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- Apr 21, 2015
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Hi all. Just joined and writing from New Zealand.
Always had an interest in knives and all my collection get used - I'm a keen hunter and always busy on projects. Feel naked without a knife in my pocket.
Current favourites are the Cold Steel Rajah III which is solid enough for serious outdoor use, also great for skinning smaller game. Also seem to find myself lugging along a Kizlyar Phoenix with a reground 30 degree edge - takes care of anything the Raj can't - including close-range goats!
I joined up today for a couple of reasons. Firstly, my all time favourite EDC knife is broken - it's a Kershaw Talon II - and I wanted to get some wisdom on how to fix it. The torsion bar is split. Kershaw won't reply to my emails - I guess because it is a discontinued model (so much for the limited lifetime warranty). I would dearly love to fix it, or buy a replacement Talon. Have tried finding them the world over, but they are all gone. Blast.
Secondly, I am thinking that I would like to add an Al Mar Sere 2000 or the Mini version to my collection - to replace the Talon potentially, but also to do some of the work out hunting. I am really keen to learn more about how the likes Volloton modify these knives so that I could adapt one myself to 'assisted' rather than automatic opening. Very interested to hear opinions on these knives from those who use them for EDC.
Anyhow, tip my hat to y'all.
CoelacanthNZ
Always had an interest in knives and all my collection get used - I'm a keen hunter and always busy on projects. Feel naked without a knife in my pocket.
Current favourites are the Cold Steel Rajah III which is solid enough for serious outdoor use, also great for skinning smaller game. Also seem to find myself lugging along a Kizlyar Phoenix with a reground 30 degree edge - takes care of anything the Raj can't - including close-range goats!
I joined up today for a couple of reasons. Firstly, my all time favourite EDC knife is broken - it's a Kershaw Talon II - and I wanted to get some wisdom on how to fix it. The torsion bar is split. Kershaw won't reply to my emails - I guess because it is a discontinued model (so much for the limited lifetime warranty). I would dearly love to fix it, or buy a replacement Talon. Have tried finding them the world over, but they are all gone. Blast.
Secondly, I am thinking that I would like to add an Al Mar Sere 2000 or the Mini version to my collection - to replace the Talon potentially, but also to do some of the work out hunting. I am really keen to learn more about how the likes Volloton modify these knives so that I could adapt one myself to 'assisted' rather than automatic opening. Very interested to hear opinions on these knives from those who use them for EDC.
Anyhow, tip my hat to y'all.
CoelacanthNZ
