SOG Vulcan with San Mai blade. I noticed the 3 slots cut into the blade and eventually it occurred to me that tritium vials might fit. Sure enough, they did.
Put a new edge on the Sprint today⌠I donât know why I always wait so long to get rid of factory edges.
I forgot who asked me about where to get one of these, but Iâve been seeing them pop up all over lately. BladeHQ, GP Knives, PVK Vegas, and probably others all have several styles in stock.
Thought Iâd throw this info out about a new knife design thatâs up on Kickstarter and although not a âbudgetâ knife, it is significantly discounted from what the retail price will be. Itâs definitely not for everyone with a 1â blade but for light use users could be an interesting EDC choice.
It is 100% made in the USA in Garland, Texas and has a unique patent pending Bolt Lock (see the video on Kickstarter)
Normally I avoid Kickstarter products because Iâve ended up with some junk in the past but this is his 12th Kickstarter campaign and his previous products have been well received.
A few notes:
Replacement blades will be available for $20-25 and possibly in other steels than D2 if the campaign does âreally wellâ and with $50k+ raised the first day it may hit âreally wellâ status.
There will also be a version coming out that uses hobby style and surgical disposable blades.
I have no affiliation with this product but thought Iâd share if anyone is interested earlybird pricing is in effect for the next 20 hours as of this post.
Of course, but as someone whoâs wife has had her work knocked off by various corporations (from small companies to Target) I donât support stealing of other peopleâs work, especially when its the work of an individual or small company. Not only can it take months or years of design and prototyping that needs to be factored into the cost, cheap poorly made copies using inferior materials tarnish the original designerâs work making their new work more difficult to sell. Fortunately my wife is very talented and with the ability to speed up the design process using CAD and SLA 3d printing is now able to already have new products released before the knockoffs hit the market, but for years it had a significant negative effect on her business.
I have no problem with original designs produced in China in fact many of the knives currently are excellent quality AND more expensive than a lot of knives made around the world.
I am not a fan of any company copying someones work and trying to pass it on as the real deal genuine original. I am on the fence when it comes to clones. If they are being sold and advertised as a clone then I can see a benefit of being able to own a design that I may not be able to afford otherwise. I am willing to sacrifice even a bit of quality for a design where the original will forever be out of my budget. At the same time I hate to see others hard work copied and taken advantage of. Itâs a slippery slope. I only own a few clones that I know of. I am not a walking bible of every known design and brand. So some knives I have may be copies and I donât even know they are.
Two of my favorite knives. Affordable and well made as far as I can tell. Though I admit to carry my medium sized Honeybadger most of the time.
Sorry didnât mean to take the thread off topic. However as I have been personally effected by knockoff products both in the example I gave above and other instances that I wonât go into as I think my point was made. So when the first comment after I posted about an original knife that I had just watched they designerâs story about the pride he takes in his work was âGood idea for a knife. But the chinese will be selling clones in a few months for much cheaper.â I felt like the point of my post was missed.
Back on topicâŚ
I worked out a trade and this Shirogorov AND one other knife (will be picking it up this weekend) are now mine. So hereâs my pocket dump for today.