Posted on 03/14/2012 7:02:14 PM PDT by marktwain
My personal carry knife is a Kershaw Scallion Assisted Opening. Never heard a complaint against this model except weight for some handle configurations.Mine has the stainless handles and s the heaviest. But, it is still light and ver usefull.
I used to belong to a salt water club and you hear
some eye opening tales, two friends were fishing
out of south carolina, were on the way out, one
was in the cabin getting gear together, when he
came topside his friend was gone. He searched the
area for two hours and finally came across his
partner treading water. yow.
Which reminds me, I need to add a .380 round to the ruger mag.
I carry a Puma Major, I also have been carrying since about 7-8, am 59 now. Get out on a job site and rules are, no personal knives. I understand why they do it but damn, I ain’t giving up my knife, no way. Have several old butcher steels from early 1900’s, I just love the way they put an adge on a blade.
I carry a Puma Major, I also have been carrying since about 7-8, am 59 now. Get out on a job site and rules are, no personal knives. I understand why they do it but damn, I ain’t giving up my knife, no way. Have several old butcher steels from early 1900’s, I just love the way they put an edge on a blade.
Rule #9.
Open water, the last true free bastion of freedom.
Good tools. Both.
Most people who see the dive knife that a Scuba diver
carries thinks you have it to fight off sharks or something
else adventuresome. It is actually to free yourself if you
get tangled up in fishing line or cord of some sort. Most of
us sharpen them with a file so they have a sawing action on
rope. I carry my main knife on my calf, but have a small
folder on a clip over the sternum that is reachable if I
get too tangled to get to the other. Never needed them, but
don’t dive without them.
Coast Guard can still ruin your day if things are slow. Or any state’s DNR that wants to come after you. But I get the sentiment.
Knives and water just go together like wine and song!
I always have a good knife and gun on me.
Good thing he had a liner lock. Those old lock-back knives are useless in a situation like the one he found himself in; i.e., slam a lock-back knife into tough material like he did and it's highly likely it would've closed on his fingers. The locking mechanism on lock backs is very weak in comparison to liner locks (aka side locks).
On our farm we have a meat processing building where we butcher hogs, cattle, wild game. Many old friend in town (600 people) use it for wild game processing.
We have a walk-in box, commercial Hobart butcher’s bands saw, meat slicer and sausage mill. We make link sausage (beef) in a 4’ X 8’ brick pit with a draft hood. On a good day we can make about 250 lbs. of sausage. Not often enough lately.
As a consequence of that facility, I understand the use of a butcher’s steel. Beautiful edge and quick.
Out of sight of land and you are in the wilderness,
nothing wilder than the sea.
Absolutely right. No sailor should ever be without a good knife. I have several but the one I most often carry is a 4” Cold Steel Voyager, Tanto plain blade, that I got on my honeymoon, ten years ago, just before a transpacific voyage as crew in a square rigger.
Two questions.
Why would someone spray water on the roof? Only ten feet from the ground to the front edge, but considerably further to start it running down the other side. Would a lawn sprinkler do that? Or someone deliberately pointing a hose up there?
I’ve done some work screwing down metal roofing, and I used a ladder with ladder hooks on it, which you run up over the top of the roof. It makes things a lot safer, I would think, and it’s not much trouble.
Just wondering. And I certainly agree that it is ridiculous to have laws against carrying knives.
My dad always carried a Case brand pocket knife and he gave me one when I was about 8 years old, I carried it at all times, even in school. When dad passed away I got 4 of his Case knives, I still carry one of them. I gave one each to my two sons and they carried them at all times, even to school.
Recently I gave the other one to my 11 year old grand son, with the warning that he cannot carry that useful tool to school, he’d probably be arrested.
I had the SOG Trident, but found it didn't hold up over time in rough environments.
I'm carrying the Spyderco Dragonfly now and abolutely love it. Those who appreciate good knives will find it's very well made. It's also small enough for me to not notice it's there when I'm wearing jeans.
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