm cant cut it (tee hee see what i did there) get the s30 variant with its 4% vanadium and set it to work and if you dont go the ritter route you break it its still only 25 bucks to replace

and you cannot beat the axis lock for fast easy and safe HARD use i can attest to that personally

My M4 Military tends to disagree

utf-8BSU1HLTIwMTExMTA4LTAwMTAzLmpwZw.jpg


on the farm
utf-8BSU1HLTIwMTExMTI3LTAwMTY5LmpwZw.jpg


You can guess what the knife was used for.

Proper knife care while cutting is always a must in my book. I use my knives for hard cutting chores, but dont abuse them.

My Manix M4 is MIA in the post :( hopefully it will turn up in a week or two now that they are searching for it.
 
awesome blade can take abuse like no other, I chopped ice from under the car wintertime for over 30 minutes and blade joint didn't show any sign of wear and tear
 
Back
Top