tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70017260993307967672024-03-29T01:32:35.229-07:00Hardcore Knives and tools for Wilderness CampingBlog about outdoor products I personally believe fit under the category of "HARDCORE" By this I mean not only well-made but totally functional for serious pursuits, either on land or beneath the seas. As a diver, caver and scientist, I want to be able to rely upon my gear.Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.comBlogger368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-79577050880683670512024-03-22T07:10:00.000-07:002024-03-23T00:33:25.811-07:00SRM 7228B-AB Mono-Chassis Folder 14C28N Steel.<p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> SRM 7228B-AB Mono-Chassis Folder 14C28N Steel.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tQ6o3NrEbqhjvmhCfB5rzqtHu_UX-12dhiADDf68HQQikh4HkxZ4pTFcEH1x6tSHSzKcGZxZP2BYw96pNC9Wzato5XAHyCPHuYZ3KXpoYRJTzWd7OEuLKEIKXixjCUWqqb2xLvwCXSVx29Us2ux1fwqSEpWVNHq7PLzJwmFQcMWbNe859Zz-t0GKQM0/s1280/SRMOutdoors_7228B-AB_P1340621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9tQ6o3NrEbqhjvmhCfB5rzqtHu_UX-12dhiADDf68HQQikh4HkxZ4pTFcEH1x6tSHSzKcGZxZP2BYw96pNC9Wzato5XAHyCPHuYZ3KXpoYRJTzWd7OEuLKEIKXixjCUWqqb2xLvwCXSVx29Us2ux1fwqSEpWVNHq7PLzJwmFQcMWbNe859Zz-t0GKQM0/w640-h360/SRMOutdoors_7228B-AB_P1340621.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">New from SRM (<b>S</b>tay <b>R</b>eady for <b>M</b>ore) this 2024 and premiered at IWA 2024 is the Mono-Chassis designed SRM 7228B-AB and is part of the 7228B collection. This particular model is with Aluminium scales and a 14C28N Blade.</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEyCpgoJhhgT-5j90F9xA2BgEyFE1vUTN002VTeP5XCkClumuOLuTk1LKsUYQELzvTusms5UEY8eZpwudztkUfvOv0J22_wUtRZXKTY7zvhGnyVYE0jZ2thoHSfQjh3f4ESr9Nwj0csP_adntnyLswzfDpVeB-sWa8n2pTquYfUGeaBrrKnfF1Zfk1VM/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEyCpgoJhhgT-5j90F9xA2BgEyFE1vUTN002VTeP5XCkClumuOLuTk1LKsUYQELzvTusms5UEY8eZpwudztkUfvOv0J22_wUtRZXKTY7zvhGnyVYE0jZ2thoHSfQjh3f4ESr9Nwj0csP_adntnyLswzfDpVeB-sWa8n2pTquYfUGeaBrrKnfF1Zfk1VM/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">SRM </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">7228B-AB features a Sandvik 14C28N blade which has been PVD coated.</span><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_E1sel9KDVK_wBYiuQkUukO-4kORWl5Qo1T8QRu-O05bxsAocs9xGUcAxGAW7_7Ar1VRWmwN_sE6-5J_yKlOsJ7n583WSh6zy56V5TSPRLQVAaZXrGUOVVe6-_-E2C7a8Kjm6U5GzqUYKPb7zD8Df1Qk-alcYLfq-0uDA3DkDVzMzfWbrZ59d-Eyv3g/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_E1sel9KDVK_wBYiuQkUukO-4kORWl5Qo1T8QRu-O05bxsAocs9xGUcAxGAW7_7Ar1VRWmwN_sE6-5J_yKlOsJ7n583WSh6zy56V5TSPRLQVAaZXrGUOVVe6-_-E2C7a8Kjm6U5GzqUYKPb7zD8Df1Qk-alcYLfq-0uDA3DkDVzMzfWbrZ59d-Eyv3g/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340616.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">SRM's </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">characteristic full Mono-Chassis/totally enclosed back, one piece liner.</span></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiggPjeIjntKlBWm_dyWIHkls0sE8HJkASUn3tEztNaU50KyxeEHhXHQc3V0jz0igQe7XmIaShEwVUaRbk_7oJVOc9WQ2mzxjn0Q-ue529xAuTmoejy6hTr9pIbMiJDUr3o2xAicOx8O5HiSUlpwzpgYEk-7V-QzoPdIJlmeoIaO2psMrEYO97IgA_io/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiggPjeIjntKlBWm_dyWIHkls0sE8HJkASUn3tEztNaU50KyxeEHhXHQc3V0jz0igQe7XmIaShEwVUaRbk_7oJVOc9WQ2mzxjn0Q-ue529xAuTmoejy6hTr9pIbMiJDUr3o2xAicOx8O5HiSUlpwzpgYEk-7V-QzoPdIJlmeoIaO2psMrEYO97IgA_io/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340619.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Classic drop point blade hinged on a bearing. The axis/ambi lock has a good strong spring and when the knife is closed, the blade just snaps back into the handle.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07tXRwRuC2nicMT5yJf8PzLMJUBhr1sOfNTqp2zRJqiFzwqMkB7TnHBEfkfH7x6dUH0gxqL1qaKrRWBKizopLzJLAci-22m8cxRAxNXpvjeWJR4k4xrPF8HRRo8KljZ3iY1RiI7D1H7ZObiH9WyPhtLlGzh8nOIjFJoNZhtw9jMyYtIuMCfxsma7vxBM/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07tXRwRuC2nicMT5yJf8PzLMJUBhr1sOfNTqp2zRJqiFzwqMkB7TnHBEfkfH7x6dUH0gxqL1qaKrRWBKizopLzJLAci-22m8cxRAxNXpvjeWJR4k4xrPF8HRRo8KljZ3iY1RiI7D1H7ZObiH9WyPhtLlGzh8nOIjFJoNZhtw9jMyYtIuMCfxsma7vxBM/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340620.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Easy to access thumb studs </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDLgDR9Wi8acHS576J_MuKqOor7wZZe_VT5SPQqpJjo70kNynHF5ptRdh5eBHzV2Ujbdh3k2_wy5hmM86UoybSuTQ_wNagMAeZe2gtocbZr1wptG9qjZ5XAsw8vG1AwsOt58_NZSz4FWguwClgmD-7E_wCjyu07EOKTFwOqG6FeAjaULK_HV5oU9JDtw/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340625.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDLgDR9Wi8acHS576J_MuKqOor7wZZe_VT5SPQqpJjo70kNynHF5ptRdh5eBHzV2Ujbdh3k2_wy5hmM86UoybSuTQ_wNagMAeZe2gtocbZr1wptG9qjZ5XAsw8vG1AwsOt58_NZSz4FWguwClgmD-7E_wCjyu07EOKTFwOqG6FeAjaULK_HV5oU9JDtw/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340625.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A generally non-reflective black all over.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnLdczTsIgWwTEjk4D57KMLEwy_v0jiJc4sosJw4JJ68HqmyCAIsSUOlC_dJds4ZDdFnfHtdZG_mSSZazgR3xNpiqjGLPPB0ddKfQm4FlShDJZyoAjt_YBP-P7RoDfe5ji7ZdEWj3GjzwlrXQFykzqEy-U7p1UiPFYPblrREro7F88wRfa7-FK-kdkPk/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnLdczTsIgWwTEjk4D57KMLEwy_v0jiJc4sosJw4JJ68HqmyCAIsSUOlC_dJds4ZDdFnfHtdZG_mSSZazgR3xNpiqjGLPPB0ddKfQm4FlShDJZyoAjt_YBP-P7RoDfe5ji7ZdEWj3GjzwlrXQFykzqEy-U7p1UiPFYPblrREro7F88wRfa7-FK-kdkPk/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340626.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Generous sized lanyard hole through the frame in order to attach a decent thickness cord to.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>First Impressions</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8fGbvLO9YUxXzXxHztYf-HQovz2WbpKBKkwn2GpaOrq5i8v4VdH-Vth6utgup_sTyejRRQvxOWBjG8aJZ04BDbiq4NXCfmpHnLvKs0X5HjrADmU3MjunFxr2_RBMvdHnJzdqeMY-BBaWR_LcBSriOn8cJFaGXdPG3y3vZYLmzpcfuRM8to4eX6682F8/s1280/SRM%207228B-AB_P1350645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8fGbvLO9YUxXzXxHztYf-HQovz2WbpKBKkwn2GpaOrq5i8v4VdH-Vth6utgup_sTyejRRQvxOWBjG8aJZ04BDbiq4NXCfmpHnLvKs0X5HjrADmU3MjunFxr2_RBMvdHnJzdqeMY-BBaWR_LcBSriOn8cJFaGXdPG3y3vZYLmzpcfuRM8to4eX6682F8/w640-h360/SRM%207228B-AB_P1350645.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What I liked:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok looks very well made and designed. Good comfortable feel, good locking mechanism. The Ambi clip is a great idea, sits deep in the pockets. Sandvik 14C28N blade steel. My other knives with this blade steel, I've found to be very good at edge retention along with good corrosion resistance.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What annoyed me:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(It has no bearing on the functioning of the knife, only slight cosmetic aesthetics).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmR1KWtGVTuW5AuqGYxHCHIict650c8TiGaJ_9OlhE15XI-FU86slt1f6C0bxnAtTNhHm3-peXbfCw46r0GeesQQG67btLrw3Mmfw_EMLuwkvCWlQRcx7O9i0Rz6yHJMd_Vaf7BEKUVGQIX-LAswkbnVal_wl9uncsdS-Fs_53y8rqcAM7t1yPSYiNhis/s1280/SRM7228B-AB_P1340628%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmR1KWtGVTuW5AuqGYxHCHIict650c8TiGaJ_9OlhE15XI-FU86slt1f6C0bxnAtTNhHm3-peXbfCw46r0GeesQQG67btLrw3Mmfw_EMLuwkvCWlQRcx7O9i0Rz6yHJMd_Vaf7BEKUVGQIX-LAswkbnVal_wl9uncsdS-Fs_53y8rqcAM7t1yPSYiNhis/w640-h360/SRM7228B-AB_P1340628%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My only gripe is that instead of anodising the aluminium scales they have been coated with an oxide treatment which is really a bit of a paint and does not add to the overall hardness of the aluminium.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Quick summary About the SRM 7228B-AB</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The overall the functioning looks and feels pretty darn good. If it can handle the same treatment I dished out to the 258L-GB (another new model yet to be released) then it will pass my tests as a sturdy but lightweight folder and I don't see why it won't but let's just wait and see eh?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi-JyYuU-OfFf90NXZrmKTOVk6YEXdJVqT0AkOOqv6-7UnRJajrM1W58QWt_ZXxKjf0fYlmruBi1chskA3WGqhWifuD1FGW-9JUy6EoVzTM3vrzTLXAOtAQUgtloDyl5-qAurVJFT86EgaIdlbxwT2gMILrXGeOlPWjdOzbSySAYQwVoMqOdW1R4rWCM/s1600/DSC00072.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipi-JyYuU-OfFf90NXZrmKTOVk6YEXdJVqT0AkOOqv6-7UnRJajrM1W58QWt_ZXxKjf0fYlmruBi1chskA3WGqhWifuD1FGW-9JUy6EoVzTM3vrzTLXAOtAQUgtloDyl5-qAurVJFT86EgaIdlbxwT2gMILrXGeOlPWjdOzbSySAYQwVoMqOdW1R4rWCM/s320/DSC00072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-53268047470845254232024-03-21T02:33:00.000-07:002024-03-21T02:33:49.031-07:00The shittier the weather the bigger/sturdier the knife- reason to cut off the wet wood (if you are going to light a fire).<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> The shittier the weather the bigger/sturdier the knife you are going to need- Reason to cut off the wet wood (if you are going to light a fire).</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlReP1_ZdQ-o1lybYdXLiED5hmicMG_hrvR8QH4taLng2bgyJ-XiqiQ_BYKlZbIFYibatxEXL-WOjz1WrHXNzADCfgfMx97f6lHh_VLFiX1NIy5l680fMln2tSnaS9uOryWtTWoN90z3CJmghgPAbarOWD9n9HekHutSf2VKnio5MeFc0wqIDTXZm06s/s5184/P1320573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVlReP1_ZdQ-o1lybYdXLiED5hmicMG_hrvR8QH4taLng2bgyJ-XiqiQ_BYKlZbIFYibatxEXL-WOjz1WrHXNzADCfgfMx97f6lHh_VLFiX1NIy5l680fMln2tSnaS9uOryWtTWoN90z3CJmghgPAbarOWD9n9HekHutSf2VKnio5MeFc0wqIDTXZm06s/w640-h360/P1320573.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial;">his is what I would consider a big knife (Kizlyar Supreme's Bastardo)<br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Ok </b><span style="font-size: large;">when hiking during periods of wet or snowy weather, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw_GOah69MwaWELIdfM3zvQQHTIdDtyKEcFxJUK3_ICQ8qOwTZHwUZk8OOpoFUeDvuVnBA7gmgSv3bXxgcYadKXqhvR87rg_uFyMcVB48B91vbfQ_2mxJIp4pXUFgskspPCvgUg74_DdnEBAOkLn5TKP3QhYKtIypbINxo8_POjUcg4xkGFfYlc8cLv8/s5184/P1060976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw_GOah69MwaWELIdfM3zvQQHTIdDtyKEcFxJUK3_ICQ8qOwTZHwUZk8OOpoFUeDvuVnBA7gmgSv3bXxgcYadKXqhvR87rg_uFyMcVB48B91vbfQ_2mxJIp4pXUFgskspPCvgUg74_DdnEBAOkLn5TKP3QhYKtIypbINxo8_POjUcg4xkGFfYlc8cLv8/w400-h225/P1060976.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial;">he author was having "fun" building a snow cave during a solo winter hiking trip. This was easily constructed by dragging and piling snow against a high bank and then simply digging back into the bank of snow. no need to cut blocks or any such thing. in fact it was quite cosy inside as it was completely out of the wind. You should always take a quality snow shovel (such as this Ortovox Kodiak 3.1) when winter hiking in the snow. A snow shovel can save you life and that of others plus just make your time more comfortable during snowy trips.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">you have to pay attention to how long it has been raining for, even if the weather is fine now when you set out, why? Because assuming you will camping and or lighting a fire- sounds pretty good doesn't it? The you will need to burn wood and if all of the available wood is wet on the outside (maybe from snow or rain), then you will need to remove either the wet bark and or outer layers of wet wood in order to get it to burn. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftRO2dp2HFk58ps4IHh_ZmPMdTN0vQdqSfs_Fl_NMdi6NJ6Jw1sHk6Fv5N7AOyTuRQKQk35QWhP_ANGKS36JKCqq_SSZGb7QEvU8MV4waaX786zlGTYxdWqoDrw-CfT6vnaOWEDKvdc0aUA2TSL_IzaA95gg2I-73PMNmP0ERDqQ4adcDsreS_HSwSbk/s5184/P1060708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftRO2dp2HFk58ps4IHh_ZmPMdTN0vQdqSfs_Fl_NMdi6NJ6Jw1sHk6Fv5N7AOyTuRQKQk35QWhP_ANGKS36JKCqq_SSZGb7QEvU8MV4waaX786zlGTYxdWqoDrw-CfT6vnaOWEDKvdc0aUA2TSL_IzaA95gg2I-73PMNmP0ERDqQ4adcDsreS_HSwSbk/w640-h360/P1060708.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">You might be surprised at how much energy is required to get wet wood to start to burn. Water is such a good absorber of heat energy and it works against us in such a situation.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatLEA1i6ZzE5v-1cN57ThmvkwC3r3J4OXV007_N8M9QcseWWP4eEFMb8-BbVdjI6xDVNYPmNGdynzxnNFgPm0PMBn1xqEu72h77fEsVgPVZ8eSZhHzRBLE5YerIwIldD7tDWzsNFZRCYTIjcFLwNfQYBvCW8RhNq8edp89paUVRezlNlPdcXH4YkRoz4/s5184/P1060947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatLEA1i6ZzE5v-1cN57ThmvkwC3r3J4OXV007_N8M9QcseWWP4eEFMb8-BbVdjI6xDVNYPmNGdynzxnNFgPm0PMBn1xqEu72h77fEsVgPVZ8eSZhHzRBLE5YerIwIldD7tDWzsNFZRCYTIjcFLwNfQYBvCW8RhNq8edp89paUVRezlNlPdcXH4YkRoz4/w640-h360/P1060947.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">I</span>n the above image I can be seen holding a relatively large (but not gigantic) fixed blade. The reason i choose this as apposed to taking out a hatchet was I wanted to travel as light as possible and prepare food to cook during the trip. Yes, equally I could have taken a hatchet and a folder (I did have a folder) and used this combination. However, I did not do this because in order to maximise the use of the hatchet I need to be able to access solid ground somewhere under that snow, so when I place my timber upon it and give it a wack with the hatchet, it won't sink into the soil (if not frozen solid). Using instead a large fixed blade I can simply hold the wood and hack away without the need to place the wood onto something solid. Or place the timber perpendicular against a tree trunk (my ground/solid surface) and do the same.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Maybe the first job to do is to cut your logs with a hand saw to actually check out the depth of the moisture within the wood, then you will need either a hatchet or a large knife in order to either split that outer wet part/s off or in the better case scenario, simply hack off several mm's of wet material and thus expose the drier inner parts. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">This latter task will be best achieved with a relatively sturdy and largish fixed bladed knife as compared to using a folding knife (although possible, you may run the risk of damaging your folding knife by using it in such a manner - unless of seriously overbuilt construction). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdtm_xElq6YffCkskhi1zvkU2OmoqODJ9Ku-178P9H92E8WgJ6DC3Pzcp68G-rCa9OwSepWOe0Ys2nZilrgAx9at2E4m0B3nIhkwDH_6lHyVpma4sbqhmwsPYJXV4vZzVmEHCzltnRJlQOGobqs_c9fUCzYcJJdJHEpaJ3UkbOGtu5r8VuJT-OM5wWMc/s3264/IMG_4351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdtm_xElq6YffCkskhi1zvkU2OmoqODJ9Ku-178P9H92E8WgJ6DC3Pzcp68G-rCa9OwSepWOe0Ys2nZilrgAx9at2E4m0B3nIhkwDH_6lHyVpma4sbqhmwsPYJXV4vZzVmEHCzltnRJlQOGobqs_c9fUCzYcJJdJHEpaJ3UkbOGtu5r8VuJT-OM5wWMc/w400-h300/IMG_4351.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still, the better bet is to use a sturdy fixed blade knife for such a task.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Obviously there comes a compromise to the final size of knife to take. If it is only a one night camp/hike and you are walking no more than 10km one way then if you are fit you might be able to take a hatchet or a fairly big knife. </span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The further you go the fitter you need to be in order to cart that gear. Of course if you only hike and camp during summer months and or good dry weather then what I have said above becomes of lesser importance- however, remember hiking in mountainous regions and or tropical regions, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4mAwJ6R4fuHXaSvD2_2dALpneiKqKHk6gLGen5qCpEw_Hp3FKvQzu08NhcY9ffRr0_pphTMt_HCPhnpiI3YendoaQ5El9giawKlEtOp7rjKiw5rn7yQkblg8xL6GN9muFd98OMtmiHXXFnSKkC6ZnYQa9fW1C7DvJGctGetXGygZbRdUlVUpcOd8Ah8/s4608/P1260736.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4mAwJ6R4fuHXaSvD2_2dALpneiKqKHk6gLGen5qCpEw_Hp3FKvQzu08NhcY9ffRr0_pphTMt_HCPhnpiI3YendoaQ5El9giawKlEtOp7rjKiw5rn7yQkblg8xL6GN9muFd98OMtmiHXXFnSKkC6ZnYQa9fW1C7DvJGctGetXGygZbRdUlVUpcOd8Ah8/w400-h225/P1260736.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">the weather can change very rapidly.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69Cuteesrk3a2RW-mQBZd7I7uW2mDOxTdc2IQ_V2J7mUOoGR8VU7O1sRRwJ23_Rg5Jkq8prYj7QlvPTSAft0kuQyquRKermrjFL3_Cl7FvnvUW6VXsRKrjv5-d25pE6bAblo6ZKDPVXeP2qs2NFN_OXV0P0_tQxHejhIrzBuVfK7EUrxL8ig1aX3byYo/s1600/DSC00072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69Cuteesrk3a2RW-mQBZd7I7uW2mDOxTdc2IQ_V2J7mUOoGR8VU7O1sRRwJ23_Rg5Jkq8prYj7QlvPTSAft0kuQyquRKermrjFL3_Cl7FvnvUW6VXsRKrjv5-d25pE6bAblo6ZKDPVXeP2qs2NFN_OXV0P0_tQxHejhIrzBuVfK7EUrxL8ig1aX3byYo/s320/DSC00072.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-24576933357984176362024-03-20T05:07:00.000-07:002024-03-21T03:05:24.737-07:00What I look for before purchasing a folding knife.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> <b>What I look for in a folding knife BEFORE I buy it.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw8gfJWqG8MlIV_VW2y5aOOOW68xNvcRuxtaK31-fhyphenhyphenGjSI8h5IQUGW8uvoyXOATxkpvBepCKjzWlDJ4UVAHNgVXA4_WIUEPnCTSGqntqmsq0uMY2ifS-u1XXIecssesbTf2PPp2Icgfr8CkozJ8Tq1OoRgTWZTu8UBALNNREdZUHLQTpbMSol81Pu-0/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340509.jpg" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw8gfJWqG8MlIV_VW2y5aOOOW68xNvcRuxtaK31-fhyphenhyphenGjSI8h5IQUGW8uvoyXOATxkpvBepCKjzWlDJ4UVAHNgVXA4_WIUEPnCTSGqntqmsq0uMY2ifS-u1XXIecssesbTf2PPp2Icgfr8CkozJ8Tq1OoRgTWZTu8UBALNNREdZUHLQTpbMSol81Pu-0/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340509.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From Left to right (as seen above): Kubey </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Max Tkachuk Design </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(liner lock); SOG Terminus XR (axis/roller lock); SRM 258L-GB & -GN (axis/roller lock); FKMD Predator 1 FX-446 ODS & FX-446 GR (Liner locks/LAWKS system); Nieto Fighter (traditional lock back) and Extrema Ratio RAOC (roller/axis lock).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Let's grab a coffee and get started?</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>These are the following things I look for in folder before I purchase it.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr62RShXGmK_ObVjMXrA6dAqmuvvliVy-jBpi6BkSDVBzek2Izrs6bTR6LAGQRCXyNQdu8hvBZqB-WWLYdPC-aoIxmzDDaFFlyNsLGDbXfIz1hQVUP5QFKipegBEG01Yp05XrsTJM-Vo10zVndfgs5gTHpxKrkDeeieMDZBtb6oSW7EMlnwb1USYwyj8/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340496.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr62RShXGmK_ObVjMXrA6dAqmuvvliVy-jBpi6BkSDVBzek2Izrs6bTR6LAGQRCXyNQdu8hvBZqB-WWLYdPC-aoIxmzDDaFFlyNsLGDbXfIz1hQVUP5QFKipegBEG01Yp05XrsTJM-Vo10zVndfgs5gTHpxKrkDeeieMDZBtb6oSW7EMlnwb1USYwyj8/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340496.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>The lock up</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Perfect lock up regardless of the mechanism and what materials the knife has been made from (In other words don't be swayed if the whole construction is from Titanium etc.- it doesn't make the knife) although more important for liner locks and frame locking mechanisms.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnewcpmUfubE3_Cm4jfgRrtXypf0UrbbKGMMXhLAEHl7gGZAivDeeaEIrfaoGVCdb_Rc5pFgsZJuhODSA6lC5zJaYoiiGUVpibMqLu10akW1Ls-s7kV-b8flhtMR4fa8ExjVEGJFWNxAdn1VaU6UXYq7K9MuLe0tzvR167J72e4bYQBTdr6MnalfmS4A/s1280/FoldingKnife_P1340607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLnewcpmUfubE3_Cm4jfgRrtXypf0UrbbKGMMXhLAEHl7gGZAivDeeaEIrfaoGVCdb_Rc5pFgsZJuhODSA6lC5zJaYoiiGUVpibMqLu10akW1Ls-s7kV-b8flhtMR4fa8ExjVEGJFWNxAdn1VaU6UXYq7K9MuLe0tzvR167J72e4bYQBTdr6MnalfmS4A/w640-h360/FoldingKnife_P1340607.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A thorough lock up can be seen in the above example of a liner locking type folder</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(knife shown is the </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Kubey </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Max Tkachuk Design in AUS10, G10 and Titanium)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8a6NMcYdI5qu_fZPFMvi_4Cf1MIn3J8ioMef57yYWHzH1Yq2C8mHRmarHMeicwKUN-PSmQBMYOygU6YELLWkdeuvBIGgcEaD74ubC3zsiEFs9HeSY_LzUKP6mMrwpnCUL0Ot-9exfnOEIrLdfsLLWeCOhrmAg3yCPIl7pzrcR8s5VOOyZhKlNwBaWOg/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340493.