[AT] Was angle grinders, Now, Knives

Wed Aug 10 17:18:51 PDT 2016

The best daily carry I’ve ever come across is a Kershaw 1830. (See: https://smile.amazon.com/Kershaw-1830-Sweet-Pocket-Knife/dp/B00172A3DE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470873626&sr=8-1&keywords=kershaw+1830 <https://smile.amazon.com/Kershaw-1830-Sweet-Pocket-Knife/dp/B00172A3DE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470873626&sr=8-1&keywords=kershaw+1830>) For under 20 bucks it’s almost a throw away tool. The only reason I’m on my 2nd one (in about 20 years) is that I forgot it was in my pocket one time when I was going through security at an airport. My Sunday go to church knife is a William Henry (See: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=William+Henry+knifes <https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=William+Henry+knifes>) that my wife bought me as an anniversary <https://www.google.com/search?q=anniversary&espv=2&biw=1382&bih=890&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF-tCjirjOAhUCLSYKHSW9CssQsAQIJQ> present several years ago. Don’t think I’ve ever cut anything with it and hate to even carry it in my pocket—but it sure is pretty!
	Dave
PS, Interesting article on various types of lockbacks!

> On Aug 10, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In knives, like most things. there's a ton of personal preference, as well
> as wide variation in usage, and wide variation in quality level.
> Personally I've had several knives with liner locks (and maybe they were
> not particularly high quality, admittedly) but I have learned to HATE liner
> locks.  Major selling point for the Benchmade I mentioned earlier is the
> lock mechanism, which is called an AXIS lock and is apparently proprietary
> to Benchmade.  This is interesting:
> 
> http://everydaycarry.com/posts/8619/5-common-types-of-locking-knives-explained
> 
> SO
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Alan Nadeau <ajnadeau1 at myfairpoint.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Back when I was doing a boatload of hydroseeding I was having to cut open
>> many bags of seed, fertilizer and the fiber mulch that went into the slurry
>> mixer.  A lot of the time it had to be done one-handed while hand #2 held
>> the bag.  I settled on a two-bladed folder from Kershaw, their
>> now-discontinued 4390, one blade opens to either end.  It has liner locks
>> on
>> both blades and the little thumb studs to roll the blade open with one
>> hand.
>> To close it the thumb presses the lock out of the way and then you just
>> curl
>> your finger(s) around it to close it.  Being double ended it always comes
>> out of the pocket with a blade in the right direction.
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>> 
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 8:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] off topic some Angle Grinders
>> 
>> 
>>> My EDC (everyday carry) knife is a Benchmade Griptilian:
>>> 
>>> http://www.benchmade.com/griptilian-family.html
>>> 
>>> For me, the perfect knife.  Not cheap but to me it is absolutely worth
>>> every single penny and then some.  The blade is 154CM steel, holds an
>> edge
>>> very well.  The handle is a lightweight, tough, grippy, glass-reinforced
>>> nylon.  The real selling feature is the lock mechanism, after being very
>>> disappointed with the mechanism on a couple of name-brand but cheaper
>>> knives.  It's a very easy one-hand-wrist-flick to open, smooth as silk,
>>> and
>>> locks solid.  One-hand close as well; as long as you develop the habit of
>>> bumping the back of the blade against your leg or something while
>>> releasing
>>> the lock with that one hand you're using.  Even the pocket clip is
>>> superior
>>> to other knives I've had.  It's heavy and springy enough that it holds
>> the
>>> knife fast to pocket or belt with no worries of losing it.
>>> 
>>> SO
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 9:54 PM, <pga2 at basicisp.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Sounds to me like you need a lock-back knife. I have become partial to
>>>> mine for the same reason that yours cut you. My Case knife did the same
>>>> thing to me, just not as bad as yours did to you. I got a lock back
>>>> assisted opening knife from the NRA as a gift and it is now my everyday
