There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
I've spoken several times on drops about my disassembly woes in particular with anything using T6 screws. I learned as of yesterday the problem isn't with the screw, but with the driver I was using. After swapping from some off brand driver set I got through Walmart to a more reputable brand (in this case Wiha) I was able to unstick several screws I thought were too damaged to move. This includes: An overtravel stop screw on my Kizer Alter Ego, a body screw on my Benchmade 940-1, and a clip screw on my newly acquired Gent.
I can't tell you how infuriating it is to have something appear stripped when it really isn't. I hope no one here will ever suffer the same awful shit.
Also the Alter Ego's action is now stellar after a lockbar adjustment, the benchmade finally got a good cleaning, and my Gent now has a properly centered blade with some non-permanent locktite holding it in place.
I'd love to hear from the community of their own faceplam moments brought on by crappy equipment.