I Know Nothing About Knives, Really... - Page 2

zippyt · 03-08-2006, 05:14 PM

the gold colored part is the stone , you can put the stone a different angles , and you move the stone accross the blade ,

I have one as well , it works well

busterb · 03-08-2006, 08:25 PM

Bruce is right on. I've used one of the Lansky kits for years. But only time I use mine is when I do all my knives. You shouldn't let your knife get so dull before sharping. I touch mine up ever few days with a ceramic from a big light bulb. Rain tomorrow I'll lay out all the junk I've bought, stole and accumulated over the years to sharpen with and make a photo. OH BOY, bet ya'll "cain't" can't wait. BTW don't buy one of the clamps. You can get a small c-clamp and tack a bolt, all thread to it a lot cheaper. IMHO.

Kitsune · 03-10-2006, 03:50 PM

Curious: what material do they use to make decent knives these days? I've noticed that most manufacturers never even tell you what material their blades are made of.

I dislike non-serrated blades, unless someone can tell me how to slice through a section of polypropylene braided rope with a non-serrated pocketknife blade without struggling like an idiot. Using a saw motion with a normal blade seems like a lot of work with little to show for it.

busterb · 03-10-2006, 05:11 PM

Well your not shopping in the right place, but you're right about cutting any kind of rope, it's hell on a knife. Rubber also. Me I don't cut rope and hate serrated blades. For poly rope, burn it into or hacksaw, save your knife.
I've seen an un-scientific contest preformed offshore as to who's knife would cut the most rope. As in manila rope. Hell they would @#$%up 300 feet of rope. BTW the strongest man won. Had nothing to do with how sharp the knife.

BTW google is your friend

http://users.ameritech.net/knives/steels.htm

richlevy · 03-10-2006, 07:41 PM

Well, here's an interesting for some of the Cellar 'womyn'.

skysidhe · 04-06-2006, 09:21 PM

My dad used to just spit on a stone. I think this makes me a hick.

Just look at all those contraptions.oooh and I want one of those voodoo knife holders
richlevy

Kitsune · 04-07-2006, 08:15 AM

This SOG Flash has been my knife of choice for awhile. The blade requires you push on it to open, but after it gets started it springs open something akin to a switchblade. The one-handed open has proven useful and convient. I haven't bothered to sharped the serrations, yet, and with as sharp as they seem to be despite all the abuse there is a chance I might never do it for the life of the blade.

Kitsune · 04-11-2006, 09:32 AM

I find this article both amusing and disturbing.

Quote:

Children as young as seven are regularly carrying knives, according to a BBC investigation. ... Friends of hers admitted it was very common for children to carry knives - in fact they claimed to know of one who had a pocket knife at the age of seven.

My god! Those poor children! Wait-- wha? Why is this a big deal? Should we all be concerned that children own and carry knives? I was given a pocket knife when I was six (as was every kid my age that I knew), as it was considered an important tool everyone should learn to use and carry.

So, then, I started to wonder if the British were absolutely crazy. The answer: Yes, they are.

Quote:

A&E doctors are calling for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives to reduce deaths from stabbing. A team from West Middlesex University Hospital said violent crime is on the increase - and kitchen knives are used in as many as half of all stabbings.

What happened to our friends across the pond to make them fear pointy objects?

Quote:

The study found links between easy access to domestic knives and violent assault are long established.

So, uh, does this absolutely baseless study actually indicate that everyone that owns a pointed knife is very likely to stab someone? What the hell is wrong with these people?

Griff · 04-11-2006, 06:26 PM

So my kid carrying her foil into school might be problematic in the UK?

wolf · 04-12-2006, 01:17 AM

Britain is quickly reaching the point where "Defending yourself against an attacker armed with fresh fruit" is no longer satire.

Elspode · 04-12-2006, 01:23 PM

Yeah, but you can do it with a gun.

NoBarkDawg · 04-12-2006, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

That baby should be sharp on both sides. I have a lot of Gerber knives. Out of the box they should slice a hair in half lengthwise. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but not by much.

...Not by much at all.

I've always bought Gerber knives, and I've gotta say the factory edge they put on them is quite astounding. Sharp as fuck. You can really ruin it though if you're not too great at sharpening knives yourself. As far as only one side of the sharpened half being actually sharp, I';m not sure about that. Maybe it's just the type of Gerber you bought? Either way, you should'nt have a problem chiseling your way through stuff with it.

Bullitt · 04-13-2006, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Britain is quickly reaching the point where "Defending yourself against an attacker armed with fresh fruit" is no longer satire.

"Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him 'elpless."

capnhowdy · 04-14-2006, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode

Yeah, but you can do it with a gun.

but then there's the noise police.....

xoxoxoBruce · 04-14-2006, 08:54 PM

Noise police? Heh, shoot 'em.

03-08-2006, 05:14 PM	#16
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	the gold colored part is the stone , you can put the stone a different angles , and you move the stone accross the blade , I have one as well , it works well __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-08-2006, 08:25 PM	#17
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Bruce is right on. I've used one of the Lansky kits for years. But only time I use mine is when I do all my knives. You shouldn't let your knife get so dull before sharping. I touch mine up ever few days with a ceramic from a big light bulb. Rain tomorrow I'll lay out all the junk I've bought, stole and accumulated over the years to sharpen with and make a photo. OH BOY, bet ya'll "cain't" can't wait. BTW don't buy one of the clamps. You can get a small c-clamp and tack a bolt, all thread to it a lot cheaper. IMHO. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

03-10-2006, 05:11 PM	#19
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Well your not shopping in the right place, but you're right about cutting any kind of rope, it's hell on a knife. Rubber also. Me I don't cut rope and hate serrated blades. For poly rope, burn it into or hacksaw, save your knife. I've seen an un-scientific contest preformed offshore as to who's knife would cut the most rope. As in manila rope. Hell they would @#$%up 300 feet of rope. BTW the strongest man won. Had nothing to do with how sharp the knife. BTW google is your friend http://users.ameritech.net/knives/steels.htm __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 03-10-2006 at 05:15 PM. Reason: add

03-10-2006, 07:41 PM	#20
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, here's an interesting for some of the Cellar 'womyn'. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-07-2006, 08:15 AM	#22
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	This SOG Flash has been my knife of choice for awhile. The blade requires you push on it to open, but after it gets started it springs open something akin to a switchblade. The one-handed open has proven useful and convient. I haven't bothered to sharped the serrations, yet, and with as sharp as they seem to be despite all the abuse there is a chance I might never do it for the life of the blade. Attached Images

03-10-2006, 03:50 PM	#18
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Curious: what material do they use to make decent knives these days? I've noticed that most manufacturers never even tell you what material their blades are made of. I dislike non-serrated blades, unless someone can tell me how to slice through a section of polypropylene braided rope with a non-serrated pocketknife blade without struggling like an idiot. Using a saw motion with a normal blade seems like a lot of work with little to show for it.

04-06-2006, 09:21 PM	#21
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	My dad used to just spit on a stone. I think this makes me a hick. Just look at all those contraptions.oooh and I want one of those voodoo knife holders richlevy

04-11-2006, 06:26 PM	#24
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So my kid carrying her foil into school might be problematic in the UK? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-12-2006, 01:17 AM	#25
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Britain is quickly reaching the point where "Defending yourself against an attacker armed with fresh fruit" is no longer satire. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-12-2006, 01:23 PM	#26
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Yeah, but you can do it with a gun. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-14-2006, 08:54 PM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Noise police? Heh, shoot 'em. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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