Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Kid takes after her pops

I daily carry the same ZT I bought myself the day my divorce was final.
Over 5 yrs

I’ll admit to having lost or misplaced two or three knives since I first started carrying one daily as a kid. Though, in my defense, more than one of those had help getting lost.

It actually bothers me that I just recently had to semi-retire my EDC Kershaw leek. This after over 25 years of daily service. I have to disassemble it and figure out if it needs a replacement part.

If you are low budget and not necessarily outdoors all of the time, that knife carries a good edge and is tough. I use a heavier knife if planning outdoors events.

 

[akmike47]

Kid takes after her pops

I daily carry the same ZT I bought myself the day my divorce was final.
Over 5 yrs

I’ll admit to having lost or misplaced two or three knives since I first started carrying one daily as a kid. Though, in my defense, more than one of those had help getting lost.

It actually bothers me that I just recently had to semi-retire my EDC Kershaw leek. This after over 25 years of daily service. I have to disassemble it and figure out if it needs a replacement part.

If you are low budget and not necessarily outdoors all of the time, that knife carries a good edge and is tough. I use a heavier knife if planning outdoors events.

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Had my last knife for 8 or more years, someone decided they needed it more than I did. I sat it down for two seconds at work turned around and it was gone.

Knew who took it but couldn’t prove it....he ended up getting fired for stealing stuff, huge surprise.

Edit- it was an OTF auto and he always wanted to play with it when I took it out opening boxes. When I say two seconds I mean that I sat it down grabbed something behind me and he had walked by, poof gone.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

That's when you see how sharp your new knife is. Car tire valve stems are really good for that.

Had my last knife for 8 or more years, someone decided they needed it more than I did. I sat it down for two seconds at work turned around and it was gone.

Knew who took it but couldn’t prove it....he ended up getting fired for stealing stuff, huge surprise.

A pair of channel locks makes short work of them also

 

[loboman7x57]

That's when you see how sharp your new knife is. Car tire valve stems are really good for that.

A pair of channel locks makes short work of them also

I always liked the small stone under the valve cap. They usually make it home but wake up to 4 flat tires in the morning.

 

[Mwalex]

Not to ruin your point with facts but go where polar nears live and you will see them doing just that at town and research station trash dumps.

Bitches Love Money - men can be bitches

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Yeah but. They are already home and will be easily fixed. No valve stems need a rollback and a ride to the tire shop with a little out of pocket expense.

I always liked the small stone under the valve cap. They usually make it home but wake up to 4 flat tires in the morning.

But I do like the idea of them going down on the trip home in rush hour traffic.

 

[cas6969]

Is it rubber Wednesday again?

 

[502Chevelle]

^^^^Is it rubber Wednesday? Who knows, you only put up one pic. Don’t short change us like that.

 

[Rick_3]

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Where is that goat meme when you need it? LOL!!!

 

[6.5SH]

Where is that goat meme when you need it? LOL!!!

 

[BigTex]

All of the pocket knife talk motivated me to get out a few of mine for pictures. Some are old, some are new, every one of them has a story and a few good memories attached to it.

These are a few of my favorites. All of the ones on the right side of the bottom pic were handed to me by relatives that are no longer with us. My great grand dads fish knife, a couple from my papaw, a couple from my granddad, and a few others from uncles and great uncles.

 

[Broncovan]

All of the pocket knife talk motivated me to get out a few of mine for pictures. Some are old, some are new, every one of them has a story and a few good memories attached to it.
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These are a few of my favorites. All of the ones on the right side of the bottom pic were handed to me by relatives that are no longer with us. My great grand dads fish knife, a couple from my papaw, a couple from my granddad, and a few others from uncles and great uncles.

Damn, 5 Chris Reeves??
Nice. I just picked up my first one, bog oak scales.

 

[akmike47]

Damn, 5 Chris Reeves??
Nice. I just picked up my first one, bog oak scales.

Guy left a Reeves in my truck and told me to carry it until I saw him again... I’ve never checked a knife was still in my pocket so many times. He could easily replace a $425 knife, but I couldn’t lol.

I have a couple spyderco, a beat to hell Emerson, and some kershaws but I need a Case just because. Also a Zero Tolerance I’ve been always liked their stuff.

 

[Hippy_Steve]

 

[akmike47]

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"Hey......y'all don't look like Mexicans, how was Martha's Vineyard? Where am I, and who shit in my pants?"

 

[akmike47]

Her thumb isn't behind the slide though.

 

[akmike47]

I’m going to ruin this one, looks like she wiped with her hand and rubbed it on her ass and leg. Lol

 

[akmike47]

 

[akmike47]

 

[nockhunter]

 

[nockhunter]

 

[akmike47]

 

[akmike47]

One of the sexiest cars ever made ‘37 Lincoln Zephyr

 

[EddieNFL]

That's when you see how sharp your new knife is. Car tire valve stems are really good for that.

A pair of channel locks makes short work of them also

A pair of Channel Lock pliers or a pair of slip joint pliers? I'll bet you say clip instead of magazine.

 

[EddieNFL]

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The correct meteorological term is "nipplely."

