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.
Fake Kershaw Launch 10 arrived. Nice little knife. Generally I don’t like fakes, but tried to buy an original and that’s a little complicated with auto knives for non US buyers. I’ll keep trying.
I’m very pleased with the result myself, I just wish the Titanium liners were not flat but with a recess for the scales like on the Mnandi (and other knives).
That would add a lot of stability (and manufacturing cost), the way it is the knife feels a bit flimsy to me.
Have you tried the Slack? Quite a few of the Bokers, like the Kwaiken and Trapper are quite long and thin gentleman’s pocket knives. The Slack is similar in design but fairly solid. Laser cutting the liners would be easy for Boker, but CNC work to shape the scales is an expensive way to make a budget knife more solid. Most manufacturers would just fit thicker liners.
I’ve seen the Slack, no clip, not for me.
Still I do like the Urban Trapper, it’s a wonderful knife by all means, with these thin liners maybe steel (skelletonized) would have been the better choice though.
Gerber EZout JR partially serrated for about 25 years. I’ve made the opening hole at least twice as deep as it was originally and just a little bit longer for easier drop openings. I use it for most everything everyday. I’ve lost and found it a few times for days or more at a time but I have a spare one for those times. It’s a very soft steel that needs constant touch-ups but that’s all right. I’ve always carried a second larger knife also. For the last 10 years it’s been a partially serrated Tenacious. I have dabbled with other smaller knives looking to replace the Gerber but that meant carrying three knives and I almost never used the other ones. I’ve been waiting since November for the s35vn PS tenacious.