Random Thought Thread

Jsega51 said:
Grenock Grenock i never realized your avatar was a Shirogorov but I’m definitely curious as to what knife it is, I haven’t seen one like this with the CF and it appears to be a burl insert? I love the F95/Hati family the most out of all the Shiros I’ve handled. 🍻
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Hey Jake, that was an Shiro F3. The scales were by a company out of Germany, I think, named Cuscadi. They were carbon fiber and an unspecified burl wood. Fitment was very good.

Overall, I think Shiros are okay, but nothing special. I had a number of them. If you really use, actually, if you abuse a folder, as I will be prone to do with one I intend to use, I find them to be no better than most other folders of quality. I effectively destroyed one, sold the others and still have one that is very worn, but serviceable. It has since been all l but retired by the couple of CPKs I use for daily carry.
dialton said:
RIP Jimmy Buffett
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Damn. He was a good one.
 
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Cap’n Smudge said:
I carry my EDC2 so that I can use my blade for things I would rather not do in a pinch. It’s gotten uglier but really no worse for wear.
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Copy that. I removed a bunch of hose clamps and then reinstalled them, tight, with my DEK1. Was I not supposed to do that? Should I have had a flamed titanium pry bar in my purse, I mean, pocket?
 
Grenock said:
Hey Jake, that was an Shiro F3. The scales were by a company out of Germany, I think, named Cuscadi. They were carbon fiber and an unspecified burl wood. Fitment was very good.

Overall, I think Shiros are okay, but nothing special. I had a number of them. If you really use, actually, if you abuse a folder, as I will be prone to do with one I intend to use, I find them to be no better than most other folders of quality. I effectively destroyed one, sold the others and still have one that is very worn, but serviceable. It has since been all l but retired by the couple of CPKs I use for daily carry.

Damn. He was a good one.
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It might be time to update your avatar to something a little more current...

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Blues said:
Which would those be, Marc, if you don't mind my asking? (Fully realizing that what is appropriate for your circumstances will differ to some extent from others in different environments.)
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If I told you I’d have to…….oh wait, I don’t have to say that anymore.

I carry either an EDC1, generally in a pocket sheath, or a DEK1 on my belt, all day, every day, depending on what I think I am getting into. The EDC1 is usually the anything that probably isn’t going to be work but might be and the DEK1 is for work and whatever else.

Either one I will use the tip for stuff that it shouldn’t be used for. Remove hose clamps, scrape who knows what, dig rocks out of places they shouldn’t be. They have been exposed to a number of chemicals, some of which I didn’t want on my skin, no corrosion issues, just wiped clean, almost never oiled, intentionally that is.

I have batoned the EDC1 through tree limbs about two inches thick when they were in my sight line on the excavator and I didn’t have the saw or couldn’t rip them off the tree with the ex for not wanting to create a big scar. No damage to the knife, but hard on the hand holding the little bastard, easy to hit more than just the spine.

Both knives I have pried on things, stupidly, with no adverse effects despite seeing a noticeable deflection off the centerline. I am sure I have flexed the DEK1 at least 25 to 30 degrees off center.

^^^^^^I don’t recommend anyone does any of this shit. If you have a problem and go to Nathan saying “Marc said it could take it”, I think he will tell you that both you and I are dumbasses, and he would be correct.

I have others that get some use as well, but day in, day out, EDC1 and DEK1 are my go to.
 
Good to hear thoughts on Shiro knives Marc Grenock Grenock . I’ve been carrying a few of mine in a steady rotation for a couple years now and have found they’ve held up pretty good. I of course most times have a fixed blade on me for tougher jobs, or I grab a utility knife lol.
 
dialton said:
Next random thought: everyone here carries nice blades. Any of you carry a keychain sized pry tool to keep you from being tempted to use your blade for something you really would rather not do but in a pinch….
I always thought EDC’ing a small pry bar was pretty ridiculous but the smaller keychain version would add very little bulk to the ring and may help out in a bind 🤔
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I keep wondering why Lorien got rid of this:

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