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It is a Kwaiken from Tim Rowland of Rowland Cutlery. Over 1/4” thick blade stock, convex ground and stupidly sharp. The faceted grip is made of big oak, acacia and some G10 liners and accents. The blade is polished close to a mirror finish, and there is a visible hamon line also. I follow Tim’s work mostly for his kitchen knives, but his EDC fixed blades are very nice too.

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Ellis Wyatt said:
It is a Kwaiken from Tim Rowland of Rowland Cutlery. Over 1/4” thick blade stock, convex ground and stupidly sharp. The faceted grip is made of big oak, acacia and some G10 liners and accents. The blade is polished close to a mirror finish, and there is a visible hamon line also. I follow Tim’s work mostly for his kitchen knives, but his EDC fixed blades are very nice too.

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Wow, very nice! I found his stuff for sale at Olde Towne - he makes some fancy kitchen knives for sure. Your Kwaiken has great angles. Nice 98 too!
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Monofletch said:
I know I will catch hell for this one, but I love this gun!!!! The weight kind of controls the recoil.View attachment 2465488
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Nothing wrong with that. People buy what they can afford and like what they like. I got a negative comment here about my Sightmark red dot on my AR. I knew nothing about red dots when I bought it, and the local range/store recommended it for entry level. I've had it 3 years, and on my AR nearly 2, and it's never lost zero and has excellent battery life. It's a range toy, I don't need an Eotech or Aimpoint.

My primary HD gun is my AK. Then my Tavor. I have pistols in various places around the house too, but I'd rather hit a home invader with 7.62x39 than 9mm or .40. God forbid I have to use a .38.

AK is my favorite gun. I plan to buy another either when the Illinois ban is repealed or I move to Texas next year, whichever comes first.

If I do end up selling the Tavor, it will be replaced by something unique but less difficult and less involved to disassemble.

Ok so Czech this out:

An Israeli, a Czech, and a Serbian walk into a bar...

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K.O.D. said:
but I'd rather hit a home invader with 7.62x39 than 9mm or .40. God forbid I have to use a .38.
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Looks like your Tavor is more suitable for HD than your AK because of the size, balance and RD.
Unless you're running premium ammo like hollow point Hornady, and shorter AK version.
Also, in the distance you'd be shooting at home, .38 will do just fine, especially if you got the Underwoods as you mentioned earlier, revolver is much quicker to use,
IMO faster response would be my priority, before I think what I'm hitting my attacker with, but I could be mistaking, of course...
 
POCEH KOCEB said:
Looks like your Tavor is more suitable for HD than your AK because of the size, balance and RD.
Unless you're running premium ammo like hollow point Hornady, and shorter AK version.
Also, in the distance you'd be shooting at home, .38 will do just fine, especially if you got the Underwoods as you mentioned earlier, revolver is much quicker to use,
IMO faster response would be my priority, before I think what I'm hitting my attacker with, but I could be mistaking, of course...
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I bought the Tavor for HD, but in the event I were to use it for a home defense situation, the cops would confiscate it. It's easier to swallow losing a $1000 AK than a $3500 modified Tavor SAR.

To be honest, fastest response would be my Canik TP9 SFX with 21rd mag. 5.2" barrel, Holosun, it's great.
 
Alone said:
I would LOVE to see your revolver collection!

That 681 takes me back to an LE firing line, circa 1992. 😍
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Thanks! Unfortunately it is getting harder and harder to find good S&W revolvers at good prices, so my collection hasn’t changed in quite a while.

I did carry this one today. Fixed sights, 3” barrel, great trigger, 357 mag. Paired with a Milt Sparks IWB holster and it is easy to carry.
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Well as soon as my Remington 887 sells I'll be picking up a green Chiappa Rhino 30DS. Never owned a gun in .357mag. I plan for it to be a carry gun.

I don't go many places beyond work and the grocery store, so 6 shots is fine especially that caliber. I'll be full time working from home in a few weeks. In the summer I have my P365X SAS for deep concealment.

I keep one in the car too. I carried the model 36 today but I honestly don't have a lot of confidence in .38 penetrating heavy winter clothes well, even with the Underwood Extreme Defender +p. To be honest, even 9mm is of slight concern, so I frequently carry my Beretta PX4 .40 on the coldest days.

I totally forgot until tonight that I had the cash in a drawer to buy one, but I wanna sell the shotty first.

Ellis Wyatt Ellis Wyatt nice Jason Clark. On my want list for a while.
 
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Ellis Wyatt said:
Thanks! Unfortunately it is getting harder and harder to find good S&W revolvers at good prices, so my collection hasn’t changed in quite a while.

I did carry this one today. Fixed sights, 3” barrel, great trigger, 357 mag. Paired with a Milt Sparks IWB holster and it is easy to carry.
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Pardon my ignorance/dementia.

Is that a 65?
 
K.O.D. said:
.25acp? That's the original gun Bond carried I believe. Before he was given the PPK.
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In the books he carried a "very flat Beretta .25 automatic" with the grips removed. The model is never mentioned but it's assumed to be a 418.* In the novel "Dr. No" (6th book), it's replaced because in "From Russia with Love" (5th book)it snagged on his clothing and he got stabbed with a poisoned blade. In the film "Dr. No" (first film), his Beretta is replaced with the PPK because his Beretta jammed. The Beretta he hands over, however, is an M1934 in .380ACP, ironically replacing a more powerful gun with a weaker one.

The Beretta Bobats weren't made until 3 decades after the first Bond novels, and unless I'm mistaken, the gun in that picture is a Bobcat Covert in .22lr, which wikipedia says started production in 2020.

*The .25 950 Jetfire was introduced in 1952 and the first novel, "Casino Royale" was published in 1953, so it's not impossible, but extremely unlikely that it was a Jetfire, and far more likely to be the 418.
 
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