wow. i think im gonna avoid this $2 special.
Tomahawk Wildlife Wolf Straight Razor Folding Knife - BUDK
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wow. i think im gonna avoid this $2 special.
Tomahawk Wildlife Wolf Straight Razor Folding Knife - BUDK
Huh... what are the scales like on these? because at that price it is way cheaper to buy one of these, toss out the blade, and use the scales on a better razor...
won't work, the pivot is drilled out much larger than 1/16Quote:
Originally Posted by PensiveDragon
Yeah, they're all pinned by a machine with 1/8 inch pressure-welded brass rivets. I had to work on one for a guy who was using it for a lecture on how straights were used as weapons (and why they aren't good ones) and it was a hell of a time trying to un-pin it.
AND the scales were 1/4" thick. Cheap and gross.
But as practice blades the price is right.Quote:
Originally Posted by salazch
Practice stropping and honing...
Could be better than a butter knife
as it has the same "handle".
Folk are always looking for a clunker....
I suspect they are some nasty stainless
but when very dull would make a good practice
razor to not nick up a good strop.
No, they're horribly thick and balanced about as well as Congress. Not good for anything. Really.Quote:
Originally Posted by niftyshaving
Straights as weapons? Do you mean people currently use them for that, or are we talking about the 1800's?Quote:
Originally Posted by BKratchmer
Nobody with any sense ever used a straight razor as a weapon. Fixed blades and locking blades make a hell of a lot more sense for weapons.Quote:
Originally Posted by PensiveDragon
True... But the last time I checked blade wielding maniacs don't really conform to the ideal of common sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMS
In any case, I am now curious about the content of that lecture. And was the horrible 2 dollar razor the only prop, or was it there for comparison purposes to a better one?
BKratchmer.
I am glad you told us that. I was going to buy some to use the scales. Glad I didn't.
Indeed. I train with a rather large gentleman (6'5" 280) who is always talking about how when sparring, he's got me (is more skilled, more experienced, almost as fast, 3X stronger, and outweighs me by 100 pounds, and is 6-7 inches taller PLUS has a long reach for his height, and gifted kicks...and a great eye for position/intuition) but if I had one of "them straightedges" we'd be a little more even. Now, we work defenses against knives all the time, and those are knives that you can stab, slash, overhand and he's damned good at it. Now, he's seen what an edge on a straight can look like (we discuss edges all the time...he's got a competition axe that can wipe the hair off the back of your hand) so he knows how insanely sharp they can be....but that really doesn't make them much better a weapon, does it?Quote:
Originally Posted by JMS
Sorry for the total OT ramble.