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ZT 300 series or Strider?

If any one has thoughts on which one is better for the money please feel free to drop notes below.

If u own either of the two give me your opinion on it as a owner and if it stands up to your expectations.

What are some other knives that are tough as nails that could stand on level with these 2?

Added by Mishal A. Ram on May 21, 2009 at 23:15 — No Comments

My knives!

I have always loved knives and enjoyed them, but I have just recently begun to collect knives. I like to use my knives, so I suppose im more of an EDC kinda guy.

My current knives are
- Spyderco Tenacious
- Spyderco Delica 4
- Leatherman Surge
- A couple no name pocket knives
- A few no name switch blades
- Craftman folding utility knife ( large and small )
- A few no name folders
- A few Swisstech multi tools
- A few multi tools

Added by Jesse Lackey on May 21, 2009 at 16:04 — 2 Comments

In Memoriam We made the news!!

iKC made the news! I'm talking getting mentioned in a traditional offline knife publication. Yes Sir (figure of speech, there Ladies), we sure did....having Mark Zalesky, a friend and fellow iKC member as the editor, doesn't hurt either.

Mark was kind enough to plug our community in the current edition of Knife World. I must say, I have been a subscriber for many years and… Continue

Added by Scott King on May 20, 2009 at 22:00 — No Comments

In Memoriam Happenings in the Community- Fun Knife Topic!

Got a fun topic over in Knives, Knives and More Knives.

The discussion was started by J. T. from Hawaii and is Knives In Cinema and Television. Check it out and add your fav knife scene to the list.

Added by Scott King on May 20, 2009 at 8:30 — No Comments

In Memoriam Let's roll out a big invitation to join us here at iKC

OK, fellow iKC community members, we need to reach out to a knife guy we want here.

I posted the story in this edition of Cutlery News Journal, so I won't reprint it here, other than to say, I ran on a very well respected knife guy out in the blogosphere, who needs to be posting his blogs here, where the knife collectors are.

Check out the story and then click over… Continue

Added by Scott King on May 18, 2009 at 19:30 — No Comments

My Custom Ka-Bar BK2

Hello Friends!

Just this past week the NRA annual meeting was in town. We weren't going to go as guns are aren't high on the list right now. But we found out that CRKT was going so we decided to go.

Boy, I am I glad we did. After finding out that SEVERAL knife makers were going to be there we were really excited to go. And what made it even more exciting for me was the day before we were going I got my prize money form the 'My Favorite Knife' video contest.

So with money in hand… Continue

Added by Ally Burnham on May 18, 2009 at 14:50 — 2 Comments

I DON'T LIKE KNIVES/EDGED WEAPONS...

I LOVE KNIVES/EDGED WEAPONS!!!

Even though I use and have a lot of firearms I wish they were NEVER invented. Anyone can pull a trigger. But, not everyone can use a Blade, Sword, Battle Axe, Tomahawk, Warhammer, Naginata, Manriki gusari etc...You can't fight a duel without any skills or kill someone with a knife a thousand yards away.

You have to be up close and looked them in the eyes, see what's going on, when you turn the… Continue

Added by J.T. [HELLZZARMY] on May 16, 2009 at 16:30 — 1 Comment

Tiger Dream — Set Your Browser to Display Foreign Languages

Setting your Browser to Display Foreign Languages — My story contains some Russian and Thai characters. If you set your browser this way, you will be able to view almost every web page the way it was intended, with whatever characters it contains. Using Internet Explorer or Firefox, from the top menu, choose View, then (Character) Encoding, then Unicode (UTF-8).

Added by Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" on May 16, 2009 at 15:12 — No Comments

Tiger Dream — Andrei, the Randall and Teegur

I've posted my story in Nick's Group — The Story Board. It's a PDF document with illustrations of the Randall number 14 and Teegur, the tiger cub. I hope you enjoy my story, and please leave a comment if you have time.

Added by Andy Voelkle "AxeMan" on May 16, 2009 at 15:00 — No Comments

Patch Knife

This Patch Knife is forged from 1087 with a heat treated curly maple handle and brass pins. The overall length is 8-1/2". The blade length is 3-1/2" and the blade width is 1-1/8.…

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Added by Adlai Stein on May 15, 2009 at 21:00 — 1 Comment

Philippine Oak Hunter

This drop point hunter is forged from 1087 . The Guard and butt cap are forged from over 100 year old wrought iron from the old Columbus Penitentiary. The grip is Philippine oak. The overall length is 11" the blade length is 6".

As always comments and criticisms are welcome.

Thanks for… Continue

Added by Adlai Stein on May 15, 2009 at 21:00 — 2 Comments

Paracord D-Guard

OK so here we go....

First grab a knife with a lanyard hole and a talon hole, and a boat-load of paracord. The talon hole is a registered trademark of Busse, but I've seen a few knives that have the front guard hole (Kiku Matsuda, i.e.) and the guard will only work if there is a front guard hole.

Also about the paracord, I didn't measure mine but I used a lot of extra. You might want to measure out 9' or so. (if you prefer a thinner guard you can take out the strands… Continue

Added by Tom Cai on May 14, 2009 at 21:43 — 1 Comment

In Memoriam You can tell the person by the knife he owns

Don't you just love all the different types of knives folks own? All you have to do is look around our community to see it is like Baskin Robbins Ice Cream flavors.

Each person collects what they like and I think you can tell a lot about the person by the knife he (or she) owns, just like someone's hands tell you a lot about that person.

I won't try to detail all the different personalities and preferences here in our community, but I do find it very interesting.… Continue

Added by Scott King on May 13, 2009 at 21:30 — 3 Comments

Just another phobia experience...

Yeah, I know we have talked about those "blade-o-phobes" out there that freak out when you whip out your knife.

This happened yesterday.

I pulled out my LITTLE kershaw scallion to cut my friends tag off her notebook....the girl in front of me was like "oooh, you can't have that! that's illegal!" (she is hispanic and has a cute accent, so picture it that way)

I just rolled my eyes and put it back in my pocket.

Well today in my Photography class we were… Continue

Added by Wilma Slicer (Lynsie) on May 13, 2009 at 14:07 — 10 Comments

In Memoriam Just got word on Wayne Koons Surgery

Here's the message:

Good morning,

Wayne Koons came through his surgery with flying colors yesterday. The surgery lasted 4-1/2 hours and instead of a double by-pass, he had three by-passes completed. He spent the night in ICU and if all goes as planned he should be moved to a regular room today. He's at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, TN and will hopefully be headed home for a full recovery in a few days.

You can forward your get well cards to NKCA, c/o… Continue

Added by Scott King on May 13, 2009 at 8:00 — No Comments