What about Knives and Flashlights?

[marcus aurelius]

 

[Terry M.]

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Nice pairing. What is the light if I may?

 

[marcus aurelius]

Nice pairing. What is the light if I may?

Thanks. That's an Okluma DC0. Jeff has said he might do another run of these in 2026,so we'll see.

That one is in Ti, but he's made them in brass, copper, and zirc before.

 

[LEGION 12]

 

[snuffle]

Going with a festive pair today, realized I've never used this RMJ.

 

[Mk-211]

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G2

First thing I thought, when I saw your pic.

 

[mobilerd]

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G2

Are you the guy I bought a bunch of knives from? Pretty sure you are. Wanted to acknowledge all the deals. Started with the push cut Pingo, sharpest knife in my collection. Been away since I retired and most of my disposable income is now directed to travel. Treasure all the knives I bought from you, pictures to come.

 

[Gary W. Graley]

I’m that guy, glad to hear that you still have some of them!
It push cut through this thick book

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G2

 

[Zephyr One/Zero]

 

[Chronovore]

 

[DA170]

 

[Terry M.]

 

[marcus aurelius]

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This is a great set. The blue touches and blade shapes all look great.

 

[Terry M.]

This is a great set. The blue touches and blade shapes all look great.

Thank you very much!

 

[DA170]

 

[marcus aurelius]

Liong Mah Field Duty was the knife that made me start looking at Reate a little differently. The nice build quality and high tolerances help to ease my anti-CCP biases when it comes to knife making. I was already won over on Taiwan as a Spyderco fan.

Wuben is a Chinese flashlight maker. These X2s are an older design of Wuben's that have amazing machining in Ti, Cu, and Al. I've taken these apart and each piece is a little work of machining art. There are loads of spots to add trits or glow tubes.

The emitters are ok,but not amazing. The battery is not replaceable. But these are two things that I no longer view as permanent. As battery and emitter tech continue to evolve, I prefer to look at these light bodies as platforms for what I may do with them later, as well as enjoying them now. These lights are not glued together, so you have access to everything. I'm a big fan of the design and look forward to tinkering with them in the future. I think Wuben has lost its way in recent years and doesn't offer lights that I prefer over its competitors any more, but I hope that they get their mojo back sometime.

The other copper light is a Noctigon KR1 with a short battery tube. This is set up for throw, as oposed to the Wuben X2's flood. Full fledged flashlight nerds will carry more than one light. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

 

[Hammer67]

 

[Kaizen1]

 

[arrowhd]

 

[DA170]

Playing around with the one of the bigger (3X21700 molicel P50B) lights tonight! Regular turbo is 22000 lumens and double tap(hold) is supposedly 30000 lumens! Huge amount of light overpowering the IPhone lens!