Help on small defensive production fixed blades

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Originally posted by bquinlan
I have personal experience with one strong exception: Bob Dozier. His sheaths are every bit as well designed and perfectly made as his knives.

--Bob Q

Amen!

 

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Originally posted by Michael_Aos
Hard to beat.

Michael, man --- that is so freakin' pretty. I winking my eye at it with a come-hither look ... I saw an ad for that one but your photo really shows the detail, color, pattern and lines of that Busse.

That's a knife I'd like to get for no other justification except "just because" - A dress fixed blade, in a sense. With a scale color array that "camos out" with a lot of dress shirts and patterns.

What's the crucial specs on that?

 

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Originally posted by Nakano 2
The handles were always made from injection molded zytel with excellent checkering pattern. This checkering is plenty secure but will allow for grip transitions without being sticky as rubber types. Additonally, if carrying concealed, rubber will literally grab ones clothing and will signal a "bump" in the waistband. Zytel has no such symptoms. .....
The AUS8 on the current M10 makes it quite a bargain. Get one.

N.

That's all I needed to hear. That today's M-10 is not watered down from the one presented in the video done some eight years ago. And the idea that the zytel will not get hung up on clothes as rubber might becomes crystal clear. Ahh - but that ATS-34 must have been nice. But AUS8 isn't paltry in the least!

I will probably go for the Gryphon M-10. But I also cannot guarantee that I won't still be looking elsewhere and maybe get more of what's been shown or decribed. I am figuring that with practicing the craft, the knife will take somewhat of a beating. Some of the more elaborate and costly knives indicated are great for certain occasions, or , just the satisfaction of ownership.

Funny thing that helped my decision was the DR Mad Maxx I am selling, In the open postion, it's veritably just like the M-10, just in length specs and general sleekness.

Another reason I did not make the move was a fishing, shooting and game show in the local Nassau Colliseum last night, I figured they might have these knifes there to experience first hand. But the knives they had there were mostly cheap imports, sadly.

 

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I resurrected this thread having taken note that the Gryphon M-10 is in the current Tactical Knives magazine, being reviewed by Michael Janich.

What happened was wierd. I got the Keating video that dated back to 1994. I wondered if the Gryphon was still being made. I saw that it was available and got one. And now, the article said that the Gryphon was unavailable for a while and recently was reintroduced after having struck a deal with Survival Sheath Systems to supply the sheaths. (Lack of a good sheath in quantity was a reason for curtailing the production of the knife)

What timing.

The knife is nice and sports the features as indicated in the article. What I also like is that it is reasonably priced and can be purchased again if I lose it or really mess it up.

I wonder if anyone makes trainers for this, In the video, Keating referred to a replica made by the Edge Holding Company.

 

[Simonp]

If you can not find anything on the wild world web for a trainer for the gryphon then try shooting Jim an email about it. He is pretty damn nice about answering just about any sort of question and I know that he is still a proponent of that knife, at least as recently as yesterday when we spoke. If you tire of it and are looking for another inexpensive carry blade you might consider the spyderco temperance - Jim had just finished testing & playing with one and was very pleased with it. He is writing a review of it now. Plus that one has the bonus of having a trainer availble.

Take care and stay safe.

 

[shootist16]

Dr. Blackwood posted this pic of his Outdoor Edge collaboration in the Outdoor edge forum.

His custom version is on top, the Outdoor Edge production version is on bottom.

The specs are 3 1/2" Blade 7 3/4" OAL.

Hopefully we can get Dexter to give us a report of his initial impressions once he gets to handle one at the SHOT show.

 

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Originally posted by Simonp
If you can not find anything on the wild world web for a trainer for the gryphon then try shooting Jim an email about it. .

Thanks. I emailed and hope to get a response soon. TK did a nice writeup on all the fixed blade offerings of Spyderco. (But not the Ronin, which they are still working on the sheath for)

 

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Originally posted by shootist16
Dr. Blackwood posted this pic of his Outdoor Edge collaboration in the Outdoor edge forum.

That's a design I have always liked. I hope the Outdoor Edge version is done nicely.

 

[Gon]

The Fällkniven G1 Garm seems to be all this:

- double edged, symmetric blade and handle
- blade length between 3" and 4"
- good grip, all 4 positions feel OK
- black handle, black finish on blade
- thin, secure multiposition Kydex sheath
- can be made scary sharp, stays that way with limited utility use
- blade thin enough to be a good slicer
- trainer available that uses the same sheath

... except for the last two parts. Do you guys have any recommendations for knives that might suit this criteria better, without going custom? Is the G1 as bad a slicer as I assume it to be - is it futile trying to cut a tomato with it?

- Gon

 

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G-1 garm looks like a great knife. Just get some other inexpensive paring knife for your tomatoes.

 

[Gon]

Originally posted by Boink
G-1 garm looks like a great knife. Just get some other inexpensive paring knife for your tomatoes.

My motivation for asking the slicing ability was that the knife would make a better weapon if it was a better slicer. Slicing a tomato was just an example that's easy to relate to.

Also, as I commented in the previous post, G1 lacks a trainer. Otherwise it does not matter but it would be nice to have one that shares the same sheath, to practice draw to attack sequence.

- Gon