The new Skirmish finally tastes blood.

[DRider]

Only took two weeks or so.

Years ago I bought a Skirmish when they first came out. Back then, you could only get the blue (or is it greenish?) handle with rainbow dots and an uncoated blade. I was never happy with that knife. Sure, it was rock solid and with its amazing blade/handle ratio and flat titanium frame lock it carried like a dream, but it wasn't ground well, the edge too thick and the point not "pointy" and the handle was too smooth. So I stopped carrying it.

Then about two weeks ago at a local gun shop I saw a gray handle, black blade Skirmish. I don't care for coated blades, generally, since they always end up being a scratched-up coated blade, but the new handle felt great in the hand, it has a little more texture to it, and it was ground much better. Excellent point, excellent flat ground thin edge. Visually, it was just beautiful. It became my early birthday present.

Maybe you're like me - you tend to take out your lock blades, flick them open, one hand close, and return to the pocket. I do it all the time, seeking, I suppose, the perfect fast smooth presentation.

Well, tonight I was just a bit careless. Did the one hand close, and left the tip of my thumb out a wee bit too far. Knife sank in like a third of an inch.

First sound: "crap!" First thought: "damn that thing's sharp!" And that thought was with just a little bit of pride...

Cuz I'm a knife nut, and I'll always be that way.

 

[enderwiggin]

Ouch!

I can relate. Right after I got my BM/HK 14210, it bit my palm pretty good.

This is funny, because I had more than a few friends over entertaining, who I'd told earlier that week, with a little bit of pride, "man, I haven't cut myself on a knife in years!"

I'd just finished opening a package for one of my friends, and went to flip the HK shut. It turns out, the blade is just long enough to graze skin if your palm is wrapped around the butt of the handle.

Anyway, blood starts trickling down my hand, and I get up to dab some New-Skin on my palm.

I didn't hear the end of that for about a week.

 

[StretchNM]

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Maybe you're like me - you tend to take out your lock blades, flick them open, one hand close, and return to the pocket. I do it all the time, seeking, I suppose, the perfect fast smooth presentation.
...............
Cuz I'm a knife nut, and I'll always be that way.

Hey! That's me! I wrote that! That's plagiarism! Only thing different is the blood type, I'm sure. ((( )))

 

[Djren12]

I actually purchased the one that bitme in the store. I was at my local Sportsman warhouse and I saw a SOG that caught my eye in the discount case. When I went to play with it I found that it was the X-ray Vision with arc-axis. On the way down to close it my middle finger was peeking in too much and the serrated edge bit hard on my finger tip. Not alot of blood, but it felt like a paper cut. So I was impressed as to how sharp it was so I brought it home. Originally $92 but was discounted to $54, guy said clearing space for more models.