whats the deal with carbon steel?

yep. good quality tools have been carbon for YEARS. it just works. its absolutely proven, and reliable. ive rusted a few things in my years, but never accidentally rusted a knife blade. its easy. once ya get er wet, wipe er off on your jeans, and resheath it. if you dont want them to rust, get em coated with a good gun coat of some sort.

and ya dont like mirror polished blades? you should try your local mediablaster. they have all sorts of stuff that they could blast your blade with, and put a nice texture on it. from walnuts, to glass, to steel shot, to plastic beads, to sand, dust, all sorts of stuff. theyd probably do a mora for free. just have em try walnuts first, from a decent ways away. it gives a nice dull even finish. Thats what im going to do with a stainless mora when I get it. I dont like a mirror polish either on my small utility knives. im going to just use my friends sand blaster, and sandblast the blade. works like a charm.
 
RescueRiley said:
I can't seem to get over the stainless thing...
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If you want stainless, go for stainless. Those Clippers will serve you well.

The media blaster deal sounds like it a plan. Wrap up the handle first, LOL. Look in the yellow pages. An auto body shop might help you out, too. If not, sandpaper is cheap. Start with the highest # grit you can find in the hardware store, you can always go coarser. Tear the sheets into quarters and wrap one around a file or something to keep things nice and even. Sand in one straight stroke from the handle to the tip, not back-and-forth. This will leave a fairly even satin finish without "fishhooks" in the sanding lines. Don't be afraid to foul up, it builds character if ya learn from it.
 
media blasting, is a term used when you want to blast something, but dont have a specific. 'media' is just another word for 'stuff'. walnuts, glass, sand, etc etc, is all blasting 'media'. whatever media you choose to blast your knife with. put it this way, most lower end gerber pocket knives? bead blasted. the sheen/texture is all dependent on what its blasted with. when you go to your local shop, if its squared away enough, theyll have finishes on display.
 
RescueRiley said:
I am a BIG worrier about little things like this!!!just one of my idiosyncrasies
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You are in a phase , I think, when it comes to knives, I used to be the same way as you. The change for me was when I bought Ron Hoods primitive knife making video and made a backyard forge out of an old barbecue and a hair dryer and an anvil (rail tie section). I beat on files my father didnt use anymore and made some nice little fixed blades out in the back yard, I also cooked hamburgers on it too.

But it totaly changed my relationship to steel. try it
 
wow, thats a good writeup. very interesting. all i know is, for stainless, my 3 tinkers, and 2 trekkers are outstanding cutters. easy to sharpen, and will cut anything i need.
 
Yup. I carried my SAK tinker for a long time when I was younger. Lost favor for the mall ninja tactical folders about half way through high school. I'd love to go back to the SAK, but a belt pouch is a little hokey looking, and it doesn't have a pocket clip :(
 
exactly. though, my swiss armies, dont have the 'neatness' of my kershaw or spyderco, its still the best tool ive ever carried. i reach for it more than my gerber multitool in the field, and its always there, dummy corded in my pocket.
 
Buddiiee said:
exactly. though, my swiss armies, dont have the 'neatness' of my kershaw or spyderco, its still the best tool ive ever carried. i reach for it more than my gerber multitool in the field, and its always there, dummy corded in my pocket.
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There is always one in my pocket. When I travel, this is the one I take, very useful, and easy to replace if the people loading the plane have sticky fingers.
 
Yep. It sucks, we cant even carry swiss army knives on planes anymore. As if someones going to use such an innocent boyscout type of knife, for stickin up a plane ya know? Hell, if you pulled out a tinker on a plane and exclaimed "OK!! NOONE MOVE! OR ILL CUT YOUR FU**** HEAD OFF! PILOT, TAKE ME TO AFGHANISTAN, NOW!" you'd get your ass kicked lol.

I remember flying with one in my pocket from frankfurt main to here, back in 94, when pcs'ing in the army. Noone cared a bit. Im not sure if it was that way, cuz i was in class A uniform or not but, those were the days. its just rediculous now. as if were 'safer' cuz noone has a swiss army knife in their pockets now lol. ahh well. ya do what ya gotta do i guess.
 
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