Subj : Re: knives
To   : ARELOR
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat Apr 03 2021 06:11:00

-=> ARELOR wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 > I've been buying from Smokey Mountain Knife Works. I'm really liking the
 > Rough Ryder brand!
 >
 > I'm not looking for one hand openers. I'm buying more traditional two and
 > three blade and changing up what I'm carrying every few days. :-)
 >

 AR> I will have to look at those brands, to see what they offer.

smkw.com - I'm in Tennessee, but the other end of the state. I want to
check out their retail space when I'm back that way though!

 AR> I have a couple of Leatherman multitools, and some Victorinox SAKs. I
 AR> like the Victorinox Equestrian one. It comes with a hoof pick for
 AR> cleaning horse hooves, which is always handy. That said, I am very
 AR> partial to knives you can operate with just one hand.

 AR> One of my horses managed to entangle herself with a rope to the point
 AR> she nearly suffocated on that thing. Being able to hold her still with
 AR> one hand while I opened the knife with the other had no price. Still
 AR> the half a second it took me to deploy the blade must have been the
 AR> most stressful instant in my life (believe me, it beat being cornered
 AR> by a weirdo in a public bathroom). And the lock of the thing failed on
 AR> me and I slashed my hand.

 AR> The knife cost 3 eur (literally) and the mare is still with me, so not
 AR> complaining here. But fixed blade for the win XD

Oh wow! Yeah, that makes a difference for sure!!!



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