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Ultrastick

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Spousal Unit was out of town today so I went foraging... Picked up a Gerber Profile at Wal Mart for $19 bux and change. Couldn't find what steel it was except finally on the website it said "stainless steel". Anyway it's plenty sharp. Has a kind of half-blued look to it from the coating. The rubber handle is held on with screws, so a new scale job may be in the offing later on if I'm so inspired. It was sharp enough to slice typewriter paper easily. A few strops on my razor strop had it even moreso. It must be a discontinued model as I was unable to find it on the Gerber website. Scabbard is adequite. I bought it for a "yard knife" to put on on Saturdays for yard work: trimming twigs, opening bags of fertilizer, what have you. Pic link below:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...4138&type=21&dept=4125&path=0:4125:4128:92574

Second knife, at another WM was a Buck Alpha Hunter, rubber handle, on closeout for $29. This one was very sharp out of the box too, and responded well to the strop. Steel, as I remembered, was ATS-34, but it didn't say so anywhere on the box or knife. Did a little polishing with Blue Magic metal polish and it began to get that "liquid metal" look I like.

Seems like polishing a knife is an excellent way to get cut. Does anyone know an easy, safe way to do this? I was very careful and didn't, by the way.

Did I do good guys?

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Picked up a Schrade Uncle Henry 3 Blade Rancher Knife, $11. :D

Crafted with solid brass linings, nickel silver bolsters, rugged Staglon handles, and Schrade+ stainless :barf: (for $11,I'm learning to live with it, it's really not that bad) steel blades. Closed length of 3.9375 in. Proudly made in the U.S.A.


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Ultrastick, you did good, especially at those prices. The Gerber is probably ideal for what you describe, and that handle looks like a secure and comfortable grip. Although I'm not big on Buck knives myself, the Alphas are a great design.

That Schrade Rancher looks exactly like the model I got a while back. The steel's not the greatest, but a knife like that doesn't get used for heavy duty chopping or prying anyway. You need corrosion resistance and a reasonable edge.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Picked up a Schrade Uncle Henry 3 Blade Rancher Knife, $11. :D

Crafted with solid brass linings, nickel silver bolsters, rugged Staglon handles, and Schrade+ stainless :barf: (for $11,I'm learning to live with it, it's really not that bad) steel blades. Closed length of 3.9375 in. Proudly made in the U.S.A.


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Where did you buy that uncle henry for $11.00's?, that Looks just like what I need for a whittler.
 
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