>>>> carry knife. I also have two others, but this one rides in my pocket
>>>> the nicest of the three. I especially like the one hand opening. Makes
>>>> lots of things easier, especially if you only have one hand free.
>>>> As for the grinders, I treat them the same as a circular saw. I have
>>>> a VERY healthy respect for both, and I've become very fond of all parts
>>>> of both hands. As Ringo Starr once said "I've 'ad a lot of fun with
>>>> that fingah".
>>>> 
>>>> Phil un TX
>>>> 
>>>> --- crbearden at copper.net wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> From: Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <
>> at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] off topic some Angle Grinders
>>>> Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 21:42:20 -0500
>>>> 
>>>> That thumb has had a rough time the last 62 years.  In 77, I was
>>>> doctoring a horse tied to a tree. The lead rope had a snap on it that
>>>> was made like a lap link in a chain.  I dosed his ear with peroxide and
>>>> he set back against the tree.  I checked the rope and when I did the
>>>> snap broke and the nylon lead rope popped like a rubber band and the
>>>> snap hit my thumb and my thumb literally exploded.  I spent 6 hours in
>>>> the emergency room at Chickasha OK, and wore bandages on my thumb for 4
>>>> months.   The nail bed was destroyed and I had nail growing out all over
>>>> the top of the thumb.   In 78, a hand surgeon worked on it and literally
>>>> screwed it up.  He lapped tissue over dead tissue and I spent the next 2
>>>> years digging pieces of nail out of the scar.  My old timer MD
>>>> recommended a hand surgeon and I had surgery again in 79.  I still have
>>>> a wild piece of nail growing out,  but it does not fester up like a
>>>> boil...  I also had a plantars wart growing out of the fingerprint side
>>>> due to the first injury and insufficient  cleaning at the ER in
>>>> Chickasha.   A few years later,  the Index finger was cut to the
>>>> ligament when my 3 blade old timer knife closed on me when cutting the
>>>> top loose from a 5 gallon bucket.  The cut was bandaged by a retired vet
>>>> who is the closest thing to a brother to me.  It healed nicely with no
>>>> problems and you cannot see a scar without a magnifying glass.   I
>>>> decided the same type of medical attention was appropriate on this
>>>> thumb.   I just changed the bandage and it  looks great and I can move
>>>> the thumb without pain.   The secret is a cortisone ear ointment called
>>>> Otomax.  It is the best antibiotic ointment   to be found.  it is also
>>>> in the veterinary pharmacy.  We had to cut out some of the tissue on
>>>> each  side of the cut because the grinder disc was hot and cauterized a
>>>> lot of grindings in the wound.  I had a 20 yr old bottle of Benzocaine
>>>> and I just dripped it into the wound to stop the pain of the cutting.
>>>> Hold it together with Steri-strips and adhesive tape.  I will get a
>>>> Tetanus shot tomorrow when I visit my MD...   As you can see I can type
>>>> much better this evening, so the proof is in the typing!!   I googled
>>>> angle grinder injuries and really found some gory stuff!!
>>>> You guys stay safe out there..  If we don't work on these old tractors,
>>>> they will be scrap..
>>>> 
>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 8/7/2016 6:06 PM, Chuck Bealke wrote:
>>>>> Cecil,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sure glad your cut was not worse. After cutting deep into a finger
>> with
>>>> electric hedge shears a while back, decided I'm better off with hand
>>>> shears. A slight difference in the angle of that cut, and I'd now be
>>>> missing too much of a finger that I'm quite fond of.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chuck Bealke
>>>>> Dallas
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It cold have been worse, I bo ught some of those 7in discs to cut
>> with
>>>>>> (0.045thickness),  from sportsman's guide on clearance.  I was going
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> try one of them, bu I would have had to find the wrench to take the
>>>>>> big
>>>>>> blade off.  In 55 years of working with these things, it is the first
>>>>>> time one got me.
>>>>>> cecil in okla
>>>>> 
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