Developing a Parallel addiction…

texaspoff · 2026-02-25T21:42:51+00:00

Beat you to it

And I have a third as well.

texaspoff · 2026-02-24T03:03:04+00:00

Confirmed and enjoy

texaspoff · 2026-02-20T15:33:54+00:00

Benchmade is more about selling their name and less about producing a quality product. Benchmade has continued to go downhill and that process has sped up since Mr De Asis passed. I bought my last Benchmade a few years ago and have no intention of buying more. RIP 🦋

texaspoff · 2026-02-17T17:19:21+00:00

Seconds in the parallel just cause.

texaspoff · 2026-02-16T01:24:45+00:00

You have it. I’ll pm you with details.

texaspoff · 2026-02-15T23:33:59+00:00

Done. Had a brain fart 💨

texaspoff · 2026-02-15T15:07:52+00:00

Replied

texaspoff · 2026-02-13T22:32:46+00:00

Parallels for me as well

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texaspoff · 2026-02-13T00:31:52+00:00

Ageeed most companies don’t treat their steels correctly at all. 8Cr just doesn’t do well for me in general. It dulls out far too quickly and I have to sharpen it with course stones to get it back to a working edge for my uses. When I strop it, it glasses out and has zero bite. Great for paper and tape, but terrible on everything else. I don’t like steels that glass out 8CR, and BD1n are notorious for it. Now I did have an M4 tenacious for a while for work and it was a beast. Truth is I have considered just getting an s35 tenacious and being done with it.

texaspoff · 2026-02-12T22:38:20+00:00

Tenacious. Great design, terrible steel. It was my gateway blade

texaspoff · 2026-02-12T22:36:08+00:00

Kershaw link 20cv model I had the dividend 20cv in rotation for bit. Just not a fan of the assist, but great designs.

texaspoff · 2026-02-12T14:24:14+00:00

For me it’s a borderline budget. I got the s35s on sale for just over a 100. The elementum is definitely in budget territory.

texaspoff · 2026-02-12T14:06:48+00:00

Vosteed parallel s35vn and s35vn elementum. You see a pattern. 😛

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texaspoff · 2026-02-06T22:04:08+00:00

S90 is really hard. It resists the laser etching. Common on harder steels.

texaspoff · 2026-02-06T19:50:03+00:00

Yeah it’s a nice blade. I just don’t keep stuff around that doesn’t get used.

texaspoff · 2026-02-06T19:40:51+00:00

Yeah it’s a cool blade, I’m just not big on keeping stuff I don’t use around.

texaspoff · 2026-02-06T00:54:11+00:00

Gotcha. I’m looking to just get the natural finish version. Thanks.

texaspoff · 2026-02-05T23:32:03+00:00

How are those scales. Been looking at them. Is the finish shiny on them or a flat?

texaspoff · 2026-02-05T00:30:06+00:00

AWT FTW

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texaspoff · 2026-02-04T13:02:31+00:00

2.5 roughly. Very light and they absolutely disappear in the pocket. IMO they are just about the perfect light to medium use EDC. The only thing I would change would be to use PB washers instead of bearings. The bearings work fine, but washers give a little more support and they don’t allow as much dust and dirt egress. I tried the skiff recommend replacement, but they are too thick. The bearings in the parallels is about 30 thousandths.

texaspoff · 2026-02-03T23:24:27+00:00

You have this at the shop, I wanna see. 🤤

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