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp8a6NMcYdI5qu_fZPFMvi_4Cf1MIn3J8ioMef57yYWHzH1Yq2C8mHRmarHMeicwKUN-PSmQBMYOygU6YELLWkdeuvBIGgcEaD74ubC3zsiEFs9HeSY_LzUKP6mMrwpnCUL0Ot-9exfnOEIrLdfsLLWeCOhrmAg3yCPIl7pzrcR8s5VOOyZhKlNwBaWOg/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340493.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Above example shows a "roller" type "axis" lock bar mechanism (SRM 258L-GN). Some say patented/pioneered by benchmade. Whether that is/was the case is not the subject of this blog. Numerous knife manufacturers (and not just Asian) as using such a design.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All frame locks must have a removable hardened steel insert at the end of the lock bar in order to be able to replace it after wearing.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(I own one frame locking knife and it's not with me right now- a very good one from RaidOps)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For liner locking knives, if the liner barely engages the back end of the blade then that is it for me, I'll put it back on the shop's shelf and call it a day or look at some other models. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I don't care if it is made of printed titanium alloys and sports a 154CM blade cryo treated on Mars, it means nothing if the lock up is poor, simply because you may as well be purchasing a slip jointed knife. If you have to fiddle with the locking mechanism right after you purchase it ir even before hand then the locking mechanism was rubbish, end of story.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For example on certain FKMD folders, the back end of the blade which engages the locking liner has been treated in such a way (it appears to some sort of EDM but I'm not sure and it's probably a manufacturing "secrete") as to provide extra long lasting friction between it's surface and that of the end of the liner, </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABRpngaqvC7YNK3-b01e8HqHWZ0axbUqBZlxok-2zu8wjV6z1iyWXZepKdqZeT_hFwnqg03ov0TQuzbXvWqYmNsSEHcJZavjxC1iyNvY9jUIQdkFQ_bGCYu8-d9Gqbnm8stN70l5KbWfCsgroPO_AVNCol4gc2L03sk_R1wBjEF0XFBK-VWYdIUWE2qQ/s1280/FoldingKnife_P1340604%20copy.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABRpngaqvC7YNK3-b01e8HqHWZ0axbUqBZlxok-2zu8wjV6z1iyWXZepKdqZeT_hFwnqg03ov0TQuzbXvWqYmNsSEHcJZavjxC1iyNvY9jUIQdkFQ_bGCYu8-d9Gqbnm8stN70l5KbWfCsgroPO_AVNCol4gc2L03sk_R1wBjEF0XFBK-VWYdIUWE2qQ/w400-h225/FoldingKnife_P1340604%20copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Above example from FKMD FX-446 ODS)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">so that when under pressure the liner will not want to move back across the back end of the blade and thus disengage under heavy reverse loading (ie trying to close the blade whilst it is locked open). Small design features like this only add a an "extra" when I'm looking to purchase. I guess this is why I own 2 of such folders.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also it is indeed possible to be "overbuilt" but still of small structure as can be seen here (see image below) in this FKMD folder which sports very thick liners (almost 2mm!) and even a very thick lanyard pin!).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1MoKzBtUf_588YH8msXXum3AsJ-radrOAEEmYS1CrLrsrcZ4x11_AIHNqSAowjOwq1sWqwJiTXyCyDxnzaTRk8dRtdiZh6yND8apbKb56fOwJMEkkVNMLIiWxnkzmo1ETStPkEuAdcFCp0c5ieYGTXR1HgKq6oYRaJ8dokIw8QYCjJafWxZyd2n9Erk/s1280/FoldingKnife_P1340605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig1MoKzBtUf_588YH8msXXum3AsJ-radrOAEEmYS1CrLrsrcZ4x11_AIHNqSAowjOwq1sWqwJiTXyCyDxnzaTRk8dRtdiZh6yND8apbKb56fOwJMEkkVNMLIiWxnkzmo1ETStPkEuAdcFCp0c5ieYGTXR1HgKq6oYRaJ8dokIw8QYCjJafWxZyd2n9Erk/w400-h225/FoldingKnife_P1340605.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;">(Above example from FKMD FX-446 GR)</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">What about the actual frame of the knife?</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A partially closed back or fully closed back. Generally all classical lock back knife designs </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeu2rPral8PEkYSrmSO-lxvBSwubD82BFilKDd2SL_12seEC30DwM1Jrs2DqmmC_pSmgNOW6CPpgoZAxQNRFIYs_dcO6nh3lY0rmyV5zLRPZeFoBarmgSlety9bCj9gipqDZ6ba5kMxANC3Z54REY8WYPHiqpIPtNRBlSyW8NeHWJUUkf9c9xvzti2F0/s1280/FoldingKnife_P1340608.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNeu2rPral8PEkYSrmSO-lxvBSwubD82BFilKDd2SL_12seEC30DwM1Jrs2DqmmC_pSmgNOW6CPpgoZAxQNRFIYs_dcO6nh3lY0rmyV5zLRPZeFoBarmgSlety9bCj9gipqDZ6ba5kMxANC3Z54REY8WYPHiqpIPtNRBlSyW8NeHWJUUkf9c9xvzti2F0/w400-h225/FoldingKnife_P1340608.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Above, classical lock back knife design. (Nieto "Fighter" in Sandvik 12C27)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">have a fully closed back due to the way the locking mechanism is constructed, and despite the plethora of locking mechanisms out there, this type of lock design and or slight modifications of it has stood the test of time.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaxYYP93fg00gsGvLqwcVF90H_I_ERf9Itkv46TcsgIPo9vZN9NF1k8LENIh0UyjXQVfRbG2AnMpLR80aszhtndJBE7woutzwwmLwE6hRSY7v9srxJSXcS7QCve9rGep7R5vbf5vZRxNrAU3Y50cH05uGSeD5eSV90FwR4DYpXBh5Sswf4hdn6J0NdkI/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340498.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaxYYP93fg00gsGvLqwcVF90H_I_ERf9Itkv46TcsgIPo9vZN9NF1k8LENIh0UyjXQVfRbG2AnMpLR80aszhtndJBE7woutzwwmLwE6hRSY7v9srxJSXcS7QCve9rGep7R5vbf5vZRxNrAU3Y50cH05uGSeD5eSV90FwR4DYpXBh5Sswf4hdn6J0NdkI/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340498.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">An example of a "partially closed back" (Extrema Ratio HF1T now currently discontinued)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHIjHwKTQhnPHlWfTrNsN6Z18Ab6Mkq3IFt6x5rLYbByHIqFlUU47HWciI16EpIMU-xhqeKbysPXhQVwWmWBeLIY-Ro1lr3TUEYzl-AzeZX-4tVJi4E9xsHT1gspymt8l7V9npkt0HasWx1Qx39owDxiMYFoqKmsen_ba0_83ZCbLxyILbeX1dRNP-dE/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340491.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHIjHwKTQhnPHlWfTrNsN6Z18Ab6Mkq3IFt6x5rLYbByHIqFlUU47HWciI16EpIMU-xhqeKbysPXhQVwWmWBeLIY-Ro1lr3TUEYzl-AzeZX-4tVJi4E9xsHT1gspymt8l7V9npkt0HasWx1Qx39owDxiMYFoqKmsen_ba0_83ZCbLxyILbeX1dRNP-dE/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340491.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Above image showing a </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">range of folders from medium sized to large.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From Left to Right: Partial, Partial, Fully closed back (single one piece 'Mono Chassis" design new from SRM Outdoors), Fully closed back and Fully closed back; </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Personally, I'm not a super fan of the pillar type standoffs (Eg TB outdoor, a French company are still making knives like this it's a cheap way to make a folding knife (I thoroughly checked them out at IWA 2024 and personally didn't like them and don't believe they would go the distance as military knives (as many models are marketed as-yeah maybe if the soldier doesn't have to purchase it themselves and it's a freeby) as they provide the least amount of contact for the knife scales/body. besides this, it's an "Old fashioned way" now of folding knife construction IMHO.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Although this type of "pillar/standoff" construction) probably makes for the lightest possible construction although it could also be argued that there are more screws and or bolts involved. To be honest the only folders which have ever failed me were ones constructed in this manner when a small screw came loose and the frame scales started to move and this only caused other screws to loosen. With CNC bending machines folding knives can be constructed without</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgdMfnItvdNxgt9rQh2QtPWq0OzYcSsp9xTtIlEKo_GJcZUnizhOm8fs2TusYFFWFCrp3DncdqydmI01v1hIaDSA_-enHb14UOSJXxB08wz6wYYYntySEn9sDofoNDgr5iq4HThHnaGpcwFOf2d2onpcdbHXmbE0jPFGocN33rtl0g4-tDaa1UGA_u44/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340510.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDgdMfnItvdNxgt9rQh2QtPWq0OzYcSsp9xTtIlEKo_GJcZUnizhOm8fs2TusYFFWFCrp3DncdqydmI01v1hIaDSA_-enHb14UOSJXxB08wz6wYYYntySEn9sDofoNDgr5iq4HThHnaGpcwFOf2d2onpcdbHXmbE0jPFGocN33rtl0g4-tDaa1UGA_u44/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340510.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Medium to large, it doesn't matter your preference, as long as you don't buy a folder and have to continually fiddle with it to get it to work properly. Ok maybe you like pulling apart your folders and fiddling with them, personally I don't want to have to buy something and pull it apart all the time (ok, with few exceptions-maybe tuning a car?)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdw8v63upqQWUdofHRGmuemxpgBFB5y9v1eXb1AgXd8EG_-XqFgP-_gH4lVcZDO0BLiu4176YP0S-g37f9UYcBQ3nILqP5BCFFHltZoXapbtfAx2DV8EsJKr81x49I_9-y3uGHL3PEqJ40kwzl9pFe3HFG_eSA4nK1UgPu7nfGC_gIm3zsYWZhLGgAFw/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdw8v63upqQWUdofHRGmuemxpgBFB5y9v1eXb1AgXd8EG_-XqFgP-_gH4lVcZDO0BLiu4176YP0S-g37f9UYcBQ3nILqP5BCFFHltZoXapbtfAx2DV8EsJKr81x49I_9-y3uGHL3PEqJ40kwzl9pFe3HFG_eSA4nK1UgPu7nfGC_gIm3zsYWZhLGgAFw/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340502.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Small to ginormous range of folding knives Far right knife (Extrema Ratio RAOII "Expeditions model).</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxtLuQ2VIV7wvicJ6FmX6FugPjnJaOguXo9U3d2Z8sTULh_27jd00ZhQxJqqrqY5OW-tHC7hTSMah3b5dxqmsLIHL-x_8n-uqW9eMCETvPF9_X9rUMnmUePjk7LS-6MCYINlhOYPLxUl8TkPwhZw0ha6midZBVYGUBNKM-W4tNIDUr7QoVVNUX-r3MNk/s1280/Folding%20Knife_P1340488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxtLuQ2VIV7wvicJ6FmX6FugPjnJaOguXo9U3d2Z8sTULh_27jd00ZhQxJqqrqY5OW-tHC7hTSMah3b5dxqmsLIHL-x_8n-uqW9eMCETvPF9_X9rUMnmUePjk7LS-6MCYINlhOYPLxUl8TkPwhZw0ha6midZBVYGUBNKM-W4tNIDUr7QoVVNUX-r3MNk/w640-h360/Folding%20Knife_P1340488.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Note, that despite the the slight variation in handle sizes, the blades shown above are all pretty much similar in length and thickness.</span><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I could be argued however that the pillar construction allows for easier cleaning of a folding knife.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The mechanism by which the blade is prevented from moving upwards when downward pressure applied. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Generally, this is referred to as a stop pin; </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(see below) A super thick stop pin sandwiched between two almost 2mm thick liners.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-AulDIVOg1h1tcIVNTuMatD0Iiu47aD_tsJax7ti6_av6x5C14T46bOUUMa-7mNfv3nd3gjrk4rK5rCYGl-f7_nEsaHYRhPkjA5iA3JOVt5BV61CGo4takexZ5-DuzOHXZAp9ETn57sj5B3FNRPOV1uI8SgN3PrlRwN_JD3PxRXKHCapKynfQhjmCMs/s1280/FoldingKnife_P1340603.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-AulDIVOg1h1tcIVNTuMatD0Iiu47aD_tsJax7ti6_av6x5C14T46bOUUMa-7mNfv3nd3gjrk4rK5rCYGl-f7_nEsaHYRhPkjA5iA3JOVt5BV61CGo4takexZ5-DuzOHXZAp9ETn57sj5B3FNRPOV1uI8SgN3PrlRwN_JD3PxRXKHCapKynfQhjmCMs/w640-h360/FoldingKnife_P1340603.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">where a horizontal circular cross section pin will be inserted between the two liners. (this is absent in the radically new designed "mono-chassis" from SRM-where the chassis forms also part of the "regular" stop pin.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">How thick is this pin? How thick are the liners to which this pin is inserted? </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The stop pin or stop mechanism should be adequate for the knife design. Under a pressure of at least up to 30kg it should not fail. It should not be so thick as to stop a ten tonne truck. The knife world is full of over designs whereby any such attempts by the user to fulfil gigantic and ridiculously disproportionate loads upon a folding knife would result in severe injury to the user's arm/hands before any collapse of the folding knife's mechanisms-in reality.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p></div></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-13751714791015471532024-03-20T03:46:00.000-07:002024-03-20T03:46:35.943-07:00A You Tuber/Blogger at IWA 2024 Post Impressions<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> A You Tuber/Blogger at IWA 2024 Post Impressions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Recently I visited IWA 2024 for the first time. IWA is basically an abbreviation from German for what is supposed to be a largest weapons exhibition and all connected to hunting and personal security on the planet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Or as IWA states:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">"IWA OutdoorClassics is the worlds leading exhibition for the hunting and target sports industry".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mmm, ok let's leave it at that because I saw a whole lot more weaponry than just for hunting purposes and target practice LOL.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Mixed reactions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Most small companies were all to glad to speak with me and tell me about their products and in some cases strike up some collaborations with me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However, what was interesting for me, was that many large manufacturers were not particularly interested in any liaison with the likes of me. Actually to be fair it wasn't just the likes of me but just a "YouTuber" as most did not even ask anything about my channel. Let alone what my channel was called. As soon as I said "Influencer" or YouTuber, or social media, it was goodbye time for me. (and yes I wasn't asking for anything).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This of course was not the case for those large companies of whom I've had long standing associations and great collaborations with over the years. Those companies, I was welcomed with open arms etc. and this made me feel quite welcome there at such a ginormous exhibition.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Nor was it case for companies looking to publicise their products. These smaller companies (well they weren't really that small I guess) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Most of the negativity was from quite old and established companies I found. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For example: I was told by one particular company that since I had seen a video already about their products in Czech that there was clearly no need for any English based videos or need for any other collaborations with influencers. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok I couldn't argue with that and although the "translator" function on Youtube is far better than it used to be for us "only English speaking " peasants, it's still not the same thing as watching a video in your own native tongue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Although for these products, I'd wager not many, if any English speaking folks have even heard of them. Anyway no big deal. There was so much choice at this years IWA.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I was there to catch up with others, get a feel for the current industry and social media role these days, and see how I can improve my channel. Anything else would be a bonus. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So were there any bonuses you ask?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yes indeed and I hope to show some of these exciting new products as time goes by; in fact you may have already seen some of them on my channel or FV or Instagram posts just recently.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKa0bmRlbCMSpEVzwnMADQZO0UPGpAoISsi3WSzKXzn4Sp97NPXXstFiV9rsXSPH0cAdcvDOsWxE3y61Lb_2yR-_ojNU63iNO5L9qjU8hJoPGSALX6pcpeozij0kh50HBUERINjTtfGoZqunaLmWakAniRF21719LQFaZcw-Tnfu2sAViQWLtRCkr0H4/s1600/DSC00072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKa0bmRlbCMSpEVzwnMADQZO0UPGpAoISsi3WSzKXzn4Sp97NPXXstFiV9rsXSPH0cAdcvDOsWxE3y61Lb_2yR-_ojNU63iNO5L9qjU8hJoPGSALX6pcpeozij0kh50HBUERINjTtfGoZqunaLmWakAniRF21719LQFaZcw-Tnfu2sAViQWLtRCkr0H4/s320/DSC00072.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-16174793386761082662024-03-19T05:45:00.000-07:002024-03-22T00:47:04.098-07:00Dirk Wanger Brings Back the Linder Super Edge Series in ATS-34!<p> <span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><b>Dirk Wanger Brings Back the Linder Super Edge 5 Series in ATS-34 (with a few slight changes)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7YFYixn8crQkyrbFFhD5gL3D44uZb05pIzovQLX2bRFuHBIL_C0Wd7ovVh8N0nhGPWbnrGmw0q_wPCZU8JbjIz1nlwPRyC5RXnIfiVYH91CUg1Qoh-iOyv-3ximMEPr1NIVTjpUvRcy9ReSXgNg7y1UG8Zet9N31QfwhTDMsoRploOFbC9_xSIYJBm4/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7YFYixn8crQkyrbFFhD5gL3D44uZb05pIzovQLX2bRFuHBIL_C0Wd7ovVh8N0nhGPWbnrGmw0q_wPCZU8JbjIz1nlwPRyC5RXnIfiVYH91CUg1Qoh-iOyv-3ximMEPr1NIVTjpUvRcy9ReSXgNg7y1UG8Zet9N31QfwhTDMsoRploOFbC9_xSIYJBm4/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340557.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><b>lets have a look at this knife in detail.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArbQ-_9_9RdKjwQcj4qMlQSyMFbxwX-Ov-MFSkWu5KhKlhPsM7t2ZhyphenhyphengX2no_InSQkGcnQxrnn33v-GpGoq9VZXGFx8qGbCP5DWgBCuaQXSLDtOY_wJylaFrVytq0dzWi6AInusKhp3pJnDl_A8UYdlEzkAEfls5Jvufcz3u_TmS48OrbcJgeaWQN2_E/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArbQ-_9_9RdKjwQcj4qMlQSyMFbxwX-Ov-MFSkWu5KhKlhPsM7t2ZhyphenhyphengX2no_InSQkGcnQxrnn33v-GpGoq9VZXGFx8qGbCP5DWgBCuaQXSLDtOY_wJylaFrVytq0dzWi6AInusKhp3pJnDl_A8UYdlEzkAEfls5Jvufcz3u_TmS48OrbcJgeaWQN2_E/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340540.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">I </span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: large;">measured a 4.97-4.82mm blade thickness, ie 5mm thick spine.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrTpKrZJ956jq7VdiLNHJ7Zox_hBomfZXs9Te75aFoti0FqZpUe_ZoSsb4Eo_3w5YbGfyN7_JEyz252nElFnoEp_uh9XQXPONEI9uKiHd-hN5_25VPhn9P4hDzPv6QmJtkOxVIa_dNXmbXhNxpCJSbFOv3E8DIIXRKwV24wO5OIFqAqBuoogPfYg02us/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrTpKrZJ956jq7VdiLNHJ7Zox_hBomfZXs9Te75aFoti0FqZpUe_ZoSsb4Eo_3w5YbGfyN7_JEyz252nElFnoEp_uh9XQXPONEI9uKiHd-hN5_25VPhn9P4hDzPv6QmJtkOxVIa_dNXmbXhNxpCJSbFOv3E8DIIXRKwV24wO5OIFqAqBuoogPfYg02us/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340547.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: large;">he grip is still that of a TPE polymer however, this time around Dirk Wanger is offering it up in the "Easy Track" orange color, something which wasn't available before (ok it was for the hunting series). The eyelet/lanyard hole goes through the tang and the tang still sports (you can't see it unless you destroyed the knife handle) the keyways in order to "grip" the over molded handle and prevent it from ever coming away from the tang.</span></span></div></span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87oeafwL_hqNOY3Cxi8NDCci5ejf-0UJfyOxGUzOUsHBp_S4D8NgaSbnU7M4kavizIpkJz0_cSOlbqqggMN__exmd5ibrFD5OquBcpBSWjknPcsZITkpVZDK7yiiIC-ZpLIG6zh_njdbq6MHsENrEH87BhpSB7UYErb4O12prDV0I6J0Ot4B1RxSiW-k/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87oeafwL_hqNOY3Cxi8NDCci5ejf-0UJfyOxGUzOUsHBp_S4D8NgaSbnU7M4kavizIpkJz0_cSOlbqqggMN__exmd5ibrFD5OquBcpBSWjknPcsZITkpVZDK7yiiIC-ZpLIG6zh_njdbq6MHsENrEH87BhpSB7UYErb4O12prDV0I6J0Ot4B1RxSiW-k/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340548.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vxp77ysFRnmrtSbNHW4cc5-X_S0OGOE9_ZQaSy_8Uqh1EkYR8Wt1kNJCdy71ha6aF8nd49UDUnAat2HWuawOejdpWiz-KIoeJzkxaGPB18d8MlS6JKgaXbVIrtp_0bZe04ENUqI6USFUKYVA8rEQ08IJEWsQIO4iFPks0Uyyo2Ez63rDkBoLnLvgI2E/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340551.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vxp77ysFRnmrtSbNHW4cc5-X_S0OGOE9_ZQaSy_8Uqh1EkYR8Wt1kNJCdy71ha6aF8nd49UDUnAat2HWuawOejdpWiz-KIoeJzkxaGPB18d8MlS6JKgaXbVIrtp_0bZe04ENUqI6USFUKYVA8rEQ08IJEWsQIO4iFPks0Uyyo2Ez63rDkBoLnLvgI2E/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340551.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: large;">he blade is still being made from the fantastic Hitachi ATS-34 steel and with the special heat and tempering treatment they can achieve an optimal HRC for this blade (60-61 HRC)</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXyLMIO8Me03U4Ia159q6qnoePtxSti2qi23qLgVbfEwcoXFT6A2Sh7KfPH4FmTq5Evc4JJKjeb7RSiyYAgJQLt2LYRbsP_DuKCssrMHN_wmvo7cajv8NCOD6f03lnSZR8lJOkNayV2xurCUC66UTUmCXt0RUFj54kyXffUYexk-bARJUhXMs5ku5Cec/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340554.