el gigantor
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My Cold Steel Recon 1 and my Vic Farmer make me smile big time!
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What knife just makes you smile?
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).Since there is a lot of Cold Steel going on here, I'll admit it:
My latest smile knife is a CS Ti-Lite IV I bought a while back....once I got over my long-held and stupid belief that Cold Steels were POS.
Probably the most fun-to-flick knife I ever owned. Great knife. I like my Ti-Lite VI too, but the IV is sooo much more fun to play with.
My latest smile knife is a CS Ti-Lite IV I bought a while back....once I got over my long-held and stupid belief that Cold Steels were POS.
Probably the most fun-to-flick knife I ever owned. Great knife. I like my Ti-Lite VI too, but the IV is sooo much more fun to play with.
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That is a really fun knife to flick. I'm super happy with mine now that I put a good edge on it. Unfortunately, I don't really like to flick mine too much since I'm concerned the titanium lock might wear a little quicker.
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This one - My Thorburn L42 flipper -
It flips so effortlessly and with such a solid snap that I smile every time I deploy the blade. Plus - it's a pretty knife and flawlessly built. If I could only keep one (folder) it would be this one. My one keeper fixed blade is pretty sweet too - in a very rugged and manly way
It flips so effortlessly and with such a solid snap that I smile every time I deploy the blade. Plus - it's a pretty knife and flawlessly built. If I could only keep one (folder) it would be this one. My one keeper fixed blade is pretty sweet too - in a very rugged and manly way
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My user 0600, for sure! Loved them since I first saw them, now I have three, two 0600 and one 0600BLK.
That is a really fun knife to flick. I'm super happy with mine now that I put a good edge on it. Unfortunately, I don't really like to flick mine too much since I'm concerned the titanium lock might wear a little quicker.
That's a beauty, Kwon. I don't blame you for that. Is the lock exactly the same as the newer ones? AUS8 ? I can't remember what steel was in the first ones.
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The lock is exactly the same, save for materials. The blade steel is VG-1...was not fun to reprofile to 40° inclusive (previous owner dulled the edge to almost butter knife levels) with medium stones.
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This one does it for me, too. Again, a gift from my gal:
That is a really fun knife to flick. I'm super happy with mine now that I put a good edge on it. Unfortunately, I don't really like to flick mine too much since I'm concerned the titanium lock might wear a little quicker.
Like my Cold Steel too. The Ti-Lite VI is like a pocket rapier.
Sure a nice one. Is the lockup getting late or something...is that why the concern?
Ever wish it had a lanyard hole?
This one does it for me, too. Again, a gift from my gal:
I'm looking at that one right now at one of my local brick-and-mortars. If I could ever bond with a Sebenza I'd probably have purchased it. Nice.
Like my Cold Steel too. The Ti-Lite VI is like a pocket rapier.
I assume the newer (XHP) IV's have bronze bearings like my newer VI. Correct?
I've been waiting to get a IV in XHP because I like the look of a satin blade more than bead blast in the IV. I hope they eventually offer a satin or polished IV. For me it keeps it truer to the originals way back when.
If they'd only give me a damn lanyard hole....
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I'm surprised you found one - you almost never see them. I'd snatch it up! Here's another look at mine:
