Subj : Re: knives
To : ARELOR
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Sat Apr 03 2021 06:11 am
-=> 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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