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Lansky Knife Sharpener Sharpening System Review

by admin on May 24th, 2013 at 12:25 pm

Posted In: Pocket Knife Reviews, Uncategorized

LANSKY Knife Sharpening System Review

Lanksy is a well-known name in the knife sharpening world. No doubt. So, not being an established sharpener I decided to contact the folks in my ol’ hometown area of western NY (Buffalo) and see if they’d be interested in submitting a Lansky Knife Sharpening System to review.

They agreed!

Please note, what you are about to read appears to be an isolated situation.

I’d have a thorough review prepared except I couldn’t adjust the camp to hold my knife without moving. Lansky made a special video for ME providing step-by-step instructions, all to no avail, as I just could not get the knife to hold firmly in the clamp in order to sharpen.

In addition to the instructional video there were a few emails sent back and forth to learn how to use the Lansky Knife Sharpening system. All the communication, instructional video and difficulty getting the knife to hold firmly in the clamp makes me think this isn’t the knife sharpener for me.

Now, I did sharpen a couple knives “free hand” without using the clamp and had very good results. And frankly, I did sharpen more knives holding the selected stone on the palm of my hand, stone facing the sky, swiping the blade across the stone at a smooth consistent angle.

The customer service was excellent. The product is made in the USA!

If I had a recommendation or suggestion I might add some foam or rubber grips to the end of the clamp, because it may help hold the knife in place, and it would prevent scratching the spine of the blade which did happen on the knives I attempted to place in the clamp.

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Schrade USA 89OT, VIC Camper, Colonial Mountain Guide for sale this week!

by admin on May 16th, 2013 at 8:23 am

Posted In: Pocket Knife Auctions, Uncategorized

Steel Sahlute to camping! Yes sir, Memorial Day weekend is the official camping weekend of the year! And ya can't go camping without a KNIFE!

Listed on ebay I have a few that would fit into the camping arena PERFECTLY:

Colonial USA Mountain Guide
Schrade Old Timer USA 89OT (comes with saw blade)
Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Camper (comes with saw blade)
Imperial (1956 – 1988) Boy Scout Knife (the BSA insignia and blade etch can no longer be seen because I had it re-handled with Elk Stag)
Corning Scout Knife (Epic piece of knife history)
Imperial Boy Scout Stainless Knife form official Boy Scout Mess Kit (Patent Applied for on back)

Here's the link to the knives for sale:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/fish-for-free/m.html?item=200924465609&pt=Collectible_Knives&hash=item2ec80809c9&_sop=1

Steel Sahlute to camping!!!

└ Tags: camp, camping, edc, knives, survivial, USA made

SARGE 4 Blade Scout/Utility SK-434 Knife Review

by admin on May 12th, 2013 at 7:05 am

Posted In: Pocket Knife Reviews

SARGE 4 Blade Scout Utility Knife SK-434 Review

First thoughts……surprisingly sharp straight out of the box for a China made knife.

Details:
Scales – Birchwood
Steel – 440C Stainless
Camp Knife SK -434
Blades – Spear point (main blade) flathead screwdriver, bottle opener, can opener, awl,
Closed – 3 ¾”
Main blade – 2 ½”
Weight – 3 Oz.

The TripleF – Fit, Finish & Functionality. 5.0

All blades have side-to-side play, and the screwdriver/cap lifter feels like it’s going to fall off it’s so loose – without using the knife….this is how it came out of the box – NEW!

Liners have small space between.

Main blade rubs screwdriver/cap lifter blade or vice versa. Screwdriver/caplifter blade is loose, loose, loose. I’ve never experienced that on any knife, let alone one straight out of the box – NEW! You can actually crest it on top of the closed main blade….that’s how loose it is, and how much side-to-side play there is.

The Birchwood handles look knice.

Center pin on pile side (opposite main side) is not flush. Neither is the shield.

Difficult to grab the nail nick on the main blade as most of the nick is hidden behind the screwdriver blade. It really takes focus to see what you are grabbing, as opposed to most other scout/utility knives where just getting your thumb on the main blade in the area of the nick will allow you to grab it firmly!

Value- 5.0
These are offered for sale in the $20.00 range. Honestly, if it were me, knowing what I know about scout/camp/utility knives, I’d head over to ebay and buy an Imperial or Hammer Brand Kamp King for less. Much better made knife and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better steel. And, with a little research you can find a purty knice Kamp King for LESS than $20.00. That’s my take.

Collectibility –5.0
Somehow (based on the licensing fees I’m sure) this company was authorized to use the official Boy Scout shield on this pattern knife. Now, if I were a Boy Scout knife collector I might consider obtaining one of these. Other than that I see no collector value in these pocket knives.

Accessibility – 7.0
Well, first off, it’s not a pocket clip knife, which as you all know is my favorite kinda knife! I am carrying this knife in a leather belt sheath on my belt. So, it’s accessible but not as accessible as a pocket clip.

Next, the nail mark (where you insert your finger nail to life the blade from its resting spot) is slightly difficult to grab. I just compared it to grabbing the main blade from my 1974 Case 640045 scout/utility and even though there was minimal nail mark clearance as well on the Case knife, I was able to lift the blade.

I’ll tell ya something I’ve yet to experience……….It takes the fun out of a knife review, when you know you’re reviewing an inferior product. Thus I didn’t do as an extensive review of this knife….I just didn’t want to carry it…..and I guess that sums up the whole spirit of a knife doesn’t it?

Final STEEL SAHLUTE Score……………………5.5 Steel Sahlutes!

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