Hi folks. My first post here. I fell across this forum and particular thread searching for Lile-style survival knives (safe bet I'm not the first 
I've read most of the thread (it sure does get interesting around the middle number of posts), had some honest-to-goodness laughs along the way, and read a tonne of interesting discussions, reviews, etc. What a great resource!
Like many (I assume) I'm in mid-late 40s and had a love affair with survival knives as a mid-80's 12 year old. I had my el-cheapo hollow-handle (in fact, I think I might still have it in a box someplace) that wouldn't hold an edge, but I loved it. I loved it up until I was at a gun show with my dad in 86 or so and one of my buddies said, "Have you seen the Buckmaster? It's like 150 dollars but it's so cool!" And wow, it was so cool - especially compared with my 20 dollar POS, which of course looked like the POS it was after seeing that incredible Buck. Anyway, about 5 years ago, during a phase of reliving some youthful memories, I finally picked up a Buckmaster - in really great condition - and doing that started to rekindle my interest in edged weapons. In fact, I recently ordered a Greg Wall mid-size First Blood, and hope to receive it sometime in mid spring or so.
All said, I hope to see more posts on this excellent thread. Cheers!
I've read most of the thread (it sure does get interesting around the middle number of posts), had some honest-to-goodness laughs along the way, and read a tonne of interesting discussions, reviews, etc. What a great resource!
Like many (I assume) I'm in mid-late 40s and had a love affair with survival knives as a mid-80's 12 year old. I had my el-cheapo hollow-handle (in fact, I think I might still have it in a box someplace) that wouldn't hold an edge, but I loved it. I loved it up until I was at a gun show with my dad in 86 or so and one of my buddies said, "Have you seen the Buckmaster? It's like 150 dollars but it's so cool!" And wow, it was so cool - especially compared with my 20 dollar POS, which of course looked like the POS it was after seeing that incredible Buck. Anyway, about 5 years ago, during a phase of reliving some youthful memories, I finally picked up a Buckmaster - in really great condition - and doing that started to rekindle my interest in edged weapons. In fact, I recently ordered a Greg Wall mid-size First Blood, and hope to receive it sometime in mid spring or so.
All said, I hope to see more posts on this excellent thread. Cheers!
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