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Well
I quit smoking, and Im having a nicotine fit. Instead of tearing the throat out of a coworker, Ill think Ill go off on a rant
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What is it with these v-grind edge bevels? Im absolutely sick of these things!!! I thought these were just for people who care more about the appearance of their knives than the actual performance. The darned things are everywhere!!!! Do you know how hard it is to find a knife with a full convex grind? Im not talking about some convex edge bevel on a hollow primary grind. Im talking about a full convex grind, ala Marbles and Blackjack. I honestly have no idea why a person who actually cuts stuff would not want a full convex grind. And if youve never tried one extensively, dont give no crap about it!!!!! The convex grind is the HOLY GRAIL of grinds.
And while Im at it, am I the only person whos sick of stainless steel? What ever happened to good old carbon steel? Carbon steel folders are very hard to come by!!!! Yah, yah, yah. Im always hearing people say that carbon steel rusts so easily. Let me tell you something. Ive been storing my Marbles Fieldcraft in its leather sheath for the last year. It has yet to develop a single speck of rust or patina. When carbon steel is done right, its actually quite stainless.
So I want carbon steel and convex grinds, which leaves approximately ZERO production folders!!!!! @$%*!!@^+!!!!!! So I guess Im gonna have to retire my spec-ops black voodoo tactical wonders, and start carrying a good old fixed blade again. I ordered a Blackjack Small yesterday, which has that nifty back pocket sheath. Maybe the Blackjack will cure my thirst for a knife that actually cuts well. At least I hope so. Then again, one of the new knife magazines had a great article on tiny fixed blades, which use small pocket clip sheaths. I love this idea. Does anybody know a maker who does small fixed blades like this, and has extensive knowledge of 52100 and convex grinds? Id really like one of these with a stag handle.
Oh yah .. the knife magazines. Who else has gone to the bookstore lately, and totally missed the latest knife magazines because only pop culture cabbage rags have a big glossy mug of Wesley Snipes on the front? It took three visits to find two of my knife magazines, simply because I mistook them for TigerBeat or some other stupid fan mag. I have nothing against Snipes personally, but Rob Simonichs left nipple would be more appropriate for a knife magazine cover. This world is goin to the shitter in a hurry!!!! I hear that next month will feature a picture of LEONARDO DiCAPRIO in a loincloth.
Okay. Now I feel better. Sorry about that. I had to get this stuff off my chest.
What is it with these v-grind edge bevels? Im absolutely sick of these things!!! I thought these were just for people who care more about the appearance of their knives than the actual performance. The darned things are everywhere!!!! Do you know how hard it is to find a knife with a full convex grind? Im not talking about some convex edge bevel on a hollow primary grind. Im talking about a full convex grind, ala Marbles and Blackjack. I honestly have no idea why a person who actually cuts stuff would not want a full convex grind. And if youve never tried one extensively, dont give no crap about it!!!!! The convex grind is the HOLY GRAIL of grinds.
And while Im at it, am I the only person whos sick of stainless steel? What ever happened to good old carbon steel? Carbon steel folders are very hard to come by!!!! Yah, yah, yah. Im always hearing people say that carbon steel rusts so easily. Let me tell you something. Ive been storing my Marbles Fieldcraft in its leather sheath for the last year. It has yet to develop a single speck of rust or patina. When carbon steel is done right, its actually quite stainless.
So I want carbon steel and convex grinds, which leaves approximately ZERO production folders!!!!! @$%*!!@^+!!!!!! So I guess Im gonna have to retire my spec-ops black voodoo tactical wonders, and start carrying a good old fixed blade again. I ordered a Blackjack Small yesterday, which has that nifty back pocket sheath. Maybe the Blackjack will cure my thirst for a knife that actually cuts well. At least I hope so. Then again, one of the new knife magazines had a great article on tiny fixed blades, which use small pocket clip sheaths. I love this idea. Does anybody know a maker who does small fixed blades like this, and has extensive knowledge of 52100 and convex grinds? Id really like one of these with a stag handle.
Oh yah .. the knife magazines. Who else has gone to the bookstore lately, and totally missed the latest knife magazines because only pop culture cabbage rags have a big glossy mug of Wesley Snipes on the front? It took three visits to find two of my knife magazines, simply because I mistook them for TigerBeat or some other stupid fan mag. I have nothing against Snipes personally, but Rob Simonichs left nipple would be more appropriate for a knife magazine cover. This world is goin to the shitter in a hurry!!!! I hear that next month will feature a picture of LEONARDO DiCAPRIO in a loincloth.
Okay. Now I feel better. Sorry about that. I had to get this stuff off my chest.