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I actually suffered the loss of a loved one when when an attempt to use a large Wegner as a personal flotation device went horribly wrong.
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No wonder no one answered when I flicked my Native open and tried to make a call...
But I've heard them talking to each other just before I walk into the room.
Karl
But I've heard them talking to each other just before I walk into the room.
Karl
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I disagree! What about the Spyderwrench or the sharpeners?
Here is a question for the 'assasin' are Spyderco knives the best for your line of work or Strider knives?
To all SpyderKnuts, this is the 'famous' Troll from the Strider Forum.
welcome, you will find us very tolerant here.
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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto
A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
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'in Spyderco I trust'
Here is a question for the 'assasin' are Spyderco knives the best for your line of work or Strider knives?
To all SpyderKnuts, this is the 'famous' Troll from the Strider Forum.
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Wayne.
"To strive to seek to find and not to yield"
Tennyson
Ranger motto
A few useful details on UK laws and some nice reviews!
http://members.aol.com/knivesuk/
'in Spyderco I trust'
Well, General
I've ordered a Strider, those guys are pretty funny. I'm almost
sure none of the Spyderco's will hold for what I had in mind, like
those long distance phone calls I've been waiting to make with
the slab of ATS-34 Strider calls a knife
-Assassin
I've ordered a Strider, those guys are pretty funny. I'm almost
sure none of the Spyderco's will hold for what I had in mind, like
those long distance phone calls I've been waiting to make with
the slab of ATS-34 Strider calls a knife
-Assassin
Sal Glesser
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Hey Assassin, you demean our efforts. Spyderco is pretty good at our customer service. Our engineering has been good. Our efforts to test new materials is up there. Distribution is worldwide. I'm sure if you check around, you'll see that we do ok at some things besides the knives.
The "business" of creating a product, getting that product to the ELUs, in our case, a drive for safe, reliable performance and follow up is not a simple task, for any company.
sal
The "business" of creating a product, getting that product to the ELUs, in our case, a drive for safe, reliable performance and follow up is not a simple task, for any company.
sal
Sorry Sal, I'm sure the knives you make pass all the testing
they need to, and judging by the presence in all the knife
shops I've been to its a pretty good company. I was just
trying to poke some fun at the company because I used a
Spyderco for something it wasn't meant to do, namely as a
small prying tool and well, guess it didn't like that too much
because it let out one cry in agony as it broke. I guess I
just have to stick with a prybar for that. really though, I
like some of those custom deals especially the Bob Lum and the
Gunting (I cannot find any Guntings) and was just trying to
get a response.
they need to, and judging by the presence in all the knife
shops I've been to its a pretty good company. I was just
trying to poke some fun at the company because I used a
Spyderco for something it wasn't meant to do, namely as a
small prying tool and well, guess it didn't like that too much
because it let out one cry in agony as it broke. I guess I
just have to stick with a prybar for that. really though, I
like some of those custom deals especially the Bob Lum and the
Gunting (I cannot find any Guntings) and was just trying to
get a response.
Sal Glesser
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Hey Assassin. The sheepfoot designs like the Rescues survive prying fairly well if you grab the blade at the hole, instead of the handle. The blade is thick to almost the tip. Grabbing the blade hole gives control without taxing the pivot.
At first I thought you might be trolling (we get a few now and then). Thanx for the support.
sal
At first I thought you might be trolling (we get a few now and then). Thanx for the support.
sal
Sal, I'll be sure to try that. I do like the Spyderco's, I especially
like the totally different Ideas you guys came up with like that
Spydercard and the custom jobs, like I said the Gunting is still at
the top of my to get list, but some (few) knives make it as heavy duty tools as well, which I'm hoping with the Strider after spending almost three times the price of a Gunting on it.
Anybody out there on a lead to a plain edge Gunting, please respond.
-Ass
like the totally different Ideas you guys came up with like that
Spydercard and the custom jobs, like I said the Gunting is still at
the top of my to get list, but some (few) knives make it as heavy duty tools as well, which I'm hoping with the Strider after spending almost three times the price of a Gunting on it.
Anybody out there on a lead to a plain edge Gunting, please respond.
-Ass
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I'm always puzzled when I hear about folks using knives for prying, often with disastrous results. I simply don't understand why the effort is made.
Though I have trouble keeping track of my tools -- a combination of procrastination and my terrible memory -- I can almost always put my hands on a strong screwd driver, or an actual prybar, or one of those broad, thin prybars that debuted a decade or more ago. They always work quite well for prying. Inevitably, they're quite a bit cheaper than any knives, excepting the POS seen seemingly everywhere now.
My slow memory just kicked in. I just remembered an occasion when I attempted to use the spine of a Case, fairly near the point, as a screwdriver. Lost that point. Don't believe I've ever again even thought about using a knife to pry with. Dimes are often quite good.
Though I have trouble keeping track of my tools -- a combination of procrastination and my terrible memory -- I can almost always put my hands on a strong screwd driver, or an actual prybar, or one of those broad, thin prybars that debuted a decade or more ago. They always work quite well for prying. Inevitably, they're quite a bit cheaper than any knives, excepting the POS seen seemingly everywhere now.
My slow memory just kicked in. I just remembered an occasion when I attempted to use the spine of a Case, fairly near the point, as a screwdriver. Lost that point. Don't believe I've ever again even thought about using a knife to pry with. Dimes are often quite good.
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Learned about knives and prying long ago when I worked contract security. Tried using my Buck Scoutlite to pry up a fire system riser cover and broke the tip off. 
Although I will pry soft things with knives, I have never broken off another tip.
Yeah, screwdrivers and prybars!! Them's the tickets!!
Karl
Although I will pry soft things with knives, I have never broken off another tip.
Yeah, screwdrivers and prybars!! Them's the tickets!!
Karl
I've always broken the tip off my knives. My Delica has a broken tip right now (usual culprit: locked keys in truck, pried open sliding rear window). I used to get them re-tipped at a knife store in Amarillo TX, but I'm no longer in that part of the world.