Oh the Horror of it all !!!

[tallpaul]

I have been seeing all the posts about the axis lock and have fought the desire to get one. well the BM 730 was of interest to me, none of my suppliers had one but a local dealer had one and well,I had to buy one. I bought the plain edge "naked" blade. Man do I like it. I was showing it to a friend at church and I had given him and his boy a couple of spyderco's which they enjoy. He really liked this knife too but as we were in the parking lot he flicked it open hard, I was not thrilled about the action and was not to happy when he said oooopps. I thought he was kidding.. until I heard the clanking of the knife on the pavement about 20 feet away. Well a few scratches were all but he bought it from me and I went back and bought the plain edge coated blade, and a 705. I thought I liked the bigger knife but the 705 is schweeeet... I believe the smaller is one of the fastest knives I've played with. How come every time I think I've got everything I need there comes along somthing else that really catches my eye. Oh will any of this ever end........

[This message has been edited by tallpaul (edited 03-18-2000).]

 

[LabRat]

I told myself I would not buy any more knives for the next 6 months - NOT!

I'm sorry to hear about your "BM" hitting the pavement

. That really stinks! Are you guys still friends?

 

[Paracelsus]

I think you should expect this sort of ironic punishment for doing good deeds (giving knives to others) and for violating at least two of the knife commandments:

1. Thou shalt not loan the knife to others
2. Thou shalt not play with thy knives whilst at church, even in the parking lot

Someday, sooner than you expect, it Will all end. Enjoy life's bummers Now. Someday these experiences will be 'the good ol' days'.

Paracelsus, mystooken shaman of the terrible Ironic horde

 

[tallpaul]

Labrat- if I ever get to the point of letting a friends mistake get to me to the point of loosing a friend. I will give up the knife thing! All it has really done is to give us both something to laugh about!! Although it is funnier now than when it happened. Besides, I do my share of dumb things, like the running a chainsaw over with the bobcat...twice!!

 

[Gwinnydapooh]

It's probably easier to laugh about it after he offers to buy the knife from you, huh?
Sounds like a bad knife handler but a good friend.

 

[Walt Welch]

May I suggest that your minister give a sermon on the dangers of flicking? After all, if it is going on in the church parking lot, it is time for drastic action!

I have a similar story; I was once at some friend's house for dinner. The wife was a flicker, and showed me two BM's she had nearly destroyed by flipping, a 612 and 625, Leopard Cub and Leopard. She asked to use my A T Barr folder to see how it worked; she tried to flick it open, but it was a heavier knife than she was used to, and it sailed across the kitchen, narrowly missing my 7 yo son!

Showing even further poor judgement, I then loaned her a Kit Carson #18 folder with Ti scales and a CPM 420V steel blade. She went into the (vacant) front room to work on her flipping technique. She did so for about 30 min. During that short time, she flatted the stop pin! I returned it to Kit (with much chagrin), but Kit just laughed and fixed it. It has performed flawlessly since.

Flipping; NASTY habit. Walt

 

[Cougar Allen]

Here we go again....

Yes, half an hour of vigorous inertial openings on a new knife will peen the contact surfaces until they're making good contact. After that no further change will occur through years and years of flipping to your widdle heart's content ... but you'll never know that for sure, Walt, because you had Kit "fix" your knife after your friend had broken it in for you.

I don't know why I even bother explaining it ... you pholder phanatics are all accursed of the Knife Gods anyway, whether you phlip your pholders or not. Brethren and Cistern, give up your heathen phlipping ways! Get yourself a real knife and flip it back and forth between reverse grip and saber grip to your widdle heart's content instead; it is a worshipful activity, calms the soul, and cultivates a skill that might come in handy someday.

-Cougar Allen
Fanatical Cult Leader
Thou shalt not fold thy knife!

 

[DonL]

Paracelsus, oh sage of the horde, I would recommend altering your Rule #1 to actually grandfather in loaning a knife to a very close friend who owns and appreciates fine cutting tools, one who would respect your property and treat it accordingly.

I have several friends and a twin brother who are all knifeknuts, and knowing that they respect fine cutlery, I would feel confident that they wouldn't mistreat, mishandle, or misuse a knife. Only loan a knife to another die-hard knifeknut. They won't flick it, pry with it, or use it as a screwdriver. It comes down to knowing who you can trust.


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Don LeHue

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

 

[Raver]

With regard to flipping a knife back and forth between saber and reverse grips, whether "pholder" or "phixed" blade, don't do this while sitting cross legged. It has a negative effect on the skin of one's inner thigh. Don't ask me how I know this...

 

[Chinook]

May I suggest that your minister give a sermon on the dangers of flicking?

I marked a page with access info to customer's property with the note:

DOG FLICK

Well, I got the 'L' and 'I' too close and was called in to the manager's office to explain my unintentional expletive.

And yes, I have embedded a Vaquero Grande in the drywall next to the computer practicing the "F L I C K"

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