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Jim,

Have fun. Sounds like your fishing buddy is about back up to speed.

I'd want to speak with a state trooper and a city cop about that first though
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Yeah, good luck with that. Legal advice from local LEO is usually worth what you pay for it. You'd do better getting an opinion in writing from a state attorney general or a local DA.

John
 
The point I'm making is that local law enforcement often don't actually know some of the more specific laws. When I lived in Georgia, I heard about a police officer who encountered a lawful owner of a fully automatic weapon, and insisted that the owner was going to jail until the watch commander arrived on scene, and advised that, yes, the piece of paper from the ATF the owner had on his person did indeed mean that he could have a fully automatic weapon in that state.

Again, also in Georgia, I know of a statutory rape case that was brought- summarily dismissed with prejudice by the judge because the arresting office did not know that 18 was not the age of consent at that time...

Before 9-11, folders of less than 4" were legal to take onto aircraft, yet many legal folders were not allowed onto planes because security did not understand the law. I could give you many more examples.
 
Yes, despite my flippant Friday evening humor above,
I very much agree with you.

Still, it could be an interesting experiment to query a statie, a city cop and the AG.

And query the former two - especially in this state - in different regions:
Portland and Lewiston (S) would yield different responses Monson and Dover (mid), I'm betting.
 
Thanks John. I am not planning to bust wake at 55 mph, but some nice slow bank fishing and our favorite, drift fishing are on the agenda. Leaving the bass boat at home and taking the bigger boat for her comfort. My production will drop without the shallow draft, trolling motor and electronics but a bad day fishing is better than........
Thanks again. I'd rate her at about 70%, so it will only get better.

Jim
 
I haven't fished for bass in decades, when I grew up near Memphis.
Always had better luck with smaller sun fish, anyway - bream, we called them.

In any case, good eatin'.

I wonder if I could clean a bream with an EsKabar.

I'm betting that job would be easier with one of those Spartans. :D
 
Go here for better pics of the Spartan:
http://www.knifeart.com/enyo.html

Dumbest thing I did was to subscribe to Knife Art's newsletter. Bunch of really nice blades.

The Spartan chain intrigues me as it will break if I am grabbed by it whereas the paracord on the Reeves can turn into a bad situation if I am grabbed there.
Jim
 
Nem,
Wanda calls herself a perch jerker. She fishes for blue gill, rock bass, red ears, etc. Best eating fish period. I fish for bass. Any fish over 2 lbs is released. I keep the smaller 1-2lbs and let the big ones flourish. They deserve it.
Northern Pike are another target. If you know how to clean them, they are good. Lastly, catfish. In MI they aren't mercury laden and can be some really good eating.
Sorry for the drift.
Oh, forgot to mention, filet knifes are very thin and flexible. A very different blade. Highly recommend unless you are cleaning a 20 lb salmon. As I mentioned in a different thread. I have seen them cleaned with a machete

Jim
 
Jim, yes, definitely understand filet knives.
My comment re cleaning a bream (blue gill) with the EsKabar
was only because this thread is about ... well, you know.

And catfish. Whoa, don't get me started.
Add fries, beans, slaw and hushpuppies.
Bet I could clean one of them w/ an EsK.

;)
 
Yep, Great eating!!!!
Wasn't lecturing on the filet knives. I have learned a lot about them since Wanda and I got married, two years this coming 7/22/12. Hence the fishing trip.
What a girl! Takes me fishing on our anniversary. She is a keeper!!

Jim
 
There's a handy knot that releases when you yank hard enough.
That way the piece of paracord doesn't end up being an inadvertent garrote.

Take one end of your paracord and tie a simple slip knot. Take the other end and fold it over and put the fold into the slip knot and draw the knot closed tight with the two ends of the fold are out of the noose. Drop the lanyard around your neck and yank on it and the loop formed by the fold will pull through the noose with medium resistance.

The guys in Sam Hensley's "What to do for 3 days lost in the woods" course were slack jawed surprised and Sam cussed me for not having shown the simple safety release knot to him.
 
Just stick a bight into a slip knot and then snug the slip knot to choke the bight. Pull the tail of the bight to make a knob. That will stop the line against anything but a pull. When you pull the bight pulls out of the slip knot.
 

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Nice knot. I can see how it's relevant to an EsK.

This thread - like others - continues to inform,
entertain and point toward wisdom.

Here's what I'm listening to as I post this.
Let it track for at least 30 sec.
 
When the "knob" pulls through too easily for your liking put two bights into the loop.

OR make two constricting knots and put your free end through the two of them with a bight in the outer.

There are a lot of knots that allow you to more safely use a lanyard.
 
This thread inspired me sufficiently to try one of these set-ups.

http://www.knifeworks.com/eseeizulaiiodkit.aspx

I'm going to have to work on the sheath a bit. Better too tight than not enough.

I don't have the time to work with it until next week but the initial "feel" is good and I like the texture size fit and finish of the canvas Micarta, a first for me.
 
Good to see you here, DA.

And how cool that you're bringing an Izula to the party so we can compare notes between it and an EsK. There's been a lot written about the two side by side, and some videos - one, two, three - but it'll be good to read notes from someone I 'know'. :)

I also look forward to reading about the 'kit', pros/cons, etc.
 
I can't claim that privilege, Lobo, but I'll bet I would like to be.

I haven't even met him, or even owned one of his blades ... yet.
 
He has plenty of fans here.

To my knowledge no one else here is friends with Mr. Becker besides me.
 
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