Really...

Which blade is better in YOUR opinion?

  • Black

    Votes: 22 16.5%

  • Polished (Aka silver)

    Votes: 111 83.5%
  • Total voters
    133
PheonixKingZ said:
I have a friend that works on a farm, and he uses a Kershaw Link. Pretty nice knife, but he says he uses it for twine all the time.

Anyway, here is the SAK chilling with his new buddy!
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Really like it so far, and I’ve just opened and closed it. Already can feel how high quality it is. Very well built. Thank you so much Boru13 Boru13 for gifting me this knife! I see me using it a lot when I’m outdoors, or even around the house. :thumbsup::cool::)

On the blade, there seems to be a blue finger print. Is this from oil? If so, how do I clean it off? (Just my OCD for my new knife. :D)
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Your welcome, glad you like it.

I don't have a clue about a "blue finger print", I made sure to wipe it off and checked the edge before boxing it up... got a picture of what you're talking about?
 
PheonixKingZ said:
Someone like Dcdavis Dcdavis uses his knife a lot. A job like that requires a knife on your side at all times.

I will be working with a man soon, that is a contractor. And helping him with some house/yard work. So I may be using it a lot more often?
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soc_monki said:
I'm an electrician as well. How much I use my knife depends on what I am doing. Running conduit or building racks? Tearing down a steel structure? Setting or tearing out a breaker? No, not really a lot of use. Pulling wire and terminating? Yea, I'll use it a fair bit. Always pays to be prepared though!

Also have a razor knife in my tool bag because sometimes it is better suited to the job. Again, pays to be prepared!

How much you'll be using it also depends on what you'll be doing. Digging holes or setting fence posts? I don't think a knife would work for that! Cutting open bags of fertilizer or concrete, trimming landscape fabric, cutting twine? Yep, all day long!

Knife use is situational. A lot of times I don't cut anything all day! I just like to carry and admire my knives sometimes!
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Very true on all points. Pulling wire and landing all day I’ll use it all day long. Yesterday had several big pulls, made a lot of pulling heads. Today ended up landing all those feeds. A lot of usage the last two days.

If I’m just running EMT all day I’ll still get quite a bit of usage depending on the size. Anything up to 1-1/4 comes strapped together so I get to cut those banding strips. If my knife is the closest thing I’ll use it to scrape stickers off of conduit if it’s exposed. I’ll use the jimping of the butt of the knife tho. Also if running conduit all day something has to open those bags of strut clamps, sharpen my pencil, open blister packs of sawzall blades. If it’s PVC all day I’ll use my knife to ream larger sized pipes. If it’s rigid all day I’ll cut the end caps off of the conduit if it doesn’t have the pull tab on it. Somehow I end up cutting a lot of jetline. Stuff just comes in handy in all kinds of situations.

Everyday is different, some days it’s a lot some days it’s a little. Service work you never know what your getting into. I haven’t used a razor knife in years. I’ll use a Klein stripping knife when I’m stripping hot wires. I’ve got a tanto 21 that’ll show you why :eek:
 
Dcdavis said:
Very true on all points. Pulling wire and landing all day I’ll use it all day long. Yesterday had several big pulls, made a lot of pulling heads. Today ended up landing all those feeds. A lot of usage the last two days.

If I’m just running EMT all day I’ll still get quite a bit of usage depending on the size. Anything up to 1-1/4 comes strapped together so I get to cut those banding strips. If my knife is the closest thing I’ll use it to scrape stickers off of conduit if it’s exposed. I’ll use the jimping of the butt of the knife tho. Also if running conduit all day something has to open those bags of strut clamps, sharpen my pencil, open blister packs of sawzall blades. If it’s PVC all day I’ll use my knife to ream larger sized pipes. If it’s rigid all day I’ll cut the end caps off of the conduit if it doesn’t have the pull tab on it. Somehow I end up cutting a lot of jetline. Stuff just comes in handy in all kinds of situations.

