MUS, which, when translated is mo' ugly stuff. Or something like that. I have a couple of AC knives that I like like. They look good and the ergos are good. But a lot of AC stuff that shows up here looks like what the dreams of Mall Ninjas are made from, or possibly Cracker Jack Prize rejects. Far be it from me to be that final purchaser that results in this drop happening and many previous potential purchases look back on their decision to purchase this and decide that suicide really should be painless.
That grind plus that edge plus that choil where the finger will slip onto the honed edge before it'll slip over the flipper tab, is all a no for me.
Seeing these Artisan Cutlery blades everywhere. They all kinda look to me like Eafengrow and Bestech had a weekend fling someplace. Some of them don't look terrible, but with others like this there's something jarring about the design, like the line of that edge vs the angle of the grind, and what it means about the hone angle as you go down the edge. I don't like the logo much either but that's just cosmetic.
Tnea0926
May 16, 2019
Why does massdrop tell us when a knife is made in USA, Japan, Italy but not when they’re made in China
By safety razor I refer to my Edwin Jagger with its double edge Feather blades. They are sill properly called safety razors, if only for the fact that when they were introduced, everyone was still using straight razors. Which quickly became called “cut throat razors” by comparison. Because, well, form follows function.
I don’t buy cartridge razor blades because the prices are ridiculous, but I did for years. They work fine as far as I am concerned, they’re just a bad value these days.
It all boils down to the individual preference, if you ask me.
reswrightI assumed that's what you meant, I just wanted branch out and compare to both...that's why I mentioned modern safety razors and DE's.
I've owned 3 or 4 old Gillette DE's over the years, just could never get the hang of 'em. Still have one or two kicking around that I try every once in a while, then immediately regret lol
I agree though, whatever works for each person's face 👍
I'm wondering why knives like this are all the rage? If I want a meat cleaver or hatchet, I'll carry the real thing.
I do own a large Artisan Cutlery tanto, and it's superb. Almost makes me forget my preference for spring assist knives...
Multi blade knives are coming back into fashion. They were cool , then they were old man knives, then dork bait, then I rarely saw them except for Swiss Army knives which always kind of hung in the market. Now I see lots. For a farmer or land steward or forester or someone that has to go to problems to solve them, they’re good kit. For a guy like me, who generally speaking has things brought to him to do or solve, I am usually dealing with problems while also within reach of my tools. I have a Victorinox which I think is somewhere in my closet but might be in the trunk of my car. Haven’t needed to find it. Speaks for itself.
for boat knives I don’t need a multi blade. Just give me a decent folder with a marlin spike and I am good. To be honest I sailed for years and fished for years and I never once had to cut through rigging with a knife, but dealing with tight knots was an everyday thing.
So far only seeing this model on one other site (knifeworks), but heard from a reliable source that it's coming to WhiteMountain soon with discount code LTK
But even at full price from KnifeWorks, base model is the same price, higher end models are all cheaper there.
Don't know why they keep running these Artisan drops at average retail prices (or above)
I'd give this a try around $45 for a group buy price, but I don't know about much more than that. Certainly not waiting a month for average street price, come on 😒
NateMPLSAppreciate the input :)
I didn't expect the Eagle to be too risky, considering it's not one of their chunky, heavier blades. But, yeah, still shakes open even after verifying the detent ball fully seats, tightening the pivot, and bending out the lockbar until it's actually a little difficult to release
And actually, now that I look again, the Eagle does have jimping on both the flipper tab and the spine, so there may be hope for other models