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Channel Locks.

A pair of Channel Lock pliers or a pair of slip joint pliers? I'll bet you say clip instead of magazine.

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Freon
Kleenex

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[BigPoppaHugeTime]

 

[EddieNFL]

Channel Locks.

Freon
Kleenex

Coke

 

[cas6969]

These are water pump pliers you children.

 

[Keepmvng]

Living on ranch property, there isn’t a day that I go outside without a knife in my pocket or on my side. Can someone share what makes the Chris Reeve knifes expensive. Thanks

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Living on ranch property, there isn’t a day that I go outside without a knife in my pocket or on my side. Can someone share what makes the Chris Reeve knifes expensive. Thanks

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Good Question... Similar to why a Cadillac is more expensive then a Chevy or why a Brand name drug is more expensive than a generic drug....

 

[cas6969]

I have a little leather pocket sheath and I will often carry these two in my back pocket at work.

I always have a medium-larger folder clipped in my front pocket. And a small single blade trapper down in my pocket. Sometimes I will carry another more "weapon" type knife concealed, sometimes because of where I'm going, but usually just for fun. I have a Cold Steel Ti-Lite stiletto that at some point took up permanent residence in my work coat right pocket. A Lenox utility knife did the same at some point in the left pocket.
So I'm at work one day and it hit me.... "Oh wait.. am I really carrying seven knives? Oh good lord."
(that's also when it hit me that at that moment I had four flashlights on me as well. What an ass.)

 

[BigTex]

Here's a better look at some of my family knives. The men that carried these knives were a different breed. Thankful I get to carry on their legacy. The tiny Old Timer was my first pocket knife given to me by my papaw when I was 5 or 6. I have lots of memories of him running the Schrade with the toothpick of a blade over a whet stone that he kept by his chair while watching John Wayne movies in his last years.

 

[BLEE]

Her thumb isn't behind the slide though.
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Matrix style. Lol

 

[6.5SH]

One of the sexiest cars ever made ‘37 Lincoln Zephyr
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I think the maroon one is James Hetfield's "Voodoo Priest" or something like that.
Pictures don't do the lines justice, the back half is just impossibly long and an amazing thing to see in person.
They really are one of the best looking cars ever made.

 

[akmike47]

The correct meteorological term is "nipplely."

Way to gay it up

I didn’t make it.

 

[Redhook]

Good Question... Similar to why a Cadillac is more expensive then a Chevy or why a Brand name drug is more expensive than a generic drug....

I compare it closer to the chrome plated and engraved 1911 you carry on your hip to church on Sunday. It'll get the job done, but you rue having to wipe the fingerprints off of it later. It's a bling thing. You're probably not going to do any serious work with it.

Living on ranch property, there isn’t a day that I go outside without a knife in my pocket or on my side. Can someone share what makes the Chris Reeve knifes expensive. Thanks

I've been in the custom knife game for 20+ years. Higher prices start with high end materials. Titanium frames and surgical steel. But it's mostly supply and demand. I went through the Reeves phase in the beginning. They were a smaller shop then with limited production. Got both NICA Sebenza Tantos because they were limited and CRK said they wouldn't make any more tanto blades. Well the tanto blade is now a regular.

I try to stick with one man shops these days.

Deryk Munroe Gen 4 and Gen 3 Sigil

 

[rduckwor]

 

[Steel+Killer]

 

[lariat]

I compare it closer to the chrome plated and engraved 1911 you carry on your hip to church on Sunday. It'll get the job done, but you rue having to wipe the fingerprints off of it later. It's a bling thing. You're probably not going to do any serious work with it.

I've been in the custom knife game for 20+ years. Higher prices start with high end materials. Titanium frames and surgical steel. But it's mostly supply and demand. I went through the Reeves phase in the beginning. They were a smaller shop then with limited production. Got both NICA Sebenza Tantos because they were limited and CRK said they wouldn't make any more tanto blades. Well the tanto blade is now a regular.

I try to stick with one man shops these days.

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Deryk Munroe Gen 4 and Gen 3 Sigil

The attention to detail on those handles and the amount of milling it would take...that's damn sexy. I have made handles, internal components, clips and blades for customers who make knives like this; the amount of work isn't small and tooling to get it right isn't cheap. Looking at the small internal radiuses on the handles and the blades tell you everything you need to know. Add to that the fact that there aren't but a handful of blade grinders left who actually know how to grind a blade to the correct tolerances for fit and function. Beautiful work.

 

[Tater Salad]

 

[Steve_In_29]

Good Question... Similar to why a Cadillac is more expensive then a Chevy or why a Brand name drug is more expensive than a generic drug....

Except Cadillac is 99% Chevy underneath and has been for well over half a century.

Near $600 for the Chris Reeves is for people with more money then sense.

My daily carry will do 99.9% what that CR will...minus the impress the gear queers part. Cost me $10 and I have spares but this one has been going strong for over a decade. It's been doing so well, I actually gave three of my spares as gifts a year ago.

Only thing I did was remove the redundant thumb stud and now there is nothing to snag or scratch my hand as it sits clipped to my front pocket.

 

[BG94591]