Ryan "biohazard" customs

John,
Don't know what a Model 6 is? Why does the catalog show Model 7's with various handle treatments but the order from says plain handle only? Do you have a telephone # for Ryan?
 
The Plain body only is for the Number Seven Light Weight. The regular Number Seven can be had with any scale pattern.

John
 
Thanks John, the LtWt is what I ordered so I will stick with it. I don't want to carry a heavy knife. The handles on the regular Model 7 sure look nice! Does any one know what the weights of the 2 Model 7's are?
 
Critical Mass

Sorry guy. I spoke with Steve tonight and after discussing it with him, I remove the pictures. Believe it or not, my link caused him some problems that needed to be addressed. My fault completely.

Please don't take this as a negative comment, Steve is a great guy and speaking with him has convinced me that I need to order a couple more of his knives.

He's definitely one maker your going to hear a lot more about in the future.
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by mr44:
Anyway, my analysis is as follows: For a right hander, doing utility type tasks, the blade should be ground on the right side of the blade. When I cut things on a flat surface with my CQC-7B, I find that I need to tilt my wrist up at an awkward angle to get a straight, downward cut. Using my Stiff KISS (which is ground on the right side), I get nice, square cuts with a comfortable wrist position. Think of the way an actual wood chisel is ground and you'll agree.

Photography, display and fondling of knives is another matter. For these purposes I would prefer that the grind be on the left side. That way when the knife is in a display case with other folders, it can be shown clip side down, pointing in the same direction as the others. Otherwise one could not see the nice grinds...

Now, for fighting purposes it really doesn't matter. I have slain many boxes, retired pieces of furniture, and even an old ghetto blaster with my CQC7, and the grind side did not impede my progress in any way
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Well, I do believe Mister Fourty Four nailed the whole chisel grind thing squarely. Darn it, but I'm in so few knife fights, and photograph my knives so rarely for friends & family, that, somehow, I just end up preferring that grind to be on the correct (right) side since I'm right handed. Call me what you will. YMMV. Your preferences (or lack thereof) may also.

And a maker who will grind on EITHER side, depending on customer preferences, is my kinda maker. SOLD!


[This message has been edited by rdangerer (edited 02-13-2001).]
 
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