NixKustoms
Sheath and Knife Maker
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I wonder why my backpack is heavy today...
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I'm so proud of your collection!! Seriously!
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
I wonder why my backpack is heavy today...
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Heck yeah that looks great!
I'm so proud of your collection!! Seriously!
Great pics, folks. I am afraid to do a head count, now....too many gatherings attended, too many (tho some would say just enough) outright purchases.....
Dam I need a Brute
Trust me when I say this: you do not. I own one; and as has been discussed on many, many occasions here in the BK&T sub, aside from looks, you're better off spending your money on ANY of Ethan's other offerings in a similar size range. BK-9, BK-4, BK-21 and BK-20 all outperform the Brute. Which I'm sure won't dissuade anybody from buying one, as it did not dissuade me. However, I bought mine for a more than reasonable price....which is good, because I don't personally believe in safe queens. So, it's been used, modified a bit....and hell no, I ain't selling it, so don't ask. Seriously, though....there is a reason why it's been discontinued for so long, and why it's never coming back. Mine was unusable as a knife when I got it LNIB with the factory edge, which was actually obtuse at about 100°. I spent the better part of an hour with my KOWS to bring it to 60°-70° inclusive. Before I did that, it would just bounce off of sh!t. Now it actually performs knife functions, but for chopping, I'll take the aforementioned Beckers any day of the week.
Not that the Brute isn't a damn sexy looking blade (to some), but beauty is only skin deep on that one. Ugly goes straight to the bone.
Trust me when I say this: you do not. I own one; and as has been discussed on many, many occasions here in the BK&T sub, aside from looks, you're better off spending your money on ANY of Ethan's other offerings in a similar size range. BK-9, BK-4, BK-21 and BK-20 all outperform the Brute. Which I'm sure won't dissuade anybody from buying one, as it did not dissuade me. However, I bought mine for a more than reasonable price....which is good, because I don't personally believe in safe queens. So, it's been used, modified a bit....and hell no, I ain't selling it, so don't ask. Seriously, though....there is a reason why it's been discontinued for so long, and why it's never coming back. Mine was unusable as a knife when I got it LNIB with the factory edge, which was actually obtuse at about 100°. I spent the better part of an hour with my KOWS to bring it to 60°-70° inclusive. Before I did that, it would just bounce off of sh!t. Now it actually performs knife functions, but for chopping, I'll take the aforementioned Beckers any day of the week.
Not that the Brute isn't a damn sexy looking blade (to some), but beauty is only skin deep on that one. Ugly goes straight to the bone.
I blame you for most of it.
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