Bill:
How do you feel about S35VN steel? If have read that it is tougher than S30V (due to the added Niobium of course).
Would you please provide your opinion on the steel in a knife that is to be carried and used?
With consummate respect.
Fishtail Picklock
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- Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:28 am
- Forum: Deforum with Bill DeShivs
- Topic: S35VN Steel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2776
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
Thank you, Jules. This is a truly useful knife. The S35VN steel is great, and the anodized coating adds an extra layer of protection. (I am carrying it now). What a comforting feeling to know that the blade was manufactured in Tualatin, OR. (15.7 miles from where I sit as I write this). Good stuff, ...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:03 am
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
I recommend one of these for every pocket! These are nice knives and take a great edge. Many automatics are big and bulky, but this isn't. The clip point is suitable for a large number of tasks and can be called upon for lots of hard work. (This is NOT a "safe queen"). Buy the darned thing and put i...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: Swords & Daggers
- Topic: My daggers
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4798
Re: My daggers
I wish that I had the old British Commando (Sykes-Fairbairn) knife that Dad gave me 61 years ago. (It looks like the one on the left, but anodized black). That was a MEAN dagger!
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Balisong knives
- Topic: sharpen of false edge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3040
Re: sharpen of false edge
A sheathed dagger may be just fine, but the false edge on a folder shouldn't be sharpened due to the possible injury that could be incurred.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: Balisong knives
- Topic: sharpen of false edge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3040
Re: sharpen of false edge
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- Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:49 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
Well, the Launch 17 is a peach! The S35VN steel is hard to sharpen but holds a keen edge longer. The jimping on the spine (at the ricasso) is just heavy enough to make forceful cutting tasks easier. :wink: The handle is reminiscent of the Launch 8 but the G10 inserts give it sufficient traction to l...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:22 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
No forgiveness needed, fishtail. Just breaking your balls a little! I was still a little over a month from my 2nd birthday at that time. Thank you for your service. I'm sure you didn't get much of that at the time. Twobit, Some appreciated it. Others called us everything but civilized humans. The S...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
I guess I'll let you get away with calling me "kid" since you've got about 17 years on me, but I sure don't feel like a kid (unless I'm snapping away with a switchblade, that is!). I enlisted in the Navy on 7/19/1973 when I was 18 years old. (The Vietnam Conflict was still raging and would be for a...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:22 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
Well, FedEx delivered the package today (I saw the package on the front porch from the Internet). I'll let everyone know about the knife tomorrow.
Blessings.
Blessings.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Funny Stuff
- Replies: 179
- Views: 15385
Re: Funny Stuff
I ran into a woman at an Adult Store. The lady had just purchased a vibrator. On it, she placed a decal that read. " My other unit is a Tesla".
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: Switchblade knives
- Topic: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8929
Re: I ordered the Kershaw Launch 17 this morning.
It seems as if they could "f#&k up a wet dream", doesn't it?
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: Swords & Daggers
- Topic: Tommy Lee Dagger
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1478
Re: Tommy Lee Dagger
Keen blade, that is! What a beauty. It looks as if it would be useful as a "real world" knife, rather than just a "showpiece" or "safe queen".
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Swords & Daggers
- Topic: My Dagger
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2089
Re: My Dagger
That's a beautiful blade! The proportions are excellent and the "muted" Damascus is exquisite.
That's a great replica of a Scottish DIrk.
That's a great replica of a Scottish DIrk.