Lets see some Hinderer action

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User17 said:
Looks like not many have the Bowie on the XM 18 3.5

Most seem to have the Spanto. why is that? I'm struggling to decide between those two blades.
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There are a ton of Hinderer Fans that have the Bowie. The reason you do not see it as much is because they have not made them in 2 years. I don't think they plan to make them for a good bit more time either. There are still some at dealers but most are starting to run low. I think we have 4 or 5 left.

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We customized some of the Stars and Stripes in the regular Battle Black and they were very well received so we thought we would do a few with the Coppered Out ones. I love the way they turned out. We even did the liner to match!



 
I took my MP1 to Vermont last week along with a bunch of other knives. I didn't get in much time tinkering with them, as we spent our days working on the two small fields we're bringing back and exploring the new acreage we bought above. I did get a re-profile done on the MP1, though, as the factory edge was not great with the heel and tip only vaguely apexed and the edge grind around 23 dps.

I was glad I bought the Fine and Super-Fine diamond hones for my EdgePro as I needed to take off quite a bit of S35VN to get a nice even 20 dps edge. Went through diamond F & SF to 220, 400, and 1000 hones. Finished up with 3000 tape and the knife cuts like a laser now. This has been a favorite since I got it and now we're just in love. :D

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And of course an obligatory beauty shot (pre-re-profile)...

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Anyone looking to pick up the new "viper storm"? Apparently it fits between the half track and MP1 size wise.

Nice edge ChazzyP ChazzyP

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Thanks, marcus52AR marcus52AR . I've heard a bit about that knife, but this is the first pic I've seen. I just went over to a dealer site and checked it out. Nice weight, materials, and price. I've had 3 Italian knives, the build quality at Fox, lionSteel, and Fantoni is excellent, and I still have the first two. My wife has a beautiful little Viper front flipper that's real sweet, too.

I'll be interested to hear more about that one as I think the HalfTrack is a bit small for my hand.
 
I got a couple new beads last week from BF member Inspiribomb. I put the Ti bead on my Turtle and posted it over at The Official Lanyard Thread. I had one of my lamp-parts brass beads on my Dragon and really liked it, but figured I'd put the new bronze on as it's a nice complement for the brass standoffs, filler tab, and over-travel stop. I think it'll weather in nicely with time and use.

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I've had this polished 20 dps edge on my XM18 for a while now. It took a long time to re-profile through the shoulder on the Spanto, but I'm really pleased with the way it cuts. Too bad I didn't have my diamonds back when.

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ChazzyP said:
I took my MP1 to Vermont last week along with a bunch of other knives. I didn't get in much time tinkering with them, as we spent our days working on the two small fields we're bringing back and exploring the new acreage we bought above. I did get a re-profile done on the MP1, though, as the factory edge was not great with the heel and tip only vaguely apexed and the edge grind around 23 dps.

I was glad I bought the Fine and Super-Fine diamond hones for my EdgePro as I needed to take off quite a bit of S35VN to get a nice even 20 dps edge. Went through diamond F & SF to 220, 400, and 1000 hones. Finished up with 3000 tape and the knife cuts like a laser now. This has been a favorite since I got it and now we're just in love. :D

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ahhuCEY.jpg


And of course an obligatory beauty shot (pre-re-profile)...

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Damn! Impressive work. I've got all the sharpening gear, just gotta get some time to practice/learn
 
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