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXyLMIO8Me03U4Ia159q6qnoePtxSti2qi23qLgVbfEwcoXFT6A2Sh7KfPH4FmTq5Evc4JJKjeb7RSiyYAgJQLt2LYRbsP_DuKCssrMHN_wmvo7cajv8NCOD6f03lnSZR8lJOkNayV2xurCUC66UTUmCXt0RUFj54kyXffUYexk-bARJUhXMs5ku5Cec/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340554.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'</span><span style="font-size: large;">m a big fan of the "Easy Track" color as even in low lighting, this is an easy knife to spot. let's face, you will at some point put this knife down and the last thing you want to do is to loose it in the fading light after a successful day out hunting-which will then add some expense to your trip and put a "bad taste" in your mouth!.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIW6UVYYmDcu5SDOEb-N_cwSWQnBx6-KiTanGpPYlb5kyPI-sxl68KP2-_DFqIfCFEqX8vT5W4lJOhlj-qY55V_lkNA3CjksI0KP1hMSS5AdcZvplJZ-bALVrZXHVUUXaW_w8fnrPR7UYNnoN6-GP1fV9a_8N0sjD5lSe8ocro6rbPWQmdQeo2mTVxqK0/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340555.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIW6UVYYmDcu5SDOEb-N_cwSWQnBx6-KiTanGpPYlb5kyPI-sxl68KP2-_DFqIfCFEqX8vT5W4lJOhlj-qY55V_lkNA3CjksI0KP1hMSS5AdcZvplJZ-bALVrZXHVUUXaW_w8fnrPR7UYNnoN6-GP1fV9a_8N0sjD5lSe8ocro6rbPWQmdQeo2mTVxqK0/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340555.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">N</span><span style="font-size: large;">othing much has changed with the no nonsense scabbard. Easy to clean blood and guts and there is a leather version as an option.</span></span><p></p><p><b style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: xx-large;">Ok so what has changed?</b></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: large;">he spine is more acute in order to strike a fire steel upon it (Wanger Messer- actually state this). The laser engraving on the blade has changed slightly, still sporting the Linder brand name, Solingen now appears and so is ATS 34 in smaller text. You can see the older original model below, where all the details are laser engraved upon the top part of the blade. Arguably many don't like to see the type of alloy being used in such large letter's personally I never had a problem with this and for me it is a mark from the manufacturer saying they are not trying to hide anything from the consumer. The text "ATS 34" in the below image was hardly "too large" IMHO.</span><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjbjB0TQElHnqjFSUKZiKDH05y14muHOL3MEZYlND163EeJ6jkqV4JDawb6kxz7CJW50eha-T31EFSmaeuGEo7QIsGvWb-RpafZ7uMD-MJzeNM7JV9K2WW02jfyTxtsm642qCnT2I2uDNvNvWts4x3rk9oSAaY6HwNoN6mUTUOXUCbhDxdPtGJgzIOP0/s400/ATS34SuperEdgeLinder_P1350315.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="400" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjbjB0TQElHnqjFSUKZiKDH05y14muHOL3MEZYlND163EeJ6jkqV4JDawb6kxz7CJW50eha-T31EFSmaeuGEo7QIsGvWb-RpafZ7uMD-MJzeNM7JV9K2WW02jfyTxtsm642qCnT2I2uDNvNvWts4x3rk9oSAaY6HwNoN6mUTUOXUCbhDxdPtGJgzIOP0/w640-h360/ATS34SuperEdgeLinder_P1350315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: large;">his model I suggested to Stephan Rosenkaimer (at LINDER) at the time to produce it with the easy track color but alas it never came to pass but now we see it from Dirk Wanger's "new" version.</span><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;">T</b><span><span style="font-size: large;">here is also now a more distinct choil present, which was not present on the original model. I believe the YouTuber "jackknife" had some input into the "revamping" of what i considered already to be a great outdoor knife. Also you will note, "Super Edge" no longer appears on the new models.</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKtl3gaL5g58rVcOhbCcRMJU6s1CSIprP2rux7p_7AuYUbr17RTFiNKl0GKSoLZNlpVYkqWbUpIzQfFxJjOag6wMceFJrNjU5_Sz_KnFKeRQMzySlKdl86DKV9cPVadqgaVolD0TsglbbIiCmGFPdEHgUOdsxCrzUy6vY1HP2u6n76N6ziUEKfDi8row/s1280/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKtl3gaL5g58rVcOhbCcRMJU6s1CSIprP2rux7p_7AuYUbr17RTFiNKl0GKSoLZNlpVYkqWbUpIzQfFxJjOag6wMceFJrNjU5_Sz_KnFKeRQMzySlKdl86DKV9cPVadqgaVolD0TsglbbIiCmGFPdEHgUOdsxCrzUy6vY1HP2u6n76N6ziUEKfDi8row/w640-h360/LinderSuperEdge5_P1340552.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">So there we have it! Some new color schemes available (Hot pink-limited edition- yes I bought one too for Mrs BushCampingTools- she loves it (A Super Edge 6), a sort of funny colored green??? TPE grip is also available. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">SO if you didn't get one before, and despaired when LINDER announced they were "closing up shop" and they were no longer available, yes you can get one now, albeit it won't have any serial numbered blade like my old one above however, the quality is still there in a product made in Solingen Germany.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuUNOxOU8u0irVr73JErfVLGs-XEPuRyy8c4hrton0phJ9Om0KlGyOXsBQyuKvqsS97U3PBZ83DpIndFt07zaChBabEBseajM059XV-19XqZOsVRFQbF04UjEMGWVPJDwAxzWWvfb4srGaYrmqcZxnP3ZAMUr4snUMKEeM4D5U-EJ-fDO1rAQ9r-DPdg/s1280/DirkWangerLinderSuperEdge5_P1340602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuUNOxOU8u0irVr73JErfVLGs-XEPuRyy8c4hrton0phJ9Om0KlGyOXsBQyuKvqsS97U3PBZ83DpIndFt07zaChBabEBseajM059XV-19XqZOsVRFQbF04UjEMGWVPJDwAxzWWvfb4srGaYrmqcZxnP3ZAMUr4snUMKEeM4D5U-EJ-fDO1rAQ9r-DPdg/w640-h360/DirkWangerLinderSuperEdge5_P1340602.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">If you didn't see my original review of Linder's Super Edge 5 then check this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onz3FVo9v1Y&t=1s" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">out</span></a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">@BushCampingTools</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">PS, yes you will see this Orange Thing in future videos @BushCampingTools</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">BCT</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">PS here is a peak at the Super Edge 6 series (new from Dirk Wanger.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-17030702063417368932024-03-13T07:18:00.000-07:002024-03-14T06:46:13.164-07:00New (ish) from FOX The FX-611 NATIVE BUSHCRAFT KNIFE<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> New (ish) from FOX The FX-611 NATIVE BUSHCRAFT KNIFE</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS1kdDQ3CZQ9HuipStKjtVjoSlTohgYLBUVzQOK5GIsPSKNCAWtRW4KK1J1inTXyIpEKfCOAmj5fpVECyzlEd4O59Elb9yGPfbqkOiYsvcJRmH68N4IxxUrZWn1XHAUyyehXI5gFeXcZdzADtGpMonE4viAv0OdTZOddV7fmVIGUsEMbY2-SxMajafWU/s1280/FoxKnives%20FX-611Native_P1340472.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGS1kdDQ3CZQ9HuipStKjtVjoSlTohgYLBUVzQOK5GIsPSKNCAWtRW4KK1J1inTXyIpEKfCOAmj5fpVECyzlEd4O59Elb9yGPfbqkOiYsvcJRmH68N4IxxUrZWn1XHAUyyehXI5gFeXcZdzADtGpMonE4viAv0OdTZOddV7fmVIGUsEMbY2-SxMajafWU/w640-h360/FoxKnives%20FX-611Native_P1340472.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUAYi-V-YX53n1991hWL-TTnTCZmx5ibmP-3BhxQPr-QKUGnRoK2hGBm3FFRxgrckpEv4kTmfwrOceHGjcrdhQnqQICr418io6h2wASKA5al5N1VLzVeFjERGQmW8HcKrADvfrYjW3ldAiEMJoLIRmZjBEvNFaXgm0vdyBVcRdAYqerD_5J8kHjMjs7o/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340435.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUAYi-V-YX53n1991hWL-TTnTCZmx5ibmP-3BhxQPr-QKUGnRoK2hGBm3FFRxgrckpEv4kTmfwrOceHGjcrdhQnqQICr418io6h2wASKA5al5N1VLzVeFjERGQmW8HcKrADvfrYjW3ldAiEMJoLIRmZjBEvNFaXgm0vdyBVcRdAYqerD_5J8kHjMjs7o/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340435.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is the FOX FX-611 NATIVE Bushcraft knife from Fox knives in Maniago Italy. I've had my eye on this blade for some time and now I'm going to tell you all about it and later as usual show you it being used as intended. Firstly, it is a design from Andrea Todesco. It has been designed for the horizontal carry position ( you can avoid handing your rucksack up on it -like what can happen if you carry a big big knife vertically - ok it depends really.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Carry System</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So as you can see down below is a beautiful leather scabbard, welt design and thoroughly stitched.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMQG82Xdd2g5Kqk0IeLsJcrnvZVOpRWlVWdGE8jxvJz9Fh3-RDRRaI6TMNZH-PdkN2SH8w8r8A9DKJkM9WaIBTW39YEC143DVwwtenkEGY3BCBJ0p40-ijq3TcXfvE7q2HHZ1YqJpiPBgR_hIQIrprSR-xBiPvTHQGCdIfXNJL6YjDoznerK01dlQMFQ/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340433.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrMQG82Xdd2g5Kqk0IeLsJcrnvZVOpRWlVWdGE8jxvJz9Fh3-RDRRaI6TMNZH-PdkN2SH8w8r8A9DKJkM9WaIBTW39YEC143DVwwtenkEGY3BCBJ0p40-ijq3TcXfvE7q2HHZ1YqJpiPBgR_hIQIrprSR-xBiPvTHQGCdIfXNJL6YjDoznerK01dlQMFQ/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340433.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8_BsagBegazPWGCVmqqmxTDgD9nYAZIkCMnrNgtSTs_rRZnlK256HEq279py3l00X6pJfF9KCKyZoFNj-blLRTzko72dxH6JhIQFy_3hCEoqr2coSmPTWIFECYLRTCxq9TxIbL-1orcHl73YD3e4Bux1DZXM2bBinUITPfXfQMQTmrW5oEyN-CIWaUw/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340444.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8_BsagBegazPWGCVmqqmxTDgD9nYAZIkCMnrNgtSTs_rRZnlK256HEq279py3l00X6pJfF9KCKyZoFNj-blLRTzko72dxH6JhIQFy_3hCEoqr2coSmPTWIFECYLRTCxq9TxIbL-1orcHl73YD3e4Bux1DZXM2bBinUITPfXfQMQTmrW5oEyN-CIWaUw/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340444.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The retaining strap can be easily switched for either left or right handed carry positions.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7cthl-4Q12QDset9QPKSTRvBOK5cDE2lgZiW4ib_TuWgzHCe5nCFTUoAi438kQehCQw3z8tuEYvZhedy4m9azuRt0m-J_YoX-d51ZPVUp89EUIX_3Wz8Q0V-H2iFZvsYfU0Fy5nkmuNsuPmEFZie-VWOGh9IFZkGjvzQUCKvshhg4y6BTjOijvtZUTc/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7cthl-4Q12QDset9QPKSTRvBOK5cDE2lgZiW4ib_TuWgzHCe5nCFTUoAi438kQehCQw3z8tuEYvZhedy4m9azuRt0m-J_YoX-d51ZPVUp89EUIX_3Wz8Q0V-H2iFZvsYfU0Fy5nkmuNsuPmEFZie-VWOGh9IFZkGjvzQUCKvshhg4y6BTjOijvtZUTc/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340434.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">ere we can see the straps for the horizontal carry.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvcAngUBom0iS6F9ZtPICFTfKrV3jFJsOe19pOLz6PmqGNmmRqlC39KOXnZeiuoZTK-vrlcy3wM2ywD5W2ErLTZN6_g7KIkaxcsG9rLe0AtToGecRUV7-arVtufxEHqacE2JDoKFPi1C9ILO46NrVu_PxjvZyf9DEV3PWe2RPZnxjR3HUqU57NGrvFHA/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvcAngUBom0iS6F9ZtPICFTfKrV3jFJsOe19pOLz6PmqGNmmRqlC39KOXnZeiuoZTK-vrlcy3wM2ywD5W2ErLTZN6_g7KIkaxcsG9rLe0AtToGecRUV7-arVtufxEHqacE2JDoKFPi1C9ILO46NrVu_PxjvZyf9DEV3PWe2RPZnxjR3HUqU57NGrvFHA/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even strong looking stitching throughout the construction of this scabbard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b>Now for the Real Business</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4INbNsgFaiWJqTG_GxMunHivXgyQi0CzqA3d16oohi8pRYw6PXCCGzoNR0DprY0h3uSBC6YKjeZB-kmhtAgGGSMCcl2FSngGut5y2SGHieYs3JwdT144uVC_YKiTvPzoaoHXzLMs74ZenHSL5-ZNEaGV5mBfFqUJ9ze-a9PqDbNS3ex80jrKAJ15sT8A/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4INbNsgFaiWJqTG_GxMunHivXgyQi0CzqA3d16oohi8pRYw6PXCCGzoNR0DprY0h3uSBC6YKjeZB-kmhtAgGGSMCcl2FSngGut5y2SGHieYs3JwdT144uVC_YKiTvPzoaoHXzLMs74ZenHSL5-ZNEaGV5mBfFqUJ9ze-a9PqDbNS3ex80jrKAJ15sT8A/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340436.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A knife blade made from D2 and micarta scales for the grip. A shape with good curvature that could be used for skinning, a good weight distribution for chopping. The semi sabre grind lends itself for good cutting.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The blade is essentially 7"/17.5cm long and the spine almost 5mm/ 0.2"thick.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The D2 blade has been coated with Idroglider Teflon treatment.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b>Now to the Really Interesting Features of the FX-611 NATIVE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0RpJ2u7fqmQh9BxQ1OddB5WHb0muQ8WjZWaTreCxSzmRqP7Z0uqFzFKbNWU72e1V2Tnky9WP0Bl5HMqzwvJtJDn9brDdFnsVeORnfWFB5cNwjswzm7dpGnDXYGVjTWTSZUc8E6jWQToaGDqkxb6rJJZIexEQOG-BVNHd98ViikKiUb3pe8QF9LNUgw4/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="1280" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0RpJ2u7fqmQh9BxQ1OddB5WHb0muQ8WjZWaTreCxSzmRqP7Z0uqFzFKbNWU72e1V2Tnky9WP0Bl5HMqzwvJtJDn9brDdFnsVeORnfWFB5cNwjswzm7dpGnDXYGVjTWTSZUc8E6jWQToaGDqkxb6rJJZIexEQOG-BVNHd98ViikKiUb3pe8QF9LNUgw4/w640-h344/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340437.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You can't really have a knife intended for bushcraft if it is not comfortable in the hand for along duration. That being said, all the right areas have been rounded where any hand pressure might occur under severe usage. (Specifically, note the images below).</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WgVYtOmO2YF8Q113GygKiGp6CU7I7MC9PGVHKYVhcP01YcbhT9Re9boTb7jF8vu5J2D5zqiOfS1Q4nQmyFMQg0DFrUUJy34V6Qu7EvyVau_pqx3Fc0X7xiUE4N8UwrCCh3gmPinzEeLVMRPtWX8wTkos6G26eeEsm9HAQIufUTKdUwC3t0EvjybzXJg/s5184/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WgVYtOmO2YF8Q113GygKiGp6CU7I7MC9PGVHKYVhcP01YcbhT9Re9boTb7jF8vu5J2D5zqiOfS1Q4nQmyFMQg0DFrUUJy34V6Qu7EvyVau_pqx3Fc0X7xiUE4N8UwrCCh3gmPinzEeLVMRPtWX8wTkos6G26eeEsm9HAQIufUTKdUwC3t0EvjybzXJg/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340438.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZHX6Crrz4I6qz2fni5TIue4bllF5PujISCGxo5fLJ_3gfKKcdxhb7j7q8_7mJRpdt5BYtSFRzZER5GTZ07Mb9nzkhWJAbOarxTrhnarUNCOy6BwoNNqULgJj9Num89glr8MH-WQ1Ku2eMb0qenXox0rr4qbRAikBSsBfvcnPC2s446XV-MbmkXxvoBM/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340442.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggZHX6Crrz4I6qz2fni5TIue4bllF5PujISCGxo5fLJ_3gfKKcdxhb7j7q8_7mJRpdt5BYtSFRzZER5GTZ07Mb9nzkhWJAbOarxTrhnarUNCOy6BwoNNqULgJj9Num89glr8MH-WQ1Ku2eMb0qenXox0rr4qbRAikBSsBfvcnPC2s446XV-MbmkXxvoBM/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340442.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkutcMhGR6vmSmhJt00tpTPG7ouo7pBjM9GUYFtxdzg0KYlwINPgrw1f5B65b770SpdkxhaT0yhwCoKL0v-_19egl2yj4GcGZWrWSncMEayTBssfghiZa6UkM8TnPFo_PUiXqYTpXzind4jHYpEsCQxwKVK3wTyohE8yJh2c4ujHWL4gOB7gpfin_4bUg/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340440.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkutcMhGR6vmSmhJt00tpTPG7ouo7pBjM9GUYFtxdzg0KYlwINPgrw1f5B65b770SpdkxhaT0yhwCoKL0v-_19egl2yj4GcGZWrWSncMEayTBssfghiZa6UkM8TnPFo_PUiXqYTpXzind4jHYpEsCQxwKVK3wTyohE8yJh2c4ujHWL4gOB7gpfin_4bUg/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340440.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>CONTROL</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However in keeping with a good grip and control there is a generous amount of finger/thumb gimping were it counts. This gimping, I'm sure I will be able to use to strike a fire steel against.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJGLFlaDnb6r-rBLeJDmC3VrFM7H5cQzQMGHhXsMNdUfaSB4p7SzGm_jBzPJ-5LhI46CoMCdLftSoMb6CYtjSjYlLUCTW7xvedeEGUZIFEn6WZelNxJmcS4a2y1GlKWjAD1Ue9jIR6nd_BJkQ35cxk1nmFOgxZd6A1WJyLXshxb07ii65vonSVOw69Zk/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJGLFlaDnb6r-rBLeJDmC3VrFM7H5cQzQMGHhXsMNdUfaSB4p7SzGm_jBzPJ-5LhI46CoMCdLftSoMb6CYtjSjYlLUCTW7xvedeEGUZIFEn6WZelNxJmcS4a2y1GlKWjAD1Ue9jIR6nd_BJkQ35cxk1nmFOgxZd6A1WJyLXshxb07ii65vonSVOw69Zk/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340439.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">Again for a knife designed for bushcraft, one does not want a pommel that is going to injure the user, so we see a flat and slightly smooth pommel/lanyard hole/slot at the butt end.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55n4Anjs3ZowIsDgLpfCy7V9jdFqY3qMI7BzZQKs5k4_fbatphx0X1JUJoLSCDPB6eF7IcPDFDzaICVlUI7cYuai4NqD8Ay_oWGVXzg7-2A5Cy4JETIt74Fo9KEQ2ghbu8VzFJPhMP2J1ErWU39NkiOW5fMmbD9hjNSKy7VrQbb28fBSxkPNWaC_VnWc/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55n4Anjs3ZowIsDgLpfCy7V9jdFqY3qMI7BzZQKs5k4_fbatphx0X1JUJoLSCDPB6eF7IcPDFDzaICVlUI7cYuai4NqD8Ay_oWGVXzg7-2A5Cy4JETIt74Fo9KEQ2ghbu8VzFJPhMP2J1ErWU39NkiOW5fMmbD9hjNSKy7VrQbb28fBSxkPNWaC_VnWc/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340441.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Smooth comfortable grip with a palm swell. stainless steel fixtures throughout construction.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELWh2-9A9LyT6Qx9WC4FNh7MPV3WhrsoAZKpaHkcU0tmsaCfuxryzhlSQzlIUX0v_5Y-hNFwk9RCl5sXRd-bDbau2UrdaQaBkge9twr2w_jjn4lUUGK1F_m7VQjirOdykNvWnqH94vELDbmXExLpClIooPhaXVkX85b_8ixYah72u5HMxcX7BAos50eQ/s1280/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELWh2-9A9LyT6Qx9WC4FNh7MPV3WhrsoAZKpaHkcU0tmsaCfuxryzhlSQzlIUX0v_5Y-hNFwk9RCl5sXRd-bDbau2UrdaQaBkge9twr2w_jjn4lUUGK1F_m7VQjirOdykNvWnqH94vELDbmXExLpClIooPhaXVkX85b_8ixYah72u5HMxcX7BAos50eQ/w640-h360/FKMD%20FX-611%20Native_P1340445.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Ok, enough talk let's put the FX-611 NATIVE into action. </b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">So stay tuned @BushCampingTools</b></span></p></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-12380889108744434492024-03-12T04:55:00.000-07:002024-03-12T04:55:31.887-07:00What was one of the best things I did to gain hunting skills?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> Q: <b>What was one of the best things I did to gain hunting skills?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A: <b>It had nothing to do with what model bow I shot or what model gun I shot!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Ok let me break it down.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">long long time ago, or shall we just say, "back in the day". I really got into shooting stuff but with a camera. That stuff happened to be animals of all shapes and sizes, as I really didn't know what I wanted to shoot in photography at the time but wildlife stuff seemed (like I guess it is to many) to me to be very alluring. So basically it was soon apparent that in order to get anywhere near close enough to what I wanted to shoot, I needed to learn several things. One was simply about the behaviour of what it was I was trying to photograph and once I had understood this the next phase was to practice stalking skills because I cold not afford as a student some ginormous telephoto lens* to keep my distance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Exceptions To The Rule</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">talking skills does not mean crashing through the undergrowth like a bulldozer on steroids. You may be laughing saying, well no one hunts like this but you may be surprised. I was such a person who thought this until one such bow hunt where we were after wild goats and there were 4 of us who split up to begin with for the greater part of the day and then all met up again at the end of the day to continue hunting but as sort of 2 groups. I was with "Uncle Kevin". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">e wasn't my uncle actually but we sort of called him that behind his back as a sort of affectionate joke. He was indeed the uncle of one of my mates who was on this particular bow hunt. Now Uncle Kevin at the range was a crack shot. I mean the shots he could pull off, especially at distance up or down hill were nothing short of remarkable. Don't ask me what bow he shot I can't remember but of course it was a compound and I seemed to remember he had it wound up to 70lbs because one day at the range I asked if I could have a shoot. Well that was a laugh as I couldn't even draw it back LOL! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">O</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">k, so here I was with Uncle Kevin and Uncle Kevin literally broke all the rules for hunting; I mean he was walking and breaking sticks all the time, smoking constantly (ok the wind was always in our favour) and too much talking for my liking too! But I was assured by his nephew that he was indeed a very successful bow hunter. So this day late in the afternoon, him and I came to the edge of a large tree lined depression which reeked of "goat sign", as we neared the top I saw a prize winning billy with horns I thought at first were part of the tree branches LOL. A difficult shot from above with many medium sized pine trees between me and the quarry. It had to be a high shoulder shot into the lungs, preferably the heart; distance maybe 15 meters. As I manoeuvred into position and about to draw, I hear from behind me: "Look out Franky" I turned slightly and it is Uncle Kevin, bow drawn and in the next instant that goat was shot (from a slightly different angle of course)- avoiding every tree; and going down. The cigarette smoke still swirling before my eyes as he had no doubt let out a breath before firing. What to say, that was (god rest his soul) Uncle Kevin!