My bourbon addled brain seems to recall a thread by last visible canary (?) wherein he dug out some roots by pounding the heel of his Basic 9 with a hammer. But my meager attempts at searching find nothing by that member. This after spending a good 30 seconds on it!
IIRC he had three screen names over the years, and his real name might have been Seth (?) Haven't seen him here in years. He, like me, preferred ThINFI, to the point that he had ordered a CS skinny BOSS Jack. Then was forced to sell it when money got tight. Damn, I wish I could have bought that knife! Some regrets. He was also very concerned with handle ergos and had great insight on handle designs.
Miss that guy.
I don’t have a whole lot to add, other than ResC is awful! Probably the worst handle material ever.
You are right. Terrible. Terrible. But as you are convinced of it's value, then a B8LE ought to be in that pic.
It's an awful, awful knife.
Good stuff, Tyrade. Always did like the lines and proportions of that Euro B4.
Gotta' love the B-11s!
That is some beautiful mod work! Did you do that yourself? We have read that drilling INFI is a challenge. How was that done?
Just amazing—looks factory. Beautiful work!
That said, I can’t remember once in the field when my hold seemed awkward because of that. Just my experience—not a defense of the design.
... It honestly didn't bother me that much until I squished my hand at work...
Would you mind elaborating on that—I mean what happened exactly? I think that’s pretty interesting. Thank you!