...I have more free money than usual, so I've been buying knives. I've recently come into a Buck Vantage, an Izula, and last night got on a list for the new GEC Farm & Field & Fish knife. Usually I buy one or two knives a year, but I'm up to about one a month now. Guess there is a bright side to everything.
I read a lot about Vantages having problems, but mine is pretty fine. It's one of the Paperstone models, and is centered, sharp, and with a smooth pivot right out of the box.
The Izula is everything that the internets said it would be. I like it a lot, and it's neat to have a fixed blade small enough to EDC. I'm carrying it (and a Case CV Trapper, and a Vic Classic) right now.
The new GEC Farm & Field & Fish is in a few threads here and there, but I'm surprised more people aren't excited about it. I've been looking for a fishing knife in that general pattern all winter and didn't find one I liked, but this one looks sweet. I have no experience with GEC, but of the knives I've bought so far in 2013 I'm most excited about this one.
I'll be happy when ammo is back on the shelves, but this spree of knife buying has been a decent consolation prize. I guess this is a post about opportunity knocking on the back door, silver linings, and all that. Anyone else been using their ammo budget this way?
I read a lot about Vantages having problems, but mine is pretty fine. It's one of the Paperstone models, and is centered, sharp, and with a smooth pivot right out of the box.
The Izula is everything that the internets said it would be. I like it a lot, and it's neat to have a fixed blade small enough to EDC. I'm carrying it (and a Case CV Trapper, and a Vic Classic) right now.
The new GEC Farm & Field & Fish is in a few threads here and there, but I'm surprised more people aren't excited about it. I've been looking for a fishing knife in that general pattern all winter and didn't find one I liked, but this one looks sweet. I have no experience with GEC, but of the knives I've bought so far in 2013 I'm most excited about this one.
I'll be happy when ammo is back on the shelves, but this spree of knife buying has been a decent consolation prize. I guess this is a post about opportunity knocking on the back door, silver linings, and all that. Anyone else been using their ammo budget this way?