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Your Opinion On This Knife
- Thread starter nitty
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I had a m16-12z, and it had some serious corrosion problems. The liners were beadblasted and have these big holes in the scales that make it easy to get stuff in, but kinda hard to get it out. I carried the knife on the Unithon, and probably sweated about a gallon into it. After that the liners were horribly rusted. I took it apart and polished the blade and liners with sandpaper. Then I gave it to my sister. It has some vertical blade play due to my taking it apart, but she likes it alot and has had no problems with it.
As far as learning is concerned, I learned a lot from browsing dealer websites like, www.1sks.com , www.newgraham.com , www.gpknives.com , and www.tadgear.com .
Have fun!
As far as learning is concerned, I learned a lot from browsing dealer websites like, www.1sks.com , www.newgraham.com , www.gpknives.com , and www.tadgear.com .
Have fun!
Elvislives
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I gave my nephew an M-16 for his first real knife about 5 years ago. It has served him very well. He does keep it well oiled, and takes very good care of it. Very good starter knife.
Now he mostly carries a Spyderco, but he's old enough to earn his own money now. Matter of fact, he owes me lunch!
Now he mostly carries a Spyderco, but he's old enough to earn his own money now. Matter of fact, he owes me lunch!
I think the knife is like any other passion
its a journey. You start out with what you can afford and not break the bank. You sample something else a little better and you proceed up the ladder in both appreciation and knowledge. Im still on my way up and having a lot of fun in the process. I think we all reach our level of comfort in the end and are happy there. The knife, as anything else, can be good mojo if accepted for what it is.
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That is a good find that you have right there. I like the aluminum scales and find them very sleek. It is comfortable as well. That AUS-8 holds a very fine edge.
The coating on the blade WILL NOT disappoint you! I sold one to my friend about 7 months ago, maybe more. He has done heavy cutting with it, and the edge holding is wonderful. Further more, he is always using it to open beers! He gets the spine under the cap and prys it off. He's had lots of practice, so it just pops them off now. But that knife looks like it is brand new! No scratches on the surface, nothing.
On a knife your size, you shouldn't find any trouble with the mechanism. On larger models, the liner can lodge too far over, thus making it very difficult to close. But even on those larger models, that's just a sign that you are flicking it out to hard. Use that flipper.
It's a good knife, and I readily endorse it.
-KC
The coating on the blade WILL NOT disappoint you! I sold one to my friend about 7 months ago, maybe more. He has done heavy cutting with it, and the edge holding is wonderful. Further more, he is always using it to open beers! He gets the spine under the cap and prys it off. He's had lots of practice, so it just pops them off now. But that knife looks like it is brand new! No scratches on the surface, nothing.
On a knife your size, you shouldn't find any trouble with the mechanism. On larger models, the liner can lodge too far over, thus making it very difficult to close. But even on those larger models, that's just a sign that you are flicking it out to hard. Use that flipper.
It's a good knife, and I readily endorse it.
-KC