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grownstar said:
Cryo rules! And a g-10 scale just makes it better :thumbup:

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I appreciate you posting a pic. The Cryo looks a lot bigger than it is described on the official web site. And it looks like the original scales allow the pocket clip to be reversed for left hand carry?! Kershaw usually offers up and down but almost never left hand, that I can see.
 
Sounds pretty cool. I'd give it a whirl if I ever came across it without the recurve.

Yeah. Some reason I like hawkbills and not recurves.
 
jimh0220 said:
Me sees the end of an era coming. Instead of 'In on' posts, shouldn't this be: "I have (blank) to give"? Seems to be a social club more than a PIF thread.

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I don't really agree, just look at the last several pages of last thread, there's a ton of awesome stuff beig paid forward but almost all of it sprung from otherwise side chit-chat, no one said "I have ____ to give" and then had someone claim it straight forward like that, it was all very kindhearted giving that otherwise wouldn't have taken place without the "side conversations" going on.

The bigger and bigger the threads get the more giving I've witnessed in other parts of the forums, there's no way nearly 8500 items could possibly have been given away at this point (aprox. how many posts in all the threads), if the threads only contained posts of actual items being given/claimed these threads would be substantially smaller, the bigger this thing gets the more it spreads. Not to mention the advice that has been asked for/received on all things knife releated, things that people otherwise wouldn't make a thread for on its own.



Anyway, I have an item of two to PiF here later tonght, CRKT for sure and maybe some other stuff if I can dig anything up, I've really ran dry of stuff to give over the corse of this! (Not a bad thing)



*please no claim's yet (I'll post later this evening)
 
RedLynx said:
I appreciate you posting a pic. The Cryo looks a lot bigger than it is described on the official web site. And it looks like the original scales allow the pocket clip to be reversed for left hand carry?! Kershaw usually offers up and down but almost never left hand, that I can see.
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Yes sir! Drilled for quad-carry :thumbup:
 
RedLynx said:
I appreciate you posting a pic. The Cryo looks a lot bigger than it is described on the official web site. And it looks like the original scales allow the pocket clip to be reversed for left hand carry?! Kershaw usually offers up and down but almost never left hand, that I can see.
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There's also the larger Cryo 2 if the original is a little small for you, and yes both are drilled for four-way carry! As long as you don't mind the weight the cryo is a great choice to have a solid, Hinderer design brute of a knife for ~$30.
 
grownstar said:
Yes sir! Drilled for quad-carry :thumbup:
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Super awesome! I'm left-handed and prefer tip up left if I can get it, tip down left if I can't. Cool! Looks much more filling in the hand than what you'd think on the site, that's the good thing about getting some user photos.
 
Cereal_killer said:
There's also the larger Cryo 2 if the original is a little small for you, and yes both are drilled for four-way carry! As long as you don't mind the weight the cryo is a great choice to have a solid, Hinderer design brute of a knife for ~$30.
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Yep just looking at the Cryo II, I really like the ergonomics of it! There's something magical when blade and handle flow together so well.
 
dynamicmoves said:
I hate sharpening recurves. I use a mouse pad and sandpaper though, might have something to do with it.
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You probably do it better than I would. I probably don't even do it correctly. They look cool to me but practically speaking I generally have to stay away from them. Ah well.
 
RedLynx said:
You probably do it better than I would. I probably don't even do it correctly. They look cool to me but practically speaking I generally have to stay away from them. Ah well.
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Dont know how you sharpen, but somebody once told me to put the mouse pad and sandpaper on the curve of a pringles can to sharpen recurves. Never ended up trying it, sold off my only recurve knife (Kershaw Storm) before I could.
 
The sharpmaker (or lansky crock-stick) makes easy work of a recurve, infact its no different than a regular blade, only with bench stones is a recurve an issue.

