Recent content by Tired_and_hungry

Howdy, I need a large blade/machete to clear heavy foilage and cut down small trees in a tropical environment and have been wanting to try out the effectiveness of the barong blade type. (I already own latin, kukri and Florida "cane knife" style machetes.) So.....if you had to choose...

G'day All, I recently bought a Cold Steel Gurkha Kukri made from O-1 tool steel. My new knife came with coated with preservative grease from the factory, but even though it was supposedly protected from corrosion, when I removed all the grease to examine the blade, I noticed at least 3 small...

G'day Y'all, Cold Steel recently changed the steel on their more affordable large knives from SK-5 to O-1. As I own a CS Gurkha Kukri in SK-5, I'd like your opinions as to whether it is actually worth my money to buy another one in O-1 steel. Does O-1 outperform SK-5 given equally good heat...

In jurisdictions where handgun and fixed blade carry is illegal but the law grudgingly accepts folding knives, do large tactical folders have a place as self defense EDC tools? I'm referring to really large folders like: Cold Steel's 6" bladed hold out...

Good Morning All, I remember reading some account of life in the 16th and 17th centuries where it was written that: "T'was a rare man that went about without a weapon. Most carried large knives, staves and clubs of various kinds. However, the preferred weapon for the stout but untutored...

To all: Nope, its a 6 shot revolver.

To Old Fuff and Everyone else, Did storing my revolver in a padded case under the combined weight of my glock 17 and Model 67 increase the risk of a cylinder mis-alignment?

anyone here have any links to pictures of leading shavings on forcing cones?

To ColtPythonElite: The primer strikes look perfectly centered to me. How do I know whether or not its shaving lead?

Good Morning Y'all, I bought a S&W Model 686-6 several months ago and made the mistake of storing it in a sheeps fur lined leather gun bag at the bottom of a locked box with a cased glock-17 and S&W Model 67 on top. In any case, I took the 686 out to the range for practice yesterday and after...

As far as trench knives go, how does the cold steel Chaos Tanto compare the the historical WW1 examples like the US model 1918 in terms of durability and combat effectiveness? http://www.coldsteel.com/Product/80NT/Chaos_Tanto.aspx In comparison to "normal" knives without the incorporated...

Among y'all who own tomahawks, which amongst these would be the best? http://www.sogknives.com/tactical/gear/tactical-tomahawk-satin.html http://www.crkt.com/Kangee-Tactical-Tomahawk http://www.unitedcutlery.com/ProductDetail.aspx?itemno=UC2765&cat=M4 (United cutlery M48 tomahawk)...

To Rcmodel and 22_rimfire: The case was not padded. It's a hard plastic box about the size of a pencil case. Was worried that the shock of impact transmitted itself through the box and into my knife.

I own a cold steel counter point 1 (the one with the 4" blade) and I normally keep it in a airtight pelican mircocase in order to protect it from moisture causing rust since I live in the humid tropics. Last night, my case(with the counterpoint kept within) fell about 6 feet from the top of my...

Does anyone here own this knife? http://www.crkt.com/Redemption-Large-Fixed-Blade-Survival-Knife If you do, or have handled one owned by a friend, what are your impressions of it as a "do-all" wilderness blade for chopping wood, butchering game, making a make-shift spear and defence...