Two Becker's of every kind on Noah's Snark

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TBL said:
WW, how much would it cost to get your mule re-heat treated?

Also both of the ones they are currently offering look kinda cool. I'd go with the MT19 personally cause its semi-stainless close to a D2. Where the other is close to 440c.
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1 blade... Prolly around $30. But i havent ever asked about re-heat treating something or changing the heat treat on something so im not really sure.. Although i dont "think" the price would change.

And yea i was reading about them.... Im just always hesitant on steels i cant find much info on.
 
That is the whole point of the mule project :P to test new / weird steels for blade applications. I'm guessing none of steel that isn't 'mainstream' steels would have a tone of info and or it would be really hard to find hehe
 
mmm, i see an argument for ditching the skeletonized. or at least reducing it a lot, esp at the interface...

most of the knives we've seen break, are "right there"...

never saw one break before skeletonizing? mmm.

full tang. i knew i liked it.
 
TBL said:
That is the whole point of the mule project :P to test new / weird steels for blade applications. I'm guessing none of steel that isn't 'mainstream' steels would have a tone of info and or it would be really hard to find hehe
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Yea thats the point... But in this case id prefer to know a little bit about what im getting LOL

Bladite said:
mmm, i see an argument for ditching the skeletonized.
full tang. i knew i liked it.
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Agree very much for hard use knives!! The BK2? That sucker should be FULLER than FULL tang :D




Son comes up and give me a hug goodnight and then asks me why a couple of my beard hairs are white.... I didnt know they were.... I grounded him till xmas.

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Bladite said:
mmm, i see an argument for ditching the skeletonized. or at least reducing it a lot, esp at the interface...

most of the knives we've seen break, are "right there"...

never saw one break before skeletonizing? mmm.

full tang. i knew i liked it.
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That's why I recently purchased a Camillus 2.
 
mountainmist said:
Nice blade Todd!

It turns out that this poison ivy thing isn't very fun. :( This is the first time I have had it, I thought that maybe I wasn't allergic.
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Dang man, been there bro...I'm breakin out just thinking about it. Nothing works for me to get rid of it. Just 7 days. I like gold bond powder when it gets around the sensitive bits lol.

worldwood said:
Come to find out the spyderco muleteam is before the recall, and wasnt sent in for the recall..... So now it looks like i get to choose any spyderco knife currently available on their site in the 100-120 range...

What would YOU pick ??
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Which ever has the best NIB resale value. Not a spyderco fan. Prime opportunity to cash in!

The Warrior said:
That's why I recently purchased a Camillus 2.
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I don't believe it....pics... Prove it!
 
mountainmist said:
It turns out that this poison ivy thing isn't very fun. :( This is the first time I have had it, I thought that maybe I wasn't allergic.
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NCSlice said:
Dang man, been there bro...I'm breakin out just thinking about it. Nothing works for me to get rid of it. Just 7 days. I like gold bond powder when it gets around the sensitive bits lol.
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If it's really bad or it gets near your eyes, the Doc can give you a shot of cortisone or maybe something else that will help it clear up quick.

I usually just tough it out when I get into it, but if its near my eyes/eyelids or really bad down yonder, shot city hear I come. Only got a shot 2x in the last 8 years, but it was worth it.
 
well, time to shut this thread down, before the locks
 
I'm not overly allergic to poison ivy, but I do get it occasionally. I still remember the worst case I ever had ran from my shoulder down to my thigh and was a couple inches wide the whole way down. I've found that for me, washing with lye soap really helps
 
mountainmist said:
It turns out that this poison ivy thing isn't very fun. :( This is the first time I have had it, I thought that maybe I wasn't allergic.
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Same here... never had a problem with it and suddenly a few weeks ago I caught a nasty dose :mad: (or maybe it was something else... same symptoms regardless). Anyhoo, look for an ointment with stuff in it that ends in "caine"... benzocaine, lidocaine etc. Cortisone lotions and benadryl don't do squat in my experience. I found this stuff at Wally World; it actually killed the pain and itch enough that I was able to leave it alone and the infection healed up in just a couple days...

