Walking Dead Knives

I have wasted far too much time on this. I'll still comment, but I'm done with the semantics and strawmen and pissing contests. It's just not going anywhere or being productive at all to anyone. I have said my piece, and it went nowhere. I'm done, and I hope we can all just towel off, go have a virtual beer together, and maybe remain friends?

So, anybody catch that Rattlehawk Joe had? I think they're pretty sweet! I'd like to buy one and try it out! Interesting design at the very least.
 
Krissig12 said:
Mabye EChoil implied it

But if you asked him directly, I bet you he would answer yes to the question of "Is gerber using product placement in TWD?" I know i would.

Were on your side man, we just disagree with the extent of the product placement in TWD
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Here -----> Have a virtual beer! (if you have a real one, crack it open!) So what was your favorite knife on the show? Mine was the Busse TGLB. I used to have quite a collection of Busses, but had to sell most of em off. Married young, had a family, ya know...
 
EChoil -----> here's a virtual beer, on me. I propose we just drop the whole thing. This is not the way I wanted to spend my time on here. I'm done man. In the great scheme of things this doesn't matter one bit. Sorry if I offended anybody - I sometimes focus on one thing and carry it to extremes. Yes, OCD is a terrible thing.
 
Did anyone mention they also showed a Rattlehawk by swamprat? Used to cut a rabbit in half to avoid a fight between Daryl and another guy.
 


It would make pretty good zombie medicine. It feels lighter than it should because of the milling on the shaft and the beard.

The beard is pointy and thin like a knife point.


I think if I was swinging one for extended periods, the thinner Kill Devil might be better. It is 3/16 rather than the 1/4 thick of the rattlehawk.

 
I thought the best use of knives were in the making-of doc. I love that the wardrobe lady uses a spyder-edge Spyderco for thrashing and tearing the clothes. That's real knife usage. Also interesting to see the Busse props and other props.

As for the show, it really highlights the how well it's made as you watch from beginning to end. The first episode, right when Rick woke up, he is walking around the hospital and sees a body lieing in the middle of a hallway. Probably one of the lesser expensive props, but it was really creepy. The first episodes were actually pretty freaky.

Someone said they need to MOVE. I couldn't agree more. The zombies (and why don't they just call them zombies? I HATE that) have become the background villain as other survivors became the antagonist. I'm not even worried about the zombies anymore. :(
 
I just ordered a TGLB because of the show. My first Busse.
 
I'd like a replica Daryll Dixon sheath made. Since Strigamort is so close to me, I think I might drive to Tulare and drop it off when I get it.
 
Charlie Mike said:
I'd like a replica Daryll Dixon sheath made. Since Strigamort is so close to me, I think I might drive to Tulare and drop it off when I get it.
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That would be cool man. Only thing that I think would make Daryls sheath better is a single strap with a Sam Browne stud. I hate the keeper on a factory sheath that I have with two straps and a snap, but Dwayne (Leatherman) does a nice one where the strap ends open out of the way so that you don't cut them taking the knife out or replacing it.

I wonder who made Daryls. Anyone know?
 
Strigamort said:
That would be cool man. Only thing that I think would make Daryls sheath better is a single strap with a Sam Browne stud. I hate the keeper on a factory sheath that I have with two straps and a snap, but Dwayne (Leatherman) does a nice one where the strap ends open out of the way so that you don't cut them taking the knife out or replacing it.

I wonder who made Daryls. Anyone know?
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Either way, you want the job?
 
RustyZ said:
I know I'm late to the party , but can someone tell me if Gerber makes decent knives .
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You'll find die-hard fans of almost any make here. From personal experience, along with the general sentiment of many board members here, I would have to say no. A lot of them have major quality control issues. In my case, the "survival" blades they make (ie: Bear Grylls gear) are trash. The combat parang (kind of like a kukri) snaps easily from normal use, and the survival knife (with the sharpening stone and fire starter flint built into the sheath) presses against the bolts in the sheath routinely, so it is severely dulled every time you sheathe/unsheathe the blade.
 
This is why I question Gerber knives:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMW4Frpnn3s

"Let's go to the single greatest point of stress on the tang, and drill a massive hole in it". Bravo. For anyone that carves bows, you'll know that reducing the width of a section by half cuts the strength of that section in half, while reducing the thickness by half reduces the bending strength to one-eighth of the original value. Having the massive hole at a major stress point like that likely reduces the structural strength of that area by more than half. I've also had a couple folders and the locking mechanism either routinely gets clogged up with bits of dirt or pocket lint, or the lock failing from just normal wear-and-tear.

Keep the Gerber garbage. I'll take Kabar, Cold Steel, Benchmade, and Busse over anything else any day.
 
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