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PeteyTwoPointOne
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I enjoyed the account of the guy who fought off a cougar with a Calypso, iirc it's been a few years back...
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Man Kills Cougar With Pocket Knife
%mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:; AUDIO:%) VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) _ A 61-year-old man was seriously slashed in a battle with a cougar in British Columbia, but managed to kill the animal with his pocket knife, officials said Friday. The 100-pound cat leaped on Dave Parker from behind...
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This one? It was not just a man, it was a 62 year old man! For some reason, all the articles mentioning the knife (like the one in the Spyderco thread) are gone for some reason - who knows why, seems great publicity. This story reminds me of Gene Moe, the 69 year old who killed a Kodiak with a Buck 110. Absolutely amazing.
The Caly reminds me of a larger Chaparral. Is that on purpose? Is it kind of a line, like the Native 5, Shaman, Native Chief, or Delica-Endela-Endura? Or am I just seeing things?
PeteyTwoPointOne
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Yup ^^^that's^^^ the account...thanks for not being lazy < like me >https://forum.spyderco.com/viewtopic.php?t=5437Man Kills Cougar With Pocket Knife
%mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:; AUDIO:%) VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) _ A 61-year-old man was seriously slashed in a battle with a cougar in British Columbia, but managed to kill the animal with his pocket knife, officials said Friday. The 100-pound cat leaped on Dave Parker from behind...
This one? It was not just a man, it was a 62 year old man! For some reason, all the articles mentioning the knife (like the one in the Spyderco thread) are gone for some reason - who knows why, seems great publicity. This story reminds me of Gene Moe, the 69 year old who killed a Kodiak with a Buck 110. Absolutely amazing.
The Caly reminds me of a larger Chaparral. Is that on purpose? Is it kind of a line, like the Native 5, Shaman, Native Chief, or Delica-Endela-Endura? Or am I just seeing things?
and searching it out...Actually, the Caly fam. came before the Chap...they're both flat ground leaf shaped blades, mid locks, with 50/50 choils...it's a great design, both from the brain of Sal, iirc.
yablanowitz
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https://forum.spyderco.com/viewtopic.php?t=5437Man Kills Cougar With Pocket Knife
%mlink(STRY:; PHOTO:; AUDIO:%) VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) _ A 61-year-old man was seriously slashed in a battle with a cougar in British Columbia, but managed to kill the animal with his pocket knife, officials said Friday. The 100-pound cat leaped on Dave Parker from behind...
This one? It was not just a man, it was a 62 year old man! For some reason, all the articles mentioning the knife (like the one in the Spyderco thread) are gone for some reason - who knows why, seems great publicity. This story reminds me of Gene Moe, the 69 year old who killed a Kodiak with a Buck 110. Absolutely amazing.
The Caly reminds me of a larger Chaparral. Is that on purpose? Is it kind of a line, like the Native 5, Shaman, Native Chief, or Delica-Endela-Endura? Or am I just seeing things?
The Chaparral is a smaller, more refined version of the Calypso family. As for why all those articles are missing, after twenty years it's history, not news.
There was another incident where a man fought off a cougar that had grabbed his son (or grandson, I forget which) using a Caly 3.5. The boy recovered, the cat was found dead.
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Awesome, thought so.
Twenty years?? I guess that is a long time... I regularly read news, forum threads, whatever, from even back to the 90s (appreciate you, BF, for keeping old threads, same with Spyderco Forums, and probably some others I don't recall) and I hate clicking on those dead links, most are Wikipedia resources, too. And it isn't as memorable as the bear incident, so a feature from some mag or whatever never immortalized it.
History, not news... then put it in an archive, I say! I want to know what the weather was like in Houston on June 5, 1974!
I remember hearing of this'un somewhere, too. Just goes to show that you don't need a Cold Steel to defend yourself, though I wouldn't go knife-fighting cougars no matter what ya gave me short of a bayonet! With a rifle on the other end!
About ten years ago, I regularly carried a Caly 3.5. I have climbed the knife ladder since then, so I do not carry it anymore, which is sad because it has oustanding ergonomics and is very compact for a 3.5" blade.
I will never part with it like OP. It was among my first knives as well.
The only negative aspect are the rivets...
I will never part with it like OP. It was among my first knives as well.
The only negative aspect are the rivets...
Ed Ricketts
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Simply my favorite small/smallish spyderco.