Look up Shannon steel labs on Facebook. Local trying to get their name out there.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks for the info but I don't do facebook. Do they have a web site?
If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for a NES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over.
Be sure to enter the NES/Pioneer Valley Arms February Giveaway ***Smith & Wesson SD9VE 9MM***
Look up Shannon steel labs on Facebook. Local trying to get their name out there.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The trick with Esee knives is to coat the edge with oil, I let mine sit after wet/hard use and run a oil soaked rag over the edge and never have a rust problem, even olive oil works.I'm not sure what they coat the blade with but its impervious to rust. If I let mine sit for more than 6 months dry then the sharp edge will develop surface rust. You can brush it off or two seconds with a stone and you're good to go. In the $100 range if you opt for a more stainless edge you'll loose hardness.
Just picked up a second Gerber Strongarm
How are they to sharpen? I gave up on SS blades in the Army because they took a lot of work to sharpen.
USAF Survival knife isn't popular anymore? Believe those are Ontario and those and KaBar steel blades are easy to touch up. $50 or so.
Downside to an Esee 4 with partially serrated blade?
I highly recommend the Gerber Strongarm. It's not I. The 6-8" blade range. It's just under 5". Plain edge. Great ergonomics rubberized handle, full tang, striking pommel at the base. Awesome kydex sheath that can be worn drop leg style, upside down, scout style (horizontal) or attached to Mille webbing. It also has multiple holes for lashing to anything with paracord. It gets great reviews all over YouTube and online articles. It's the best Gerber on the market by a long shot. It's a really great all around outdoors knife. Available in black or coyote tan. Made in USA.
![]()
http://www.cabelas.com/product/GERBER-STRONGARM-FIXED/2043146.uts
TKC is a good store from my experience. If you want the ESEE-6, get it. You won't regret the knife quality, that's for sure.
I have both a Zancudo and the RAT-2, which is smaller than the RAT-1 but pretty much same size as the Zancudo. I prefer the RAT. Both solid mid-level folders. If you don't sharpen your knives and just use them and beat them up, go with the D2. It'll stay sharper longer. If you do sharpen your knives I'd stay with the AUS-8. It takes an edge much easier.
Just went with a buck 119 fixed and a buvk 110fg folderThe 119 meets your criteria except for hard sheath and horizontal carry..
I bought another sheath for it for horizontal carry..im not sure if i like it yet.i wish most knife came witha sheath that could be worn both ways.
Probibly the first knife i bought in 15 years..
I had piles of the knifes from the NRA dinners and raffle and such..
They where good for free but i had a tendancy to use them once they where no longer safe , so i started throwing them out after a task if they failed to lock or had excessive side to side play with the folders.
I hate to spend over $100 on a knife... its already a full time job not loosing my expensive flashlights.
Often when im using a knife its because its the only tool on hand so they get used hard.