TOTALLY RANDOM POST II

[moose eater]

I discovered recently that Kershaw knives will fix, repair, rebuild or sharpen your knife for the life of the knife (sounds like a new jingle, maybe? "Life of the knife")... if you're the original owner and they have parts for it. Some older models might not be as fortunate as to have parts still in stock. Mine did. Though it is a fairly old knife for what it is.

The backspring and bushings/washers on my oldest spring-assist Kershaw knife had both worn to the point of inefficient function, and I sent it in to them. Cost all of $7, and that includes return freight.

It didn't particularly need sharpening, as I often keep a razor's edge on my knives when I can, and on that specific knife my angles on the edge vary intentionally, becoming VERY thin, with very narrow angles toward the point of the blade.

It's on its way back to me now. Completely rebuilt, and maybe sharpened, though it didn't really need too much honing. And the table-top diamond sharpening boards here take care of that pretty nicely anyway.

I'd bought another spring-assist Kershaw to fill the gap while this one was away from home getting its face-lift and manicure, so now I'll have two of theirs.

Companies that stand by their products for the life of the product are pretty cool, in my opinion, and rarer these days, too.

 

[tobedetermined]

If you bought one today . . .
But we won't talk about why since this is not Speaker's Corner.

 

[moose eater]

If you bought one today . . .
But we won't talk about why since this is not Speaker's Corner.

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Yep, the nature of this bumbling will be harming folks' pocketbooks for a while, and on a lot more necessities than knives.

 

[moose eater]

 

[CharlesU Farley]

 

[moose eater]

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OK, I've got at least part of that list down.

 

[moose eater]

I discovered recently that Kershaw knives will fix, repair, rebuild or sharpen your knife for the life of the knife (sounds like a new jingle, maybe? "Life of the knife")... if you're the original owner and they have parts for it. Some older models might not be as fortunate as to have parts still in stock. Mine did. Though it is a fairly old knife for what it is.

The backspring and bushings/washers on my oldest spring-assist Kershaw knife had both worn to the point of inefficient function, and I sent it in to them. Cost all of $7, and that includes return freight.

It didn't particularly need sharpening, as I often keep a razor's edge on my knives when I can, and on that specific knife my angles on the edge vary intentionally, becoming VERY thin, with very narrow angles toward the point of the blade.

It's on its way back to me now. Completely rebuilt, and maybe sharpened, though it didn't really need too much honing. And the table-top diamond sharpening boards here take care of that pretty nicely anyway.

I'd bought another spring-assist Kershaw to fill the gap while this one was away from home getting its face-lift and manicure, so now I'll have two of theirs.

Companies that stand by their products for the life of the product are pretty cool, in my opinion, and rarer these days, too.

My knife's back home from the factory, completely rebuilt, tighter, more aggressive or solid opening and lock-up than when it was new, no blade wobble side-to-side, crisp sound on reaching 'home'. Slightly greater resistance to the backspring at the tang on the assist due to what feels like what might actually be a stronger back-spring than when it was new a fairly lengthy number of years ago.

And they appear to have either left my edge and blade angles alone or maybe just began to touch it up and ceased, perhaps thinking it better not to fuck around with it. So, I'll need to get out the diamond table-top stones/plates and do some touch-up.

But it and any other spring-assist knives I usually carry for utility purposes will have to stay home this trip. Canada Customs regards spring-assist as not being different enough from a switchblade or OTF, therefore prohibited by their laws, whereas the US has a somewhat arbitrary differentiation between a push button or specific lever-actuated knife equating to a switchblade or OTF, but the tang-assist on the back of the blade on a spring-assist knife is not considered a switchblade under federal laws. Yes, ARBITRARY..... but whatever.

So, the food and utility/tool kits get the old random manually opening, often 2-hands-required pocketknives... Spyderco and Buck. They work good for salami and cheese... or gasket material, etc., as well as any.

The factory did an OUTSTANDING job on this piece, though. I'll contact them to let them know that, too.
People should hear when they do well.

 

[moose eater]

Eating our last lake trout from the freezer today in honoring of or abiding by my superstition to not have any fish on-hand (especially of the species being sought) when going fishing. I figure if you have lake trout in the freezer, that diminishes the need or validity of desire in the whole process in the eyes of the Cosmos. We'll overlook the shrimp in the jambalaya, or the couple tins of good German-made (real) smoked kipper snacks. Survival food by any other name. And there's no decent shrimp in the waters we'll be fishing.

 

[stinkybudz420]

 

[stinkybudz420]

 

[stinkybudz420]

 

[stinkybudz420]

Happy thoughts for all

 

[tobedetermined]

Stop with the political posts in this thread guys. Do I have to call in a mod to fix things or can you show some respect for the rest of us and post this bullshit in Speakers Corner?

 

[stinkybudz420]

My bad I figured it was random. I was done.

 

[stinkybudz420]

He just had so many in a row i was dooped . I fell for it.

 

[tobedetermined]

Uçhisar, Turkiye from the Pigeon Valley trailhead.

 

[stinkybudz420]

 

[stinkybudz420]