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">O</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">k, seriously, the skills I had learnt creeping around trying to film animals was a huge help in getting close to animals to hunt them. I guess one doesn't have to go the photography route in-order to become successful at hunting. Because the other thing we used to practice was simply creeping up upon animals (no bow) to see how close we could come to them ie within a fair shooting range, if not get right on top of them as a bit of a joke and startle them. Yeah it might sound childish but you really hone your stalking skills like this, trust me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The other key thing one must learn and totally understand is <span style="color: red;">the anatomy</span> of the game you are hunting. No understanding of the anatomy (and don't want to learn), then you had better give up now before you even pick up a bow or a gun. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A quick note from the author:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">guess what inspired me to write this article is the sheer number of people posting videos to the shorts feed etc of their supposedly "hunting trips". Many such videos of course get tens of thousands of views if not millions of views; I've noticed people are publishing anything even clearly poorly shot animals with many comments, pro- suggesting that the animal doesn't even know it has been shot (ok this can sort of happen bow hunting but it is extremely momentarily- not for minutes etc.) with a bullet, this is BS. In my experience rifle hunting in Australia (large kangaroos, for the pet meat trade) you shoot them properly, they drop on the spot, not wander off many many meters away, not continue to graze etc. AND certainly you DO NOT shoot them (Bow or gun) multiple times! if you need a guide other than for simply showing you where the game is at, then you are not skilled enough to be hunting IMHO. Let's not give those "ammunition" who would bring about the demise of this activity/sport because of stupidity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFnIJHZyeWtpI-aB1BwIHAEcpY7yy7uYUVo-1Z0_a-e_U5W6TClI3QODsx50kydhgpfw-toYiVumJpex3it16uJ7s1MYtvkB-YLtibD9dronwyE1VBthANWfepWOoPZLlUHPUOO3o-OIsjtmOg9jiV68yqvEtfuHO5TZNM0LKmeyg5PIKcadmbKq9wbc/s1600/DSC00072.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFnIJHZyeWtpI-aB1BwIHAEcpY7yy7uYUVo-1Z0_a-e_U5W6TClI3QODsx50kydhgpfw-toYiVumJpex3it16uJ7s1MYtvkB-YLtibD9dronwyE1VBthANWfepWOoPZLlUHPUOO3o-OIsjtmOg9jiV68yqvEtfuHO5TZNM0LKmeyg5PIKcadmbKq9wbc/s320/DSC00072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">(*</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Nowadays I'd still have to mortgage the house to buy one of those lenses-ok not quite, I exaggerate a little bit!</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">) .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-18983082698869951622024-03-07T06:09:00.000-08:002024-03-07T06:09:10.093-08:00REXIMEX RP 0.22 Cal Comments and what is in store for the future?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"> <b>REXIMEX RP 0.22 Cal Comments</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zIPXUa9FtRZalkJlwi3xrkCeLS2MBrfWF-YthGV9TAQUm0PI5i59a5Byt65ugk9Y_U5C9MsZXoUrZVZUWj06UYbGlyAPlRvFY9MSihgToE2ht2udERgd96f03YeW8CFT3VVgZY5Dq-hWLhj9RkEunnXG3pgPiS89_mr5Y0BknKpVke3yvVu9HVGUl5E/s5184/P1320914.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zIPXUa9FtRZalkJlwi3xrkCeLS2MBrfWF-YthGV9TAQUm0PI5i59a5Byt65ugk9Y_U5C9MsZXoUrZVZUWj06UYbGlyAPlRvFY9MSihgToE2ht2udERgd96f03YeW8CFT3VVgZY5Dq-hWLhj9RkEunnXG3pgPiS89_mr5Y0BknKpVke3yvVu9HVGUl5E/w640-h360/P1320914.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Quick Background</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The REXIMEX RP has now been on the market for over 2 years globally. Reximex is a large (as in physical) company based of course in Turkey. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Since the model has been out for so long it should have had any serious issues dealt with now by the company. According to early You Tube reviews, I would say they (REXIMEX) have indeed addressed some issues some of these youtubers raised several years ago about the performance of the REXIMEX RP.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ISib5Vl9VQfFbAykq_WwuvpL7YU51yilpq1VRtMM_0H5OFE14-rwXOLhEd-1Bug5E-a5jlM1bAaW6RqEJzebD4SesvC8Ho88RWRo32zZVfX80Hpudmzk2c_c8x8VpnTmtdC8HCE8QWyCakoh7i9OsjhcsnYtH35piF3kKXyMvjj9A-xNqSaNdpiEafc/s5184/P1320917.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ISib5Vl9VQfFbAykq_WwuvpL7YU51yilpq1VRtMM_0H5OFE14-rwXOLhEd-1Bug5E-a5jlM1bAaW6RqEJzebD4SesvC8Ho88RWRo32zZVfX80Hpudmzk2c_c8x8VpnTmtdC8HCE8QWyCakoh7i9OsjhcsnYtH35piF3kKXyMvjj9A-xNqSaNdpiEafc/w640-h360/P1320917.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">At first glance it seems to be well made and presented. All exterior machining appears to be spot on. The comfort is very good too although it might be small for large hands (>size 9). The great thing is the gun is built around a stable platform of CNCed aluminium receiver , unlike it's competitor the JET from HATSAN (another Turkish company) for which the JET is mainly made from structural polymers, albeit it appeared in a debut as a CNCed Pistol but clearly production models were to be made from plastic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Under full pressure in the REXIMEX RP I purchased, there were no issues with leaking air. Several Youtubers reported such problems with earlier models.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdp6Dh6JbORtNIggiePNVr60piHObu95U2__msXHnPDLCX3TCSgUIyBh3w4Fe9d_UkTeeAnMprshRK4WOjuWN-a5fqg33Yey9fWHMONtJ8pAhUpyOXVFKNunDeWyDBn61ASyRi8s_JotO0wEbgEY7Q7IxEF3azPsy1MLBGk6oojyNFzr7hqo4YUW_BS0/s5184/P1320915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdp6Dh6JbORtNIggiePNVr60piHObu95U2__msXHnPDLCX3TCSgUIyBh3w4Fe9d_UkTeeAnMprshRK4WOjuWN-a5fqg33Yey9fWHMONtJ8pAhUpyOXVFKNunDeWyDBn61ASyRi8s_JotO0wEbgEY7Q7IxEF3azPsy1MLBGk6oojyNFzr7hqo4YUW_BS0/w640-h360/P1320915.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"> It looks the part, although I'm more concerned with performance rather than "looking the part" as looking the part doesn't mean to say it can shoot accurately or precisely.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">For example the Zoraki HP 01-2 ULTRA may not look the part (actually I think it does!) but it comes with a test firing sheet/data; something lacking for the REXIMEX RP, confirming it's ability "to shoot straight".</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">This is a testament to the confidence of the manufacturer about their product. And indeed the Zoraki HP 01-2 ULTRA is an excellent performer with a very well made barrel and good ergonomics along with an excellent and highly adjustable trigger. Plus loads of power if you happen to own the "02" higher pressure version, which is company certified to be pumped X4.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><b>A Copy?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The Reximex RP is a definitely a copy/clone of the Russian ATAMAN P16 and if you know this Russian PCP model you will see the similarities are obvious.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The trigger of the REXMEX RP is not easily adjustable and came out of the box with a very "grating" feeling. This is probably attributable to the sears requiring some attention to detail as has been demonstrated by many a You Tuber, notably from Russian channels, who have recently published completely stripped down the mechanism to demonstrate where the attention to detail has been lacking.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIssbOiZdsEF-IyyCa-P046O9j0S7sWdG0-Mr0FxNSVtm_9v5M9-Q5RY-YXrXDxuujpIA3wLML6z2jEXU-Nn7u5aM5X9WK97BP5MiidNe7HyP_sZ1o3XPZ8TSNPr_QUpCN0h8jIC6iYbZ79uz5gTL5rVn9Qr3LG0OHrboPjFd-1Y6LCHqJLH9UEb04oI/s5184/P1320667.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXIssbOiZdsEF-IyyCa-P046O9j0S7sWdG0-Mr0FxNSVtm_9v5M9-Q5RY-YXrXDxuujpIA3wLML6z2jEXU-Nn7u5aM5X9WK97BP5MiidNe7HyP_sZ1o3XPZ8TSNPr_QUpCN0h8jIC6iYbZ79uz5gTL5rVn9Qr3LG0OHrboPjFd-1Y6LCHqJLH9UEb04oI/w640-h360/P1320667.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I should say at this point, maybe some of you are saying: "Hey this isn't a very expensive air gun what do you expect"?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">I would say with all of the modernistic machinery available to REXIMEX staff, even to mass produce such a PCP, these aspects and attention to detail should have been addressed at the factory and if the Chinese can do this, so can this Turkish company.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Now this brings me to the fact that it appears to be a PCP which can be easily worked upon to improve the functionality of it and bring it up a much higher specification with little effort. If however, one is only "plinking away" at a lousy 10m in your backyard then you probably aren't concerned with such details. (it is also then just an expensive toy). On the other hand if you want performance from it at say 25m then you may have to work a little on it; maybe. I say "maybe" because it seems dependent upon where you purchase your REXIMEX RP will depend upon the overall performance. (it shouldn't matter upon where one purchases it from!).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Talking about performance, I will speak briefly about the cut down version of the is model, ie the MITO which is a sort of restricted version of the RP to satisfy the government laws of certain countries, notably the United Kingdom comes to mind with their "sub 12" limitations, ie sub 12 ft lb of energy at the muzzle. Like buying a restricted Mercedes only capable of going 100 kmph. Ok, sorry I see no point as the cost of the PCP is identical to that of the non neutered version. I have no idea, and I bet that whoever set this rule also has no idea as to why this should be restricted to 12ft lbs. UNLESS the powers that be figured that UK citizens would be firing this thing in their backyards (if they have them) and a lower power may not "accidentally" penetrate their fence and injure a neighbour but I would argue with a lower powered air weapon there is an increasing danger of ricochet due to the lower energy projectile not being able to stay within a target and this in itself presents a danger shooting at such short ranges as 10m and under. JMHO.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"> <b>Quality Control in more depth.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">As to quality control I have a problem with this as despite it coming with some sort of tag signifying that someone from QC saw this gun before it left the factory, mine arrived with 2 magazines which featured cracks in the plastic housing. Whilst at present these cracks have not impaired the functionality of these magazines, they (the cracks) will no doubt eventually propagate through to the edge of the housing and render it unusable. These cracks were easily visible to the "naked eye" and should definitely have been pulled and replaced by non defect magazines. The tag had a QR code, which I thought would locate it to some QC thingy on the REXIMEX site; no such luck, it was merely a QR code to take me to the REXIMEX company site! Mmmmm?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The glow stuff in the iron sights on my model were/are woeful, I noticed not one gun on display at IWA 2024 had bad fibre optics in them and in fact they were all pretty good. I looked at probably 7 different models.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MG-4NveBhR95RT4d0HvOeXzmSJQfhhMJiZc7E4U7LwgtSipNlkTFP4h4YTiiiqLbsRN6Lr-P4sdN5nB-MEhEPNpZmCRrBLywFAa2b0MDJ_POFTMJNkSyxuKsC1CX54o6X1bKMpKtHkCBgUroVT-pKH88pUTG4B8r62iWlcZvm0sBqivt0ZcN0sxppqM/s3264/IMG_4773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MG-4NveBhR95RT4d0HvOeXzmSJQfhhMJiZc7E4U7LwgtSipNlkTFP4h4YTiiiqLbsRN6Lr-P4sdN5nB-MEhEPNpZmCRrBLywFAa2b0MDJ_POFTMJNkSyxuKsC1CX54o6X1bKMpKtHkCBgUroVT-pKH88pUTG4B8r62iWlcZvm0sBqivt0ZcN0sxppqM/w480-h640/IMG_4773.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwhRNJW1Lk6Yf41Va7ACImQf3DewMo5My7KO68XJZAhGbvxFtZbbne1ToELD7Dz1KcNfOYrvVaqsQhJfDzD72zWaIyuJlKWvGlWSMnAqxKkkzy6Kn9vonnEMECk5vmko4zrN-OWdgczrKuSPKH8gLdwTasz15Djh4vmkNuYzxXUOOQamlfMc13bqV4k4/s3264/IMG_4774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwhRNJW1Lk6Yf41Va7ACImQf3DewMo5My7KO68XJZAhGbvxFtZbbne1ToELD7Dz1KcNfOYrvVaqsQhJfDzD72zWaIyuJlKWvGlWSMnAqxKkkzy6Kn9vonnEMECk5vmko4zrN-OWdgczrKuSPKH8gLdwTasz15Djh4vmkNuYzxXUOOQamlfMc13bqV4k4/w480-h640/IMG_4774.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">So I really need to replace my ones with some better materials.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><b>Talking of new models coming out. By the end of 2024 we can expect a 6.35mm (0.25 Cal) version of the RP; they told me that they will revamp the receiver, put a longer barrel on it and a bigger air tube. let's wait and see eh. They (and me) seemed pretty excited about this!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">Ok back to performance of the RP. I digress.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><b>AIR</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Despite saying they have removable air cylinders, it appears globally they are hard to get a hold of (at least this is what many YouTubers are saying). Although the cost benefit of having such spares to "hot swap out" have to be compared to using a much larger air cylinder for refills in the field and or carefully tethering this PCP to the said cylinder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">A high pressure PCP, ie greater than 200 BAR.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7zIybdcXGN_2bNRa4X0KDWGi2FHrfSa08i550-szSyJ6rQdIII2VCAQOAMRgxTTWpdSJ9wTwveYEWuVXL6tEotMkkZ0g9k-0SHn5wiXQp0jONOzi3bo-7BcRMkxxKHcdllYtE3RNjXEMKu06Kanb4__KFPwvl2Eo620CFvEEujlplXbbVoKRZm_rKqY/s5184/P1320677.JPG" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7zIybdcXGN_2bNRa4X0KDWGi2FHrfSa08i550-szSyJ6rQdIII2VCAQOAMRgxTTWpdSJ9wTwveYEWuVXL6tEotMkkZ0g9k-0SHn5wiXQp0jONOzi3bo-7BcRMkxxKHcdllYtE3RNjXEMKu06Kanb4__KFPwvl2Eo620CFvEEujlplXbbVoKRZm_rKqY/w640-h360/P1320677.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">This is a rather high pressure PCP pistol, with a safe working pressure of 250Bar. Shooting 18gr JSB pellets my gun seemed to perform nicely from about 250 until just a tad under 150 Bar. It should not be shot under 100 Bar according to the manufacturer, lest the user end up with a pellet jam.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">As to the business end, ie the barrel, well this could have been made a little better and it is clear that REXIMEX are in the business of mass production rather than attention to fine detail.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">On a new gun i found the inside of the barrel to have slight chatter marks from making.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQV6Wa6VEFaaImrvqOIzZqsOkjg1kxsqq4KEt6Kb946rE23IznRWt8d9VCREGyqAii2BOQ5Maw5I3WVISyoPBIbICsAfBt5bdj-ZiA56Ws44jRJayJqy_r-6ROUgA3LWuNkYv5Ky73CV6ZUw56Vb_k20tqLlMkdLWhVx9aqhGwdk9qdEmfwDQ79Y7D7JM/s5184/P1320691.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQV6Wa6VEFaaImrvqOIzZqsOkjg1kxsqq4KEt6Kb946rE23IznRWt8d9VCREGyqAii2BOQ5Maw5I3WVISyoPBIbICsAfBt5bdj-ZiA56Ws44jRJayJqy_r-6ROUgA3LWuNkYv5Ky73CV6ZUw56Vb_k20tqLlMkdLWhVx9aqhGwdk9qdEmfwDQ79Y7D7JM/w640-h360/P1320691.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /> However, this did not affect the pellet (18gr JSB) trajectory over 25m with a pressure above 150 bar on the high pressure side. It's not easily measurable the regulator pressure as there is no gauge present for this part of the airgun. The crown of the barrel was ok and symmetrical however it was not finished as well as the crown on my ZORAKI HP 01-2 ULTRA.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">How about the "bang"?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">The REXIMEX RP shoots loud so if you plan on shooting this thing around others eg neighbours, then it will need to be silenced. I found an excellent silencer to be the UMAREX K3 NEO, it works very very well and did not affect pellet trajectory at all. It looks cool if you want a cool looking device but more importantly it functions as it should. approx 90db to 77db! dependent upon environment, sound recorder and distance from the closest ear of the shooter to the device. We measured this approximately 20cm away from my left ear, device facing the muzzle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">The RP comes with a good carry case and an extension which sort of converts this pistol into a rifle configuration, the latter is preferable to use at all times as this will give you the best chances of accurate shooting; it works well as intended and is easy to mount and dismount, although I would add that one should not pick up/ carry their gun by simply holding onto this plastic add on since it is only locked to the pistol in one place and you will soon find that the upper plastic extension from this rifle mount coming out of the pistol which may damage it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">So far so good only time will tell.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">The REXIMEX RP came with some spare O-rings, a moderator adaptor made out of Aluminium, an air adaptor (male/male) and a quick fit adaptor. Plus an Allen key, aka hex wrench. The bag is good and has plenty of space for a moderator of your choice and a cut out for a red dot site of the "reflex sight" design.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">The Future??</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">Reximex will be focusing upon their real firearms production withy many new models coming out but they informed me they will still be supporting the PCP production and i got the distinct impression this part (PCP's) would form a less of an important market for them (as could be expected).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-68764348652746553482024-03-02T10:03:00.000-08:002024-03-11T23:58:54.666-07:00SRM Knives, You Need To Check Them Out.<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> SRM Knives, You Need To Check Them Out!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7vtTjXnOT8N-uQVAvAFZREnNFJ_7fqxivhsTFRbcoqWJTF5lqJmtQT-2yR5DUxa4f-DODRGBvViOiPRIjRlXxZKl-fUsz9vjv-jt7Bgso9-ME9qRMb2hruyBGB2M9CwtNzkNsj6FcZwbOcszsx4xlLAL6GEHFu2mAwNycKfpoUaAlPbhoMHo2h5EunY/s1280/SRMKNIVES_P1330320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7vtTjXnOT8N-uQVAvAFZREnNFJ_7fqxivhsTFRbcoqWJTF5lqJmtQT-2yR5DUxa4f-DODRGBvViOiPRIjRlXxZKl-fUsz9vjv-jt7Bgso9-ME9qRMb2hruyBGB2M9CwtNzkNsj6FcZwbOcszsx4xlLAL6GEHFu2mAwNycKfpoUaAlPbhoMHo2h5EunY/w640-h360/SRMKNIVES_P1330320.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDW8EAZQ6uoMfWZ-OrGCvYgjPPwwAXrgerNZ7lKqVfzmGQHsoRa3PidoBUryCDqEmwpHPopnS5TZ9QzbC742hxnMOuX948OjuPRaIn6YfENfi8xLhFbERc0ooG5sX2pBiw2ow4nx6vbQHmLi6wRg_mC5jeFAppKL3KuwZUuBsr8IktQ4u0YkQCK3VV3M/w640-h360/SRM%20Knives%20and%20Tools_P1330216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;">Mono-chassis construction</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LZs1E4DmECr2IFfyjN1yES9f03i8x2XXNmJ6Qhc5KfN2hiaS83S05k84l1pjcZKQ8qTEMurD8SMA9Yp6i-n44TXSMeEsI0lM4UE2H7RkPTCqkEJO50BqdUez8k0NYGNxkynAT6I4i4z3fULSnwPinFmoG7eKMJQOnolXotT31Qx0EUbYAHtezfIea0U/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LZs1E4DmECr2IFfyjN1yES9f03i8x2XXNmJ6Qhc5KfN2hiaS83S05k84l1pjcZKQ8qTEMurD8SMA9Yp6i-n44TXSMeEsI0lM4UE2H7RkPTCqkEJO50BqdUez8k0NYGNxkynAT6I4i4z3fULSnwPinFmoG7eKMJQOnolXotT31Qx0EUbYAHtezfIea0U/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">H</b><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">ot off the press <b>from IWA 2024</b>, I looked at some of the latest products from SRM (Stay Ready For More). SRM Metal Technology Company (part of the Guangxi Ruike Outdoor Tools Manufacturing Co. Ltd. </span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui2kkAXQEB0oQIZcguWvj1j54h7WXbw98Nvqh6L1UxE-Znig4bmdARDhzNKFBSsl0zSfWPO-G4APtpJ99xAeAHzIfr_p4-OQAMW75uZKSE_Ko_U7z4fSdytdOVzkM0u034qEGYj8LlRtwT8BQhibDtj5O8Bmx2HV2zyleHozX_Xr8Nq5T_OTZx63CB58/s4140/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330193.