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worldwood said:
What would YOU pick ??
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One of the "problems" with Spyderco is that they almost have too many interesting knives from which to choose :p I did a re-grind on a plain-edge SALT and was really impressed with it... full size blade, seemed very sturdy with solid lock-up, but also slim and lightweight. So that's worth a look.

worldwood said:
But i havent ever asked about re-heat treating something or changing the heat treat on something so im not really sure.. Although i dont "think" the price would change.
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It's no big deal as long as the grain structure wasn't completely blown up in the first place; the original HT basically goes out the window as they heat it up for normal austenizing, and starts fresh. I included a handful of NOS USAF/USMC blades with other new 1095 blades one time, they came out perfect. But for one small blade, the cost and shipping would likely be prohibitive.

Bladite said:
most of the knives we've seen break, are "right there"...
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I'm not so sure it's the tang cut-outs that are at fault. You have to try pretty hard to break a 1/4 x 1/4 piece of square stock if it's hardened and tempered properly...

I'd really like to see a side-by-side comparison between certain knives that have been known to break "right there", with one group being heat-treated the same hardness all the way through the tang, one group HT'd fully and then tempered back further on the tang, and one group partially-hardened with the transition area being "right there".

At the risk of being burned for heresy in some circles, I am not a big fan of partially-hardening any blade. I really think it causes more potential problems than it helps.
 
worldwood said:
Son comes up and give me a hug goodnight and then asks me why a couple of my beard hairs are white.... I didnt know they were.... I grounded him till xmas.

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My wife does that to me. I remind her that they are just a little lighter pieces of my blond hair.

james terrio said:
At the risk of being burned for heresy in some circles, I am not a big fan of partially-hardening
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:D

IBTL?
 
Sitting at one of my favorite local dinners now getting ready to be served a delicious breakfast. By myself unfortunately. My plan was to treat Murph to breakfast this morning, (today is his birthday) but since he's driving to the gathering in the morning he had to much stuff going on. Oh well, more biscuits for me!

Happy birthday anyway Murph!
 
Happy birthday Murph!

So last night at around 1am the wife and I were in bed just starting to doze off, when I started hearing some yelling going on outside. Sounded like someone was fighting . Poked our heads out the window to investigate; it was some idiot on the train tracks screwing around on a stopped train car. (Yeah I've got a train track like 100 ft out my front door) Screaming at the top of his lungs. Cursing the gov't. Singing Elvis tunes. Talking to his imaginary friend. Yelling some more. Trying to open the shipping container. Cursing CN for trying to run him over with a train. Finally I got fed up with the idiot so I shouted at him to shut the f*** up; some of us have jobs to go to. That sent him into a expletive-filled tirade of more singing...

Ended up waking up our daughter, so the wife gets on the phone to the police. Must of spent 5 mins going thru all the push button menus, while I was laughing at her (reminded me of an old Simpson episode - "you have selected regicide. If you know the name of the king being murdered, press 1") Wow, was that ever a hassle.

Anyways, like 10 mins after we get off the phone, the train starts moving. For a second there I thought he might of gotten run over, but he pops up onto one of the carts and starts cursing out the train again for trying to run him over. Last I saw him he was headed out East, singing and cursing away. Good riddance. Told my little one THAT'S why you don't do drugs. Now today I'll be dragging my ass hard... soooo tired...
 
Aikiguy said:
Happy birthday Murph!

So last night at around 1am the wife and I were in bed just starting to doze off, when I started hearing some yelling going on outside. Sounded like someone was fighting . Poked our heads out the window to investigate; it was some idiot on the train tracks screwing around on a stopped train car. (Yeah I've got a train track like 100 ft out my front door) Screaming at the top of his lungs. Cursing the gov't. Singing Elvis tunes. Talking to his imaginary friend. Yelling some more. Trying to open the shipping container. Cursing CN for trying to run him over with a train. Finally I got fed up with the idiot so I shouted at him to shut the f*** up; some of us have jobs to go to. That sent him into a expletive-filled tirade of more singing...

Ended up waking up our daughter, so the wife gets on the phone to the police. Must of spent 5 mins going thru all the push button menus, while I was laughing at her (reminded me of an old Simpson episode - "you have selected regicide. If you know the name of the king being murdered, press 1") Wow, was that ever a hassle.

Anyways, like 10 mins after we get off the phone, the train starts moving. For a second there I thought he might of gotten run over, but he pops up onto one of the carts and starts cursing out the train again for trying to run him over. Last I saw him he was headed out East, singing and cursing away. Good riddance. Told my little one THAT'S why you don't do drugs. Now today I'll be dragging my ass hard... soooo tired...
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You sure it wasn't the Warrior, he did say he was getin lit last night :p

Oh ya, Happy Birthday Murph!
 
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