What knife did you carry today?

[RevMrBlack]

I did this with a Kris blade I'd recently forged and was spinning in my palm. I remember the "slow motion" effect as it slipped away and turned over once and hit the big vein on the top of my foot; which was in sandals at the time. Let me tell you, a foot wound bleeds far, far more than one expects. I had my foot in the tub under cold water for about 15 minutes before I could get it bandaged.

The majority of my knives have tasted my blood. Lol.

 

[pathfighter]

Might vary by store. That's where I got mine. But I just looked mine up and indeed, it is not G10, just injection molded.

Found these sites, hope it helps you out. They list the G10 handle.

Kershaw Needs Work, Black G-10 Handle, Plain - Katerno.com

Kershaw Needs Work Plain Edge Folding Knife - #1820 Stainless/G-10 - Sportco Warehouse Sporting Goods

Thanks Cody. Seems I just bought the last G-10 handle Kershaw Needs Work in America from sportco.com. Based on the looks, I think they converted this knife into the ZT0350 and juiced the price by $100. We'll see if it compares in terms of build quality when I receive it. Thanks again.

 

[Cody564231]

Thanks Cody. Seems I just bought the last G-10 handle Kershaw Needs Work in America from sportco.com. Based on the looks, I think they converted this knife into the ZT0350 and juiced the price by $100. We'll see if it compares in terms of build quality when I receive it. Thanks again.

Excellent! Glad I could be of service. The name suits the blade, it's a workhorse.

 

[JitsuDiaz415]

I still carry my grandfathers old timer

 

[pathfighter]

Holy shit! Watching WAlking Dead first episode of Season 2. Grimes is rocking my baby the ZT 0350!

 

[SamBruin7]

Spyderco Caly 3 plain VG-10 blade.
This and my Spyderco Delica 3 are the only two that I carry since they're both under 3" so it's legal to carry here in California.

 

[Urban]

I'm in cali and I carry a 3.5" spyderco endura. Ive been told The trick is that having it exposed in any way makes it legal. So clipping it on your pants' pocket is legal, dropping it into your pocket makes it a concealed weapon, so min stwys clipped to my pocket at all times. Easiee to grab that way anways.

 

[Henry Swanson]

I'm in cali and I carry a 3.5" spyderco endura. Ive been told The trick is that having it exposed in any way makes it legal. So clipping it on your pants' pocket is legal, dropping it into your pocket makes it a concealed weapon, so min stwys clipped to my pocket at all times. Easiee to grab that way anways.

You mean clipped on the outside of your pocket?

 

[SMEAC]

I'm in cali and I carry a 3.5" spyderco endura. Ive been told The trick is that having it exposed in any way makes it legal. So clipping it on your pants' pocket is legal, dropping it into your pocket makes it a concealed weapon, so min stwys clipped to my pocket at all times. Easiee to grab that way anways.

Crazy idea here...

You are on the internet anyways, maybe you should check the actual laws instead of going by "what you have heard"

Plus chances are your little knife is legal in your pocket.

 

[Urban]

Crazy idea here...

You are on the internet anyways, maybe you should check the actual laws instead of going by "what you have heard"

Plus chances are your little knife is legal in your pocket.

Don't get fucking crazy on me here... asking me to fact check and shit. Since when is "some guy told me" not enough? I'm pretty sure "some guy told me" will stand up in court.

 

[Henry Swanson]

don't get fucking crazy on me here... Asking me to fact check and shit. Since when is "some guy told me" not enough? I'm pretty sure "some guy told me" will stand up in court.

lmfao!

 

[sgtlunajuice]

soooo happy i found this knife at my parents' house this week! i literally lost it 5 years ago and thought it was gone forever. i used it for everything in the army.

 

[RevMrBlack]

Thinking of this one for EDC:

 

[richp860]

If you don't have this, you don't have a knife...

Special forces blade, almost 4 inches of blade, tanto tip (designed for piercing armor in feudal Japan), and Veff serration designed for ripping through flesh. It has a locking system on it that essentially makes it a fixed blade -- best knife ever.

 

[supernova]

If you don't have this, you don't have a knife...

Special forces blade, almost 4 inches of blade, tanto tip (designed for piercing armor in feudal Japan), and Veff serration designed for ripping through flesh. It has a locking system on it that essentially makes it a fixed blade -- best knife ever.

Great knife but 'tanto tip' is a modern marketing ploy. The few historic examples of the American style tanto point on a Japanese sword all come from Aizu province during the late 1400's by a group of swordsmiths who did it because it was quicker and easier. They were simply pumping out swords for the civil wars that were constant. The traditional tip of a sword is the hardest part to make and polish correctly.


A real tanto tip looks like this:

Or this:

Or this:

Armor piercers were jitte or hachiwara
Jitte:

Hachiwara:

 

[RevMrBlack]

Knowledge pwn?

 

[supernova]

Knowledge pwn?

I don't want to come across as an ass but I hate misinformation. I often have to convince ppl that katana are not indestructible and no you didn't see a video on YouTube of a guy cutting through a car axle with one without damaging it.

 

[RevMrBlack]

I don't want to come across as an ass but I hate misinformation. I often have to convince ppl that katana are not indestructible and no you didn't see a video on YouTube of a guy cutting through a car axle with one without damaging it.

Lulz. I understand.

 

[Urban]

Thinking of this one for EDC:

Cold steel makes vey solid knives, but they're beefy. They're too thick and just feel too beefy for my tastes when it comes to every day carry. as a "tactical folder" they might make sense, but since I can count the number of times I've pulled my knife in self defense on one hand (one finger even), I can't really justify a knife tailored to that purpose. I like pocket knives for edc to be thinner in both width and thickness when closed. If I was really concerned about tactical use, I'd carry a fixed blade... somehow.

 

[Urban]

If you don't have this, you don't have a knife...

Special forces blade, almost 4 inches of blade, tanto tip (designed for piercing armor in feudal Japan), and Veff serration designed for ripping through flesh. It has a locking system on it that essentially makes it a fixed blade -- best knife ever.

If the serrations were really intended to rip through flesh, wouldn't they be more practical at the tip or all along the blade so they would be applicable during slashing motions? for that purpose, a serrated cold steel raja would be far more ideal than a 50/50 4" blade.

having mentioned the tactical purpose of use twice now, I feel compelled to say that my favorite tactical knife I've ever seen is the spyderco warrior... now if I could just figure out how to rationalize buying one... or three.

H1 Stainless is basically rustproof, the handle is skeletonized to minimize weight, the smooth edge is hollow ground for a razor sharp edge, the serrated edge can be used as a karambit, good at regular grip, great at reverse grip, and fixed blades will always be faster than folders when it comes to deployment and more stable when it comes to failure... Just saying.

Only problem with fixed blades is the often complicated and impassible legalities regarding carry...