Hey BF,
So I'm going to start a little off topic because I always tend to ramble but I'll get to my point (no pun intented). So I went to Wally World the other day (the one near my work, not by my home) to pick up some sandpaper for sharpening (I'm a freehand amateur but I'm having pretty good success with the sandpaper on mousepad method, using an adjustable Carbide pull through if the angle needs reprofiling), and I figured I'd take a look at what knives they had in stock. I went back there and found a bunch of Gerber, Camillus, Winchester and some other relatively common cheap knives including being stocked full of every type of Bear Grylls knife/tool invented. So I passed on by then figured I'd check the ammo case to see if any .22lr came in. Well it did not of course, however what was in the case was an unorganized pile of assorted Kershaw, Buck, Gerber, Camillus knives all in individual boxes, no clamshell plastic. To my surprise they had a nice assortment of Kershaws, Buck, 110's and 119's among various other buck folders. So I got the guy to open the case and started to browse. I saw a Kershaw Blur Tanto then took it out of the box to find a Kershaw Brawler. I told the guy it was mislabeled, he didn't care just put it back in there. So naturally I went through all the cheap tags looking to get a Blur for $10-20 but no luck there. Most of the labels turned out to be accurate. It was then I noticed a Camillus "Beast" for $68. It advertised a Tanto Blade made from VG-10 steel and G-10 handles. Being that I'm a somewhat new (and not extremely wealthy) collector, the "nicest" steel I own is a D2 Kershaw Outcast (Kukri) and the "nicest" steel on a folder is Sandvik 14C28N on my Leek and Blur which I am quickly becoming a huge fan of that steel. So I bought the Camillus Beast knife simply because of the nice materials and went home. Wasn't impressed with the knife at all, oversized and just seemed impractical. It cut great and all but the G-10 handles were smooth and almost silky like and seemed like they would be slippery when wet. Anyway didn't seem like a bad knife just not for me, not going to get too off topic hopefully so I'll leave it at that. I returned it the next day, went back to browse through the pile of knives in the ammo case and the employee this time stood over my shoulder the whole time making suggestions which I didn't mind except the hovering over me, but I get it, people steal shit. So I made conversation with him while browsing and showed him the "Blur Tanto" box that had a Brawler in it for $65 or so and took my Blur Tanto (that's already part of my EDC rotation) out of my pocket and showed him what the knife should be and what it was. He actually seemed interested and did take it off the shelf to sort out so hopefully nobody spent $65 on a Brawler. Anyway, I ended up picking up a Kershaw Skyline for $30, G-10 handles that actually grip, 14C28N blade, great knife for the price that I'm sure you are all too familiar with.
Apologies, I warned you I tend to ramble.
My question now is the Kershaw Skyline I got compared to my other flippers almost feels unassisted. My Leek, I press the button and the blade is deployed and locked in the blink of an eye, my Thermite slower than the Leek but still "snaps" out. With this Skyline, the flipper will not deploy the blade to lock on it's own. It requires pushing the flipper and the slight flick of the wrist and then it locks right into place in a flash. I'm perfectly fine with this I just wanted to know if it's supposed to be this way or if it's been de-assisted or is messed up in some way. The lock holds fine. Blade is just ever so slightly off center but no biggie for a $30 flipper, and I really have to force it to get any sort of blade play. Is it supposed to be like this, where I flick my wrist while pushing the flipper, or should it be like my Leek that when I touch the button it's out faster than I can see it? Also do any of you guys ever find any decent knives at your local Wally Worlds? This is the first time I've experienced anything of real quality there. Even if my Skyline is defective they had Buck 110's and 119's, can't really mess those up.
Thanks BF and again, sorry for my ramblings. Mods if I did anything wrong it was done with the best of intentions
:foot:
-Aaron
So I'm going to start a little off topic because I always tend to ramble but I'll get to my point (no pun intented). So I went to Wally World the other day (the one near my work, not by my home) to pick up some sandpaper for sharpening (I'm a freehand amateur but I'm having pretty good success with the sandpaper on mousepad method, using an adjustable Carbide pull through if the angle needs reprofiling), and I figured I'd take a look at what knives they had in stock. I went back there and found a bunch of Gerber, Camillus, Winchester and some other relatively common cheap knives including being stocked full of every type of Bear Grylls knife/tool invented. So I passed on by then figured I'd check the ammo case to see if any .22lr came in. Well it did not of course, however what was in the case was an unorganized pile of assorted Kershaw, Buck, Gerber, Camillus knives all in individual boxes, no clamshell plastic. To my surprise they had a nice assortment of Kershaws, Buck, 110's and 119's among various other buck folders. So I got the guy to open the case and started to browse. I saw a Kershaw Blur Tanto then took it out of the box to find a Kershaw Brawler. I told the guy it was mislabeled, he didn't care just put it back in there. So naturally I went through all the cheap tags looking to get a Blur for $10-20 but no luck there. Most of the labels turned out to be accurate. It was then I noticed a Camillus "Beast" for $68. It advertised a Tanto Blade made from VG-10 steel and G-10 handles. Being that I'm a somewhat new (and not extremely wealthy) collector, the "nicest" steel I own is a D2 Kershaw Outcast (Kukri) and the "nicest" steel on a folder is Sandvik 14C28N on my Leek and Blur which I am quickly becoming a huge fan of that steel. So I bought the Camillus Beast knife simply because of the nice materials and went home. Wasn't impressed with the knife at all, oversized and just seemed impractical. It cut great and all but the G-10 handles were smooth and almost silky like and seemed like they would be slippery when wet. Anyway didn't seem like a bad knife just not for me, not going to get too off topic hopefully so I'll leave it at that. I returned it the next day, went back to browse through the pile of knives in the ammo case and the employee this time stood over my shoulder the whole time making suggestions which I didn't mind except the hovering over me, but I get it, people steal shit. So I made conversation with him while browsing and showed him the "Blur Tanto" box that had a Brawler in it for $65 or so and took my Blur Tanto (that's already part of my EDC rotation) out of my pocket and showed him what the knife should be and what it was. He actually seemed interested and did take it off the shelf to sort out so hopefully nobody spent $65 on a Brawler. Anyway, I ended up picking up a Kershaw Skyline for $30, G-10 handles that actually grip, 14C28N blade, great knife for the price that I'm sure you are all too familiar with.
Apologies, I warned you I tend to ramble.
My question now is the Kershaw Skyline I got compared to my other flippers almost feels unassisted. My Leek, I press the button and the blade is deployed and locked in the blink of an eye, my Thermite slower than the Leek but still "snaps" out. With this Skyline, the flipper will not deploy the blade to lock on it's own. It requires pushing the flipper and the slight flick of the wrist and then it locks right into place in a flash. I'm perfectly fine with this I just wanted to know if it's supposed to be this way or if it's been de-assisted or is messed up in some way. The lock holds fine. Blade is just ever so slightly off center but no biggie for a $30 flipper, and I really have to force it to get any sort of blade play. Is it supposed to be like this, where I flick my wrist while pushing the flipper, or should it be like my Leek that when I touch the button it's out faster than I can see it? Also do any of you guys ever find any decent knives at your local Wally Worlds? This is the first time I've experienced anything of real quality there. Even if my Skyline is defective they had Buck 110's and 119's, can't really mess those up.
Thanks BF and again, sorry for my ramblings. Mods if I did anything wrong it was done with the best of intentions
:foot:-Aaron