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2329" data-original-width="4140" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiui2kkAXQEB0oQIZcguWvj1j54h7WXbw98Nvqh6L1UxE-Znig4bmdARDhzNKFBSsl0zSfWPO-G4APtpJ99xAeAHzIfr_p4-OQAMW75uZKSE_Ko_U7z4fSdytdOVzkM0u034qEGYj8LlRtwT8BQhibDtj5O8Bmx2HV2zyleHozX_Xr8Nq5T_OTZx63CB58/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330193.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">They (SRM) are using some very cool design features in the construction of their latest folders, namely a mono-chassis liner, that's right, a one piece liner for total frame rigidity. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftcYrkdLJfWP5RZCRGD_2WQvWaWS5mzp5908vk58CLTAY8qwCKbadprruThqZOJJYRrIhiNOGp0NZmDvAL5B9IEB9psQ-34jDHmb0FqOTtTmnh1B8LTIawUMJ3j59bqla0bfA9hiMxIBDwdz3rdJuEN9URHkPtCsVBkgoAA6gokYwk4vI6-AE2pKZ4S8/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330210.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plus the design also incorporates the stop for the blade and no longer necessary for a stop pin between two separate liners.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJulNeYjwrXe7EqeJEOM6i5TnBDJsgxCxyXNftnMKwa8DPiW_POa2xLY3lSXRS1frI1HFEqUdHYVrdcOqpbSHWcIDbd_PYoyqQjK1R3r4HlJ1GOd3yJ6l2AqRMgRlgisBMVTlX3gzdGOCxvVR5QY_cnsHUDOpPySWjkj-Y7izVLPhv6fMZmIOpgpFM5Ow/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330202.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJulNeYjwrXe7EqeJEOM6i5TnBDJsgxCxyXNftnMKwa8DPiW_POa2xLY3lSXRS1frI1HFEqUdHYVrdcOqpbSHWcIDbd_PYoyqQjK1R3r4HlJ1GOd3yJ6l2AqRMgRlgisBMVTlX3gzdGOCxvVR5QY_cnsHUDOpPySWjkj-Y7izVLPhv6fMZmIOpgpFM5Ow/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330202.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXQBv8__yq9zTzLgzGX7dZqBA6mq48MYDnkdZrwYNhYqZIhjRwdmN971KHnTBZVpsHSGa0bo7SiNm-1Ub2o-2IMJjjPiRP5iftvSTIVwhrvTQ_AJJYSy2_RS4rQqTW34zVGmuD9G_bn2JVsoYBC7StTPIJP_t80Lf1cVl7tVPhGm6p6zgKQEn2PlZb24/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330209.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXQBv8__yq9zTzLgzGX7dZqBA6mq48MYDnkdZrwYNhYqZIhjRwdmN971KHnTBZVpsHSGa0bo7SiNm-1Ub2o-2IMJjjPiRP5iftvSTIVwhrvTQ_AJJYSy2_RS4rQqTW34zVGmuD9G_bn2JVsoYBC7StTPIJP_t80Lf1cVl7tVPhGm6p6zgKQEn2PlZb24/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330209.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">A patented tool-less pocket clip easily mounted for left or right hand carry! It is removed by simply squeezing the upper section together and pushing the device out of the slot on the scales. The clip os held securely in place by those two small barbs (shown in the above image).</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn8EwAwlhPXQlOhYwRFP2iRoXSdrLvrdEV3TJGrirhMqOkG51JAVGLAuFH8Lu4LsM1ww8ZCVtxlJjHoFntyfCd9fbJJUQ-5UgQ7M-X2NBrq79sHyawWGRKIUzwyC3pbIyZK3oZTTk7Krh9KUed2Z6D9gGhvMPeIPmCGRJXir8uhfuuJKdLcFtu_6guMY/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330200.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn8EwAwlhPXQlOhYwRFP2iRoXSdrLvrdEV3TJGrirhMqOkG51JAVGLAuFH8Lu4LsM1ww8ZCVtxlJjHoFntyfCd9fbJJUQ-5UgQ7M-X2NBrq79sHyawWGRKIUzwyC3pbIyZK3oZTTk7Krh9KUed2Z6D9gGhvMPeIPmCGRJXir8uhfuuJKdLcFtu_6guMY/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330200.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">SRM is part of a high tech manufacturing company formed around 20 years ago.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; 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font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="4444" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql9DJ9Nig8r2JI39lKCDJEQV1EvAK3jP9s7oyQa0MpSMUlES58jd2oAyNuyPBnshpYiQfK2b3Ap-St3Wg3G8XCRoDlHhB3tdTKNMku0mN6iVU2FAzf3-XocP6BwVNvJ2qIQZDgXDrS0UNzb-LHRlESh_rPE0-yXGo37mEUqzCylEOy2bLL1LEcGpOqMI/w640-h230/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330194.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Using CNC, high tech German EDM equipment (SODICK)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpLfXtc96RXqZwhkBQb0GJGmZ677WK5XKj1_6S4nAwIyHw5lztFyiTXV48khePR5TAldsiyOmUv-o4Kzc5UMwqTAP4bqBHJgMX1hO3K9XfTGmPrzxAKrCoWaFaXFzA4WrwmfoaziExORIT18W9e8sNpTWOUtKRPorTQ2oFduN9RJ3SRKJyHDonvjOXWo/s4965/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330195.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; 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margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKa1a9lexHP4g-Mx5oaeGIIDGbHxIQv8mLnwsMhfeO5Qum4h5t6z5wjJdbZviYWvQQ2FNFYd_9irGObHBLr-sdHtDACSpqPzbn7r7rZojJ19ZBhYyE7yJDcPIu6K91yD4crpm_UxcO2Euyg4tvwUrM2CLO80f14tkQ34GpNblY6C4u60wMNOIXeOTt-Y/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330205.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">A range of colored G10 scales available.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another way cool feature is the pocket clip can be removed for left or right handed carry, without the need for any tools. They do this by a very clever quick release mechanism where the clip itself forms part of the "quick release" within the inner part of the folder's frame. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScUnWU08yqnRc2SSzbrnpXcK7sg74fEMlgDXp_VAshp0nykq8cj6R4a6Cp46WWNOimeyaSgtEp-cv5xsL9LQwS4NHfrOG_m3tVslc-Edr4blCNSzc9qx1keXtKlWY8VoOBHGhaW-YEYPoVIG7NcpqA0YBy6XycUBilTPcFmQAvHtNzYBNQQYQH-VV5E0/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330214.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScUnWU08yqnRc2SSzbrnpXcK7sg74fEMlgDXp_VAshp0nykq8cj6R4a6Cp46WWNOimeyaSgtEp-cv5xsL9LQwS4NHfrOG_m3tVslc-Edr4blCNSzc9qx1keXtKlWY8VoOBHGhaW-YEYPoVIG7NcpqA0YBy6XycUBilTPcFmQAvHtNzYBNQQYQH-VV5E0/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330214.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEC67KnrbhSM2vofm7eoXVWAtfIGlvhvGxCoXCC9WDSrgFmrupNM7JRuauoocH_atO5YinRavVGJB07QAwEUgwJoluYjT8MToOqz61XuLrlgS3FGs_6GEswmCUr7Sz1bmTk7uv_sdVRli3AyUGwCw0-a88hxmI4W_uutrL7Glw9Mco_hcX_jBly2T8ag/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330215.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEC67KnrbhSM2vofm7eoXVWAtfIGlvhvGxCoXCC9WDSrgFmrupNM7JRuauoocH_atO5YinRavVGJB07QAwEUgwJoluYjT8MToOqz61XuLrlgS3FGs_6GEswmCUr7Sz1bmTk7uv_sdVRli3AyUGwCw0-a88hxmI4W_uutrL7Glw9Mco_hcX_jBly2T8ag/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330215.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> There is a very good finish on the clips too!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ_lcjjGXsCtYgeRwSQY3_rtEUBuymsKFKhan2wjg8Xd3077MwNy1HjvzRaROcXpw4AoNnQ4bDXmN1CtCJjdxDRd36r3LOP70pOHWLfooO0AvG44aTBVwEF1AzqNnmWVdDEudWjCAgSSKTvd528YJwbeaMEbTVRYYE1dpvzvFEb6opl7uOsNQn5tQzNs/s1280/SRM%20Knives%20and%20Tools_P1330224.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ_lcjjGXsCtYgeRwSQY3_rtEUBuymsKFKhan2wjg8Xd3077MwNy1HjvzRaROcXpw4AoNnQ4bDXmN1CtCJjdxDRd36r3LOP70pOHWLfooO0AvG44aTBVwEF1AzqNnmWVdDEudWjCAgSSKTvd528YJwbeaMEbTVRYYE1dpvzvFEb6opl7uOsNQn5tQzNs/w640-h360/SRM%20Knives%20and%20Tools_P1330224.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There is also a lanyard attachment point (above image).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMg5HNPzdM8gpeF_97IFUiQJIgCkjA2yj8yasyuCU-xMrK2K-QXr7raDcumHe4T_Exu2rTB9zK0JjTCvYL6SsoY9co1iNqro8idrIzMmwp4sX5Jje-_ucVGI6EF3xVsCN4j2hhA0Ae0lY9Bz0956qkNTVhbWOTKK7bP9jyC7kAw5XsedU4YD_RyUQpM6M/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330201.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMg5HNPzdM8gpeF_97IFUiQJIgCkjA2yj8yasyuCU-xMrK2K-QXr7raDcumHe4T_Exu2rTB9zK0JjTCvYL6SsoY9co1iNqro8idrIzMmwp4sX5Jje-_ucVGI6EF3xVsCN4j2hhA0Ae0lY9Bz0956qkNTVhbWOTKK7bP9jyC7kAw5XsedU4YD_RyUQpM6M/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330201.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blades are deadly sharp out of the box and the models I'll be showing come in D2, however at a later release date they have some very interesting "san mai" type blades using S35VN. I saw some prototypes at the show and they looked very cool!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtVkZ9uH-FV6fWrZ4vtwC0uzq19yoHE_IzTl5dlROFw5uUUkMobmy_gLxw08mvi4qRfgmduhPXc7mdJq7Tk8L093r3HMNEEmyQ2_5S9BRDPH3nRUox034QkIBOCNBJV8501AF0cDAhKBYOenzedj_kNUUYOdR6Uh9UII-p8namsTdCq_nC8E8JTxRuZA/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330211.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1280" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtVkZ9uH-FV6fWrZ4vtwC0uzq19yoHE_IzTl5dlROFw5uUUkMobmy_gLxw08mvi4qRfgmduhPXc7mdJq7Tk8L093r3HMNEEmyQ2_5S9BRDPH3nRUox034QkIBOCNBJV8501AF0cDAhKBYOenzedj_kNUUYOdR6Uh9UII-p8namsTdCq_nC8E8JTxRuZA/w640-h350/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330211.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The blades were easy to open and close and the retention very very good. The mono-construction of the liner makes for a very sturdy folder.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blades are mounted on bearings and easy to use thumb studs for opening. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7563oVp_hg359u_nzfGkDajn8I34-f6BvjkbqjIPvxclXtC9KobwChJJyLi2Hi5xR5EwpnoBDyK2cckjq9ypNmUaIwUtItXIZEaW7G7hISGB0E7KjsLR58LVX4p5lXvBjGpXylXi1L3d7sbiFA782qIpBvf8Im3V4jZZxWuBqFd64Tqem3lGPfFAX9Q/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330206.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7563oVp_hg359u_nzfGkDajn8I34-f6BvjkbqjIPvxclXtC9KobwChJJyLi2Hi5xR5EwpnoBDyK2cckjq9ypNmUaIwUtItXIZEaW7G7hISGB0E7KjsLR58LVX4p5lXvBjGpXylXi1L3d7sbiFA782qIpBvf8Im3V4jZZxWuBqFd64Tqem3lGPfFAX9Q/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330206.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSx4VYaG775doF-oMzzZ7NRpwPDVMp5HoslI4jDGn1z7-eJRRyzjejSgUJwUr9P9n7XDMFfDhqmAUTw5icBHNT1nfuCtt9I3IpFIoMfdw3Em5uZPhcpM16ViyYhJO30ivY3eaVJSE9vsaAOuRoFrS7CE_VPU9c42UZtk3Oq5JIXVY4WxQFwQzdknKafcE/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330208.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSx4VYaG775doF-oMzzZ7NRpwPDVMp5HoslI4jDGn1z7-eJRRyzjejSgUJwUr9P9n7XDMFfDhqmAUTw5icBHNT1nfuCtt9I3IpFIoMfdw3Em5uZPhcpM16ViyYhJO30ivY3eaVJSE9vsaAOuRoFrS7CE_VPU9c42UZtk3Oq5JIXVY4WxQFwQzdknKafcE/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330208.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">An large range of colored G10 Scales are available (just 2 are shown here). A classic black and a very funky purple.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ew-IS5WDkPAdlUAlTrmdgp4mxh_LZe6CENpc1_nZlP8GqYuhI0W7ZFS9quggA6DQI_u7cwQ6tKjjEHtybFxVkEIHsrlccic4-Fh3wsZSLfobzZjBqPYiExXq3k7qjxZRd9uLWW7d5Vgln126BuJB5FXNDttHK6S9uoUYe_WCmnMv9uykvYzcziDPyHY/s1280/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330203.jpg" style="font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ew-IS5WDkPAdlUAlTrmdgp4mxh_LZe6CENpc1_nZlP8GqYuhI0W7ZFS9quggA6DQI_u7cwQ6tKjjEHtybFxVkEIHsrlccic4-Fh3wsZSLfobzZjBqPYiExXq3k7qjxZRd9uLWW7d5Vgln126BuJB5FXNDttHK6S9uoUYe_WCmnMv9uykvYzcziDPyHY/w640-h360/SRM_KnivesAndTools_P1330203.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>V</b>ery comfortable rounded spine and thumb/finger gimping on the blade.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdE6W6aTBOCKsR4QX4h2q_ULNuasjgTNDBFZubrFGf7VJ7m5w6Jsu4w4jNGoaYi9DAGk_uAZTXWyrwdXgE3DYKNptQHyLGK48WTWYCKPvM2AXrnUGosQpLrMem6n8h1Ny94evHsDRxT4CtiFrEIZzmB_p3d98BTLCd7TbTwry5_WGxWuKpKgNtTbg4bE/s1280/SRMKnives_P1330311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdE6W6aTBOCKsR4QX4h2q_ULNuasjgTNDBFZubrFGf7VJ7m5w6Jsu4w4jNGoaYi9DAGk_uAZTXWyrwdXgE3DYKNptQHyLGK48WTWYCKPvM2AXrnUGosQpLrMem6n8h1Ny94evHsDRxT4CtiFrEIZzmB_p3d98BTLCd7TbTwry5_WGxWuKpKgNtTbg4bE/w640-h360/SRMKnives_P1330311.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJGjCFpK4hYB1kAKHkorJrmrlllq6Cu6DhWs4nFpkOo3nZ2WVzf1XhIypejZ8oruzLy13WzO4MOQC9UY_ZPebE3pP4EW-oeIZXt1lmGzoQNNUF7DXeivdICYJySO5MiKF83bfNNwhQgIZPsde13yfegsY4fiC5DFFPDWgPw41kjFluIsKGWbZ9yoe-A4/s1280/SRMKnives_P1330312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJGjCFpK4hYB1kAKHkorJrmrlllq6Cu6DhWs4nFpkOo3nZ2WVzf1XhIypejZ8oruzLy13WzO4MOQC9UY_ZPebE3pP4EW-oeIZXt1lmGzoQNNUF7DXeivdICYJySO5MiKF83bfNNwhQgIZPsde13yfegsY4fiC5DFFPDWgPw41kjFluIsKGWbZ9yoe-A4/w640-h360/SRMKnives_P1330312.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Very comfortable to hold with an ergonomic design</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiVTe18TL7FNwq5H1cnLcuEaVrO3spr05EXgBzhIzSklSeWS9O3uczQpLEecGXofNSqEgEQTCVqA38cpy3CCzCetQ3e_wGqK46bldUh8BQzqBE3dYoWKITpkRKK6js7Fm6tICevKrUvTlhfkW4LBl3wjRqRrXNw6co6-wq9kHeO_XBPs5-x4MGFEfFdA/s1280/SRMKnives_P1330313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdiVTe18TL7FNwq5H1cnLcuEaVrO3spr05EXgBzhIzSklSeWS9O3uczQpLEecGXofNSqEgEQTCVqA38cpy3CCzCetQ3e_wGqK46bldUh8BQzqBE3dYoWKITpkRKK6js7Fm6tICevKrUvTlhfkW4LBl3wjRqRrXNw6co6-wq9kHeO_XBPs5-x4MGFEfFdA/w640-h360/SRMKnives_P1330313.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">If your hands are dirty there is less chance of introducing mud and debris from the back of the knife due to it's "Mono-Chassis" design.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMK7rJGp7YOnBZ9JlIV0yO9kdKt03KkorZA4c_SntScEezmRoVlrEIvwy0oRm1eQmoJ3w5vwCcGUEFR-_OnhWNwboJvOOgKqfasCe_MjTrJMwTmwo1vmhK2POVhdbdhN-rmJAep9KGd3E8954DbMe-bvyAr97demW3jAX8Um-yw-RldRrE6uW-TEe9Q4/s1280/SRMKnives_P1330315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMK7rJGp7YOnBZ9JlIV0yO9kdKt03KkorZA4c_SntScEezmRoVlrEIvwy0oRm1eQmoJ3w5vwCcGUEFR-_OnhWNwboJvOOgKqfasCe_MjTrJMwTmwo1vmhK2POVhdbdhN-rmJAep9KGd3E8954DbMe-bvyAr97demW3jAX8Um-yw-RldRrE6uW-TEe9Q4/w640-h360/SRMKnives_P1330315.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">They offer a life time warranty on the product subject to the usual terms and conditions, like you don't try to vandalise the knife or otherwise abuse it.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Warranty? Yes indeed!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Free replacement with 7 days after purchase </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can also see more about SRMKNIVES <a href="https://srmknives.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here:</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stay tuned on @BushCampingTools for upcoming reviews!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y8ja41Yhzc" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Here it is</span> <span style="color: #fcff01;">check it out!</span></a></span></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-63094381309976513522024-02-22T02:30:00.000-08:002024-02-22T02:30:40.502-08:00Getting the Most From Your Solar Powered Watch<p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #0f0f0f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Getting the Most From Your Solar Powered Watch</b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer9_burNJKfH8b6W6g9hbSY4MZyNUHqiiZdhnpsiA44Pxk4v_fT-0_IeLsYI2cD7F95Z-UGsXlqQELnD8G1z_m6DUn6mj9jIh07afZHGB3uYq6LZA-RG2-8GKO4hrS0z_U4cIyZtAEEjQoE5FcWqrA0glA0GHyGjRu495M3-4IcNicHgqyn6lgJGNcEI/s5184/P1330153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer9_burNJKfH8b6W6g9hbSY4MZyNUHqiiZdhnpsiA44Pxk4v_fT-0_IeLsYI2cD7F95Z-UGsXlqQELnD8G1z_m6DUn6mj9jIh07afZHGB3uYq6LZA-RG2-8GKO4hrS0z_U4cIyZtAEEjQoE5FcWqrA0glA0GHyGjRu495M3-4IcNicHgqyn6lgJGNcEI/w640-h360/P1330153.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />One of the main reasons why people complain about not getting longevity out of their solar powered watches is simply because it was never charged satisfactorily over the years. For example: This could mean only getting light from indoor sources in an office environment. It's probably not necessary to be blasting your solar watch day in a day out with full sunlight (albeit this will produce the fastest charging, according to at least CASIO and Citizen (and probably SEIKO as well) however, several minutes of full sun per day </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhSxa5gLJR0o-ZCDTpMumngoB05m-rRjIX9FnJrkyuBN3zaTF1fHGsS7GoE91XCMB1dxrtV2lrLHFnJMOpnHX5987K11Rrkl6nXXhdODeQVTMbBrLPRW5lnHl5tDaPQlhbQau0KgZfV3rbk-rFemrVnFIYx14VneqpPGYvLvkqpy7-pNEIRKkeIcehmk/s5184/P1290467.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhSxa5gLJR0o-ZCDTpMumngoB05m-rRjIX9FnJrkyuBN3zaTF1fHGsS7GoE91XCMB1dxrtV2lrLHFnJMOpnHX5987K11Rrkl6nXXhdODeQVTMbBrLPRW5lnHl5tDaPQlhbQau0KgZfV3rbk-rFemrVnFIYx14VneqpPGYvLvkqpy7-pNEIRKkeIcehmk/w640-h360/P1290467.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">will never go astray (dependent upon what functions are used on the watch if not solely analogue). </span></p><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Because many solar watches do not have any way for a user to determine what charge state their watch is in, for such watches it is important to follow some sort of regime, for many years of trouble free operation IMHO and experience. Of course those who own watches with some sort of indicators such as in CASIO solar watches and or such tanks of watches from Citizen with a "fuel gauge" </span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6d-JE7QbBWPeTwVaMD1T1aYG2dMXFdydXpEiJxDd50VeCZYpfBG-u23eMdDymogvGvdQLOutBdMxttQ3A7yxbZDq3iqJadFVpwW8ajbBiA4N7_7ljovQy6nGAfpWvglDuNhU6KlJTxyEQG3MnkAyfKWj146tXozujxqfLUGHCSFue5L4PFNLUXMydaX0/s5184/P1270192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6d-JE7QbBWPeTwVaMD1T1aYG2dMXFdydXpEiJxDd50VeCZYpfBG-u23eMdDymogvGvdQLOutBdMxttQ3A7yxbZDq3iqJadFVpwW8ajbBiA4N7_7ljovQy6nGAfpWvglDuNhU6KlJTxyEQG3MnkAyfKWj146tXozujxqfLUGHCSFue5L4PFNLUXMydaX0/w640-h360/P1270192.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">one can sort of have an idea of the charge state at any given moment. Although in the case of the latter, be aware these gauges are NOT liner in their representation of charge state of the lithium titanium power source.</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Remember when in doubt follow your instruction manuals advice!</span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-57586101789276746242024-02-13T13:03:00.000-08:002024-02-13T13:03:55.624-08:00Captured by mercenaries A true tale of survival coming to light after 24 years! And Why Travelling in regions of Political unrest you can definitely encounter problems beyond your control.<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">A True Tale of Survival Coming To Light After 24 years!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RgAlP8M5eP2nPajxkjj1vyOIHm05PNlh43tukCNQlhLm-8pELVlwrJrDtvlNl0AaC9OY04ZYnwQnkKCaMwCuttoGFlPuQPqnNOm5vrMeGvuYPC5Rqb5UdqskOAtI8vK22HM_dFAxylO979Xn5_Hj10B_J1ItrZMUgC60pjDWCYYtU3Dy0K_3KLjvSrw/s2048/IMG_1587.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RgAlP8M5eP2nPajxkjj1vyOIHm05PNlh43tukCNQlhLm-8pELVlwrJrDtvlNl0AaC9OY04ZYnwQnkKCaMwCuttoGFlPuQPqnNOm5vrMeGvuYPC5Rqb5UdqskOAtI8vK22HM_dFAxylO979Xn5_Hj10B_J1ItrZMUgC60pjDWCYYtU3Dy0K_3KLjvSrw/w480-h640/IMG_1587.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Ok I tell this story 24 years (almost to the date) after it happened. Why so long? Well, simply I never felt the need to tell it to anyone, all those who knew where we went knew what happened. However, I guess with so much BS on the SM these days about people going on about survival; I thought I'd share my non BS story to anyone who wants to read about it. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It doesn't involve any knives I'm afraid or stuff which is commonly thought about being about "survival" but rather a travel story and those who travel a lot will know that at some point things happen which can land you beyond your control.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It follows on from an adventure we had travelling across the Indonesian archipelago on mountain bikes. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsu2mo57VYHgVdvg-1NVZpyo4YJxoZVLOSOE3lbfqaZ04s6eqSGN82ISmlRgKjLxoGL_ZwsfrNAvkgiF9KT32kzZb0sTRDXbkF_eqnk4jbSH6OvQYdtvdy-MNyDMf4rLuVI1rEMkOnQi9otXg0z5j9JntF6kJ0hVXYbp8q-QUG7ccJe5RAS-y8XnIs-e4/s950/Komodo_Island.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="950" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsu2mo57VYHgVdvg-1NVZpyo4YJxoZVLOSOE3lbfqaZ04s6eqSGN82ISmlRgKjLxoGL_ZwsfrNAvkgiF9KT32kzZb0sTRDXbkF_eqnk4jbSH6OvQYdtvdy-MNyDMf4rLuVI1rEMkOnQi9otXg0z5j9JntF6kJ0hVXYbp8q-QUG7ccJe5RAS-y8XnIs-e4/w640-h262/Komodo_Island.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">KOMODO Island (Photo Author)</div><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;">The location is the island of Sumbawa. We were talking it easy one particular day, in that we had decided to hop on a local mini bus, throwing (actually carefully putting our bikes on the roof with our only big knife) </span></div><p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbWjH66EeCwHYHZ75LzlndrxzCz4sYvnIzAZsdI90VMMYp4Zi3h2x58ZaMvgxy1PTwodVYgPA6Fwxz4sugMfdRlg1H4v9U9qT8TRQYoTDXK9Nal9e3cIlIqfmLMyv9csoT8C8gmwFf3ctsjF8_j-JdmGMjl60oI0415ZZWFXkIwYVWdeK7MWmWx2wgjw/s4608/P1260736.