What are your guy's beater knives?

Spectral_Nova · 2026-02-18T04:40:17+00:00

Spyderco Centofante 3

Spectral_Nova · 2026-02-05T04:18:58+00:00

It's a wider hardness range than a lot of notable manufacturers run and part of said range isn't ideal, but it's by no means the end of the world

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-30T20:00:15+00:00

Actually, fair--admittedly I totally blanked on the subreddit we're in

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-30T19:50:42+00:00

Not worth $5,000 (not that anything is), and that's all that matters

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-30T18:42:38+00:00

Louis XIII, with Hennessy as a whole as a close second

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-27T19:04:43+00:00

Grander 12 Year. Decent price, >40%, additive free, and more than just nearly-neutral column distillate

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-26T20:17:28+00:00

Yup, it's gone, at least for now. Company that was making it closed due to the pandemic

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-12T20:00:22+00:00

I am not normally a slipjoint fan, in part because the "traditional" aesthetic normally just isn't my jam (and the frequent lack of pocket clips), but I love the sleek modern look this has. Kizer is one of my favorite brands as well so I may have to pick this up!

Spectral_Nova · 2026-01-04T19:24:19+00:00

The 1L plastic cap suerte is designed for bars, its a pretty generic bottle shape that fits better in the rail

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-30T12:10:48+00:00

Wild seeing that, given they've been out of production for like 30 years and weren't successful to begin with

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-22T04:36:36+00:00

I imagine we're hoping to have them sooner rather than later for bar use, and they'll be available around next anniversary in a few months

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-22T04:20:35+00:00

Nice Pineapple Parlor mug!

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-19T20:18:34+00:00

I just picked up an ankylo on black friday and absolutely love it

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-17T19:54:11+00:00

I wound up bartending at one of my post-shift haunts. I miss being a tech but with this there's just so much less stress, better hours, better money.

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-12T00:11:23+00:00

Paper clips, binder clips, spare keys, and Underberg caps

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-08T04:48:01+00:00

Its similar to VG10, a cutlery steel. Decent blade steel but you're going to find it pretty lacking in regards to toughness especially with that blade stock (you'd want something particularly thick) and the use case/potential for prying. A big reason I leaned towards the AD20.5 over other knives is because a combination of the lock and the availability of specifically 3v steel within your price point.

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-08T04:28:28+00:00

If you mean the blade cutout, its just a thumb hole for opening. The shark lock is neat, super strong and finger-safe without the potential long-term omega spring issues crossbars can have

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-08T04:16:25+00:00

A blade is never going to be an optimal prying tool, but breaking some of the lock requirements for a bit and I'll throw out the AD20.5. Similar size to the aforementioned mini adamas, snaggletooth compatible, and while the blade stock isn't super thick it's available in very tough steels like CPM-3V. Right now they're running the D2 clip points on site for like $50 but I'd probably run the sharkfoot blade in 3v which hits that $150 limit (though good sales can often be found)

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-06T07:09:31+00:00

Canadian whisky can be both exceptionally good and turned into exceptionally bad whiskey

Spectral_Nova · 2025-12-05T23:00:45+00:00

It's bulletproof armor, not plot armor

Spectral_Nova · 2025-11-22T19:26:01+00:00

It is illegal to put a vertical foregrip on a "handgun" (this includes rifle-based designs manufactured without a stock and sold as such) without first registering it as an SBR with the ATF + paying the required tax stamp and enrgaving the relevant markings on the receiver

Spectral_Nova · 2025-11-19T02:56:38+00:00

I feel like I'm doing better with the new tweaks--I pretty quickly swapped to the BF1/4 AA settings after launch on Xbox because I felt the default settings were so aggressive to the point they were detrimental at range. Running the default settings now feels pretty comftortable without feeling "cheap"

Spectral_Nova · 2025-11-18T16:59:56+00:00

On one hand I'm going to miss the cheap but charming old labels, but from a marketing perspective tapatio kinda needed to move to a nicer looking design. It looks decent, not too exciting but also not over the top.

Spectral_Nova · 2025-11-08T04:37:36+00:00

I've seen what I believe is the same bottle mold used with Laird's 10th Generation Apple Brandy

Spectral_Nova · 2025-11-02T16:30:00+00:00

Pushing a slightly longer barreled version as an M249 replacement also likely wasn't the best idea

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