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Ritter Wilkins Griptilians
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Hopefully mine is riding shotgun with yours. It usually takes anywhere from 7 to 12 days from my experience.
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Thanks atony. The bottom Ti-ritter I just picked up from a fellow forum member. It's now riding around in my pocket picking up some small, beautiful scratches on the Ti. Looks so good with some real usage marks. Not sure that the blue Al version will so I've been more careful with that one.
I have two of the Ritter/Wilkins mini-Griptillians, the one pictured below with Black hard-anodized aluminum scales. I've only used this one a few times so it's still in great shape -- used as my "special occasion" knife if there is such a thing. After a collection binge over the years, I need to thin the herd a bit so will probably be selling this one soon. My other Ritter/Wilkins has seen a lot of use camping and on other home projects and will remain a great partner for years to come I'm sure. I see why so many folks here like the knives and I'm glad I took the advice from forum knowledge
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This is like my 4th set of large Wilkins so I kind of knew what to expect. They are awesome, really beef the knife up.
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It is in tha house and it is sweet :thumbup:
Getting it together turned into pretty much of an all-afternoon ordeal. The last screw holding the original Ritter together was loctited in like cement and the head stripped. Home Depot and Lowes associates had no clue how to remove screws that small but a third, local hardware store owner sold me a size 1 "easy out" drill bit which ended up doing the trick. Took screws out of another Griptilian and got the RW Grip together after all. I guess hassle makes the heart grow fonder... er, something like that
It is a much different beast. Quite heavy but so much more substantial than the original Grip. I had my lady hold the knife before and after; she got the titanium one in hand and said, "wooooowww, faannncy." Pretty slick having a titanium handled Axis folder. :thumbup::thumbup:
Getting it together turned into pretty much of an all-afternoon ordeal. The last screw holding the original Ritter together was loctited in like cement and the head stripped. Home Depot and Lowes associates had no clue how to remove screws that small but a third, local hardware store owner sold me a size 1 "easy out" drill bit which ended up doing the trick. Took screws out of another Griptilian and got the RW Grip together after all. I guess hassle makes the heart grow fonder... er, something like that
It is a much different beast. Quite heavy but so much more substantial than the original Grip. I had my lady hold the knife before and after; she got the titanium one in hand and said, "wooooowww, faannncy." Pretty slick having a titanium handled Axis folder. :thumbup::thumbup:
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Do you have another shot of the clip?
I used a Ti clip from Les George on my large Ritter, wish I had about 10 more of them.
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Are you guys using the long pocket clip screws that came with the scales or sticking with Benchmade screws? Rexromic's appear to be Benchmade. Btw, great loooking mini-Grip. Love the orange back spacer. I asked Kevin whether orange was available for the large and he said no/no plans to make them.
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It is in tha house and it is sweet :thumbup:
Getting it together turned into pretty much of an all-afternoon ordeal. The last screw holding the original Ritter together was loctited in like cement and the head stripped. Home Depot and Lowes associates had no clue how to remove screws that small but a third, local hardware store owner sold me a size 1 "easy out" drill bit which ended up doing the trick. Took screws out of another Griptilian and got the RW Grip together after all. I guess hassle makes the heart grow fonder... er, something like that
It is a much different beast. Quite heavy but so much more substantial than the original Grip. I had my lady hold the knife before and after; she got the titanium one in hand and said, "wooooowww, faannncy." Pretty slick having a titanium handled Axis folder. :thumbup::thumbup:
Very cool. I can't believe how much the scales change the knife. I have never noticed the scales with the lanyard hole in the spacer. Is that a new thing, or have I just not noticed it before ?
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That is semi new.
The first WilkinsGrips did not have the lanyard hole.
So, this version (w/lanyard) is relatively speaking, new.
It's been out for roughly a couple years now, give or take.