lonewolf wrote:what you have to remember is that if you get into a knife fight (we're talking POST SHTF HERE MODS OKAY?) if your that close you can stab your opponent with a knife HE CAN DO THE SAME TO YOU, better not to get in that position in the first place " he who runs away lives to fight another day".
A quote I've seen elsewhere (an American prepper site so their rules are different)
If you get into a knife fight, you're gonna get cut......
Skill and luck decide how badly.
Sirmatty: Let us know how you get on with your budget blades.
I'll tell you one thing for free.
I got a new Hultafors Craftsman last summer and spent most weekends doing some carving (a couple of Kuksa, a few spoons and some other bits), I only recently had to sharpen it (I'd given it a stropping when I first got it).
jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
Back on subject I am waiting on a few knives from china, ....... mock ye not these are very well regarded on the British Blades forum apparently being made in the same factory's as some American high end knives.
Sanrenmu 710 £4.96 delivered, yep you read that right 4 pounds bloody 96p
tanstaafl wrote:Back on subject I am waiting on a few knives from china, ....... mock ye not these are very well regarded on the British Blades forum apparently being made in the same factory's as some American high end knives.
Sanrenmu 710 £4.96 delivered, yep you read that right 4 pounds bloody 96p
All get rave reviews and are compared to knives costing 10 times the price
Nothing wrong with Chinese blades now days I have a few myself. Most ofSOGs blades are made in China now they look a good price the ones you have just ordered let me know how you get on with them buddy .
tanstaafl wrote:Back on subject I am waiting on a few knives from china, ....... mock ye not these are very well regarded on the British Blades forum apparently being made in the same factory's as some American high end knives.
Sanrenmu 710 £4.96 delivered, yep you read that right 4 pounds bloody 96p
All get rave reviews and are compared to knives costing 10 times the price
Nothing wrong with Chinese blades now days I have a few myself. Most ofSOGs blades are made in China now they look a good price the ones you have just ordered let me know how you get on with them buddy .Matt
Will do...
And just remembered I had already mentioned them on the first page of this thread.....going mad
I have the Craftsman with the rubber grip and the HD.
A basic hardgrip Craftsman for under a fiver ? Thats stupid money, you could stick one in every kit and still have a few spares and change from a ton
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jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
I have the Craftsman with the rubber grip and the HD.
A basic hardgrip Craftsman for under a fiver ? Thats stupid money, you could stick one in every kit and still have a few spares[/quote]
I thought they were quite cheap but having never used them before did not know how much they usually are.....
You should find that they're "Inexpensive" rather then "Cheap"
Over in Sweden these are semi-disposable workman's knives, a bit like the Stanley type knives are over here.
I think that most of the production costs go into the steel and the heat-treatment.
The injection-moulded handle is adequate but nothing pretty and the plastic sheath does the job.
BTW the front part of the beltloop unsnaps so you don't need an end to thread through it (handy if you've got PALS webbing) and the key-hole is to hang it from a button
jennyjj01 wrote:"I'm not in the least bit worried because I'm prepared: Are you?"
Londonpreppy wrote: At its core all prepping is, is making sure you're not down to your last sheet of loo roll when you really need a poo.
I have just begun the first 2 of 10 double edge 200mm bladed full tang combat/survival knives.
I burn the tang through ash wood and cut a 20MM M6 x 1mm pitch thread onto the end of the 125mm long tang.
I use 6mm thick EN 45 high carbon steel and heat treat to a Rockwell C hardness before giving the oil quenched and cleaned blade 10 minutes at 550 F tempering heat.
These blades are 6mm at the hand guard and 3mm at 50mm behind the point tip.
I grind the blade of this type with a 5mm wide centre spine to give it the most strength for a blade that can fillet and also take massive leverage force.
The threaded tang end is just because I think this knife looks great and if the handle gets trashed it's simple to unscrew the pommel-cap and make a new handle.
The point of balance is circa 5mm from the hand guard so this knife of 220 grammes is real light in action.
I don't ever work with 440 SS as the granulation of stainless is not the best for knives. It is said that 300mm is the max safe length for stainless blades but I would not trust a working blade made of SS over 100mm.
As I also make fully heat treated Saxon/Norse style swords I'd be willing to put one of my blades up against any in a destruction test.
Basically, I trust my knives because I made them and know what it took to get them right, maybe that's why I trust my kids so much.
I'll post a picture of one when I heat treat the first 2 and re-polish and sharpen (if that's allowed ? PS I'm not trying a sales pitch, these 10 are already gifted to close friends of mine and family)
Good thread methinks,
Wulfshead
Area 4 Coordinator
For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack
these are very well regarded on the British Blades forum apparently being made in the same factory's as some American high end knives.
Thats stupid money, you could stick one in every kit and still have a few spares and change from a ton