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I just realized I may have a problem...

I have a 3,5,7,11,15,16,16saber,17, and kitchen knives.

My 14 is suspiciously gone. I also don't have a 2,4,9 or 24. I'm trying to figure out which one I'm going to get next.


Oh and on the 30th, I am going to be using my 5 at the restaurant. They want me to come and cut prime rib. I was thinking using my 5 or using my kitchen knife.
 
Chameleonbear said:
I just realized I may have a problem...

I have a 3,5,7,11,15,16,16saber,17, and kitchen knives.

My 14 is suspiciously gone. I also don't have a 2,4,9 or 24. I'm trying to figure out which one I'm going to get next.


Oh and on the 30th, I am going to be using my 5 at the restaurant. They want me to come and cut prime rib. I was thinking using my 5 or using my kitchen knife.
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Well that sucks...Hope it turns up somewhere man.

I'd get a 9, given the fact that you dont have many of the large beckers.
 
Chameleonbear said:
Oh and on the 30th, I am going to be using my 5 at the restaurant. They want me to come and cut prime rib. I was thinking using my 5 or using my kitchen knife.
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as much as I like the 5, it's a bit thick for that job, in my recent experience.
 
daizee said:
as much as I like the 5, it's a bit thick for that job, in my recent experience.
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Same thoughts that I had. I was slicing apples for a pie yesterday and started with a BK5 but eventually switched because I couldn't get the precision I wanted. I think it might have a lot to do with the added weight of the BK next to my kitchen knife. Hell, maybe I just need more practice with the BK5 but there is that bit of wisdom 'select the right tool for the job' or something like that and despite how much I love my 5 I think it was never intended to be a kitchen knife first. I do have more fun when I use my 5 though. That is for sure...
 
Chameleonbear said:
I also don't have a 9
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Go get one now.

Mine just came in. It's the old, smooth-coated and roll-stamped version, but in a new sheath with velcro belt loop and MOLLE backing. Can't trust these wacky german knife shop owners.
 
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1066vik said:
Murph - you're a bad influence.
I picked up one of those Streamlights on Sunday.
OTOH, here's tonight's projects -- making pants for a couple of knives -- one new, one new to me...

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Thats about 1/2 a cow worth of leather :O How is the handle?
 
daizee said:
as much as I like the 5, it's a bit thick for that job, in my recent experience.
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I think if I was trying to slice paper thin then yeah I'd agree. I use the 5 quite a bit at the restaurant actually. When I go to work there I have it hanging off my hip (mainly cause I don't trust the other staff not to slice their hands off if I leave it laying around) and it works AMAZINGLY! We used it the other day to break down the rib-eyes.
 
maethor said:
Go get one now.

Mine just came in. It's the old, smooth-coated and roll-stamped version, but in a new sheath with velcro belt loop and MOLLE backing. Can't trust these wacky german knife shop owners.
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I recently got my 7 from an "online river store" and it came roll-stamped smooth coat, with the new sheath.
 
Chameleonbear said:
I think if I was trying to slice paper thin then yeah I'd agree. I use the 5 quite a bit at the restaurant actually. When I go to work there I have it hanging off my hip (mainly cause I don't trust the other staff not to slice their hands off if I leave it laying around) and it works AMAZINGLY! We used it the other day to break down the rib-eyes.
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maybe if mine were stripped and fisked it would be better at that. Even cutting 3/4" steaks, the edge was too thick. My Henckel's 8" santoku, on the other hand, was the best tool at hand for that.
 
Maybe it's cause I have a toothier edge on mine, I don't know but it does awesome at cutting steaks and the such. I don't know. Or maybe just cause I'm used to it.

I have found the 15 is too obtuse an edge for real "butcher" work.
 
Murph, you mentioned something before I was curious about. You had mentioned that if you cover a zippo in a ranger band the fuel in it won't evaporate. Do I remember that right or am I just crazy?
 
Chameleonbear said:
Murph, you mentioned something before I was curious about. You had mentioned that if you cover a zippo in a ranger band the fuel in it won't evaporate. Do I remember that right or am I just crazy?
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Mine still evaporated within a couple of weeks. It seemed pretty tight, but still didn't work for me. The peanut lighters work well, but they're not wind proof.
 
Chameleonbear said:
Murph, you mentioned something before I was curious about. You had mentioned that if you cover a zippo in a ranger band the fuel in it won't evaporate. Do I remember that right or am I just crazy?
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Well, I haven't tried it. It was something I had read recently in Self Reliance Illustrated and I'm curious to try it.
 
I just put one on... I'll see. In the mean time, I think I need to purchase another zippo, or maybe two :D


So, happy thanksgiving, I'm sitting home, alone, eating 2 BLTs (minus the L and T, add an avocado) and watching Burn Notice... Happy frickin' holidays.
 
Psyop said:
Thats about 1/2 a cow worth of leather :O How is the handle?
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it's horrible -- I'll just hang on to the one as a spare, you probably don't want it. :D





OK, other than the sides being flat - which I probably wouldn't notice if I was wearing gloves, it's pretty comfy.
good length, fills the hand well, long enough, slightly cushy -- this may knock the Junglas off the side of my pack.
 
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