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Jiki said:
According to Levine the 29 is a three spring cattle knife, not a whittler. Just another example of cutlers using liberties with naming for marketing purposes.
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Just like the '23 forum knife: Ye Olde Hump-Backed, Bit-Caught, Congressional Super Majority, Unseaworthy Half-Swell canNOTtler!
 
Alex.Y. said:
Nice chicks (and knife, of course)! Do you use them for egs, or meat... or feathers? Or just pets? For white one looks like it should feel nice to caress (yeah, I know pretty much nothing about birds and it would probably peck you in that case).😂
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Thanks Alex, we use them for eggs and also insect control. You'd be surprised how many ticks and spiders 8 chickens keep at bay. The white one is called a silky, and they are very friendly, and soft as the name suggests. 20231118_161458_copy_1377x3060.jpg
 
#22 is a sweet, tiny knife. I'm a little disappointed they didn't do a spear-main two-blade version in 2022, just for the "222222" stamp. 😁

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I’m excited for this release but a bit concerned that the pull will be super weak like the most recent 14’s given the small size.
 
17290102884436704090824669394641.jpgthis is the only knife in the 22 mag size I have,it's a case mini stockman I bought for the wife to use in her craft,she immediately switched it out on me for a peanut because the former was to small,she has since added a 62 carver.
 
euroken said:
I’m excited for this release but a bit concerned that the pull will be super weak like the most recent 14’s given the small size.
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Because we online knife knuts will disagree about almost anything: 🤣

The smaller the knife, the more I want a light pull. There's less handle for leverage when opening, so a bear trap can be difficult. Really I'm only using something like the #22 for trimming a thread, opening a letter, maybe sharpening a pencil, ect. So I'm not concerned about strength of spring. (as long as it keeps the blade shut in pocket, of course)
 
r8shell said:
Because we online knife knuts will disagree about almost anything: 🤣

The smaller the knife, the more I want a light pull. There's less handle for leverage when opening, so a bear trap can be difficult. Really I'm only using something like the #22 for trimming a thread, opening a letter, maybe sharpening a pencil, ect. So I'm not concerned about strength of spring. (as long as it keeps the blade shut in pocket, of course)
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I suppose I'm not entirely disagreeing with you.

On the run of my 14s of recent, they were so light that you can press the blades into the well while closed and have the edge come in contact with the back spring with very minimal effort. I'd put the pull at 1-2.

Obviously, 5-6 will be perfect for me, but not even that, 3-4 would be acceptable. I have 'older' runs of 14s that had much better pull than the recent runs...hence, my concern.
 
euroken said:
I suppose I'm not entirely disagreeing with you.

On the run of my 14s of recent, they were so light that you can press the blades into the well while closed and have the edge come in contact with the back spring with very minimal effort. I'd put the pull at 1-2.

Obviously, 5-6 will be perfect for me, but not even that, 3-4 would be acceptable. I have 'older' runs of 14s that had much better pull than the recent runs...hence, my concern.
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I get what you're saying now and I don't disagree. When discussing spring strength, sometimes people say "weak" when they mean "light." I draw the line at "mushy". Nobody wants their knife to have a mushy pull.
 
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