Just do it! It doesn’t cost much and is worth every cent.
Most of the small S1x / WA 6xx seem to be gone, some black still available (sold as “Mack Walker”). I would have preferred a brown or even orange one, but they’re gone forever. Not sure about the steel, but it should be better than Victorinox. It’s a knife for light tasks and for that it’s more than enough.
I discovered some wicked looking carbon fiber choices so I made scales for two of my most recent EDC knives.
The Medford Praetorian Genesis T is now a C with Fat Carbon Dark Matter Gold on the presentation side. The ZT 0393 has a full slab of Carbon Fiber on the presentation side and an overlay on the lock side.
Although those are not my type of knives, the work you have done on them looks superb, Dale!
Today, and for weeks now I’m back to carrying the mini bugout. It has unfortunately not the class and elegance that I like and that other knives do have, but it is simply the most functional EDC knife that I know of (not the least because it is usable for lefties like me), an extremely well thought-out knife.
Thanks Jos, it was a learning experience, did the ZT first and discovered what a mess it is grinding carbon fiber!
My Koenig Arius is still my favorite with the Mini Goblin a close second.
Got into the steel formula, the Medford is CPM 3V, I wear a fixed Blade Guardian 3 in Vanadis 4E that I like lot, it’s wharnie blade shape is great for general purpose daily use.
My problem with the Medford is that isn’t a flipper and I’m pretty hooked on a super smooth bearing operated flipper. My Arius is 204P and the Mini Goblin is M390, ultra smooth flippers from Koenig are addictive!
I was thinking about using this as a folding Sgian Dubh under the kilt while enjoying the neighborhood with some bagpiping.
Jokes aside, I actually have a colleage who’s doing that but to me it is as he’d hold a cat tucked under his arm with its tail in his mouth, alternately chewing and biting it, considering the sound and looks…
Got tired of the stock blue color of my 535 Bugout, so I tried my hand at Rit dye for the first time, turned out pretty nice IMO. Used “frost gray” and had to keep it in the simmering water+dye for quite a while to get it as dark as I wanted, but that lighter dye color really let me choose just how far I wanted to go.
Included original carry bag for a pretty close reference to the original color.