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Well,
When the Dymondwood 300 series knives were introduced being "Ye Olde Fart" I was cold to the dark wood and the 'NEW' escutcheon plate. Heck, I had just learned to spell escutcheon plate so I didn't want any changes.
I thought, "This new shield is gonna look lousy after a couple of years in the pocket, not like the old design which 'ages with class'. So I set out to run my own consumer test.
The idea here was to simulate pocket wear but at a quick pace. I took a hobby rock polisher poured in a little southern eating grits, two pennies, a dime, a big paper clip and a scrap of denim. I tumbled this along with a new Dymondwood 305 and then again a 80's era old style 305. I tumbled both for 120 hours.
Which being a little bored with the project after 10 days, I determined was equal to a pretty long time of normal pocket wear and tear. I took photos every 24 hours but in the interest of interest I only show start and finish.
Hear are the photos.
The setup for testing.
Photos of both knives for the record. Zero hours.
Photos of both knives after 120 hours.
Extreme close-ups of escutcheons after 120 hours
Well what do you think? Dang'd if the new shield didn't take the punishment with flying colors. And after looking at this early 80's old shield in closeup it isn't very pretty up real close. Better at a little distance.
Granted I could have thrown in half a dozen quarters and a couple of stainless steel screws and some blue paint may have come off. But, I bet my OFCT equals at least a year of a normal persons pocket carry. The bolster ends are finely but almost completely marked.
Now for the OF grousing, I still don't like dark dymondwood (grey is good) and I don't like the buffer marks on my polished rivets.
But, then again blue is my color........
300Bucks
When the Dymondwood 300 series knives were introduced being "Ye Olde Fart" I was cold to the dark wood and the 'NEW' escutcheon plate. Heck, I had just learned to spell escutcheon plate so I didn't want any changes.
I thought, "This new shield is gonna look lousy after a couple of years in the pocket, not like the old design which 'ages with class'. So I set out to run my own consumer test.
The idea here was to simulate pocket wear but at a quick pace. I took a hobby rock polisher poured in a little southern eating grits, two pennies, a dime, a big paper clip and a scrap of denim. I tumbled this along with a new Dymondwood 305 and then again a 80's era old style 305. I tumbled both for 120 hours.
Which being a little bored with the project after 10 days, I determined was equal to a pretty long time of normal pocket wear and tear. I took photos every 24 hours but in the interest of interest I only show start and finish.
Hear are the photos.
The setup for testing.
Photos of both knives for the record. Zero hours.
Photos of both knives after 120 hours.
Extreme close-ups of escutcheons after 120 hours
Well what do you think? Dang'd if the new shield didn't take the punishment with flying colors. And after looking at this early 80's old shield in closeup it isn't very pretty up real close. Better at a little distance.
Granted I could have thrown in half a dozen quarters and a couple of stainless steel screws and some blue paint may have come off. But, I bet my OFCT equals at least a year of a normal persons pocket carry. The bolster ends are finely but almost completely marked.
Now for the OF grousing, I still don't like dark dymondwood (grey is good) and I don't like the buffer marks on my polished rivets.
But, then again blue is my color........
300Bucks
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