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- Apr 27, 2001
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I just received my knife back from y'all this morning and it is outstanding. Please extend my thanks to Joe Houser, Jeff Hubbard and Wild Bill. Include yourself there at the top of the list.
The sheath that Joe sent back was one of the older ones (I believe it was actually from his personal Solution). There is a very evident difference. Not as much in the materials as in the workmanship and this may be due to the Oregon firm that you mentioned. Some folks might figure "2 rows of stitching vs. 3 rows, How big a difference could there be?" Well, they may increase production volume and get the order filled more quickly but the difference shows to the end user. Being one to take equipment to the limit and push it beyond many times, the extra row of stitch is a huge difference after a couple of long swims in the ocean and low crawling through sand and sludge over and over again. I know the guys at SOE know this as they are located right next door to Pendelton and deal with it regularly. That's why they build their stuff the way they do. The Oregon firm (Could that be Uncle Mike's?) just missed the point that folks really beat the hell out of gear like this. The sheath that I got originally looked pretty but I doubt it would have lasted through a couple months of hard training or operations.
Just my $0.02.
Another massive THANK YOU to all of the folks at Buck who have turned this, rather tepid, experience into a great one.
Kudos, kudos, kudos.
Doc
The sheath that Joe sent back was one of the older ones (I believe it was actually from his personal Solution). There is a very evident difference. Not as much in the materials as in the workmanship and this may be due to the Oregon firm that you mentioned. Some folks might figure "2 rows of stitching vs. 3 rows, How big a difference could there be?" Well, they may increase production volume and get the order filled more quickly but the difference shows to the end user. Being one to take equipment to the limit and push it beyond many times, the extra row of stitch is a huge difference after a couple of long swims in the ocean and low crawling through sand and sludge over and over again. I know the guys at SOE know this as they are located right next door to Pendelton and deal with it regularly. That's why they build their stuff the way they do. The Oregon firm (Could that be Uncle Mike's?) just missed the point that folks really beat the hell out of gear like this. The sheath that I got originally looked pretty but I doubt it would have lasted through a couple months of hard training or operations.
Just my $0.02.
Another massive THANK YOU to all of the folks at Buck who have turned this, rather tepid, experience into a great one.
Kudos, kudos, kudos.
Doc