Esav Benyamin
MidniteSuperMod
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I got a NEMESIS !!!
Well, it's not like getting married, but it costs a few bucks less ... how's that for rationalizing the price on one of these cute little knives?
Actually, I got a good deal from one of the guys, not that the knife had been used. Not that I would have noticed. This is a sturdy piece of equipment.
To begin with, as some of you may have noticed, the handle is larger than most folders. Not outrageously so. I took it for a walk, and it fit fine in what are essentially chinos. Did not sag the right front pocket. Cold out! but the gloves I was wearing fit perfectly around the handle, and I had no trouble with the big thumbstuds, either hand.
The first use it got was within a few minutes of opening the box: I sliced a crisp, fresh nectarine for breakfast. Looking at the edge under light magnification, I can see why it feels so toothy. Very sharp, but grips its way through the cut.
Very comfortable and secure in a firm hammer grip, and reverse blade out. Specially reassuring, in hammer grip with the blade closed, it is an excellent striker with an inch and a half of butt sticking out past my little finger. I hope I can borrow some window glass to try it out on. (Our First Aid squad and fire house usually have wrecked cars to practice on, breaking glass, and Jaws of Life.)
I looked seriously at the Fulcrum II and the MPC, as the opposite ends of the ER folder universe. The MPC is the same blade length as the Nemesis, and I prefer to lose the serrations for now.
The Fulcrum has a beautiful thumb ramp and I like the size being a bit more "civilian" for daily carry. Now that I have a Nemesis, I think the Fulcrum is next on my list, just as I'd gotten a MOD CQD II to alternate with my CQD I.
Anybody want to buy my Buck/Strider, MOD CQD and CQD II ?? How about a couple of Greco folders ??
Well, it's not like getting married, but it costs a few bucks less ... how's that for rationalizing the price on one of these cute little knives?
Actually, I got a good deal from one of the guys, not that the knife had been used. Not that I would have noticed. This is a sturdy piece of equipment.
To begin with, as some of you may have noticed, the handle is larger than most folders. Not outrageously so. I took it for a walk, and it fit fine in what are essentially chinos. Did not sag the right front pocket. Cold out! but the gloves I was wearing fit perfectly around the handle, and I had no trouble with the big thumbstuds, either hand.
The first use it got was within a few minutes of opening the box: I sliced a crisp, fresh nectarine for breakfast. Looking at the edge under light magnification, I can see why it feels so toothy. Very sharp, but grips its way through the cut.
Very comfortable and secure in a firm hammer grip, and reverse blade out. Specially reassuring, in hammer grip with the blade closed, it is an excellent striker with an inch and a half of butt sticking out past my little finger. I hope I can borrow some window glass to try it out on. (Our First Aid squad and fire house usually have wrecked cars to practice on, breaking glass, and Jaws of Life.)
I looked seriously at the Fulcrum II and the MPC, as the opposite ends of the ER folder universe. The MPC is the same blade length as the Nemesis, and I prefer to lose the serrations for now.
The Fulcrum has a beautiful thumb ramp and I like the size being a bit more "civilian" for daily carry. Now that I have a Nemesis, I think the Fulcrum is next on my list, just as I'd gotten a MOD CQD II to alternate with my CQD I.
Anybody want to buy my Buck/Strider, MOD CQD and CQD II ?? How about a couple of Greco folders ??