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Long time listener, first time caller.
I bought a Rough Rider Large Elephant-toenail, because hey, ten bucks. I fell in love with it so hard, it broke my heart when it started to fall to pieces after a month of EDC. Slim, yet with real heft to the blade, and balanced neatly when open, like it was built for my hand. Razor sharp. It actually supplanted an Opinel No. 8 Garden Knife that was my daily companion for almost 5 years, and that took some doing.
My wife, wish-granting sprite that she is, took pity on me and told me she'd get me "a real one" for my berfday, which is rapidly approaching. So, this means a GEC #36 Sunfish! (The Ka-Bar is a bit too spendy.)
I grew up with a variety of SAK's, and never used the little blade on any o' them... the can opener was my box-opening go-to. I went through a tactical folder phase as a young man, as we all do, and the Opinels that came after likewise only had one blade.
So, what do you use the little blade for? If it were a wharncliffe or sheepsfoot blade, the answer is obvious - for whittling, box opening, tinder-shaving, &c. But what about the stubby little spearpoint on a #36 sunfish?
I like the completely non-tactical look and feel of the two-blade knife. I am so far removed from being tactical I can't even see it on a clear day. But would I be better off with the single-blade EZ-Open, which is easier to maintain and easier to, well, open?
What do you use a little spearpoint blade for?
I bought a Rough Rider Large Elephant-toenail, because hey, ten bucks. I fell in love with it so hard, it broke my heart when it started to fall to pieces after a month of EDC. Slim, yet with real heft to the blade, and balanced neatly when open, like it was built for my hand. Razor sharp. It actually supplanted an Opinel No. 8 Garden Knife that was my daily companion for almost 5 years, and that took some doing.
My wife, wish-granting sprite that she is, took pity on me and told me she'd get me "a real one" for my berfday, which is rapidly approaching. So, this means a GEC #36 Sunfish! (The Ka-Bar is a bit too spendy.)
I grew up with a variety of SAK's, and never used the little blade on any o' them... the can opener was my box-opening go-to. I went through a tactical folder phase as a young man, as we all do, and the Opinels that came after likewise only had one blade.
So, what do you use the little blade for? If it were a wharncliffe or sheepsfoot blade, the answer is obvious - for whittling, box opening, tinder-shaving, &c. But what about the stubby little spearpoint on a #36 sunfish?
I like the completely non-tactical look and feel of the two-blade knife. I am so far removed from being tactical I can't even see it on a clear day. But would I be better off with the single-blade EZ-Open, which is easier to maintain and easier to, well, open?
What do you use a little spearpoint blade for?
