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I thought I'd pass along a few of my thoughts and share in the fun I've been having.
After inquiring about Emerson's on this forum, I bought a few. Started with the "Snubby" which I liked out of the box. As good a production knife as I've gotten...with the little "personality" touch of having a clip that looks like it had been on the knife for 5 years. So what? That gives some character to the knife that I enjoy (similar to what I've found on Perrin's work).
The fun really started when I practiced the "wave." Took a while, and nearly had the hang of it when I put on a new down vest as I was preparing to head out. "Waved" the 'snubby' one more time before I went out the door and was standing in the room with feathers flying around. My first thought was: "How did I kill a chicken?" Nice slice in the vest, which I repaired with tape and then set off to face the world, laughing my butt off.
Once I examined and liked the CQC-14, I ordered and sent a CQC-7 to my goddaughter in the USAF. I'd sent her a Strider and a Perrin, and this one will enhance that company. The guys she serves with give her crap about getting knives from her godfather and her dad, but she loves it and gives better than she gets.
Ordered several of the "Pirate" caps off the Emerson site and when my friend (goddaughter's dad), a former Navy Pilot (mid 1970's vintage) came to visit, we donned the caps and went down to visit a woman in the city who has an expresso cart and plays "pirate" once a year in honor of her school mascot. I gave her a cap, and the three of us we sat around (outside in front of her cart) over coffee for a couple of minutes doing the "har har matey" bit with "pirate" caps on our noggins.
With the caps came the Emerson catalog, and I don't remember when I've had more fun reading catalog copy - perhaps Peterman's old catalogs - but I'd give Emerson the "edge." This is great stuff and actually takes me back to when I was a kid running around with a bb rifle playing Davy Crockett. These are good knives and to have some of the words from the catalog in mind, just makes the whole thing a lot more fun! (Of course 'fun' is relative to the fact that I'm not using them in the hard world they're surely capable of holding their own in.)
Finally, I had to order the HD-7 (thanks to STR's posts). Got the combo edge since that seems a way to eliminate some of the slicing problems that the blade design may cause. Can't wait to get the knife.
Just thought I'd pass along some of the good times. Great knives, fun to carry and use and thanks again for writing so much good stuff here!
Steve
After inquiring about Emerson's on this forum, I bought a few. Started with the "Snubby" which I liked out of the box. As good a production knife as I've gotten...with the little "personality" touch of having a clip that looks like it had been on the knife for 5 years. So what? That gives some character to the knife that I enjoy (similar to what I've found on Perrin's work).
The fun really started when I practiced the "wave." Took a while, and nearly had the hang of it when I put on a new down vest as I was preparing to head out. "Waved" the 'snubby' one more time before I went out the door and was standing in the room with feathers flying around. My first thought was: "How did I kill a chicken?" Nice slice in the vest, which I repaired with tape and then set off to face the world, laughing my butt off.
Once I examined and liked the CQC-14, I ordered and sent a CQC-7 to my goddaughter in the USAF. I'd sent her a Strider and a Perrin, and this one will enhance that company. The guys she serves with give her crap about getting knives from her godfather and her dad, but she loves it and gives better than she gets.
Ordered several of the "Pirate" caps off the Emerson site and when my friend (goddaughter's dad), a former Navy Pilot (mid 1970's vintage) came to visit, we donned the caps and went down to visit a woman in the city who has an expresso cart and plays "pirate" once a year in honor of her school mascot. I gave her a cap, and the three of us we sat around (outside in front of her cart) over coffee for a couple of minutes doing the "har har matey" bit with "pirate" caps on our noggins.
With the caps came the Emerson catalog, and I don't remember when I've had more fun reading catalog copy - perhaps Peterman's old catalogs - but I'd give Emerson the "edge." This is great stuff and actually takes me back to when I was a kid running around with a bb rifle playing Davy Crockett. These are good knives and to have some of the words from the catalog in mind, just makes the whole thing a lot more fun! (Of course 'fun' is relative to the fact that I'm not using them in the hard world they're surely capable of holding their own in.)
Finally, I had to order the HD-7 (thanks to STR's posts). Got the combo edge since that seems a way to eliminate some of the slicing problems that the blade design may cause. Can't wait to get the knife.
Just thought I'd pass along some of the good times. Great knives, fun to carry and use and thanks again for writing so much good stuff here!
Steve
