Gunhammer EDC-x by Darrel Ralph

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pinkfloyd101

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Does anyone own one of these knives? If you do....PLEASE post a detail review on it....I'd like to know how it compares to a CRK or a strider?
 
I have 2 of DDR's folders, and they are fantastic. I do not have THAT particular knife. His knives are wicked smooth, have a fantastic fit & finish, and are wickedly sharp. I own several Sebbies & have owned Striders in the past; DDR's blow them both away, in my opinion.
 
I have a Trigger & Trigger Express. DDR also has a wonderful low rider clip too.
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WOW....Nice knives....If you could post more pics in the future of these beauties...that would be sweet. Also if you don't mind me asking...how much did you pay for either of them and how did you aquire them? THANKS!!!!
 
T.K.C. said:
I have 2 of DDR's folders, and they are fantastic. I do not have THAT particular knife. His knives are wicked smooth, have a fantastic fit & finish, and are wickedly sharp. I own several Sebbies & have owned Striders in the past; DDR's blow them both away, in my opinion.
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when are you gonna let me come over and play with all your wonderful folders?????
 
pinkfloyd101 said:
WOW....Nice knives....If you could post more pics in the future of these beauties...that would be sweet. Also if you don't mind me asking...how much did you pay for either of them and how did you aquire them? THANKS!!!!
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I bought them both from True North Knives.
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MORIMOTOM said:
when are you gonna let me come over and play with all your wonderful folders?????
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knife lust...it's a terrible thing... :D

I just realized something: post 6, pic #8; the back of the frame is relieved to allow for using the flipper, and what I realized is that that's what I don't like about flipper-actuated knives. I love the idea, just not the way most are made. That relieved area would make it a perfect knife, IMO.

Great pics by the way -

thx - cpr
 
I don't have the Gunhammer, but I do have a DDR. Outstanding quality:

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T.K.C. said:
I have 2 of DDR's folders, and they are fantastic. I do not have THAT particular knife. His knives are wicked smooth, have a fantastic fit & finish, and are wickedly sharp. I own several Sebbies & have owned Striders in the past; DDR's blow them both away, in my opinion.
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and they should blow them away-darrel's a CUSTOM maker. CRK and Strider ARE NOT.

now, my question is why have i seen multiple times people ask how Darrel's knives compare to CRK or Strider? This is at least the 2nd time someone has asked this question. Don't people know that darrel makes custom knives, except for his one mid-tech knife, and that CRK and Strider are still production? Anyone else find it a little strange?
 
Yes, I am fully aware that darrel ralph knives are custom. I would think everyone posting in this discussion understands this. But, I have never seen one or held a DDR in person but I do own an umnumzaan. So when I ask how they compare, I want to know how much of an improvement a ralph knife if over something like a CRK. I would hope a knife that takes 6 months to get one made would be better quality than a semi-custom.:rolleyes:
 
I think people are looking at the whole big picture in comparison. If the price tag is gonna be in the same neighborhood....Ya know?
For ME, and I only speak for myself, I think I would bypass the flavor of the day Camaro and go for the 'Vette. It's been around longer, too! But, that's just me, and just in this case.

Gibby
 
I think you will like the DDR a whole lot. The Umnumzaan is a great knife, but the DRR is even better.
 
Kaizen1 - what's the little triangular piece at the butt of the knife handle - with "lock stop" on it?

thx - cpr
 
orca8589 said:
Kaizen1 - what's the little triangular piece at the butt of the knife handle - with "lock stop" on it?

thx - cpr
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Are you familiar with the Hinderer "Lock Bar Stabilizer"? It works in the same way. It prevents the lock bar for frame locks from getting stretched out too far when disengaging the lock. The Madd Maxx can be made tip up or tip down, so if someone decides switch the clip to tip up carry, you can put the lock stop where the clip is in the picture to allow that same feature even though the clip is no longer there. I suspect I'm not explaining this clearly, so I'll just quote Rick Hinderer's explanation of the lock bar stabilizer since it works in the same manner:

"Hello Everyone!
I felt that I should write a post explaining the new feature on Striders framelocks, the Lockbar Stabilizer.......Of course as all of you have found out it is obviously a overtravel stop..in other words it prevents the accidental overtravel of the lockbar during closing of the knife...some of you have stated that sometimes repeated closings sometimes weakens the lockbar and thus the lockup is not as tight,well, I can visualise that,but actually the problem I wanted to correct concerning overtravel is the complete overspringing of the lockbar thereby rendering the knife useless...cant be done some say?...a little story of how I came up with it...I am firefighter as alot of you know...while working a accident scene I was using one of my Firetac's to cut the upholstry material around a seat post prior to using the jaws to cut the post...being that it was a good wreck, and adrenalin was running high,and the fact that we wear heavy gloove when working a MVA,I pushed the lockbar way to hard thereby springing it,and of course the blade could no longer lock,not a good thing to happen, at the wrong time! I knew then I needed to do something about it...The other issue I wanted to address was the lockbar springing towards the back of the knife when gripping it...this is what is not so obvious in a improvement...the reason is that sometimes the movement in the lockbar is not really noticable when using the knife under normal conditions...but when you use the knife really hard, and really grip it you WILL move the lockbar..this is because to make a framelock or linerlock for that matter you have to cut the long slot in the frame or liner to make the lockbar,it does not matter what size slot you cut you will still have material missing there...simple physics, suggests that you have a lever and it will move toward the back of the knife...guaranteed...now, what does this mean...1, whenever you have movement in a mechanism it is a chance for that mechanism to fail..2,extra movement in the lock to blade joint will wear the lockface quicker...3,when the blade is locked up on a framelock with the lockbar stabilizer there will be absolutly no movement in the lock....
So given all this is the improvement overkill? Extreme?.....when do we stop designing extreme use knives,as in ... is good enough the way it is?
Myself and Strider Knives design hard use knives gleaned from actual field experience,I didnt hear of this problem from anyone else in the field,I was in the field and experienced it!...Given the addition of the Lockbar Stabilizer Strider framelocks are even tougher and more hardcore than before..worth it? YOU BET!!"
 
Kaizen1 - thanks, you explained it very well. Hinderer's writeup makes perfect sense. The first time I saw a frame-lock, I wondered if the lock could be pushed so far in the unlocking position that it would lose tension. I couldn't do it by hand, but as Hinderer says, it could definitely be done with gloves.

thx - cpr
 
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