I was stupid when I was buying my sharpenig equip., I purchased my set of stones one a a time (DMT C, F & EF and spyderco F) first before getting a Sharpmaker, looking back I should of done it the other way and got the SM first (as was recommended by, well everyone)
When my friends ask me what they need to get their knives sharp I recommend a sharpmaker as the onl piece of equipment they'll ever need to buy (plus the diamond rods of they want to make their lives easier but not necessary) you can pretty much put an edge on any type of blade, any shape, serrated or plain. I'm very competent in my free handing and enjoy doing it and after using my set of stones and stropping I get almost perfect edge, but if I somehow lost all the rest of my sharpening setup, as long as I still had the SM I could keep all my knives up to my standards no problem.

For a recurve, or anything else said to be hard to sharpen, a SM makes simple work out of it and does plain edges amazingly as well.
 
Much thanks to Mr BadExample. After much tinkering I decided to go with your black front scale, and the old stainless lock scale, and I sanded all the coating off the clip you sent and substituted it. I tried using the black lock scale but it had acquired a bit o' rust on the inside that hindered the smoothness. I'll take some pics in the light tomorrow.
 
I bought one a while ago but sold it. I didn't like it, I could not get results.

Cereal_killer said:
The sharpmaker (or lansky crock-stick) makes easy work of a recurve, infact its no different than a regular blade, only with bench stones is a recurve an issue.

I was stupid when I was buying my sharpenig equip., I purchased my set of stones one a a time (DMT C, F & EF and spyderco F) first before getting a Sharpmaker, looking back I should of done it the other way and got the SM first (as was recommended by, well everyone)
When my friends ask me what they need to get their knives sharp I recommend a sharpmaker as the onl piece of equipment they'll ever need to buy (plus the diamond rods of they want to make their lives easier but not necessary) you can pretty much put an edge on any type of blade, any shape, serrated or plain. I'm very competent in my free handing and enjoy doing it and after using my set of stones and stropping I get almost perfect edge, but if I somehow lost all the rest of my sharpening setup, as long as I still had the SM I could keep all my knives up to my standards no problem.

For a recurve, or anything else said to be hard to sharpen, a SM makes simple work out of it and does plain edges amazingly as well.
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Cereal_killer said:
The sharpmaker (or lansky crock-stick) makes easy work of a recurve, infact its no different than a regular blade, only with bench stones is a recurve an issue.

I was stupid when I was buying my sharpenig equip., I purchased my set of stones one a a time (DMT C, F & EF and spyderco F) first before getting a Sharpmaker, looking back I should of done it the other way and got the SM first (as was recommended by, well everyone)
When my friends ask me what they need to get their knives sharp I recommend a sharpmaker as the onl piece of equipment they'll ever need to buy (plus the diamond rods of they want to make their lives easier but not necessary) you can pretty much put an edge on any type of blade, any shape, serrated or plain. I'm very competent in my free handing and enjoy doing it and after using my set of stones and stropping I get almost perfect edge, but if I somehow lost all the rest of my sharpening setup, as long as I still had the SM I could keep all my knives up to my standards no problem.

For a recurve, or anything else said to be hard to sharpen, a SM makes simple work out of it and does plain edges amazingly as well.
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Heard a lot about the SM, Cereal. Perhaps now it is finally time to try. I'm always obsessed with keeping an edge and looking for the "perfect" sharpener.
 
Sheesh. In on 3. But I'm working tonight. Shhhh.

PIF has it's own sub-culture going on .
 
RemyKaze said:
Much thanks to Mr BadExample. After much tinkering I decided to go with your black front scale, and the old stainless lock scale, and I sanded all the coating off the clip you sent and substituted it. I tried using the black lock scale but it had acquired a bit o' rust on the inside that hindered the smoothness. I'll take some pics in the light tomorrow.
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You're welcome Remy. Sorry the black lock side didn't work out. But I'm glad you were able to use the front scale to make a complete knife. I had soaked it in mineral oil for a while hoping to remove all the crud.
 
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