I lost mine on 12/16/1773, during a tragic boating accident in the Boston harbor.
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I’ve cut a fair share of paper with firearms.
I’ve removed a lot of material from clay pigeons too but that chips and doesn’t cut well.
I never got any fancy knives. The only ones I own you’d consider collectors pieces are my Opinels, but fancy they aren’t…
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I’ve been testing this one that I made latley… it can hang off my belt or hang into my pocket to be a little less obvious to the Karen’s.
1084 high carbon steel
2 tone micarta scales
Kydex sheeth with a spring steel belt loop
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Nice work. I kind of got into putting handles on blanks awhile ago. Never smithed anything though. I’ll have to see if I can dig up some photos.
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I have many very cheap Mora knives that are some of the best things ever. You can even start a fire off their spines with a good rock. Fancy does not equate to good in the case of knives IMO.
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Hey, take that talk here. We need to revive this thread a bit. 
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That’s beautiful bud, nothing like a good full tang knife. I like the one in the second post top left. It’s a Habilis bush tool. Thing is a beast.
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Thanks, I think shaping the handles and doing the finish work is one of my more favorite parts of making them… somthing about watching the figure in burl start to pop with every finer grit is satisfying!
@DougDawson thanks man! I do prefer folders for daily activity but I havnt got to the point of trying to make one yet lol it hides fairly well though
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Very cool. When I am up north I tend to use full tang knives but have a folder backup as well. My ZT 0303 is 14 oz and a beast of a folder. I got a custom sheath for that. My full tangs I tend to carry in a cross draw so they sit horizontally on my side of back. People get weirded out by knives for some reason so I try to keep them out of sight as well.
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I made my post there like a month or so ago.
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Yeah, I don’t get it. I mean, cops can walk around all day with guns and no one bothers to even look twice, but God forbid I carry a folder, or worse, a fixed blade.
To me, it’s one of the best tools you can have on you. Even my wife has a small locking buck knife on her Keychain.
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I agree, it’s a must have. My wife carries that rainbow one in the second post. It’s an Mtech with assisted open. A cutting tool is one of peoples oldest and most useful tools and everyone should be comfortable around them. My favorite safety tip, a sharp knife is a safe knife or dull knives hurt people.
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That’s very cool. 440 stainless is a great steel and it’s nice looking. I like the swell down the handle for grip.
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I need to get a new knife, lost my my last one while ice fishing and somehow still haven’t found one I like. It’s been kind of a pain looking for something to open boxes with every day. But I still have my Walter P99c 40sw on me at all times.
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The 2 in my hand in the first post are both great for that type of stuff. They are also cheap being you are in the USA. They have speed safe assisted open for easy one handed use. The Walther would open boxes too but not real surgical, lol.
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I carry the pro line buck all the time, and a folding buck. I have a spring assisted Kershaw for the pocket grab and go. One of my favorites is the s.w. dagger
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