james terrio
Sharpest Knife in the Light Socket
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Yuengling B&T is indeed very, very nice.
I don't worry about that one bit - and yeah, I do make pure fighting knives now and then. Heck, the Fugitive is really just a fighter that you could do bushcraft stuff with if you had to... but it's definitely a better fighter than a pure bushcrafter. Fighters are just fun as hell to make and practice with
The fact, is most crimes by far are committed with cheap, basically disposable knives and guns... not too many robbers, gangsters or ticked-off ex-husbands are lining up to wait months and pay out hundreds or thousands for custom work.
As for the whole "tactical" thing... meh. As you said, it doesn't mean anything, really. Several times I've read a former combat soldier dismiss it by simply saying things like, "I used a toothbrush in Iraq/Vietnam/wherever combat zone too, does that make it a tactical toothbrush?" :thumbup: For decades the plain ol' Buck 110 was the "tactical" folder of choice for almost everyone from soldiers to cops to hardcore bikers... now the "tactical crowd" laughs at it. For that matter, for decades the good ol' lever-action rifle was the baddest-ass "assault rifle" you could get. *shrug*
Then again, if a person made some high-speed/low-drag black carbon fiber tactical toothbrushes with pointy stabby ends and a SWAT/USMC/SF/SEAL logo printed on them, I guarantee plenty of people would buy 'em.
(if it hasn't already been done... which wouldn't really surprise me much.)
I don't worry about that one bit - and yeah, I do make pure fighting knives now and then. Heck, the Fugitive is really just a fighter that you could do bushcraft stuff with if you had to... but it's definitely a better fighter than a pure bushcrafter. Fighters are just fun as hell to make and practice with
The fact, is most crimes by far are committed with cheap, basically disposable knives and guns... not too many robbers, gangsters or ticked-off ex-husbands are lining up to wait months and pay out hundreds or thousands for custom work.
As for the whole "tactical" thing... meh. As you said, it doesn't mean anything, really. Several times I've read a former combat soldier dismiss it by simply saying things like, "I used a toothbrush in Iraq/Vietnam/wherever combat zone too, does that make it a tactical toothbrush?" :thumbup: For decades the plain ol' Buck 110 was the "tactical" folder of choice for almost everyone from soldiers to cops to hardcore bikers... now the "tactical crowd" laughs at it. For that matter, for decades the good ol' lever-action rifle was the baddest-ass "assault rifle" you could get. *shrug*
Then again, if a person made some high-speed/low-drag black carbon fiber tactical toothbrushes with pointy stabby ends and a SWAT/USMC/SF/SEAL logo printed on them, I guarantee plenty of people would buy 'em.
(if it hasn't already been done... which wouldn't really surprise me much.)
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