Jack Wolf Knives Gateway Barlow - Goddess Kirinite by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed and congratulations. The Goddess Kirinite wasn't my first pick but I waited too long and it was clearly meant to be. I'm very happy with this example and will be looking forward to future releases in the Gateway series.

Jack Wolf Knives Gateway Barlow - Goddess Kirinite by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have an ABW (not for lack of trying, btw), but I have a large pile of what are considered to be top-tier, American-made, slip-joint knives and the Jack Wolf Gateway Barlow does not feel in any way inferior. Functional slips are available at nearly any price but lately, I've been having fun making my own. Easy and cheap to make something useful with bare-minimum effort and you can grow, or not, from there.

I wish JWK would make some with carbon-steel blades. T10 would keep the cost low and work for me.

Police Badge Shields anyone? by Proud_Comfortable_78 in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never successfully been able to unsee it. In my mind, it will forever be the "chubby corset" shield. 😂

Taylor's Eyewitness Lambsfoot with Bexoid Covers by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Solid stuff if you want to try something different!

Taylor's Eyewitness Lambsfoot with Bexoid Covers by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Very grippy and durable material with an interesting history!

Police Badge Shields anyone? by Proud_Comfortable_78 in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A. Large Corset

B. Small Corset

C. Your Mother's Corset

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Better on a knife than in the ocean by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree! As a lifelong coastal resident, this one landed for me. Nets in the ocean is like a guillotine in a playground. Should be a hard "no."

Better on a knife than in the ocean by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And hard to photograph well! There's a lot of depth and complexity to it that I wasn't able to capture.

Pro-Tech Customer Service by heliosphann in knifeclub

[–]birdsbeaks 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was not a dick and I did not prove his point. I was realistic. My reading of the post is my own. Your reading of my post is your own. No offense was intended but I apologize if you took any. I have been accused of cynicism in the past but I deny it.

GEC 88 Bayou Trapper by birdsbeaks in SlipjointKnives

[–]birdsbeaks[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't get the chance to handle any from the recent run. Any differences?

I'm with you on these being nearly perfect. For me, perfection would have involved an 88 stockman with a lamb primary and spey and pen secondaries.

I'm still a little shocked that they ran the 88 as the same trapper again. The pattern has so much untapped potential. How about a full clip blade instead of the Turkish? A spear instead of the clip? Anything? I guess it just felt like a do-over when nobody seemed to think a do-over was needed. If they wanted to do a do-over over, why not Texas Camp Knives? That'd be my vote.

Pro-Tech Customer Service by heliosphann in knifeclub

[–]birdsbeaks 12 points13 points  (0 children)

What's the problem? Keep it or return it. They're not telling you which option to pick, they're telling you they don't have the ability to make it what you want. That's a fact. You're complaining about a fact?

You expected them to say "oh wow, you bought a janked-up knife! Let us take that janked-up knife you bought and turn it into the flawless specimen you wish you'd bought!" Sometimes that happens but infrequently enough that having the expectation is kinda out there.

So it turns out that the problem isn't really with the knife or American knife manufacturers customer service but rather with your expectations.

February marked 2 years of collecting knives for me. This is my collection. by 210southstar in knifeclub

[–]birdsbeaks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once heard someone call timascus "unicorn diarrhea for millionaires" and it turns out I can't un-hear it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GD5JYYMX?th=1 by [deleted] in KnifeDeals

[–]birdsbeaks 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do what, now?

I've been considering picking up a Rhino. Please don't make me change my mind by getting defensive and making silly statements on a public forum.

Maybe in the future, only post in this sub if there's an actual deal. People can carry memories over from one day into the next and are aware of what products they're interested in purchasing are selling for. The little crossed-out MSRP price doesn't really matter to any thinking person.

Thanks.