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Okay, we've had the series of threads about what did you carry at (or immediately before/after, etc.) the 2000/2001 boundary, but the really interesting question to me is, what one knife claimed the most time in your pocket in the year 2000? I'm not asking which knife you liked the best; this is sort of a "put your money where your mouth is" question -- think back, what did you actually carry for the largest number of days? And why did that knife end up in your pocket (uh, or waistband, or wherever) so often?
In my case, the 710BT, Synergy, Stryker, Starmate, baby Sebenza, and Calypso Jr. (micarta) divided up the first half of the year, but my 730BT Ares just couldn't seem to stay out of my pocket, between its arrival in June, and the last few weeks of December. I'd pick up other knives and play with them around the house, but then always seem to find myself getting to the door and heading back to grab the 730 to take with me...
The contoured G10 scales fits my hand perfectly, feels very secure, and the multicolor G10 works almost as "urban camouflage", attracting attention to the interesting colors and away from the fact that it's a knife. The blade shape is eminently useful and big enough for most any job without being too "big and scary". It rides very low in the pocket, yet doesn't offer any odd protrusions when I reach in for keys, etc. And... "Axis Locks Rule" -- I've decided that they're even more fun to close than to open (I use the thumb studs to open, but just pull the buttons back and twitch my wrist to close).
The LCC, SERE 2K, and 940BT are all stellar knives, but arrived on the scene (for me) in the past few weeks, too late to make a dent, long-term carrying-wise (I suppose that could be construed as giving an unfair advantage to the other knives in this "contest", but, well, them's the breaks). Perhaps one of these "newcomers" will win this distinction for 2001...
So... how did the year go for you, knife-carrying-statistics-wise?
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Carl /\/\/\ AKTI #A000921 /\/\/\ San Diego, California
Think this through with me ... Let me know your mind
Wo-oah, what I want to know ... is are you kind?
-- Hunter/Garcia, "Uncle John's Band"
In my case, the 710BT, Synergy, Stryker, Starmate, baby Sebenza, and Calypso Jr. (micarta) divided up the first half of the year, but my 730BT Ares just couldn't seem to stay out of my pocket, between its arrival in June, and the last few weeks of December. I'd pick up other knives and play with them around the house, but then always seem to find myself getting to the door and heading back to grab the 730 to take with me...
The contoured G10 scales fits my hand perfectly, feels very secure, and the multicolor G10 works almost as "urban camouflage", attracting attention to the interesting colors and away from the fact that it's a knife. The blade shape is eminently useful and big enough for most any job without being too "big and scary". It rides very low in the pocket, yet doesn't offer any odd protrusions when I reach in for keys, etc. And... "Axis Locks Rule" -- I've decided that they're even more fun to close than to open (I use the thumb studs to open, but just pull the buttons back and twitch my wrist to close).
The LCC, SERE 2K, and 940BT are all stellar knives, but arrived on the scene (for me) in the past few weeks, too late to make a dent, long-term carrying-wise (I suppose that could be construed as giving an unfair advantage to the other knives in this "contest", but, well, them's the breaks). Perhaps one of these "newcomers" will win this distinction for 2001...
So... how did the year go for you, knife-carrying-statistics-wise?
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Carl /\/\/\ AKTI #A000921 /\/\/\ San Diego, California
Think this through with me ... Let me know your mind
Wo-oah, what I want to know ... is are you kind?
-- Hunter/Garcia, "Uncle John's Band"
