What You've Just Bought!
- Thread starter gurusan
- Start date
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
Bought a new knife. Can't stand going without one
Kershaw Ken Onion Leek
Bought a new knife. Can't stand going without one
Kershaw Ken Onion Leek
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
Nice. I got one of these probably 3 years ago now: http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Deli...432244861&sr=1-1&keywords=spyderco+delica+zdp
Absolutely love it. The version with the ZDP 189 steel is immense, I don't have any other knife with such good edge retention other than my ceramic one, and that's including several $150+ kitchen knives.
I've used it to carve wood, plastic, cut thick cables, carpet etc. All that kind of stuff. I even stabbed it through a can of beans and cut it open once - pretty sure metal on metal is really bad for blades
The blade is still very sharp to this day and hasn't been sharpened once. The steel is extremely hard and yet doesn't seem particularly brittle either, you can bend it a fair bit.
Nice. I got one of these probably 3 years ago now: http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Deli...432244861&sr=1-1&keywords=spyderco+delica+zdp
Absolutely love it. The version with the ZDP 189 steel is immense, I don't have any other knife with such good edge retention other than my ceramic one, and that's including several $150+ kitchen knives.
I've used it to carve wood, plastic, cut thick cables, carpet etc. All that kind of stuff. I even stabbed it through a can of beans and cut it open once - pretty sure metal on metal is really bad for blades
The blade is still very sharp to this day and hasn't been sharpened once. The steel is extremely hard and yet doesn't seem particularly brittle either, you can bend it a fair bit.
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
Phone came in today. I am very excited. I have it currently updating/downloading my apps as well as topping off the battery. Sorry for the quality of the pics but I was using my backup phone.
Phone came in today. I am very excited. I have it currently updating/downloading my apps as well as topping off the battery. Sorry for the quality of the pics but I was using my backup phone.
Attachments
![IMG_20150521_165922[1].jpg](/forums/data/attachments/6/6097-7647842a95fc5e6128dab3ab7f1cec79.jpg)
![IMG_20150521_170435[1].jpg](/forums/data/attachments/6/6098-e3ea6821b107933510f81ddf59552e16.jpg)
![IMG_20150521_170531[1].jpg](/forums/data/attachments/6/6099-da7508d7107a3f86dde357575936c274.jpg)
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
I looked at the Spyderco's... I just hate how they look
Nice. I got one of these probably 3 years ago now: Amazon.com : Spyderco Delica 4 Green ZDP-189 Folding Knife : Hunting Knives : Sports & Outdoors
Absolutely love it. The version with the ZDP 189 steel is immense, I don't have any other knife with such good edge retention other than my ceramic one, and that's including several $150+ kitchen knives.
I've used it to carve wood, plastic, cut thick cables, carpet etc. All that kind of stuff. I even stabbed it through a can of beans and cut it open once - pretty sure metal on metal is really bad for blades
I looked at the Spyderco's... I just hate how they look
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
Funnily enough so did I. The Delica looks really oddly proportioned. I nearly didn't buy one.
I find they look better in person though, the knife is also very ergonomic and has one of the best grips i've came across. It's a really grippy, tough, hard wearing nylon type plastic. You know that expensive tough feeling kind of plastic ? it's basically that.
I sit at my desk just flicking the knife out constantly, as you can just do it with your thumb. It's seriously addictive I can't quite figure out how they made the locking mechanism so strong, but it doesn't budge even half a millimeter even when applying a lot of force right on the tip of the blade.
I looked at the Spyderco's... I just hate how they look
Funnily enough so did I. The Delica looks really oddly proportioned. I nearly didn't buy one.
I find they look better in person though, the knife is also very ergonomic and has one of the best grips i've came across. It's a really grippy, tough, hard wearing nylon type plastic. You know that expensive tough feeling kind of plastic ? it's basically that.
I sit at my desk just flicking the knife out constantly, as you can just do it with your thumb. It's seriously addictive
I can't quite figure out how they made the locking mechanism so strong, but it doesn't budge even half a millimeter even when applying a lot of force right on the tip of the blade.
Joe C
Golden Master
- Messages
- 5,008
- Location
- Great Lakes State
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
$40+ dollars for a pocket knife???
I got this one recently and it's served me very well so far, cuts anything and keeps it's edge
Paraframe Mini - Stainless, Serrated
If you like to spend $$$$... then please adopt me
$40+ dollars for a pocket knife???
I got this one recently and it's served me very well so far, cuts anything and keeps it's edge
Paraframe Mini - Stainless, Serrated
If you like to spend $$$$... then please adopt me
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
After owning both Gerber and Leatherman (and Victorinox and now Kershaw)... I have to say, Kershaw and Victorinox are much better quality blades. My last Leatherman was pretty bad, and that one was $100
After owning both Gerber and Leatherman (and Victorinox and now Kershaw)... I have to say, Kershaw and Victorinox are much better quality blades. My last Leatherman was pretty bad, and that one was $100
Spud1200
Fully Optimized
- Messages
- 2,556
- Location
- England, UK
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
You know what it is rite. I'm sitting hear and I am absolutely F****** furious with my self. P***** off is not the word. I have been digging around my hardware after Joes Comment and Posting in the Upgrades Thread and I have a duel core system (I know its not high end like most folk on hear) with PCIe x16, and I've been running an old Athlon system as my main rig with everything else folding over the network.
I can easy buy a GPU and install it and been looking for a Budget System for Months. It turn out for folding I all ready have all the stuff but just need to buy a decent GPU instead of putting together a whole new branded system.
Thanks for the Push Joe; seriously I'm not being nasty because I have just saved a new system and with a GPU it will be at least x10 the power of my current network.
You know what it is rite. I'm sitting hear and I am absolutely F****** furious with my self. P***** off is not the word. I have been digging around my hardware after Joes Comment and Posting in the Upgrades Thread and I have a duel core system (I know its not high end like most folk on hear) with PCIe x16, and I've been running an old Athlon system as my main rig with everything else folding over the network.
I can easy buy a GPU and install it and been looking for a Budget System for Months. It turn out for folding I all ready have all the stuff but just need to buy a decent GPU instead of putting together a whole new branded system.
Thanks for the Push Joe; seriously I'm not being nasty because I have just saved a new system and with a GPU it will be at least x10 the power of my current network.
Re: The What You've just Bought thread!
You can spend a lot of money on knives. Some of the more exotic alloys they use to make knife blades can be very expensive just in terms of material costs. Then because of the resulting properties of the blade, they become very expensive to manufacture and work with relative to normal steel blades you'll get on a knife from a supermarket.
I'm not saying they don't make good profits on expensive pocket knives, I am sure they do. But you do get what you pay for. The more money you pay the better the steel they use and the more you can depend on the knife if you rely on it for survival, in hunting situations, or merely as a reliable craft tool that's going to last many many years.
You can spend a lot of money on knives. Some of the more exotic alloys they use to make knife blades can be very expensive just in terms of material costs. Then because of the resulting properties of the blade, they become very expensive to manufacture and work with relative to normal steel blades you'll get on a knife from a supermarket.
I'm not saying they don't make good profits on expensive pocket knives, I am sure they do. But you do get what you pay for. The more money you pay the better the steel they use and the more you can depend on the knife if you rely on it for survival, in hunting situations, or merely as a reliable craft tool that's going to last many many years.
