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Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh
New verse:
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Gots me a Christmas Eve Precious and a funkle to boot!
The top knife is a bit of a mystery. The dealer listed it as a "Camillus scaled-down copy of the respected Emerson Specwar knife". The blade isn't much bigger than the HH's blade. The knife is nicely made, with an overmolded semi-soft plastic handle, and a decent chisel blade, sharpened on one side only, as is the HH knife.
The strange part is, the knife is totally unmarked. An email to Camillus brought no response. The knife is being discontinued, and I haven't seen it offered anywhere elso. It's a very high quality knife, however.
The biggest fault, after the unknown pedigree of the knife, is the semi-hokey sheath. The good news is that it has a hard plastic liner (as should all sheath knifes) for safety. The bad news is that the design is somewhat lame, and can only fit on a belt. The knife also rattled in the sheath, but I have developed a fix for that.
I have five of the knives (I seem to buy a quantity sight-unseen, just to be on the safe side). I propose to off them to the HH folks here at what I paid, $30 plus shipping. Either that, or give them away to the first five REMFs who want one. It's a fine knife, but it has too many "issues" for me to give to infantry.
The bottom knife is also by Camillus. It's their Cuda brand "Black Ops Knife". This one seems to be a winner. Technically, there's nothing I can find fault with, except for the semi-smooth micarta handle. The sheath has a hard plastic liner, and there are tiedown grommits and provisions for alice clips. An alice-to-MOLLE adapter exists that could allow the knife to be attached easily to body armor. The blade is stainless steel with a crinkle epoxy finish. Laser engraving should result in light gray lettering against a black background.
The same dealer that sold me the "sterile" Camillus is also selling this Cuda (with proper markings) as a closeout for $26 each. I searched online, and this knife lists for about $110. Street prices range from $90 to $60.
The kicker is, "my" dealer lists these as discontinued, and is blowing them out for less than half the price of other dealers. I suspect the other dealers paid a whole lot more for their knives, and want to still get top dollar for them.
I'm vey impressed with this knife, especially at that price. I ordered five initially, and just ordered ten more.
These are the kind of knives that we cannot pass around freely. They should only go to bonafide grunts who need and want one. They cost a bit more than our current costs for the CRKTs, but I suspect quantities will be limited, and we have to be more selective in who we give them to.
Your comments are welcome, and if you'd like one of those five "sterile" mini-Specwars, let me know.
I'd like to try 'em!
OK, up for the day...gotta get awake and then go buy cookie supplies. We never got around to 'em yesterday!
Merry Christmas Eve!
Good morning!
I forget, is there any reason Teresa shouldn't see Fruits Basket? I was going to bring the first disc with me when I went out to the house, but I couldn't remember.
Thank you for the recipe!
We sucessfull collected the inlaws. After 7 hours of delays the poor dears were tired and hungry and very ready for a good night's sleep. They're very excited to be here and we're happy to have them. (Am I mentally ill if I like my inlaws??? Dwarves aren't allowed to answer *grin*.)
The other contingent arrives this evening. Still no new niece, although the doctor has declared that "everything is proceeding nicely." My mother is up in NY pulling grandma duty keeping that nephew of mine entertained and out from underfoot.
In the airport last night were a group of carolers who were just heavenly. They sang a tight harmony and wore historic "Charles Dickens"-era costumes. They were up on a balcony and I scanned the crowd on the floor below where I was trying to see if anyones heads were exploding like the martians in "Mars Attacks." The carolers were singing carols and hymns and songs about the Christ. It was blatently Christian and sure to offend. But no. Everone I saw had the most sublime smiles on their faces. Phooey on the ACLU. Phooey, phooey, phoooooooey on the ACLU. The carolers got *big* applause.
Oh, the carolers sound wonderful! Thanks for sharing that!
Hope your new niece arrives soon and safely! ;-)
I've seen the Cuda Black Ops... shu weet... great analysis... I don't see the handle as an issue, but you're right, that is the weakest aspect of this knife...
I'll keep muh ear tuh the ground...
thanks Q...
Very cool knife report.
Merry Christmas Eve to you!
glad the in-laws are there... as requested, I will not comment on yer deranged and Freudian like fer yer in-laws...
carolers sound wonderful... as far as the ACLU is concerned... BITE ME!...
prayers fer the nieceontheway... and grammakeepinkidzundercontrol...
EVE everyone! May you have health, joy, and peace in the new year!
Merry Christmas Eve to all! I have already been to town and back with a carload of bothers for donuts. I need more caffeine.
In Fruits Basket... There are a few... moments. Jokes that are a little hard to explain. Mostly it's ok. Will innuendo-ish jokes go over her head? It's a real shame, because the story is so good, that you have to think about things like that.
And, um, there is one moment in an episode later on that is waaaay too much. But I could possibly tell you which episode and you could preview it and just tell her to close her eyes for two minutes. That's what I do when showing the eldest bother anime with one "moment".
Merry Christmas Eve to you too...
sippin' coffee... mrsnad strummin' the acoustic guitar next to me... the girl playin' the keyboard downstairs... theboyz wrestlin' on the floor... *sigh*...
3 degrees here... and I gotta run thegarbage to the road... and make a likker run...
Just kidding,Happy Christmas to you too. I'm not really in a hum bug mood. That will come later, after all the people get here. Including 9 of the grand kids, 8 parents and a few assorted friends and drop ins.
We will have a total of 13 people spending two nights here, including my wife and myself, although I am threatening to get a motel room for myself.
Just made a run to the store to get some wine, assorted liquor mixers and some beer and I don't even drink. I'm thinking now that maybe I should have gotten more wine so I could give it to the grand kids for its sedative effect. Never mind that - It's just one more of those things that grandma would never let me do. What a spoil sport she is.
Would be too late to buy likker here.... I think they're all closed now for the duration. State run likker stores you know. Pretty 9-5 and closed on holidays.
Heh... Beer for babies sounds like a good idea to me!
We'll try to stay quiet in here if you need a moment's refuge!
Is that what they call it now? ;~)
State stores here, too, which is why we did the booze run yesterday.
That's why God invented dry cleaners.
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