Capbyrd

So there is either insult or compliment?  No middle ground for you?  I'm being dead serious right now.  I wasn't trying to insult you.  I was using your post to explain my position.  No worries though.  If you are offended, thats on you.  

Thanks man. I was hoping to grab a couple folders while there but I missed out on the ones that I really wanted so I went fixie crazy. I know for sure ill be picking up one folder at the gathering though and I'm aiming for two. No more fixed blades this year.

So I've posted a couple of Dylan's knives before. One of them was the Operator 575 that I picked up from him at Blade Show 2012. Well I was an idiot and broke the tip off when cutting some ivy off one of my trees. I sent it back and Dylan made me a new one. He reground the old one into a new shape and I told him it was his to do whatever with. Well I was supposed to pick up the new one at Blade this year and instead, I traded it back to him for a new version that is all blacked out. You can see it here. Its the top knife. The other knife that I posted before was the little survival knife, PSK Bones! I still love this little guy. The other knife I got from Dylan this year is a new model for him. He is calling it the Esteban. Its just a great little either EDC or small bushcraft knife. Like the new Operator, it has black canvas micarta handles over black then red liners. And it came in a great little piece of kydex with teklok. Dylan's work has definitely improved over the last year and I love his designs. They are definitely more bushcraft oriented but I wouldn't hesitate to carry and use one every day.

Mike, I'm sorry I didn't get by the ZT booth for you but there were some issues I had that prevented me from seeing most of the show.  If I get another chance, I'll definitely check one out for you.  And also, go ahead and add the 801 to your list.  Its going to be an incredible knife.      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3woOE8YaI

I wish I could remember who made it and what they called it but something cool I saw at Blade was a IWB setup.  Granted it was for a smaller blade but it ties to your belt and then you just tuck it into your waistband.  On the draw, the short tie will stop the sheath and the knife will be drawn.  It was great for smaller blades and allows you to resheath and tuck without fear of stabbing yourself.  

Decide for yourself. The top picture is from Poltergiest Works back in 2009. The second pic is Jason Brous' Division Flipper during the design phase. I don't know what the third pic is for.

  1.  I don't recall singling out you and your church.  Like you said, I don't know them and couldn't make a fair assessment.     2.  I wasn't trying to insult.  I was simply trying to make a point.   If I was trying to insult you, I would have called you a big headed meanie face and thrown poo in your direction. 

Do you think that there is some sort of Homosexual Illuminati that meets regularly and plans the gay take over of the world?  I find that first paragraph of yours to be hilarious! 

  I'm sorry, do you know me?  How do you know that its just that one post and not me in general?   I have very different views on Christianity from pretty much every Christian I've ever met.  I believe in God and I believe that Jesus died for my sins.  But I also recognize the Bible as a flawed document written and interpreted by men.  Of course, this post is going to spark an entirely new debate and conversation and that is why I was hesitant to post it before.  But, the Bible, as we know it, is an amalgamation of different translations and interpretations from men.  Christians have long held that the Bible was written by men but guided by God's hand.  Where was God's hand when King James was having his own translation written?  How about the earlier translations into English?  Or the later translations.  I can get behind the story that God wrote the Bible through people.  I can't get behind a theory that God then used a bunch of other people to translate the Bible into different versions that can be interpreted differently.  And to take that a step farther, I will NEVER get behind getting my lessons from someone else.  I have been able to read since I was 3 years old.  I can see the words on the paper and determine what they mean for myself.   I'm passionate about reading the Bible for myself because I have attended a great number of churches through the years.  I have seen numerous preachers use the pulpit to preach their own agenda.  It was once told to me that Sermons are for a preacher to tell his stance and Bible Study and Sunday School are for us to question and debate every aspect of the Sermon.  I believe that to be true.  Preachers are fallible men just like us.  Even they can get things wrong.   As for the Scouts, I've always been proud to be an Eagle Scout.  And I still am.  I will never differentiate between pre and post gay whatever.  I'm sure there were some gay scouts active when I was and I'm even more sure that there were some gay leaders.  None of them ever bothered me or anyone else.  Scouting teaches that one should be morally straight, but wouldn't that include not judging your fellow men?  When it did it become morally okay for me to exclude you from anything based on hatred and fear mongering.  Part of scouting and a huge part at that, is uniform.  the uniform represents more than just some clothing.  Its about taking away differences.  Showing that we are all just boys learning to be young men.  Showing that we are all the same.  And whether you into dong or redheads, you are still a boy and still welcome in the scouts.  To all of the scouts that are fearful or showing hatred towards gay scouts, I have to ask, just what exactly were you taught in scouts?  

Try a really fine scotch brite pad and then follow that up with a light coat of frog lube

Have you tried a scotch brite pad?  Really fine one?

I love that you let other people tell you how to think and how to interpret the Bible.  Do you check with your pastor before you post anything to make sure you are getting it right. 

  He was a machinist before he started making knives.  He knows his way around a mill for sure.  And all of his stuff is done on a manual mill.  No CNC for Jason! 

I hate to talk bad about someone but Brous is known for copying other people's work.

Who said it was tacticool? It isn't black and doesn't have any picatinny rails. Anyways, I can sell this right now for more than I paid. And to me, that is never a waste of money. You'll learn about investments when you get passed grade school. Haha

Pens are used to write things down.  I know that kids these days do everything on tablets, computers and phones but us old blokes still use writing utensils.  

