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I ain’t the knife man many here seem to be, but after a few s30v knives, it’s not my favorite.
I really like VG10 and cpm154. Even a $40 Buck with 420HC. Id go D2 and not think twice. Mooner ever have a custom made from S30V? Or they production blades?
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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One s30v custom, a Buck, and a Spyderco. Only the custom left.
Dont get me wrong, its a nice blade. The vg10, 154, and Bucks 420hc seem to get sharper and the first two hold an edge really well. Buck steel aint exactly a slouch either. All three sharpen for me better than the s30v.
In fact I just had 2 vg10 and 1 sv30 knives professionaly sharpened. The vg10's have a better, IMO, edge.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Copy I’ve never had a custom D2, just a few koa. Not overly impressed with em after custom blades. Elmax is another goodun. I like hanks cpm154 as well...
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I had a Dale Howe cpm154 that was a wicked bastard. Gave it to my nephew. Still waiting to hear how many stitches he ends up with. Lol.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Haha, I had Dale build my boy a light hunter in elmax 5 years ago or so, all he does is fishes and hunts, I always ask him how he likes it, he just shakes his head, "dad you wouldn't believe me if I told Ya"!!! Grin
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Copy I’ve never had a custom D2, just a few koa. Not overly impressed with em after custom blades. Elmax is another goodun. I like hanks cpm154 as well... I’m sure there’s a difference in production D2 versus custom d2 heat treat. I wouldn’t swear off ribeyes just cause i ate one at a restaurant that wasn’t cooked good. Go with Winston or Ingram or May for d2 and never look back. Guess im too cheap to pay the s30v up charge. I do have a Howe Skinner in 154cm that cut my eyebrow from just looking at it.
Dave
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Any pics of those Howe knives?
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Copy I’ve never had a custom D2, just a few koa. Not overly impressed with em after custom blades. Elmax is another goodun. I like hanks cpm154 as well... I’m sure there’s a difference in production D2 versus custom d2 heat treat. I wouldn’t swear off ribeyes just cause i ate one at a restaurant that wasn’t cooked good. Go with Winston or Ingram or May for d2 and never look back. Guess im too cheap to pay the s30v up charge. I do have a Howe Skinner in 154cm that cut my eyebrow from just looking at it. Oh there's a difference for sure!!!
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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Any pics of those Howe knives? Ya I'll dig around here and find some. I've posted a bunch right here
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
Ain’t easy havin pals.
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I think i lost my pics when photobucket dumped.
I think it’s the Howe Wyoming Skinner model. Mines blue scaled.
I like skinners. That one has a lot of belly.
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[img] https://imgur.com/a/Jkm9zKj[/img] For some reason, won’t embed. Click the link. Blue scales. Black lines. Taper tang.
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Any pics of those Howe knives? my pair....elmax
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Ooooh I love that woodsman Don.....
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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Dales "wyoming" Skinner is the best Skinner I've been around
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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Nice! That pic with the Colt is too cool
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Any pics of those Howe knives? my pair....elmax Very nice Trio.
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Pair o' Colt's, and pair o' Howes. All my white handled stuff in one pic....
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[img] https://ibb.co/3fRH12p[/img] I dunno. Not working for me tonight.
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also have a May skipjack in D2, Ingram small boner in S30V and a Menefee 12 ga in 154. cuttin' sonsabitches, all.....
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What grips are on that woodsman Don? Aftermarket? Thanks
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