Everyday is different, some days it’s a lot some days it’s a little. Service work you never know what your getting into. I haven’t used a razor knife in years. I’ll use a Klein stripping knife when I’m stripping hot wires. I’ve got a tanto 21 that’ll show you why :eek:
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I've seen the picture of your tanto "wire stripper special"! I think I would have cried.
 
PheonixKingZ said:
Someone like Dcdavis Dcdavis uses his knife a lot. A job like that requires a knife on your side at all times.

I will be working with a man soon, that is a contractor. And helping him with some house/yard work. So I may be using it a lot more often?
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Probably will.

I like the combination of tools that you get with that Utilitac and the Pioneer.
Makes a lot of sense to me.

Looks good too.
 
Well, our new knife nut is off to a decent start thanks to the kindness of some of you.

I look at the picture of both knives and think he is set up very well. I know that I was not set up like that at 15.

Based upon how I use knives, he is set for 99%
of his knife needs.

But, that leads to the question of what would I add to the SAK and Utilitac? To me he has most bases covered.

What would you get next? Not that he needs to, or anything.
 
I agree I don’t need another knife, but I may want another one! :D

Will probably look into getting a Spyderco, not sure on the model yet... they seem like really solid knives.
 
PheonixKingZ said:
I agree I don’t need another knife, but I may want another one! :D

Will probably look into getting a Spyderco, not sure on the model yet... they seem like really solid knives.
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I don't need any more knives, but for some reason I keep buying them. I have a Cold Steel SR1 Lite on the way, should be a fun beater knife!

If I had to whittle down my collection of 60 odd knives it would be tough, but I think I could pick 10 to keep... Maybe. Haha!
 
soc_monki said:
I've seen the picture of your tanto "wire stripper special"! I think I would have cried.
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Man I ain’t gonna lie, it hurt my feelings at first ha. I’ve grown to love it now tho. At least it wasn’t on the edge. I’m sure you’ve had a pair or two of cutters/lineman etc that you have to chew through wire a couple of times to cut it after leaving “dummy marks” on the cutting edge. Hell I'm using a pair right now.
 
Dcdavis said:
Man I ain’t gonna lie, it hurt my feelings at first ha. I’ve grown to love it now tho. At least it wasn’t on the edge. I’m sure you’ve had a pair or two of cutters/lineman etc that you have to chew through wire a couple of times to cut it after leaving “dummy marks” on the cutting edge. Hell I'm using a pair right now.
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I've thankfully avoided that mishap so far. This is only my 2nd year as a Journeyman so I have a lot of time to mess a few sets of pliers or cutters up!

I think most of my time is going to be teaching though... First and second year teacher, we're spread thin this year and I have a lot of material to brush up on. I haven't even really though about DC theory for 6 years. I better hit the books!
 
soc_monki said:
I've thankfully avoided that mishap so far. This is only my 2nd year as a Journeyman so I have a lot of time to mess a few sets of pliers or cutters up!

I think most of my time is going to be teaching though... First and second year teacher, we're spread thin this year and I have a lot of material to brush up on. I haven't even really though about DC theory for 6 years. I better hit the books!
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In over 20 years I’ve had several pairs. I’ve got a 4inch flathead from when I was in high school working that’s damn near blown in half. Was moving a switch inside a box and hit the side of it. 4EC46F78-2BFA-4EB1-A182-46D003F9ABFB.jpegYour not supposed to be able to see through them :D
 
Dcdavis said:
In over 20 years I’ve had several pairs. I’ve got a 4inch flathead from when I was in high school working that’s damn near blown in half. Was moving a switch inside a box and hit the side of it. View attachment 1416856Your not supposed to be able to see through them :D
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I try to work everything dead if I can. That was one good thing about Toyota, they wouldn't allow anyone to work on anything hot. Didn't mean it didn't happen, just that it was bad if you got caught! And of course the 270 circuits that had shared neutrals, which was supposed to be a no no as well. Loved getting those arcs against boxes when removing or changing lights! Fun stuff.

Now I do switch yards so we have to be really careful. Hot yards are a deadly place. Fun work though.
 
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