Hello All,
As a background I am a 30 year old married father of two from paducah ky. I enjoy shooting/outdoors stuff/ and sports. Dont tell anyone but i am a DUKE fan living in KY.
I have been reading on this site a lot lately as i have been getting into knives and most topics steer me to this website. I have been a member of XDTALK for about 3 years and look forward to learing a lot here. My first EDC knife was a byrd meadowlark i believe. I had it for about 4 years before moving up to a kershaw blur. When i got the blur I gave my brother in law the byrd and never looked back. To date here is my list.
Kershaw Blur
CRKT Lift Off
Esee Izula
Esee Izula II
Esee -4
Buck (cant remember number) little 3 blade whittler
john deere auto (like 1.5 inch blade i got a flea market for $6)
some kind of Fire Dept logo'd flipper tanto knife
My "short list" knives are some kind of spyderco, leaning toward a dragonfly and manix 2. After one or both of those i really want a nice flipper. Leaning towards ZT 350 but probably start with kershaw flash. I have read quite a bit about roller thrust bearings (i think thats right) so i havent completely decided on the assist part. The other thing im getting into is whittling. This is the absolute reason i had to join. I was very suprised to see so many people on here with an interest. I started my first project yesterday on a small piece of 2X4. My goal is to making 3 chain links. Im looking into the basswood stuff so if anyone has an idea for a good place to get it im listening.
As a background I am a 30 year old married father of two from paducah ky. I enjoy shooting/outdoors stuff/ and sports. Dont tell anyone but i am a DUKE fan living in KY.
I have been reading on this site a lot lately as i have been getting into knives and most topics steer me to this website. I have been a member of XDTALK for about 3 years and look forward to learing a lot here. My first EDC knife was a byrd meadowlark i believe. I had it for about 4 years before moving up to a kershaw blur. When i got the blur I gave my brother in law the byrd and never looked back. To date here is my list.
Kershaw Blur
CRKT Lift Off
Esee Izula
Esee Izula II
Esee -4
Buck (cant remember number) little 3 blade whittler
john deere auto (like 1.5 inch blade i got a flea market for $6)
some kind of Fire Dept logo'd flipper tanto knife
My "short list" knives are some kind of spyderco, leaning toward a dragonfly and manix 2. After one or both of those i really want a nice flipper. Leaning towards ZT 350 but probably start with kershaw flash. I have read quite a bit about roller thrust bearings (i think thats right) so i havent completely decided on the assist part. The other thing im getting into is whittling. This is the absolute reason i had to join. I was very suprised to see so many people on here with an interest. I started my first project yesterday on a small piece of 2X4. My goal is to making 3 chain links. Im looking into the basswood stuff so if anyone has an idea for a good place to get it im listening.
