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[hauntedchild]

I have to take time to figure out posting pics . Mine is a marbles sheath knife made in Gladstone Michigan .

 

[MatthewSB]

More info please!

 

[ERRN]

I have a lot of edc users, but I've been through hell with this bk17 and it's never failed me.

 

[jaypowell0185]

Emerson Horseman and a mini cqc7b

 

[Wowbagger]

Show your knife that you grab for things you wouldnt dare do with another but it just keeps on performing . You know shop knives , knife in your tool box , you just plain sharpen and go , improvised handle and the like .

I had certain needs for a tool at work. Then I learned what a razel is. Then I got the hots for a knife I could hammer through a nail just because . . . well . . . Buck's logo is that but I wasn't about to try it with my nice old classic '80s 110.
So
I ask around and started looking at all kinds of knives and steel alloys and this is what I finally came down on :
Cold Steel Ti Lite VI (the big two fisted zarker).
CTS-XHP this steel will easily shave curls off mild steel parts with no damage if the angle is right.
I was using it today for taking burs off metal parts.
I'm happy with it. It works just the way I hoped it would. A knife and a push chisel all in one. I don't hammer on it much and when I do it is just on the spine of the blade; I never hammer on the handle to drive it.

Some before and after photos.
(PS : anyone trying one of these for the use described above . . . use extreme caution; think where those edges are going to end up if you slip off the work; very dangerous until you get used to using push chisels .)

 

[Korean Hog]

I have a few beaters in various locations......car, work truck & tool bag, but these 2 have been truly beaten & just keep coming back for more!!
The Guardian is in 3v......don't doubt anything you hear about 3v!! It is amazing!! I recently removed a ton of flex duct that was held in place by HUGE zip ties. The flex fits over heavy tin collars. I slid the knife under the ties and twisted it to break them. It sliced paper after doing that quite a few times!! Great steel on a great knife!!
The Pac Salt is nothing short of a pocket chain saw!!!
Joe

Oh Yeah! H1 serrated blades kick ass for cutting flex