Lets see some Hinderer action

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^^^ I've found the one-piece ti presentation scale seems to make perfect tuning easier.

My little herd is back up to 3 again, this time with all three XM sizes represented and a variety of blade grind as well:

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I've been interested in another Hinderer, but felt the HalfTrack and XM18 3" would not be good fits for my meaty, arthritic hands. I may give the Jurassic a try down the road and expect I'll also wind up with a ZT0562 at some point, but thought I'd go another way for a mid-size Hinderer-designed knife, so I ordered the Viper Storm, stonewashed in CF.

There's a thread on them here at BF and there've been several complaints of poor action, blade play, off-centered-ness, and knives arriving gunked up with excess grease or oil. I must say I'm quite pleased with the quality of mine out-of-box--excellent F&F, no gunk, decent action pre-break-in, and nicely centered. I'll give this a few days in pocket and come back with some thoughts down the road. In the meantime, here's a few late-day pics.

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Here's the Herd as currently constituted, the newest addition being the Hinderer-designed Viper Storm. I do like the knife and carried it all week, but if the "true" Hinderers are horses, then the Italian Stallion is really a pony. It carries very well but just doesn't have that same substantial heft as Rick's own knives.

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I have been wanting a new Jurassic for a while and needed to replace my Stonewashed one. Got a new batch of stonewashed in today and this one just called my name. Ericka always puts an extra little something in the box for me!

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Did not waste time putting it to use as it helped carve the family pumpkin tonight! I am still a Half Track nut but when it comes to harder use I actually like my Jurassic as much if not more than my 3.5s!

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jwh720 said:
Funny thing is A handle screw came loose and I lost it, just got a replacment blue one. I couldnt bring myself to put a plain screw in the place of the blue one, ocd I guess. It is a great knife though, really a great blade shape
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The blue hardware looks just perfect with the jade scale.
 
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