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbWjH66EeCwHYHZ75LzlndrxzCz4sYvnIzAZsdI90VMMYp4Zi3h2x58ZaMvgxy1PTwodVYgPA6Fwxz4sugMfdRlg1H4v9U9qT8TRQYoTDXK9Nal9e3cIlIqfmLMyv9csoT8C8gmwFf3ctsjF8_j-JdmGMjl60oI0415ZZWFXkIwYVWdeK7MWmWx2wgjw/w640-h360/P1260736.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"> This was not our big knife LOL (but there was a similarly sized one on the roof of our bus!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">our bikes on the roof and then travelling to a ferry port with a bunch of locals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The bus was very packed and there was absolutely zero floor space. Luckily we got two seats right at the very back left hand corner (it was a right hand drive bus). I was sitting next to a window, which in this case I could open fully, and this was a blessing in that tropical heat, there was none of that western, I demand air conditioning thing happening.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I did have my SLR (yes, the days before DSLRs were common!) cradled in my lap for any rough and ready shots out of the window. We were carrying a load of film with us, Fujichrome 100 and Kodachrome 200 and 64 ASA (yeah, LOL also before ISO!).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The overall mission was to hike to one of Indonesia's highest peaks Gunung Rinjani at 3726m give or take a metre!; camp on numerous deserted or near deserted beaches; camp on a deserted island (part of that adventure is already told here on the blog-if you haven't read it I highly recommend it) and to make our way across to Komodo island anyway we could, all on mountain bikes! We did indeed do all of that! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But now I digress, let me take you back to the island of Sumbawa.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So, this was the first time we had decided not to ride and to hitch on a local minibus. Which, considering already the number of kilometres ridden in greater than 30C heat, I think we were justified in not having to "crack hardy" every day LOL!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As I mentioned the bus was really overcrowded, a bit like the Chuo- Sobu line in Tokyo during peak hour-ok, except no one is sitting on the floor there in a Japanese train!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Ok so at one point we were driving past a field of sorghum which had not yet been harvested. If you're not familiar with this crop, then let me tell you it is a grain crop that can easily attain heights over 2m. It's drought tolerant and loves the tropics and has big green leaves (now you are well versed in Agronomy!). Ok, so essentially we were driving past huge fields of this stuff, a sea of green almost.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Suddenly I saw a jeep, just like in the movies come out of nowhere within this field to my right. There was a guy hanging off the back behind what looked like a 50 cal machine gun. The sorghum was so high I couldn't clearly see the whole vehicle although strangely enough it looked like some Willy's Jeep! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">My immediate thoughts were, it was a movie taking place, and I turned towards my travelling companion to get her attention, (she was half asleep as it was that hot) and i said: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">"Hey Suzy, check this, they're making some sort of movie"! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I mean, after all, why not? The perfect place in the middle of nowhere!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The jeep was paralleling the bus, maybe 25-30m away and moving pretty much as fast as we were, despite it ploughing through this sorghum crop. I was still looking for the Panavision trucks, the catering vans and all of the other associated film crew stuff, but I couldn't see anything!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In the next instant the bus came to an abrupt halt and I stuck my head out of the window, just far enough to see that there were some burning oil drums and some other black smoking fires across the road. At that instant that jeep roared out of the sorghum and came to a stop maybe some metres away; and like the movies, people came out of nowhere armed to the teeth. I mean some even had the good old bandoliers of bullets (for a heavy machine gun) across their chests. Everyone in the vicinity I could see was fully tooled up. Side arms and rifles were the order of the day that's for sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I still thought at that point it was indeed a movie set but as reality sunk in, I realised we were in that reality set and it wasn't a movie being made, because as all of these rag tag looking military guys got closer, I saw they were indeed wearing and carrying real weapons and the ultimate crazy thing was that an old guy had appeared, now standing directly outside of my window was carrying a damn spear!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At this point I whispered to Suzy, should I get some pictures? Her common sense prevailed against my, about to get us shot stupidity, and she firmly said no way, keep the camera down. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Right then, all sorts of things were going through my mind, like we, as the only 2 foreigners on board this bus and both standing out like sore thumbs, of course, would be taken captive, maybe held hostage if we were lucky? Those thoughts rapidly racing through my mind. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> I was scanning the bush on the opposite side of the road to see if we could simply "disappear" into it but of course this was impossible due to our </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">packed like sardines situation and that the back door was completely blocked by people sitting and or standing there!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now some guy had got on the bus up front and was having a good look see around the bus. Everyone was quiet and to be honest, I don't remember anyone pointing a gun at anyone and besides that, everyone on the bus was out gunned anyway, in fact we were totally surrounded! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Looking back on this, what seemed to be an eternity was probably an event which lasted less than 30 minutes. There was nothing we could have done. There was no anger, no time to be frightened (although to this date I don't recall ever having asked my companion if she was frightened, I don't think she was) but what I do know is that her parents way back in the US of A were not happy about her going on such a trip with me and that they wanted her to return home after her (normal) tour of duty LOL! (she was a fellow scientist in our lab). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When we did get to the final stop we were quick to locate an <i>internet cafe</i> (yeah, do you remember those things???) sending emails and trying to find out what was going on in this region, which my government had assured me was safe to travel in!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok, back to our temporary captors! So after this guy got off the bus, there was a wait and everyone seemed to blend back into the field. I wasn't trying too hard to be purposefully looking at any one of them lest I catch their attention and it go bad for us, because we had, at this stage, no idea what was going on.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The bus started to move and I saw again that the barrel that was on fire had been rolled off this narrow half dirt, half bitumen road. We were slowly on the move, and as the bus negotiated past what I could now clearly see were burning chunks of wood, our fellow riflemen had all but disappeared!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So now this takes us back to that internet cafe with loads of questions flying backwards and forwards between the both of us and conversation centering around our luck not to have been hauled off the vehicle. But here you go eh? Typical of the foreigner thinking of their own self importance and why <i>we</i> <i>should be the ones</i> who would be "hauled off"!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok, so by now I guess you are wondering what had happened and it wasn't until some months later we found out the cause of our unscheduled bus stop; these were mercenaries who had been hired to 'look for gold miners' who were on their way to a large foreign acquired open cut gold mine. I believe that (if one can believe any of these stories appearing in the news print-yes news print!) that there had been one miner captured and killed. Thank god we weren't miners on our way to this mine!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Supposedly this mining concession or whatever was given to a large US company and the government really didn't own the land upon which the mine was and there were some "locals" who were a bit pissed off at this. That's the story I read in the news papers and it made sense and we just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time as they say.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So like all adventurers, the moral of the story is, and I know you know it but for the sake of my piece of mind:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Travelling in regions of Political unrest you can definitely encounter problems beyond your control. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So the title was:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">A True Tale of Survival Coming To Light After 24 Years!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So how did we "survive" this adventure? Well believe it or not, by keeping a cool head and certainly by NOT doing anything in the slightest bit stupid that could draw any unwanted attention to ourselves. As I've written in past blogs, survival, has nothing to do necessarily with guns or knives, it has all to do with keeping a cool head at all times.</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pSd_ib5IrPxcAH6Gq2cokGX2DZXszv8KkYrL1_HHObzttOr5lX6xKLgfLSI36LJ9G2wk5mKCfQf1f1IUctfVizmDOopWVwitBh-eJWmmJMNoGpAwJx3u4qO_vPlbfuwm2mpSsvwQSZmuYGuGUdZDIzyoSFtJX7aTg8__Vb3HMsnYYq85v7M9VNWd6uo/s1600/DSC00072.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pSd_ib5IrPxcAH6Gq2cokGX2DZXszv8KkYrL1_HHObzttOr5lX6xKLgfLSI36LJ9G2wk5mKCfQf1f1IUctfVizmDOopWVwitBh-eJWmmJMNoGpAwJx3u4qO_vPlbfuwm2mpSsvwQSZmuYGuGUdZDIzyoSFtJX7aTg8__Vb3HMsnYYq85v7M9VNWd6uo/s320/DSC00072.JPG" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">BCT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Read about part One <a href="https://hardcorecampingtools.blogspot.com/2021/07/a-true-tale-of-survival-with-twist.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here:</span></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-26748395530595537382023-12-14T05:48:00.000-08:002024-01-10T23:43:56.301-08:00Extrema Ratio RAOC <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>EXTREMA RATIO RAO C</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">THE EXTREMA RATIO RAO C COMES in a rigid cardboard box sporting the 25 year history new Extrema Ratio logo emblem.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BU3J1kT-7RdrAyDaZ5TX3A5IKVYoNHUQVh-f9diFDL-GxpaFRGT-o7JRyQ0s2GFRCWf5e4RbaSi3Ufptv8muYvDWr26vI5l_9BL-P8DtPG1Uk-6cWq3vieF8zvgfWewE_AoqiL5TCkktU7Shyphenhyphen6CjZ04PItFThnX_fR5dO_Liyk19uwfCapdvP4M5XhA/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BU3J1kT-7RdrAyDaZ5TX3A5IKVYoNHUQVh-f9diFDL-GxpaFRGT-o7JRyQ0s2GFRCWf5e4RbaSi3Ufptv8muYvDWr26vI5l_9BL-P8DtPG1Uk-6cWq3vieF8zvgfWewE_AoqiL5TCkktU7Shyphenhyphen6CjZ04PItFThnX_fR5dO_Liyk19uwfCapdvP4M5XhA/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320160.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-size: large;">imple presentation boxes are what come from Extrema Ratio but even the box, despite it being simple is well made and tough- and Italian Stylish!. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heck, I use my old boxes to transport my stuff in suitcases all over the world! Shame on me!</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6FkISVqOVJ7OgEPl0QyMaSjjF-Erze6Ze8GKjuUKOk324Szq3Kp8Q9mtUHQwLT0n574GvybWPk964fI6dF9QdSTLfI0ZtwyqMPXX7ObZwE5YmX3fDveYPBBN5PO2zZWLz9ZJD2fiGI3sg3OsfXMJIlyev8YYeE5PTihBkr64F1KgZRHcsdgTjw4FIC0/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320165.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6FkISVqOVJ7OgEPl0QyMaSjjF-Erze6Ze8GKjuUKOk324Szq3Kp8Q9mtUHQwLT0n574GvybWPk964fI6dF9QdSTLfI0ZtwyqMPXX7ObZwE5YmX3fDveYPBBN5PO2zZWLz9ZJD2fiGI3sg3OsfXMJIlyev8YYeE5PTihBkr64F1KgZRHcsdgTjw4FIC0/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320165.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Extrema Ratio RAO C comes in 2 variations. All black (but of course!) and this one shown above (Tactical Grey). I liked the sound of "Tactical Grey" and it certainly looks the part, so that's why I got this model.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There are "greys" and "greys"- seriously, there are many shades of grey (memory serves me correctly we can see about 256 scales of grey)!; and the one they have chosen for the hard anodising is very nice. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQgPfKPLWbxtgCnuzowLAVNWDPavjwK4M5PG3hZIU3-XZZqOfqHYb3oPRdeBI6uuxwe3l3p-yFWntpSZc89Aem-UAuzh1Iz7FaLH48WVG0EdJtCLK5NCiAtEQ9RMHZ3KcG_gscDO4c6J3_2JzEiwVj8drOn0rrjHo4Pdm9UlaJaPBnyxSd9r3L63mTRg/s5184/ExtremaRatio%20RAOC_P1320201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQgPfKPLWbxtgCnuzowLAVNWDPavjwK4M5PG3hZIU3-XZZqOfqHYb3oPRdeBI6uuxwe3l3p-yFWntpSZc89Aem-UAuzh1Iz7FaLH48WVG0EdJtCLK5NCiAtEQ9RMHZ3KcG_gscDO4c6J3_2JzEiwVj8drOn0rrjHo4Pdm9UlaJaPBnyxSd9r3L63mTRg/w640-h360/ExtremaRatio%20RAOC_P1320201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Because some greys can look "old fashioned and boring"! Nothing old fashioned or boring here, let me tell you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: left;">The Construction</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlxUOmrU9CetQG4g_XQ0vX2DcQNZgw-qYzuCaWzeUL2Uw21CoWwwzsD88p3XmsvyzPyHIb7-ItopZyPbp_7INoZ37v50AO6kA1bm6jypOkk6QLKEd3BH47nxvjQFsmMqpPnNueaxUKBvL3kffncyplhQ9I-n4NbRBXUjTduGZi9cBHGOgxmR0XjTwQ6Y/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320166.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBlxUOmrU9CetQG4g_XQ0vX2DcQNZgw-qYzuCaWzeUL2Uw21CoWwwzsD88p3XmsvyzPyHIb7-ItopZyPbp_7INoZ37v50AO6kA1bm6jypOkk6QLKEd3BH47nxvjQFsmMqpPnNueaxUKBvL3kffncyplhQ9I-n4NbRBXUjTduGZi9cBHGOgxmR0XjTwQ6Y/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320166.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span><span style="font-size: large;">ell, IMHO the best folders have a fully enclosed back. Why is is good? The more material in contact with the two scales or liners makes for a more rigid folder and hence stronger. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't matter what that material is (G10, carbon etc.) and some manufacturer's use G10 or similar. Extrema Ratio use steel, in this case N690. The liners are made from 420HC.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-AFfPptXTzx_p3vsxvi9vVXbr5kn9oVRqMwtEx4MaOBbdWTv97kL1xwMfk8Fyf9g2IfZuVlNqwgTf0r6l5cWzQsQqih02mabWCyVOsE5GdQsbmPqdhyphenhyphen25ygpNYA5hYX6d2Sn8X_fFTohyphenhyphenmP2RvVT1eho-fYkI962nCoGz7iJ-liyLXcos05uFPGXzAw/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320167.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-AFfPptXTzx_p3vsxvi9vVXbr5kn9oVRqMwtEx4MaOBbdWTv97kL1xwMfk8Fyf9g2IfZuVlNqwgTf0r6l5cWzQsQqih02mabWCyVOsE5GdQsbmPqdhyphenhyphen25ygpNYA5hYX6d2Sn8X_fFTohyphenhyphenmP2RvVT1eho-fYkI962nCoGz7iJ-liyLXcos05uFPGXzAw/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320167.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he aluminium scales are milled from 6082 grade Aluminium and as mentioned hard anodized for extra corrosion and scratch proof durability. (getting a knife scratched has never worried me as I'm not really a collector of knives but a user, however as a collector, one might also be very interested in having their collectors items as resistant to scratching as can be).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The milling pattern looks very funky however, providing very good grip in what is otherwise a straight sided handle. Whilst it may look like the milling goes all the way through the scales, it doesn't.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrQU_VV8Hz-JnttmA9uNxbQgxh2LXUX8ZyHhEDpaSGFZSpMaObADihARbuXIaekDdxx0xKEKWbntJ1dj_z6wA5KnU7GVzms5Fflbx0j42e-ghsXIPsXQ-8sQ7F881HMAcWxzbo9aa_wnuLwBIbkq0BBAxkzJ2zRjKgCunkzlvIMnj4KBCl05W2iCqjI4/s5184/ExtremaRatio%20RAOC_P1320200.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrQU_VV8Hz-JnttmA9uNxbQgxh2LXUX8ZyHhEDpaSGFZSpMaObADihARbuXIaekDdxx0xKEKWbntJ1dj_z6wA5KnU7GVzms5Fflbx0j42e-ghsXIPsXQ-8sQ7F881HMAcWxzbo9aa_wnuLwBIbkq0BBAxkzJ2zRjKgCunkzlvIMnj4KBCl05W2iCqjI4/w640-h360/ExtremaRatio%20RAOC_P1320200.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The closed length of the Extrema Ratio RAO C is 130mm (basically 5") as measured from the arc of the blade to the glass breaker/persuader at the butt end. The maximum closed width is approx 50mm (2"). This IS a pocket friendly EDC folding knife unlike it's bigger brother/cousin/sister etc etc. whatever! (see below).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuJshygdcuQ8laqbxraXcKCiVUhp4sg2fWbDW0sMCokIXdehXVsG23j5CRyrCEvW-GAyFo2TLdCVrOXnUpYBkomc6iTYG4B_n-o_K8WAChk5OmpSvXeUOAsncXvpDw0phNRZIGLqvz8eY63fgK6J8u9biXCq724AFV5H48XmeF6Xfv8ACTxR-oFRD4dQ/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuJshygdcuQ8laqbxraXcKCiVUhp4sg2fWbDW0sMCokIXdehXVsG23j5CRyrCEvW-GAyFo2TLdCVrOXnUpYBkomc6iTYG4B_n-o_K8WAChk5OmpSvXeUOAsncXvpDw0phNRZIGLqvz8eY63fgK6J8u9biXCq724AFV5H48XmeF6Xfv8ACTxR-oFRD4dQ/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320169.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">een side by side one soon realises the RAO Expeditions is a ginormous folding knife! Well I guess you can not have some little itty bitty knife named "Expeditions" can you ?</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiao7onuUs4GEvsKfPk_BZ9CFkEVmrDnldqopDciWBYu1i4ZXxPHr8U17m9QY56Mpeqr6gf5VwQ2SZnGYfyFiq8cJVPQwVyFkLgem7nqUyNebQHJwfEWpR2YbsjNM834ZAUGEBYMVkL55-VSny1iPJsH3SEB2O-0KNa5nh3JnVFyqBuE6OT_Jz1me1dQ4/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320170.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiao7onuUs4GEvsKfPk_BZ9CFkEVmrDnldqopDciWBYu1i4ZXxPHr8U17m9QY56Mpeqr6gf5VwQ2SZnGYfyFiq8cJVPQwVyFkLgem7nqUyNebQHJwfEWpR2YbsjNM834ZAUGEBYMVkL55-VSny1iPJsH3SEB2O-0KNa5nh3JnVFyqBuE6OT_Jz1me1dQ4/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320170.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="font-size: large;">ere in this above image one can get a glimpse of the width profile and one can easily see that the widths of the 2 knives are not that dissimilar. THE RAO II Expeditions being about 16mm wide and the RAO C approximately 15mm wide. Unlike the RAO II Expeditions (and the other RAO's), the RAO C sports some 420HC liners and this construction probably accounts for the similar width profile.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2K4m_KU3soOS92Xhuirdgj3hQ_d3415tOdL7Poxabf1u-agL_C0ne_ZphUmurV2S102nCTQV5DxZQgPP1Ei868HWuICl1LSRE_VUWEDmxLg8pK_w1YyP2zVmCQ2LSH8kukqy7MoQ1cyhLortKRLOembF-EOBWsSwElZbIDDLG10tsKIOBR7X9qRlJfTc/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320171.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2K4m_KU3soOS92Xhuirdgj3hQ_d3415tOdL7Poxabf1u-agL_C0ne_ZphUmurV2S102nCTQV5DxZQgPP1Ei868HWuICl1LSRE_VUWEDmxLg8pK_w1YyP2zVmCQ2LSH8kukqy7MoQ1cyhLortKRLOembF-EOBWsSwElZbIDDLG10tsKIOBR7X9qRlJfTc/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320171.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">N</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ow it's really easy to see the ginormous size of the RAO II (the Expeditions model shown here) as compared to the new Extrema Ratio RAO C.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Now for a quick bit of "Eye Candy"</b></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i6F-yf6fn4eWirZq2GqNLJC0WXcxTya0ViQXicj-tJDUsJjqb20ayFTXMc1WRJ34i_q-qGqIAFRA1En9jpgvQm-zety1s2Nkhi4I_zLSsrL86_V7-ranPmd8wGN9BtJ-S1UTSHL96Wuh5Y3W9MOpvMNO7wnhbNMaSS68qFEGRGZkvpOYF4HP1C6wkbQ/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320174.