I've been carrying an Opinel #8 for the last year or so. It cuts more like a paring knife and thats why I've got it, for Scout field kitchen duty. The other newest is a Mims hand made skinner.
What's your knife mines a gerber 97223
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I've been carrying an Opinel #8 for the last year or so. It cuts more like a paring knife and thats why I've got it, for Scout field kitchen duty. The other newest is a Mims hand made skinner.
banjobart
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Al mar SERE. Sometimes a Spyderco or Benchmade.
sledge&wedge
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Man I had a Ken Onion for almost 10 years and a couple months back I lost it at work. I was using it to scrape coating off a steel pipeline about 6 feet down and handed it to another guy on the other side of the ditch to cut some tape. He never handed it back and didn't mention he left it sitting on top the pipe until we were done back filling the trench and packing up for lunch.
wrx-snowdrift
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That really sucks. If I ever forget mine I feel naked without it. Hopefully the guy that borrowed it will buy you a new one??Man I had a Ken Onion for almost 10 years and a couple months back I lost it at work. I was using it to scrape coating off a steel pipeline about 6 feet down and handed it to another guy on the other side of the ditch to cut some tape. He never handed it back and didn't mention he left it sitting on top the pipe until we were done back filling the trench and packing up for lunch.
My EDC is a Victorinox SAK but any time I'm doing anything outdoors I carry a Kershaw/Ken Onion Boa clip knife.
Idk how many of you have children but you need a good knife to get these kids toys out of the package this time of the year lol
Jakers
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speaking of knives, anyone have experience with the Work Sharp knife and tool sharpener?
fred bergman
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use it everyday
No, No, NO !!!
Learn how the use a sharpening steel or ceramic rod. If I've got something that's seriously dull perhaps a few licks on a stone or diamond hone. IMHO, Products like these are not "sharpeners" they are "grinders" and should never be used on a knife that you really care for. A sharpening steel or ceramic rod burnishes or polishes the edge back into alignment and removes very little metal, this can't be said about most power driven products which will IMHO ruin a good blade.
Jakers
Owner - Arbor Jake's Tree Service, LLC
ive been hand sharpening for 25 years and always felt the same as you. i just get a different feeling about this one. it actually uses the same sharpening process as the big knife manufacturers do. i guess im looking for a better faster way to bring back a really dull knife. i have about 50-60 knives and some are really cheapo knives that are dull. just something i play with in the winter when its cold out
Sawyer Rob
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Yes I do, and yes it's fast and works, BUT I can't bring myself to put one of my GOOD knives on it!!
They remove a lot of metal fast...
SR
Spotted Owl
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I've had one of these in my pocket for over 20 years now, Klein 1550-4. I try others now and then and always come back to the ole stand-by. 20 bucks, bullet proof, holds an edge great. Just tried a benchmade 940, it's the dullenest, edge chippinest knife I've ever had in my life. I'd feel bad even giving that thing away.
I have a lot of knives and brands turned into junk by a work sharp, and other systems like that. There's one at a shop I frequent at work, after they burn the blade or blow off the tips guys toss them and I pick them up and bring'em back to life on a stone and steel. Use a light touch if your gonna go the work sharp direction.
Doesn't matter what you carry, so long as you have a knife in your pocket. A guy should have a knife in his pocket, doesn't matter how old or young they are.
Owl
sledge&wedge
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Haha nope, not a chance. He offered me a lukewarm Miller High Life after work that day, but I wouldn't drink one of those if I was dying of dehydration.
TMFARM 2009
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best knife i have ever owned to date.
Love the Gerber Gators! Have four or five and bought both my boys one for Christmas last year. The both got ones with the gut hook for hunting! Great knife and great price!best knife i have ever owned to date.
