I am a knife nut and have collected a bunch of stuff from several different brands. As for budget folders, I would recommend the Ontario RAT1 and RAT2 folders. They are probably my favorite budget beater knives. They are made in Taiwan, but I would much rather buy a Taiwanese produced knife...
That is an improvement. I had forgotten how much I hated that on some of the Rugers I have seen. It looked like the whole instruction manual was printed on the side of the barrel.
Clearly the big story here is that there was a customer at Sears. Since they're not used to that anymore, you clearly looked out of place. The firearm had nothing to do with it.
I have heard a lot of good things about the Wicked Edge, and it does have some advantages over the EdgePro. It can be a considerable time-saver (and less fatiguing) to be able to grind on both sides of the blade at the same time. Reprofiling a particularly hard steel on the EdgePro can get old...
Thanks, everyone for the feedback. I will probably look at some 4" options as well. I know that makes sense for a range gun from a functionality standpoint. My attraction to the 3" guns is mostly that I like the looks. I probably just need to get my hands on some different models and see how...
I would recommend the EdgePro Apex. The EdgePro is a bit pricey to get into (~$200) -- but my experience has been that you can get great results in a fairly short amount of time. I also think it takes much less time to learn to use it than it does to learn to sharpen freehand. I have used a...
As a side note, I just picked up a Spyderco Southard (great knife, BTW), and it has a very polished opening hole. Since the Southard is a flipper, the opening hole is more of a tip of the hat to Spyderco's trademark, although it can still be used to deploy the blade. I suspect that the finish...
I am thinking about picking up my first revolver and I want a .357 in a 3" barrel. This would primarily be a range gun. Every time I talk myself into a particular model, I get lost sifting through all of the different options that are out there. I am leaning toward a Smith 686, but have also...
I don't have any Enduras, but I do have a couple of newer FFG Delicas, an older Delica, and a newer Stretch. The Spyder hole and the blade spine do not feel quite as finished on the FFG Delicas when compared to my older sabre ground one. I can't say it's a huge difference, but definitely...
I really like the LC9s. The new striker-fired version has a MUCH better trigger than the original LC9. The only things that I don't like about the LC9s are the safety and the stupid magazine disconnect. I hate magazine disconnects, and generally don't mind having a safety on a carry gun, but...
I don't think a constitutional convention would really help all that much. Many of the problems with government now result from the fact that our society has rejected the idea of limited government. The constitution is just ignored by the government when it is perceived to be an inconvenience...