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i6F-yf6fn4eWirZq2GqNLJC0WXcxTya0ViQXicj-tJDUsJjqb20ayFTXMc1WRJ34i_q-qGqIAFRA1En9jpgvQm-zety1s2Nkhi4I_zLSsrL86_V7-ranPmd8wGN9BtJ-S1UTSHL96Wuh5Y3W9MOpvMNO7wnhbNMaSS68qFEGRGZkvpOYF4HP1C6wkbQ/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320174.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxqYflgyl2ttSmDli2YDUuq6IjDwyxhqBIi1Yup-bEM0vDEbZMMFb1AjVq-D13K6c1wxu3DpvpfjQzAvcrP_0k54fEdlPQRKiUkQuMygF9HjI6kjn4ayIqAzHHfWjzn_ugwx6PVcJA7LTy-k9toIaP5wIEZ1hyphenhyphenHAeCrYaiHF-1n1_xwSB_ULU1F1rNks/s5184/ExtremaRatio%20RAOC_P1320199.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxqYflgyl2ttSmDli2YDUuq6IjDwyxhqBIi1Yup-bEM0vDEbZMMFb1AjVq-D13K6c1wxu3DpvpfjQzAvcrP_0k54fEdlPQRKiUkQuMygF9HjI6kjn4ayIqAzHHfWjzn_ugwx6PVcJA7LTy-k9toIaP5wIEZ1hyphenhyphenHAeCrYaiHF-1n1_xwSB_ULU1F1rNks/w640-h360/ExtremaRatio%20RAOC_P1320199.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b>Not So Obvious (<span style="color: #fcff01;">but a really great design improvement and a big PRO IMHO</span>) let's talk about Functionality.</b></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Notice the angled lock release bar? (</b><span style="font-size: xx-large;">see image below</span><b style="font-size: xx-large;">) </b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">t's at an angle instead of the vertical orientation of the locking bar in the RAO models. Well guess what? This makes for a much more ergonomic release of the locking mechanism because your forefinger and thumb will want to naturally pull this part towards you unlike the movement of the lock bar in the RAO II (and other RAO's) whereby the movement in directed upwards, which is not as easy IMHO. By "pulling" the locking bar towards you, you can easily keep your entire hand gripping the RAO C spine/knife body. The RAO II and other RAO models are more likely intended, once open, they are staying open, hence the capability of easily carrying these much larger folders in a sheath like a regular fixed bladed knife via the screw in safety pin.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OkaMbm4Q4SUFG6R3ieOrOlCcyTTZjZJYN3npFUgILX87po3sonzjBjldlYO3FgHplV4SPkcX3IBtOqk1U3HswSb2UBm7Gj2EPqqCZVDmZwwQQd5K4Knm4v178Tw87I8emYbX33nVr8tsqYXZUwULuVkhehoKO2xc78Ee2ur3GZo2Bscg5PrTSBTU5Oc/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320175.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_OkaMbm4Q4SUFG6R3ieOrOlCcyTTZjZJYN3npFUgILX87po3sonzjBjldlYO3FgHplV4SPkcX3IBtOqk1U3HswSb2UBm7Gj2EPqqCZVDmZwwQQd5K4Knm4v178Tw87I8emYbX33nVr8tsqYXZUwULuVkhehoKO2xc78Ee2ur3GZo2Bscg5PrTSBTU5Oc/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320175.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mb5QTsWx0zhNK9z1K_69RX2IZZ7vYwUHSV_k5aA5uny0txY4yF3NJZiTzqT3T5GLmQSjsIwK3u7W7KFzgLQSbQy6lApIH7lgZanK8qL0gOycgwm41RCidzo6SX2ZPgDkmrrfjxOpDlEaKPt5FRn0HfmafhFip5Jrxbt0QyRF0_aNZeEclZY_g0Z9FNI/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320176.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-mb5QTsWx0zhNK9z1K_69RX2IZZ7vYwUHSV_k5aA5uny0txY4yF3NJZiTzqT3T5GLmQSjsIwK3u7W7KFzgLQSbQy6lApIH7lgZanK8qL0gOycgwm41RCidzo6SX2ZPgDkmrrfjxOpDlEaKPt5FRn0HfmafhFip5Jrxbt0QyRF0_aNZeEclZY_g0Z9FNI/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320176.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>How Does This Lock Work?</b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdWOmzYvJkuev9WLboda6b8d4vomlum3bm75KHblIFVmAkgp8zYYHoSlqWxj0Lc1JuROOWUHkrXVyyUTJpj-M1khEF6Dqa_gKQL3YFHJdOknH5aVm_hETSoNka0_SkLvNQQzJLeUQxiRVMZ_R5nd3_BRgHnmXeGvwxx5Z_zUxEKlyvf6Iot6YvFrDIlw/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320181.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdWOmzYvJkuev9WLboda6b8d4vomlum3bm75KHblIFVmAkgp8zYYHoSlqWxj0Lc1JuROOWUHkrXVyyUTJpj-M1khEF6Dqa_gKQL3YFHJdOknH5aVm_hETSoNka0_SkLvNQQzJLeUQxiRVMZ_R5nd3_BRgHnmXeGvwxx5Z_zUxEKlyvf6Iot6YvFrDIlw/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320181.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A very nice beefy spring is used as part of the locking mechanism!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2xzpJFa49XVwLeaO1R8KXVRiKky-vFWyMuvIh46IoX83eAHtuG4aXJw18t7Xq04huZQVK5arwDkC7JeWHJZd8ZAh-4DNmnWJq4mNDYF8801yOXWl1J78cRChpk63FcN8lr55MJAW6ridBUh36mNLqgyjueNL6ilZ0TDQ5S2ngLjNaSFjU8PpmO38500/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320182.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2xzpJFa49XVwLeaO1R8KXVRiKky-vFWyMuvIh46IoX83eAHtuG4aXJw18t7Xq04huZQVK5arwDkC7JeWHJZd8ZAh-4DNmnWJq4mNDYF8801yOXWl1J78cRChpk63FcN8lr55MJAW6ridBUh36mNLqgyjueNL6ilZ0TDQ5S2ngLjNaSFjU8PpmO38500/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320182.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>As the tang, </b> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">rotates into the open position, the rear curved section causes the compression of of the locking bar spring. Continued rotation to the fully open position causes the compressed lock bar to slip into the tang notch. The tang notch of the Extrema Ratio RAO C is set at an angle unlike the near vertical notch as seen in the RAO and RAO II models. Once the notch is presented to the lock bar, the bar will simply move into the notch under the energy of the compressed locking spring. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The ingenious method the this locking mechanism (and similar to the RAO II and other RAO models) is that any force attributed to the closure of the blade, will be totally resisted by the locking bar. In the case of the Extrema Ratio RAO C, that locking bar is set within both thick (2.14mm) 420 liners and of course the 6082 Al scales for added strength.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24hIMzL7hghMmpkWOhFiMlV-Y7kOqErpvol7eTD62_pM8677IubJUUkhRmzADqtM3x1WQslLFbpzhj4ZUskQQGhXkSyZtZllJHL-lx58Ed69UT_7w-3BkkDwfbIm5DrK6pLhkPKQ4RNWEr0hODfszCxcS9JoJ8_eYayTa85mFHl3cjQQoj4v8ySuqVwg/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320191%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24hIMzL7hghMmpkWOhFiMlV-Y7kOqErpvol7eTD62_pM8677IubJUUkhRmzADqtM3x1WQslLFbpzhj4ZUskQQGhXkSyZtZllJHL-lx58Ed69UT_7w-3BkkDwfbIm5DrK6pLhkPKQ4RNWEr0hODfszCxcS9JoJ8_eYayTa85mFHl3cjQQoj4v8ySuqVwg/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320191%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmhgDRnTvsKYZK7ghmx0lECv2X7XVPk1rqy4iLw186ALyuG7Ru6yhg13bHA7T4ruMKcpgusEFsRf_7QJ-Fbo14DcK006f9GkCGwl3DWJrAw9GMQvvQe3e1t2dJZG2y2m7jATWzv8IrLhCjIWNib2YsQhw6tRsbcCli4SaIt4fgoIADJfBUS1W-yY_344/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320190%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCmhgDRnTvsKYZK7ghmx0lECv2X7XVPk1rqy4iLw186ALyuG7Ru6yhg13bHA7T4ruMKcpgusEFsRf_7QJ-Fbo14DcK006f9GkCGwl3DWJrAw9GMQvvQe3e1t2dJZG2y2m7jATWzv8IrLhCjIWNib2YsQhw6tRsbcCli4SaIt4fgoIADJfBUS1W-yY_344/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320190%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">N</span><span style="font-size: large;">ow a sharp blow to the mechanism, as in a downward thrust of the knife to an immovable object in the RAO II and or other RAO models can cause the compression of the locking bar spring via the momentum of the actual bar causing the compression of the spring as the bar will tend to move in a vertical direction and that vertical direction can only be "up". Under some circumstances, this could cause the lock to be momentarily disengaged (only if it clears the deep notch). </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hence on those models mentioned above, it is highly recommended to use the supplied locking safety pin in order to totally negate this effect and render the knife essentially as a "fixed blade. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now for the RAO C, the same movement the lock bar is not running in a vertical slot but an angled slot and thus will resist a movement in a vertical motion and hence not compress the locking bar spring. To further aid in safety, the Extrema Ratio RAO C sports a built in safety lock and when this is slid forwards, 2 steel plates** ( 2mm of 420 steel) slide above the locking bar, (one on either side of the bar) so any motion which might be felt by the locking bar (if subjected to severed forces) will be prevented from moving and hence the knife will stay locked open and can not close until the safety is disengaged and the locking bar withdrawn.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Conversely, the the RAO C can be locked closed by actuating the safety lock with the blade within the housing.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">** R</b><span style="font-size: medium;">emember there is no direct force upon these plates, they are merely there to negate any effects of severe vibration because the forces are applied to the locking bar itself and the notch of the tang.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Obvious Functionality</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LC-t5BPJLoNTjw-EQ929SCiGzt7e_ViEGIdxriSCuHNts7bONkGxLE_ksYxnzmzVYthn7s6QHtsq-KVX-cfBbTzN832Dc2OzUtsdaoHFwzmKQERUkjE61MgaNnD_eZvx1wPkrJf-IELn6kzrgygiVSeJLnyhidjFXb_704XFt0ln4aGY7RlHp0LnFWo/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320177.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LC-t5BPJLoNTjw-EQ929SCiGzt7e_ViEGIdxriSCuHNts7bONkGxLE_ksYxnzmzVYthn7s6QHtsq-KVX-cfBbTzN832Dc2OzUtsdaoHFwzmKQERUkjE61MgaNnD_eZvx1wPkrJf-IELn6kzrgygiVSeJLnyhidjFXb_704XFt0ln4aGY7RlHp0LnFWo/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320177.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Lanyard hole and "persuader" butt end. Nothing more to say about this other than one could possibly use this heavy set end to bust up some glass windows etc. You can also see in this above image that the RAO C can be equipped for either lefthand pock carry or right handed pocket carry (see drilled and tapped scales). The bolts are either TORX or Allen key/hex/socket heads. There is no (fine) adjustment on the main pivot bolt unlike seen in all of the RAO models. The rear Torx is a T8x60, as similar to the RAO II. All other Torx are smaller. BTW, I'm not going to list the other bolt sizes as pulling apart your new folder would surely negate any warranty offered by ER. </span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-0YDemtHajLy04EHSSLCJGkklgcEN0uDvniXXx101L7lTI0hYg2_65fPu0ejturvZ6AX-d48a3kAV7baChpTzw5YXckJZ4w1yoN6vIwShsGX5m8ZE-eD41xzhg2ZsOOGQLyiB0uSy7JffpiOJWB06-be7QL5T-fRUfz6dLChTXiANDN4yk66XPY03Bg/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320178.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-0YDemtHajLy04EHSSLCJGkklgcEN0uDvniXXx101L7lTI0hYg2_65fPu0ejturvZ6AX-d48a3kAV7baChpTzw5YXckJZ4w1yoN6vIwShsGX5m8ZE-eD41xzhg2ZsOOGQLyiB0uSy7JffpiOJWB06-be7QL5T-fRUfz6dLChTXiANDN4yk66XPY03Bg/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320178.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjen9t0RUoFtnU2HMSCeH3Cgnnp2YZRAXKmo0iSWrB6i8xNSA8PIIOWY9MxgbPs3bs9M4Ae9uoCtVZwmtDg54cUKx7LySUkJQYfxMLi0u-YzxlOqPmPIJAnXCoTN3qnkq0VYodJk8fjdRomEO-19Bizq-c9X8dmZ3W9uvE0PnvAg6fIq9P258NH5HZf-q8/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320179.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjen9t0RUoFtnU2HMSCeH3Cgnnp2YZRAXKmo0iSWrB6i8xNSA8PIIOWY9MxgbPs3bs9M4Ae9uoCtVZwmtDg54cUKx7LySUkJQYfxMLi0u-YzxlOqPmPIJAnXCoTN3qnkq0VYodJk8fjdRomEO-19Bizq-c9X8dmZ3W9uvE0PnvAg6fIq9P258NH5HZf-q8/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320179.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Excellent spine thumb gimping like as in the "older brother"</span> <span style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202124; font-family: inherit; font-size: 28px;">兄</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX3I6WnOhQ3UZXi9II4UcZaOma9yZIC89eYH3sOEap6_jbrEy0z1VAl0piVHlS61xI5U7oXea8zDeXUOEyDysPIPBPBj-ES2yrZRS2vbth3Mh6iHsElTlx_1lI1seAN8SmxYiPY5z4t4WvrdBUhBvYg8LOvEI1WYHBxgd6-n4ELXnRgZMPlZ3KWAX3kA/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBX3I6WnOhQ3UZXi9II4UcZaOma9yZIC89eYH3sOEap6_jbrEy0z1VAl0piVHlS61xI5U7oXea8zDeXUOEyDysPIPBPBj-ES2yrZRS2vbth3Mh6iHsElTlx_1lI1seAN8SmxYiPY5z4t4WvrdBUhBvYg8LOvEI1WYHBxgd6-n4ELXnRgZMPlZ3KWAX3kA/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320180.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The design like in the RAO II and others in this "family" allow for easy maintenance of contact surfaces with lubrication. (I personally use Mountain Bike lubricants (ones designed NOT to attract dirt and mud) or silicone gun lubricants for all of my folding knives).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4UBb3XNOdZRIoaPoQLShCgHlwJ4gO-s-qN3WYET8gNOxxuw61boIxD5GctVV5zqYt2nxE-ek3RQaaGmmx2Tb2HcIZrc292eXSpd_YT_6dcHM18v_vu00iAGaLnNqQE17AMlQIAWlfUKtjGKKrWZL3ctg4fKUAOguJWHu429WvgbzNALbzQkXx-Op2fU/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320183.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4UBb3XNOdZRIoaPoQLShCgHlwJ4gO-s-qN3WYET8gNOxxuw61boIxD5GctVV5zqYt2nxE-ek3RQaaGmmx2Tb2HcIZrc292eXSpd_YT_6dcHM18v_vu00iAGaLnNqQE17AMlQIAWlfUKtjGKKrWZL3ctg4fKUAOguJWHu429WvgbzNALbzQkXx-Op2fU/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320183.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A very manageable sized knife</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYptgIZuOhRCO5cDyltZg1lXBwQKrMxeWj6SC3jL-cBGqKELgmxDXKdYNkgTDC3rsUqr6iEBDpTpPfoefRZlzxR7rBe6hbas25xOrhhOUHL9bXmwQBjktzTgdzKjO2Wfbr1bqTB8-kdEtMzDfyCB8I_igkshbmUuSXXfsZ2WPbCg4SBD5_aBKPVE4GZU/s1280/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320192.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYptgIZuOhRCO5cDyltZg1lXBwQKrMxeWj6SC3jL-cBGqKELgmxDXKdYNkgTDC3rsUqr6iEBDpTpPfoefRZlzxR7rBe6hbas25xOrhhOUHL9bXmwQBjktzTgdzKjO2Wfbr1bqTB8-kdEtMzDfyCB8I_igkshbmUuSXXfsZ2WPbCg4SBD5_aBKPVE4GZU/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOC_P1320192.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> Ok so quick summary (prior to my field review- coming soon!) @BushCampingTools</span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Pros:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Great size for a "large folder"*** as apposed to a "ginormous folder"</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Pocket carry/EDC friendly! (see caveat below).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Can be locked closed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Very ergonomic lock release to actuate with forefinger and thumb.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Grippy scales, wet or dry.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Deep carry- either right or left handed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Secure safety lock and easy to actuate.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">*** Ok so what's a small folder? Like a 2 bladed SAK.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Cons:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">L</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ike ALL folders, (you can't treat with total disdain in regards to mud, dirt and sand), they are NOT maintenance free due to their many moving parts!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he scales in certain areas could have been "smoother" (underside closest to the knife tang) as in the RAO II and RAO II Expeditions, although I can see why ER did not do this as it would not allow them to make both scales and liners flush with one another. It's not a big deal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The </span><span style="font-size: large;">o</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">riginal (as seen in the USA at IWA 2023 pocket clip was in Ti but to be honest, I like this steel design better and Ti doesn't necessarily make for a better clip, nor does it really cut down on carry weight in a significant way. however,.........</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">the "deep carry" clip could be better designed because even wearing this knife on my "tactical" (and knife carry reinforced) Helikon Tex pants, </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMl0YiBIPXJ-DdsTqZV6lxE8fsq10n0L15SD0Wgxspz0lV5A0hThJS3SwMIRxaTM0iKN7I99R8lGAUYTbdz0klD6QVbur2LS59lu_OTgqrfMvweHjU7l8FUMLVDUwpLxEL2s0KlahOLWtIr0QA0yHxAGwWWZKjUPowYg9uyUlu4qb-D62HnPYpWnWG11w/s2272/Extrema%20Ratio%20RAOC_P1320195%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMl0YiBIPXJ-DdsTqZV6lxE8fsq10n0L15SD0Wgxspz0lV5A0hThJS3SwMIRxaTM0iKN7I99R8lGAUYTbdz0klD6QVbur2LS59lu_OTgqrfMvweHjU7l8FUMLVDUwpLxEL2s0KlahOLWtIr0QA0yHxAGwWWZKjUPowYg9uyUlu4qb-D62HnPYpWnWG11w/w360-h640/Extrema%20Ratio%20RAOC_P1320195%20copy.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">the bolts securing the clip (almost) prevent the pants material to slide all the way to the end of the clip. This would not be a problem if the knife was worn on regular jeans or any pants where the material is NOT reinforced and hence thicker.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The original model as shown at IWA 2023 had a pivot mechanism like the RAO II and was fully adjustable, unlike this current production model of the RAO C. Maybe this was cost cutting? (but not quality cutting). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It doesn't bother me really, as only more screws and bolts to loose LOL!; and these design changes are to be expected when it comes to the production models.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>More EYE CANDY!</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fHXuKFRg6b3EGaZ7JZQbN_rD_vbXC0df2vQNFKBaAzhLCduGyAAITKTorJz31UPU3wzEDtjgZPjIPyVhvfhYT7FkXbbxEcpeuqC9DQa_LB7mkzna9wudmYwQo8rtyrQBLh43d1uxcyzViIuKh6nrgNsab1KTIpoAtvK3oYKgyC1cA8yx3gpBFhbUOc0/s1280/Extrema%20Ratio%20RAO%20C_P1320193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fHXuKFRg6b3EGaZ7JZQbN_rD_vbXC0df2vQNFKBaAzhLCduGyAAITKTorJz31UPU3wzEDtjgZPjIPyVhvfhYT7FkXbbxEcpeuqC9DQa_LB7mkzna9wudmYwQo8rtyrQBLh43d1uxcyzViIuKh6nrgNsab1KTIpoAtvK3oYKgyC1cA8yx3gpBFhbUOc0/w640-h360/Extrema%20Ratio%20RAO%20C_P1320193.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8x7_YSRuU3jo97CpL8q5CFhv8lNjyH_H_997saCCV-c4jkle6xqdsH8ljYq7XGyioTIRchQ08bOWuF900BEkg-Zw9wA_MJ7S-rL1HWsOK6d1bkMYHR6IWk49LUClZMkwCCw9HH7lPpfBF3yniX9WXwLRLhgyq9_86V2q2XuMW053Qj0gLl7YHZomkkw/s1280/Extrema%20Ratio%20RAO%20C_P1320194.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF8x7_YSRuU3jo97CpL8q5CFhv8lNjyH_H_997saCCV-c4jkle6xqdsH8ljYq7XGyioTIRchQ08bOWuF900BEkg-Zw9wA_MJ7S-rL1HWsOK6d1bkMYHR6IWk49LUClZMkwCCw9HH7lPpfBF3yniX9WXwLRLhgyq9_86V2q2XuMW053Qj0gLl7YHZomkkw/w640-h360/Extrema%20Ratio%20RAO%20C_P1320194.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">O</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">k so stick around for the real test in my upcoming field review where a lot more will be seen and revealed @BushCampingTools</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">BCT</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-32917204739375393692023-11-23T00:43:00.000-08:002023-11-23T00:43:37.215-08:00Dulotec Diamond Plate Sharpener 1200-600 Grit DIAMOND SHARPENER DULOTEC WITH LEATHER CASE - 600/1200<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5a9k6cGHd1lAJoQQxvhG9pzo6m5pu7kt6xqNyh86Quwpli7pGNlh5hoxajZV0qbYYVYw6bFfkQ8iPIZBkH7VwnQTppWHCEu0sOOMMAhUnU3aOhN0udJB9ftrAkXbOKsOIfRKhqxsUno6Ex31qYf19xvsWj5koZYexG4dkhMRMTMLkET9cbxpcMwbvQw/s5184/DulotecDiamondPlateSharpener_P1320073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5a9k6cGHd1lAJoQQxvhG9pzo6m5pu7kt6xqNyh86Quwpli7pGNlh5hoxajZV0qbYYVYw6bFfkQ8iPIZBkH7VwnQTppWHCEu0sOOMMAhUnU3aOhN0udJB9ftrAkXbOKsOIfRKhqxsUno6Ex31qYf19xvsWj5koZYexG4dkhMRMTMLkET9cbxpcMwbvQw/w640-h360/DulotecDiamondPlateSharpener_P1320073.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Ok here's the thing. A "little bird" (as they say) told me that the same company that is making these plates is also making the Lansky ones! Yeah, well this is no surprise, is it?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However, these ones (as shown above and below) can be found on the following website</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="http://Sorbe.bg">Sorbe.bg</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A Bulgaria company (Dulotec) who's CEO is a designer of outdoor products from flashlights to hunting knives. the only thing I will say is that the pouch is NOT leather but some sort of vinyl. They are trying to get it made out of leather so one can also use it is a strop!