Its Sandvik 14c28n.  I knew it was those numbers and letters, I just always get them out of order in my head.  

Brian has been around and making some cool stuff for years. His knives are awesome and he has some killer collabs. Over the past year though, he has created a couple of runaway hits in his TiBolt (pen) and Frikky. I was lucky enough to score one of each at the show. The pen is an incredible design. A great bolt action pen made entirely from Titanium (except the o-ring, stylus nib and refill). It comes with a plain cap installed but three stylus nibs are included if you want to change them out. He even includes a driver for the torx bits. The pen has a great action and can accept parker or fisher style refills. I chose to carry mine with the stylus nib just case. Here you can see that the frikky includes a bottle opener. And here you can see just how tiny this little guy is. Both of these items have been huge successes for Brian and its easy to see why.

And now the thinnest of my Blade scores. This is a Michael Vagnino necker. Its Sandvic steel (series of letters and numbers that I will get wrong) and its incredibly light. Very thin as you can see. Michael claims its under 2 oz and I believe him. Its been a great neck knife for the past few days. Although the kydex really weighs it down. haha

Forgot one. Jason tried to hide his mark.

Jason is an up and coming knife maker from Martin TN. He is doing some fantastic work these days and has been doing folders for about a year. His book filled up quick and I expect it will stay that way. This one of my Blade Show scores. This is a new fixed blade from Jason that he calls the Megalodon. Its .250" thick D2 steel with a teflon moly coating. This guy is THICK! The mill work on the handle is awesome and has tons of grip. But this is my favorite part. The milled swedge is just too cool! I LOVE this part of the knife.

I'm going to give a full rundown of my experience this year. I arrived in Atlanta on Thursday and checked into my hotel around 2 pm. I headed over to the Pit at Waverly shortly after and immediately started hanging out and meeting people. Only met a few before it was time for dinner. Horton and crew (myself included) went to Vortex Bar & Grill. After a great burger, we headed back to the pit. I hung out with friends and met Tom Krein, Michael Burch, and Jon Graham. I was talking to Graham about the show and the knife I was hoping to buy and he told me that he already sold it to a dealer. My heart sunk. That knife was my primary reason for taking any money to the show. It sucked. That's okay. I was still hoping I could score a Stout folder. Talked to Graham more and handled all of his knives and then it was approaching 1 am. I headed back to the hotel and passed out for the night. Friday morning I was up at 6 and at the show around 7:10 or so. There were 4 people in line in front of me. Because of my weight and some back issues, I couldn't stand until the doors opened and I needed to sit on a wall to support my back. But there wasn't a place for that in line. So I sat on the other side of the door. Well around 11:40, twenty minutes before the show opened, they made me get in line. I explained that I had been there since 7 and wasn't going to the back of the line but they weren't helpful. So I went to talk to the four people that were in front of me and the conversation went like this... "Hey, I know that yall were here first, and..." "YOU AREN'T GETTING IN FRONT OF US!" "Whoa, calm down man. I wasn't trying to get in front and I was trying to be nice." "I DON'T CARE. YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN WE WERE!" "I'm done with this. There was no reason for you to be rude to me." So I started walking around them towards the line and the people right behind them heard the whole thing and said that they saw me there when they got there. They let me in line with them. Thankfully. But all of that sitting on the ground and stress took its toll. My body was already starting to ache. The doors opened and I ran in and went straight to Stout's table. All of his folders were gone. He sold them all to a dealer before the doors opened. So I told him I might be back to pick up one of the fixed blades. I headed to Fellhoelter's table and picked up a frikky and a TiBolt. Then it looked at a couple of things and headed back to Stout. Picked up a large fixed blade and headed to Graham's table to say hello. While there, I ran into Dylan Fletcher and followed him to Dogwood Dan's booth. Picked up a couple things from Fletcher and then went to Horton's table to pick up a fixed blade and then to the USN table to work my shift. After all of that, I was fully exhausted. It was just too much for me. So I headed back to the hotel, defeated from not getting what I wanted and aggravated at the situation at the line. Took a quick nap and then back to the pit. Hung out with friends and met some new folks. But I was still reeling from it all so I decided to head home Saturday. I missed all of the production booths and missed out on some custom knives as well. Next year, I won't be planning ahead. I'll just be going to have a good time. Here is what I ended up with though. Fletcher Operator 575 blacked out Stout Megalodon Fletcher Esteban Vagnino Necker Fellhoelter frikky and TiBolt

I wrote to the ATF about this and I was told to use my entire first, middle and last name.  The form only listed my first and middle initial though and that is what I went with.   Next time, it will be on a trust though.  

Will do sir!  

Nice scores Mike.      As for the XM, its a great knife, and I got bit hard by the XM bug last year.  But I sold mine.  You can pm me for details if you'd like but I don't want to get into it in public.   One of the big things though made me switch, was flipping action.  The XM required work and practice to get that flipper up and running.  Having handled Grahams, Southards, and other amazing flippers that literally fly open, the XM just didn't live up.  So I've moved on.     I do still love the ZT collabs though.  The KVT system really brings the flipper where it should be on an XM.