What's your last knife purchase of the year (2023) ?

ferider said:
DLT is dropping WTG V-44X & Dregoth today. A large Smatchet and a large Bowie. Just saying. :)

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Get thee hence Satan!

Not a fan of the dregoth and I already grabbed a v44x. I'm safe!
 
Fireman's Knives are up on the CPK site. 10 in stock right now.
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Well... dang it. Hadn't bought a single knife other than CPKs all year (the last being the Cruwear hollow ground BFK in June, IIRC). Then I got the notice of the Magnacut Doug Ritter RSK back in stock...

Thought I was safe with only 4 days to go... forgot that I'm on a forum of ENABLERS 😅

*** Thanks for the heads up Hammer67 Hammer67 . Thought about snagging one of those, but kept 'missing' the sales despite not being out grocery shopping 😂
 
beeinak said:
Very true. I hope he never needs to use the spear. Too bad the idiot owners can’t keep the dogs controlled.
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Yep. I have zero tolerance for aggressive dogs, nowadays. I generally always keep OC/pepper spray on me (and is what I advise everyone to do).

First response is to give dogs a good hosedown if they're aggressive and come within the ~7-10 foot range of the spray.

It's not only very effective for deterring/discouraging/stopping most aggressive dogs, it more importantly teaches the dog that aggressively approaching strangers can and will hurt.

Equally as important, is that it also teaches the inconsiderate/irresponsible owners, that letting their aggressive dogs roam free results in regularly dealing with spicy dogs.

Inconsiderate/irresponsible P'sOS only change their behavior when there are negative consequences for THEM. When their eyes burn every time their stupid mutt comes home whining, THAT'S when they'll actually start to give a damn about restraining them/restricting their movements.
 
yoko said:
I'm suprised he doesn't have a K20 to carry now!
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While I take your post as mostly tongue in cheek, the simple reality is that against aggressive animals, you want;

- More standoff distance, which a polearm is better for.

- Swords are as dangerous to user, as they are to the potential targets, if the wielder has no/minimal training. With less standoff range, and fast moving animals, you're engaging them at contact distance, and a panicked, unskilled wielder has a very real chance of slashing themselves while trying to hit a dog that's reached them.

There is far less risk to the user, with the greater standoff range of a spear, just keeping the pointy end towards the dog(s) and poking them if they come closer.
 
bluemax_1 said:
While I take your post as mostly tongue in cheek, the simple reality is that against aggressive animals, you want;

- More standoff distance, which a polearm is better for.

- Swords are as dangerous to user, as they are to the potential targets, if the wielder has no/minimal training. With less standoff range, and fast moving animals, you're engaging them at contact distance, and a panicked, unskilled wielder has a very real chance of slashing themselves while trying to hit a dog that's reached them.

There is far less risk to the user, with the greater standoff range of a spear, just keeping the pointy end towards the dog(s) and poking them if they come closer.
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Slightly off-topic: Years ago, when I first saw The Walking Dead, I thought to myself after a few episodes, "Why aren't these folks carrying improvised polearms?". It seemed so logical to me. After a few more seasons and finding that these folks still weren't taking the hint, I got a little bored. No polearms, yet somehow, folks were dispatching zombies with knives and everyone became an expert marksman. Ok.
 
Pàdruig said:
Slightly off-topic: Years ago, when I first saw The Walking Dead, I thought to myself after a few episodes, "Why aren't these folks carrying improvised polearms?". It seemed so logical to me. After a few more seasons and finding that these folks still weren't taking the hint, I got a little bored. No polearms, yet somehow, folks were dispatching zombies with knives and everyone became an expert marksman. Ok.
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Yeah, the first season was interesting, but I found myself getting increasingly more annoyed with each successive season, from the lazy writing, and abject stupidity.

No polearms (except when they were at the jail, dispatching zombies through the fence). Alternating between marksmen making headshots while running, to not being able to hit a darned thing when the story needed the protagonists to be in jeopardy, and the writers were too lazy to come up with anything better.

Similarly, in one episode, they're calmly dispatching zombies with knives while carrying on a conversation like folks strolling through a grocery store. In the next episode, "Need some jeopardy!", and all of a sudden, the same person is struggling with a zombie 🙄

*** not to mention one of the things that irked me, was understanding human anatomy/mechanics and thinking, "If a zombie comes up close with their mouths open trying to take a bite, any kind of lateral impact to an open jaw EASILY breaks the hinge which will make it VERY hard mechanically, to apply much bite force, even if the zombie feels no pain".

The other thing that really irked me, is that at the jail, they had all the time in the world (and apparently, a decent stash of firearms and ammo), to train multiple folks for precision shooting (all those zombies available for target practice).

When the Governor showed up with his stooges and the tank, multiple shooters in concealed positions, simply using radios for coordination could've taken out the tank operator (who conveniently popped out of the tank, making himself an easy target), the Governor (taking out the group's leader), the guys holding the hostage...

The range from the jail to the fence didn't look like more than ~200yds. In just 1-2 hours of range time, I've been able to teach complete newbs to firearms, to consistently hit soda/pop cans with a rifle at that distance.

Then they STILL didn't learn by the time they encountered Negan. When they didn't use the rocket launcher to ambush the convoy showing up at their gate (and ALL those firearms that they allowed his group to take), then NO ONE took the easy shot while Negan was addressing them from the balcony, I decided I didn't need the frustration and stopped watching.
 
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There are over 380 knives in my collection & didn't buy any knives in 2023 because of a self-imposed moratorium that I vowed in mid-Dec 2022.

That moratorium is now over but I'm still going to wait until January 2024 to buy another knife and the 1st knife on on my 2024 buy list is the:

Doug Ritter Auto-RSK

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bluemax_1 said:
Well... dang it. Hadn't bought a single knife other than CPKs all year (the last being the Cruwear hollow ground BFK in June, IIRC). Then I got the notice of the Magnacut Doug Ritter RSK back in stock...

Thought I was safe with only 4 days to go... forgot that I'm on a forum of ENABLERS 😅

*** Thanks for the heads up Hammer67 Hammer67 . Thought about snagging one of those, but kept 'missing' the sales despite not being out grocery shopping 😂
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Talk about being on the ball, got the shipping notice already. 😮
 
sgt1372 said:
There are over 380 knives in my collection & didn't buy any knives in 2023 because of a self-imposed moratorium that I vowed in mid-Dec 2022.

That moratorium is now over but I'm still going to wait until January 2024 to buy another knife and the 1st knife on on my 2024 buy list is the:

Doug Ritter Auto-RSK

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Nice. As a fan of the RSK and of side-opening autos, I'll be curious to hear your thoughts.
 
I finally got myself a Kershaw Blur, being my first new liner lock in nearly a decade. I saw Magnacut versions available at a few dealers and couldn't resist. It came snappy and sharp, just like my first Kershaw did years ago.

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My budget can't take any more new knives for 2023, but there's still time...
 
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