By a strange (?) coincidence the first knife in the New Knives of the Week over on the KnifeCenter YouTube Channel is the Bladelock in 14C28N and Jade G10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHmmCLzqfM&t=33s
That custom is something else. It all made sense when I learned that Michael Walker was a jeweler before he was a knife maker.
There’s not a lock, but you can adjust the tension on the thumb slide and thus cause the slide to require more force to open. There’s a video on how to do that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ-atBnbQ7k
I don’t think it will open on its own in your pocket, but if you left-pocket carry, I can certainly see it opening accidentally when you’re putting something _into _ your pocket.
I have a memory of someone using this at one of the Blade Show BaliComp events in the past couple years but I can’t find any video evidence of this. Maybe my knife-related Berenstain Bears moment here, who knows.
A wild product from Gerber for sure. I’m glad to see you improved it!
I start local and work my way out. Does your county have a website that shows campgrounds? How about adjacent counties? After that, I start looking at state recreation areas and parks. As I’m not too far from a state border, I look at the adjoining states as well.
In my area, most state parks that allow camping have separate areas for RV vs tent camping.
I have to believe that Terrain are marketing this knife to people who review and disassemble knives. 😎
I’m not looking to buy any of these but I think you might get more traction with others if you provided some more photos. Typically when selling used knives online, the more detail the better.
Do you have more photos?
wow it really is! :)
A nice update!
Just FYI, your first link is b0rked for me. I’m assuming b0rked for others too but you never can tell.
Not sure where you are in the world but a lot of public libraries have 3D printers now that you can use.
Well, Pete posted a new years update but more life than knife. Seems like he might be done with knife content for the most part. Ah well, this seems to be the way with a lot of hyper-specific hobby/enthusiast channels. Either they burn out or they develop new interests (imagine! 😂 ) and move the channel in a different direction.
Yes, most of the time it’s suggesting absolute garbage but every once in a while I get a great suggestion like this.
I hope Pete starts posting again. I miss his videos. He seems to go through a flurry of creative output and then crickets for weeks and weeks.
Wow, this is really neat. Sounds like it’s time to 3D print an updated version! 😁
This is really great! A little ingenuity and a solution is born. Thank you for sharing.
What a great write-up. I stand in awe again. :)
My two local Walmart stores continue to dissapoint when it comes to knives. The whole outdoors area has been made smaller and all the knives are now inside a glass storage cabinet behind a counter or at least behind a retracting stantion. Neither had the holiday specials out yet either.
I did sort think they were going for a combo Bugout/Bailout look with this one. The Bailout “Crater Blue” edition for example: https://www.benchmade.com/products/537fe-02 for the colorway and the blade shape, with a more Bugout-esc handle.
Still though, for $20 this is a rather astounding bargain. Even the button lock green one at $25 is a good deal.
Really amazing at how far they’ve brough the line since that first $6 crossbar lock .
That’s great to hear! It’s very “casual” looking with the spey blade and people tend to react well to it.
I’ve had the Iridium on my to-buy list for a while now. I’ve been trying to /not/ buy more knives but that one is so darn tempting. :)
Thank you but, I think you’re mixing me up with @dual_spork_dork who is a much better writer than I’ll ever be. :)
I guess, given my lack of posting frequency, I am rightlfully downgraded to “lurker” :)
But I have made a few posts before: https://lemmy.world/u/cetan?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts
(not a fan of the reposts counting as my posts so some things are doubled-up)
Only 2 here since switching instances though.
Hell yeah. This is great. Congrats on the first of many new knives. Can’t wait for you to setup shop for orders. 😀