Rhino Picture

John Hollister

John Hollister

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I broke out some old knife magazines and happened across a picture of an Emerson Rhino. The picture was from the March '97 issue of "Blade" magazine. It was pictured with a Hartfield "yoroi-toshi". I found it interesting that Blade magazine didn't seem to even know what they had. They mention the CQC series several times and in the caption for the picture just called the Rhino an "Ernest Emerson".

Wicked lookin' gal, ain't she?
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Hi John!

Thanks for sharing
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Been looking to add a rhino picture to my Emerson gallery for some time now.
It´s surely one cool and nasty looking knife!

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kniven

"sharp things for sharp people"
 
Definitely a badass knife, and I'll be happy to get the one I ordered two years ago, in about five years or so....
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Ryan
 
Beautiful !

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"WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS OF COMBAT, YOU REALIZE THERE IS NO STYLE"

"This is the law:
There is no possible victory in defense, The Sword is more important than the shield, And skill is more important than either, The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."
 
What a nice looking knife.

Has anybody around here got one - or seen one for real?

Regards,

Ed
 
Edmoses and John,
Yes, Nyeti and I have one. They are a real
"ominous" Knife. They are a highly specialized and specific mission application
design. Sometime when I can figure out my JVC Digital and figure out or purchase new software to download pics I will. I have researched my existing software and there are some compatibility issues that wer'nt suppose to exist but do. Sound Familiar ?
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Just hav'nt had the time to committ to do the sourcing, research and struggle at this point.

The one pictured by john has a CQC 8 style handle. Nyeti and mine are of the ES1-M
genre. Which I prefer. I like a bigger handle in close. I prefer a smaller circumference for Longer range stuff as is on the CQC 8 "Banna". Hope that helps.

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"WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS OF COMBAT, YOU REALIZE THERE IS NO STYLE"

"This is the law:
There is no possible victory in defense, The Sword is more important than the shield, And skill is more important than either, The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."
 
With its left-side chisel grind and its toothy secondary "harvesting" edge, it's obviously a grafting and pruning knife for the gardener who has everything - something you would want to tend your vines and your fig trees, after we all beat our swords into plowshares and our spears into pruning hooks, and folks can sleep outside without anybody having to post a sentry.
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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
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JKM,

I am sure that any LEO that you run across will share your opinion that this is the first in a series of Emerson Gardening tools
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- perhaps this is why we cannot get customs, we should be looking at the Gardening Forums.....

Just a thought.

Ed
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JKM,
I found mine in the HOME DEPOT GARDENING section. Although it took a five year wait w/ a Rain Check. (They were sold out)
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"WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS OF COMBAT, YOU REALIZE THERE IS NO STYLE"

"This is the law:
There is no possible victory in defense, The Sword is more important than the shield, And skill is more important than either, The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."
 
Just like your other gardening tool, the Civilian, right James?
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Yep! And just like my Cold Steel Vaquero Grande bread knife! Seriously. Little old ladies in my congregation borrow it from me to cut bread.
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The more "un-PC" a knife looks, the more fun it is to come up with "PC" uses for it!


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001
 
I don't know why you guys think this gardening issue is so funny. According to Ernie, the CQC9 was designed as a gardening tool for DEA agents, to help them "harvest" illicit plants. 'Grab the plant in your left hand, reach down and cut at the plant's base with your right while holding it in a modified fencers grip'. At the same time, it was good to have a defensive capability built into it, in case the folks that planted the herbs and spices being harvested showed up unexpectedly.

So the Rhino (originally named the very un-PC Sentry Removal Tool) is the second in this series of gardening implements. Perhaps we can get a field test on how well the CQC8 performs at cutting down its eponymous banana bunches...
 
A post in hope - does anybody out there haveone of these gardening implements that they nolonger require and which could be transfered to a new caring owner?

Regards,

Ed
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I would like to say that one of the hightlights of going to shows in Southern Ca. was having Tamishigiri hand me the Rhino to check out. I must say as good as the photo's are, they don't compare to having one in your hand. DEA Pruner!

Stay Well
Ken
 
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