Whats The Forums Opinion Of Mad Dog?

[Hoodoo]

I'm popping open a couple of guiness for this one. Makin' me a big ol' sandwich. Afterwords, I'm taking a nap. Then later, I can do it all over again 'cause it will still be here. Yeeha!

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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman

 

[James Mattis]

Your friendly neighborhood moderator thanks all and sundry for keeping this thread relatively civil so far, and for their warnings of uncivil threads which are, I hope, safely archived or otherwise locked.

Your friendly neighborhood moderator also reminds all and sundry to review the chapter on "decorum in debate" in Robert's Rules of Order, and to speak to the assembly on the topic, and not to and about a previous speaker whose words they may find disagreeable. Another good rule is to imagine that all participants are in the same room, and all carrying knives, and so be nice and polite.

Peace . . .


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- JKM
www.chaicutlery.com
AKTI Member # SA00001

 

[Dan K]

There's nothing quite like a MD thread to spice up an afternoon.

Dan

 

[Hoodoo]

Originally posted by James Mattis:
Another good rule is to imagine that all participants are in the same room, and all carrying knives, and so be nice and polite.

Peace . . .

This should be Standard Operating Procedure for all the forums!

LMAO,

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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman

 

[DonL]

Hoodoo, while tact and politeness truly should be standard operating procedure for the forums, I'm still gonna put a pot of coffee on...

So far, so good, though, I'd like to think that we've all learned from how things have gone on in the past.




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Don LeHue

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

 

[Loki]

Mad Dog's are good knives keeping in mind that all knives are design compromises. I like my five Dogs. For the money you can find as good or better for your needs. I don't think the ATAK is a better blade than say the Randall #14 - just different. Most of us are no longer buying knives for what we need but what we want. If you want an ATAK get one. For the money I'd buy the Randall and not feel too deprived.

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Jim :

But for some styles of *fighter*, the way a Mad Dog feels and balances is close to nirvana.

I am not disputing that, my point was that the choice of balance on many of the blades that MD's are often compared to does not indicate a quality difference, which is often argued, but simply a design choice. Any custom maker will put the balance point where you want it.

I'm also very reluctant to believe that a Mad Dog blade is liable to suffer edge damage or gross failure in the stresses of a personal fight.

So was I until I broke two into pieces and the second literally shattered into 4+ chunks (I never found all of them).

if you rammed one tip-first into the steel trauma plate of a high-end ballistic vest, you might get enough stress to matter.

That is a compressive stress along a very strong plane. You would need to generate extreme force to cause a failure in that way. Which is why of course people often demo blades that way, it looks impressive if you have never stressed a blade in that manner.

The tip problems with MD blades are due to the low strength of the softened steel causing it to bend under lateral stresses. This is what the blade would experience from a stab into a hard target where the thrust was off the centerline.

-Cliff

 

[Mike Turber]

My opinions are well documented on Mad Dog knives.

The ATAK is a wonderful knife and feel absolutely KICK ASS in your hand. It's performance is less than steller for a knife costing $355. There are much better buys on the market and you can get a great fixed blade and a great folder for the same money.

I have probably 100 posts devoted to Mad Dog so a simple search in the archives here will yeild a plethora of info.

Or just click on our magazine link.


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[Cobalt]

quote's:

Cliff:" Jim, a hard wood toilet seat is much stronger and can take lateral landings much easier"

Jim:" But Cliff, the soft padded toilet seats are pure NIRVANA. They literally mold to your tukus"

Cliff:"Jim, I understand your point about the feel of the seat, but there is more to a toilet seat than just feel. It has to be able to withstand all kinds of family members"

Jim:" Well, my soft padded seat has taken all kinds of landings square on with no failure."

Cliff:"But Jim, those are direct landings, not glancing landings or violent impacts like middle of the night landings. You also have to take into consideration glancing blows from wristwatches and rings when the wiping hand goes to work. This can literraly tear up a soft cushion seat."

Jim:" Cliff I stopped wearing jewelry a long time ago, when I dropped my Rolex Sub in the latrine and never got it back. The cushion seat is light and drops down quick with very little noise. the tougher wooden seats drop down hard make a lot of noise and wake up the family"

Cliff:" Jim, the soft cushion toilet seats soak up liquids, especially in the middle of the night when you forget to put the seat up."

Jim:" The wooden seats can splinter and cause severe anal injuries"

Cliff:" Jim, I would rather risk a splinter, than a virus from an unclean family member, darnit it man, isn't cleanliness important to you?"

Turber:" I sell resiprene coated seats, anyone want one?"

Spark:" This item has been discussed countless times, please use the search button guys and look under Butteronomy"

Mattis:" Lets keep it clean guys(no punn intended)"

Mayo:" The forces of pluto have stricken the planet venus and called on the unicorn to come save the martians"

Newbie:" HUH?"
Spark:" This thread is verging

 

[RDomina]

Cobalt LMAO
Almost spit my coffee all over the puter.

Ray

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You can polish a turd as much as you like but it's still a turd.

 

[Boriqua]

Oh man Cobolt

That was great !!

"three of the seats tested from manufacturer X had gross failure during testing causing dreaded wet tukus. In a survival situation this is unacceptable"

"I dont understand the value in extreme or torure testing. A toilet seat was made for comfort during the nessesary evacuation of body waste. I dont see the sense in trying to pry open car doors or lasso wild horses with one. Your test by which you were suspended ten feet in the air with your bare bottom hanging in the breeze and being dropped freefall on to the seat is without merit"

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ALex

http://home.att.net./~a.boriqua

 

[E__WOK]

I own three Mad Dogs, a DSU-2 and two ceramics. They are worth every cent. The dsu has never chipped.

 

[Tamishigiri]

Cobalt, Brilliant !
That's the most relevant post to date !

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There is no possible victory in defense, The Sword is more important than the shield, And skill is more important than either, The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental."

 

[Dannyc]

ROTFLMAO!!

Nice going, Cobalt!

Dan

 

[SammyB]

Cobalt,

Thanks for the first out loud laugh of my day...

Other than that, I have nothing to add to this one.

-Sam

 

[Joel Stave]

Cobalt -- that was the best summary/analysis of any conversation I've ever witnessed. Absolutely brilliant.

I think it would be great if all long threads (other than the "what are you carrying right now" type) have a pointer to an updatable summary of this type. It really brings things into focus.

 

[Mark W Douglas]

I thought a mad dog was a dog with rabies

 

[Stompy]

Very well summed up, Cliff!

And Cobalt..geez

Stompy: Jim, what's wrong with Uranus?

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You could put nacho cheese sauce on it...

 

[Jim March]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAAA!

Jim

 

[Cliff Stamp]

Cobalt, what's a toilet seat ?!

-Cliff