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhJqbGOGWNgbGFahSNfqN-4rgKdd0lZf7ZXFADgZSVjC9_pVx9O1Ol9sM3bZKOgkHp-M5j783_MzdQHJQZuqYj86wWFVUiYEQ7mcqqDjRUw8djQkcKSijo58n1aFaqaUSUb85r2mblqYXWIJU2uch1id2T15oDpZ-EK9WH3Lh-WGf033P15s8iXxTjhM/s5184/DulotecDiamondPlatesharpener_P1320074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhJqbGOGWNgbGFahSNfqN-4rgKdd0lZf7ZXFADgZSVjC9_pVx9O1Ol9sM3bZKOgkHp-M5j783_MzdQHJQZuqYj86wWFVUiYEQ7mcqqDjRUw8djQkcKSijo58n1aFaqaUSUb85r2mblqYXWIJU2uch1id2T15oDpZ-EK9WH3Lh-WGf033P15s8iXxTjhM/w640-h360/DulotecDiamondPlatesharpener_P1320074.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I can't fault it, despite it being about half the thickness again of a similar dimensioned DMT, the weight difference is negligible.</span></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XUKYodTEcfuQYF2RMf_P4iYoHEZsspuPvTh4EA5a8agREAuqoJeLoHGmfMX-vGYu0lzGQVL2SIKM8TzzbgTFFwJWyu8iAg2RfFfOGCQMLw2TSJ1y-dJPT3YyZnjyFaRnMs3LRzv4ePfnL-7mq0M5tPUujkMtLXMo5JMvI5vq4Vk4hcn3dVf9FKf62x8/s5184/DulotecdiamondPlateSharpener_P1320075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XUKYodTEcfuQYF2RMf_P4iYoHEZsspuPvTh4EA5a8agREAuqoJeLoHGmfMX-vGYu0lzGQVL2SIKM8TzzbgTFFwJWyu8iAg2RfFfOGCQMLw2TSJ1y-dJPT3YyZnjyFaRnMs3LRzv4ePfnL-7mq0M5tPUujkMtLXMo5JMvI5vq4Vk4hcn3dVf9FKf62x8/w640-h360/DulotecdiamondPlateSharpener_P1320075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A note about Dulotec products, I certainly can not fault the stuff I have reviewed. For example, their Solar charging panels are constructed in a more sensible fashion than say some Goal Zero ones, and I have zero doubts that the panels come from exactly the same factory in China as the Goal Zero ones!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Some of his hunting knives are manufactured by Manly in Bulgaria from quality USA alloys along with European quality knife steel alloys, along with his Flashlights being made by companies such as Convoy etc. In regards to the above 1200/600 grit credit card diamond sharpening plate, the test with all of these things is how well have the diamonds been incorporated on the steel. This can only be ascertained by actually using such a device and not possible with the naked eye to determine the integrity of the process, ie sintering, or the homogeneity of the actual size of the diamonds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So did it work well for the above FKMD knife which actually has a high Rockwell? The answer was YES and did the plate quickly lose it's capacity to abrade the steel? The answer was NO, which is what one wants.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So there you go, a brand whose product does what is says a a very competitive price point or around $11-00 USD (not including postage).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">BCT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-28962334747859833362023-11-09T04:11:00.001-08:002023-11-09T04:11:07.693-08:00Extrema Ratio Caimano Nero N.A. Ranger XXV Anniversarium Limited Edition<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How about this sucker? Get it while it's available.</span></p><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Extrema Ratio Caimano Nero N.A. Ranger XXV Anniversarium Limited Edition, limited series of only 250 pieces, now available at the best retailers and on www.extremaratio.com</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">#extremaratio #caimanoneronarangerxxvanniversariumlimitededition #extremaratiocaimanoneronaranger #caimanoneronaranger #ExtremaratioKnivesdivision</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Noto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ4Eii0VH-Igw4OTBtltLK7vMX8f_rUoP6AU4-85sfsBEvWaujmbCSonc3KDzZ72A_SmhRADf0rT1U-H34o9QpFLE5JxPO2u_9iTmFXFyPYQc83VsasZIeFbRQXJmlCGkaUTh81QgH3u0vK4PsW2I9dcl49-Hhg2gH1QYTwoY2tutW3hk2tieaLHbkeQ/s2500/IMG_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ4Eii0VH-Igw4OTBtltLK7vMX8f_rUoP6AU4-85sfsBEvWaujmbCSonc3KDzZ72A_SmhRADf0rT1U-H34o9QpFLE5JxPO2u_9iTmFXFyPYQc83VsasZIeFbRQXJmlCGkaUTh81QgH3u0vK4PsW2I9dcl49-Hhg2gH1QYTwoY2tutW3hk2tieaLHbkeQ/w640-h426/IMG_1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is one cool looking knife.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">No automatic version, limited edition, V funky camouflage details.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwEQaUJdY88nZK7efjly0nkv-z1pIZEOFxJyfgIbM1XVAS9JPrTbZuwzYKM6TOjeChcWvh7Z4kQDpc4R-xRp1-THtMpNQ26mDhmZ1Q7y7TFgUp9isjZv0uiMhOEgARgrY5Qlw_XF9HMoJ568VCLsNfOw65vQ6J2NeZY5wgsVAO5FID1WsEv-A3uaZ7MA/s2000/IMG_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwEQaUJdY88nZK7efjly0nkv-z1pIZEOFxJyfgIbM1XVAS9JPrTbZuwzYKM6TOjeChcWvh7Z4kQDpc4R-xRp1-THtMpNQ26mDhmZ1Q7y7TFgUp9isjZv0uiMhOEgARgrY5Qlw_XF9HMoJ568VCLsNfOw65vQ6J2NeZY5wgsVAO5FID1WsEv-A3uaZ7MA/w640-h426/IMG_2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Because if the handle is too small to grip securely then the knife will be of little practical use in reality.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">The 3 knives shown directly below are all at the limit for my 8.5 size hand to grip completely*.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">By "completely", I mean exactly that, completely. Not partially, not with 2 fingers or 3 fingers, I mean with my complete paw.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuR-sMI1PMC655fteaQrdJpGFaOK1ee-cDKyYkYkXYp3epvGw1cvzkn5utyxTeQZGU3dElgUwoTHxAMa6vj-Mq-FWDgJcxKorjiPPm1J3xROVyd_Hk5Eu-F_BJ17cuiNdudPb2XQ71cpJjJ1MgWVxV3jUhlvb2Pa73wEFtYHfedQL8qIavRns_3hm5Lc/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290872%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuR-sMI1PMC655fteaQrdJpGFaOK1ee-cDKyYkYkXYp3epvGw1cvzkn5utyxTeQZGU3dElgUwoTHxAMa6vj-Mq-FWDgJcxKorjiPPm1J3xROVyd_Hk5Eu-F_BJ17cuiNdudPb2XQ71cpJjJ1MgWVxV3jUhlvb2Pa73wEFtYHfedQL8qIavRns_3hm5Lc/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290872%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Now lets examine the images directly below: The first two knives looking from top to bottom, I can just grip.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAgR-qHbl-jn7L4tGr_0l3muazxgblnApYx6siyV2eOxPPI0V_Kc6E_9K3SH93HibkucPFUvSh9fv_QB5VZ9KgtSlfF0pYwCkQjkkLXFJTkNlcN9tHhqLaW9Ial88mr90_hY595bx69dmgD4ZP1ycoSjPQ2R4VcqFHRjU5MmZh5B7Oi2KlajG1P_YjcI/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAgR-qHbl-jn7L4tGr_0l3muazxgblnApYx6siyV2eOxPPI0V_Kc6E_9K3SH93HibkucPFUvSh9fv_QB5VZ9KgtSlfF0pYwCkQjkkLXFJTkNlcN9tHhqLaW9Ial88mr90_hY595bx69dmgD4ZP1ycoSjPQ2R4VcqFHRjU5MmZh5B7Oi2KlajG1P_YjcI/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290882.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;">Note the end of the handle is only just within my palm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvdogZ5WfBcYAa7j9WZyqQBq4JTmBl6RCKzH4XVXAQskchfq0JEOJRQsD8ei04bTsXMcqROfOT47CgpXAwpsKPJzgL2UD5VWiPwsEaCHSwfRwQye4g8nSA_Jh1fddHx-heTf5UbVA4fSTUtHDVa5hyphenhyphenNzSHfSqVwJzY56anOk4sJuYRsMcYLE_oIXr8qo/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvdogZ5WfBcYAa7j9WZyqQBq4JTmBl6RCKzH4XVXAQskchfq0JEOJRQsD8ei04bTsXMcqROfOT47CgpXAwpsKPJzgL2UD5VWiPwsEaCHSwfRwQye4g8nSA_Jh1fddHx-heTf5UbVA4fSTUtHDVa5hyphenhyphenNzSHfSqVwJzY56anOk4sJuYRsMcYLE_oIXr8qo/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290881.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;">Again with this above image, the handle only just sits within my palm</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Whereas this knife, (By Pohl Force)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATT__Tny6DJuWv-oAEXCEcvwaeQDWIYHbdE7Qz0SHKnngirXKOBmCVx-HmFDFPNN0ND6htppEXuG78kMXVCGX7FY9cy-5vyiaC4KWoxupVlGOCCFv9fqCFuHkeEU7qcVVrD-TM75z6s2T5PHu2xwDu3sagAHPK48E_himE36ozNZH8CpwF27QshXve8E/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATT__Tny6DJuWv-oAEXCEcvwaeQDWIYHbdE7Qz0SHKnngirXKOBmCVx-HmFDFPNN0ND6htppEXuG78kMXVCGX7FY9cy-5vyiaC4KWoxupVlGOCCFv9fqCFuHkeEU7qcVVrD-TM75z6s2T5PHu2xwDu3sagAHPK48E_himE36ozNZH8CpwF27QshXve8E/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290878.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHqCJdvBWr5Kno5xqH7xHm3zw1OZyRqKDlY156OFul4Hy-ISnGGP-0wGAd8U_XNhw366xrpPfeQ7QmRq0T128Z-dlmyvvY7zMXhtZcouz8zuKxxoIWhQMdF_7htR65fgLIIRVgSdJ6bQlmkhCpxKxNPdSlKsD9HH039agqMn0lB6vXOkgR5o0Xs3xfMQ/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHqCJdvBWr5Kno5xqH7xHm3zw1OZyRqKDlY156OFul4Hy-ISnGGP-0wGAd8U_XNhw366xrpPfeQ7QmRq0T128Z-dlmyvvY7zMXhtZcouz8zuKxxoIWhQMdF_7htR65fgLIIRVgSdJ6bQlmkhCpxKxNPdSlKsD9HH039agqMn0lB6vXOkgR5o0Xs3xfMQ/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290879.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">it is impossible to grip with any significant part of my hand due to the small size of the grip. This knife is marketed as a "finger knife" and whilst in a moment of stupidity I purchased it (I'm selling it) and from a physical shop, so i had ample chance to really feel the product in my hands (yes i know this was STUPID!). The blade shape and the length of the blade is great, however the handle is way too short to allow one to fully exploit such a good blade design. (Sorry Mr Pohl Force, this was a BS design).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Ok maybe I'm too tough here, as it was marketed as a "finger knife" However, I would say "finger knives" are somewhat of a gimmick. The only exception I would make here is that the blade thickness of such knives is usually far thicker than an equivalently sized folding knife and hence there is some support for a "strength" advantage over a similar sized folding knife. BUT (yes everything before a BUT is BS) unlike the "Finger knife", the folding knife will have a decent sized handle to grip!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwMBge6HyfllOShsM7qXuDI-VosIdl0rdzzg8XeQmoVHJSXm-G1dqDENFGJqUJ5WbzlP7y8C2AeVvhfgWANUr1obQGS5qHGXidTUsAiJSSeQQWwLYuwJZTaHofuSNfYqobIxuKUWrTBIHDbiGF9agunaHH9QXLxS4h-ZovML1hiUyCXqTctuDLT_vHEc/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwMBge6HyfllOShsM7qXuDI-VosIdl0rdzzg8XeQmoVHJSXm-G1dqDENFGJqUJ5WbzlP7y8C2AeVvhfgWANUr1obQGS5qHGXidTUsAiJSSeQQWwLYuwJZTaHofuSNfYqobIxuKUWrTBIHDbiGF9agunaHH9QXLxS4h-ZovML1hiUyCXqTctuDLT_vHEc/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290873.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Here it is easy to see the differences in handle lengths. The funny thing is that the Pohl Force knife will have the greatest "levering effect" upon the small handle, this can be disadvantageous to the the user under certain circumstances.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEwqvA8ruCnRNPVxBtGrQDVFEgvwHxIno7WX1hwMJ6bRaEF3d1v05-8CElHcidaXo_6IhUDJIVFSa62S2WuoHGcBP1HQyZCu7x9qA26G7eTLS16u8KU0R2wkDnfYQB7B5eFBEBh3tVovRNSgrHBXpfAxYQTEjEpaOe63HTuK1v-Yb-NHoNh5wCFxspRE/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEwqvA8ruCnRNPVxBtGrQDVFEgvwHxIno7WX1hwMJ6bRaEF3d1v05-8CElHcidaXo_6IhUDJIVFSa62S2WuoHGcBP1HQyZCu7x9qA26G7eTLS16u8KU0R2wkDnfYQB7B5eFBEBh3tVovRNSgrHBXpfAxYQTEjEpaOe63HTuK1v-Yb-NHoNh5wCFxspRE/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290874.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">In the above image you can easily see these differences I'm talking about.</span></div>Here is another example of the smallest I would go to. The ER Satre has a slightly longer grip than my <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX0-LkRtqMmRbZTDxOzwc26ip-IiRAJvhNlaws3_04jQuXWPLvRXblxnfzT3DsJLqH-4YsYUkolf-Tvuhzv2evwL7fQSqzldigfi8wEbzlSQS05Tjnw5vTcRzv57n_O2iufCD-kP2ATiktS4vV60WTt-8GI3Eh6N-Vf87r-nrpK8b4z4A7B_6bRPTNHU/s3264/ExtremaRatioSatre_IIMG_8670.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQX0-LkRtqMmRbZTDxOzwc26ip-IiRAJvhNlaws3_04jQuXWPLvRXblxnfzT3DsJLqH-4YsYUkolf-Tvuhzv2evwL7fQSqzldigfi8wEbzlSQS05Tjnw5vTcRzv57n_O2iufCD-kP2ATiktS4vV60WTt-8GI3Eh6N-Vf87r-nrpK8b4z4A7B_6bRPTNHU/w480-h640/ExtremaRatioSatre_IIMG_8670.JPG" width="480" /></a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">Small Knives with a Good Grip</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Now the following knives all have decent comfortable grips. Probably, the Kizlyar Supreme (middle knife AUS8) and the WTG mini Nomad EDC (In ATS-34 Limited Edition) are the most comfortable and also lighter than the WTG Mt Laguna (Wingman 115 Design) because it is using rather thick (it's still ok but maybe overkill) K110 6.25mm steel, ie 1/4" sheet and the other 2 knives are using 3mm (Kizlyar Supreme URBAN) and 4mm (WTG Nomad EDC). None the less they all have good handles and this is the limiting factor for decreasing size of a fixed blade knife for practical usage in MHO.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0158lPJLPOwdv-EoeYb8104zCBbGH4rLZl8jrXixDNhIPm9VnHUsdoyTVzp70nkSeyZ-4Z_j0WM2HPxFFfP3UqGPQkOM8pmpvqXf8fEGoWd5gzXP1MVG6dGI1aC2kwluKVM5cQ82JsdtjqlLznZQQCOvAjaKHwVlUX8Eh5KtE6NCGvJax2SaO9YM8jWU/s1280/Small%20Knives_P1290876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0158lPJLPOwdv-EoeYb8104zCBbGH4rLZl8jrXixDNhIPm9VnHUsdoyTVzp70nkSeyZ-4Z_j0WM2HPxFFfP3UqGPQkOM8pmpvqXf8fEGoWd5gzXP1MVG6dGI1aC2kwluKVM5cQ82JsdtjqlLznZQQCOvAjaKHwVlUX8Eh5KtE6NCGvJax2SaO9YM8jWU/w640-h360/Small%20Knives_P1290876.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The above knives are not really hunting knives although like all things one could if they had to. The Mt laguna is too thick for this purpose and whilst the blade shape is not too bad to skin with, the handle is too wide IMHO, it's more of a lightweight but very sturdy camp/hiking knife for well walked to semi-wild tracks/camping. The Kizlyar Supreme Urban, good for fishing (it has a good point) -but not for filleting of course), hunting (narrower handle and tapering for a good comfortable grip during working with carcasses; the WTG EDC Nomad, excellent handle; excels at carving/woodworking and generalist duties; could also be used for hunting although I would have made the major arc of the belly closer to the tip for this purpose (Ok it's not meant to be a hunting knife).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqviK-NG-TE5xrUXKxqvdiKzUGgugyLAUiF8147FqLA07Wr0AITTQjJa8W27BvCxy_komQ76Rl6SMSEJHyS9RjYB0bs45DOLi2895W2DQQUHhUWqGn9gd_uKUqxaGpHyN_wgplSZYSfgK4pulH3SfWijHLwjrJVpfISPjgUkVsPSY0W4DpMl2IokE9xk/s5184/P1080482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqviK-NG-TE5xrUXKxqvdiKzUGgugyLAUiF8147FqLA07Wr0AITTQjJa8W27BvCxy_komQ76Rl6SMSEJHyS9RjYB0bs45DOLi2895W2DQQUHhUWqGn9gd_uKUqxaGpHyN_wgplSZYSfgK4pulH3SfWijHLwjrJVpfISPjgUkVsPSY0W4DpMl2IokE9xk/w640-h360/P1080482.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: medium;">Fox knives excellent FX-143MB (Niolox steel)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">So how can you carry a small knife with a decent sized handle and also a decent sized blade. Firstly, for small knives, I would recommend one ONLY purchase them after trying them to see if they really fit your hand properly. Then check the carry system on how useful is it really because if the handle is really small then how will it be trying to extract it from the scabbard? I'm not talking some sort of tactical split second extraction, I'm talking about a normal extraction for camping, hunting/hiking, fishing etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Maybe you prefer a large folding locking knife In this case the Extrema Ratio RAOII - Expeditions version); this will give you the blade length, along with a sturdier blade (compared to a regular locking folding knife of similar (open) length).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrX9yqEI2W3ZFmy9UrsfW5DpQbhJxDRSq7yiDdD4y-o_GkN4DGoDXUWhRCU5ZLCgcsIzbdOEmD3idnNi7-GRRsznuJa-fq3_qKFqRBfarMUObOKorNHuh_RC4poIQFOTbyMd1DScX53gmsVHvzeGjTEbEw1tCapkLeIO9t9OMumtKgD8V4L3EEyWT6msk/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The above image shows (from left to right) a large folding and locking knife closed (ER HF1T- no longer made), a medium sized fixed blade (RaidOps Black Tiger II) and knives you have already seen (if you have read this far), exception being the Extrema Ratio T4000S, which I include as another excellent small fixed blade).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-NkBbaARsd_PWSFfOCTLAVS5t5dHxPL2FlwJ1EQiQfeDWm3TVyFQUUEGldpDP1MPq38nEepXM0TRzKfh0K3LN2EIgtEOc1X2pLKwCcgNsj9hN1ce_yqwx0IzJtaHZMA18xLR5vteCafMTJcfdjzNH4IziPlvjvKS44XaKjDxDAjX4gtvYjoooUTtJEQ/s1280/RAOTwist.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv-NkBbaARsd_PWSFfOCTLAVS5t5dHxPL2FlwJ1EQiQfeDWm3TVyFQUUEGldpDP1MPq38nEepXM0TRzKfh0K3LN2EIgtEOc1X2pLKwCcgNsj9hN1ce_yqwx0IzJtaHZMA18xLR5vteCafMTJcfdjzNH4IziPlvjvKS44XaKjDxDAjX4gtvYjoooUTtJEQ/w640-h360/RAOTwist.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEBQIQ2B99tLXLgl9fmDYAyRXWvH0gIFFEf_1XZ7amqu0DG0hl048pTI46GKtQe1HpIeZ-d7aJCAgxRDpBAbFDEoaAYxx79vff9NkxPDzJMNMLx7jk2WFGrWpKT0Sjyyz7Xir7nFwmPUQ4dmGMjPB-xQyEHwSbUmQrqZK5lNWJaKaQzrbF-Qiv1RoDVI/s4608/P1250719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEBQIQ2B99tLXLgl9fmDYAyRXWvH0gIFFEf_1XZ7amqu0DG0hl048pTI46GKtQe1HpIeZ-d7aJCAgxRDpBAbFDEoaAYxx79vff9NkxPDzJMNMLx7jk2WFGrWpKT0Sjyyz7Xir7nFwmPUQ4dmGMjPB-xQyEHwSbUmQrqZK5lNWJaKaQzrbF-Qiv1RoDVI/w640-h360/P1250719.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">How big is that ER RAOII when folded?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExTrjB-zfcb7jpeuPTfGgXwpyI2YNrCGX5PDf4LsFiBbjVPQTOrEQPcGH-bwGZYQx43LYomE_iI3WLTbER4XhNtbkg4UKxfY1d3C-bQY2C2QsznibVDAZ1_inOe-hY9jPzlYfDPPMlqc7NOrv2J7V9ieH8HMihTycWm4vLQ3vC9slWXo7OH29wdhMW8w/s2048/ExtremaRatio_P1410247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExTrjB-zfcb7jpeuPTfGgXwpyI2YNrCGX5PDf4LsFiBbjVPQTOrEQPcGH-bwGZYQx43LYomE_iI3WLTbER4XhNtbkg4UKxfY1d3C-bQY2C2QsznibVDAZ1_inOe-hY9jPzlYfDPPMlqc7NOrv2J7V9ieH8HMihTycWm4vLQ3vC9slWXo7OH29wdhMW8w/w640-h360/ExtremaRatio_P1410247.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Similar sized blades of medium sized knives however one is folding knife (Extrema Ratio HF2D Drop point).</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7CgwIGYNWk9Iz6fSaHOa1oqqliOcIeg_Y7f-3VCLk1lYB_w0-0hbwxFzsjwtKBgrCrULmOu05GLmS61jU0EP39-_Ho-lqR9tw2g7nDgIuga_7Kit-1BY0w7TpuqiGhiVWZCWirUdUWzZxSxdv-mBSm16GkHFCYSfRf2TMkt_gnuxRH2NUgQjNQln6aE/s4608/P1410344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg7CgwIGYNWk9Iz6fSaHOa1oqqliOcIeg_Y7f-3VCLk1lYB_w0-0hbwxFzsjwtKBgrCrULmOu05GLmS61jU0EP39-_Ho-lqR9tw2g7nDgIuga_7Kit-1BY0w7TpuqiGhiVWZCWirUdUWzZxSxdv-mBSm16GkHFCYSfRf2TMkt_gnuxRH2NUgQjNQln6aE/w640-h360/P1410344.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The following 3 images are all what I consider very sturdy folding knives, (FKMD FX-446S ODS N690), Nieto Centauro XXL 440C), Extrema Ratio HF1T N690), all with different locking mechanisms.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGEp9dJV5llzI8scuMUXqRZtLonJAlX4Dl5uIomkIxPLpHAzj2TaqCiN0YOQmBaiwC6ZYOphl409Vir7GOB_wXSpdWvxWNODFEuDF9DeI9TAEzzDplI9uYL_xokHVHKAdRJP0SQvaOy22MhPAOH7xokaShqABpHjK4hc-suTGcOMGnaaBmrP_K8PPF_Q/s2048/FKMD_FX446ODS_P1460946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Note all of the knives you see here have been extensively reviewed on @BushCampingTools and also here on this blog over the years. Any questions just drop me a mail or write in the comments here!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Thanks for reading!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">BCT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-36433814384936032112023-10-10T04:21:00.002-07:002023-10-10T04:21:35.240-07:00Dulotec BUDDY Fixed Blade Knife in Sandvik 14C28N<p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><b> Dulotec BUDDY Fixed Blade Knife in Sandvik 14C28N</b></span></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdxA0VeGtzpGl_9-PdmVj_3rfkdYo3sKjcIiiDN3KjWMXkb8VL9DSpdRduRcoQ_3YjIIohualZiDoy7a3531wBuGiWbNK5jmcRVLH3uUjRYn1xaqSD1M6LZaBHhomuxrRgO67KR1ADktSWnYUePAxG7_4Le-chnYPeyaoPTtAYLkUFnUwEhONKrf5zGo/s5184/P1290596.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdxA0VeGtzpGl_9-PdmVj_3rfkdYo3sKjcIiiDN3KjWMXkb8VL9DSpdRduRcoQ_3YjIIohualZiDoy7a3531wBuGiWbNK5jmcRVLH3uUjRYn1xaqSD1M6LZaBHhomuxrRgO67KR1ADktSWnYUePAxG7_4Le-chnYPeyaoPTtAYLkUFnUwEhONKrf5zGo/w640-h360/P1290596.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Dulotec BUDDY Drop point knife, available aseither a full flat grind or as a sabre grind as shown here.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYx8JHhTQLUQWCzNYPCCFALOlMuKcrqAnjhrIOUyqWnwq3zVPyC9t4qpfqf5g1jyrxBHhWrrtq6ymG7DeVTDmlQQubZpJr_irznN1HXL_onoDZuuEqGzIkM3byGIkOXUtzknBIR9CyuIbypAkD4SpZ19bBqebYQGbJjXAlQRbwtI6LFAxGSGMY0nT-PA/s5184/P1290597.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYx8JHhTQLUQWCzNYPCCFALOlMuKcrqAnjhrIOUyqWnwq3zVPyC9t4qpfqf5g1jyrxBHhWrrtq6ymG7DeVTDmlQQubZpJr_irznN1HXL_onoDZuuEqGzIkM3byGIkOXUtzknBIR9CyuIbypAkD4SpZ19bBqebYQGbJjXAlQRbwtI6LFAxGSGMY0nT-PA/w640-h360/P1290597.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The steel is Sandvik's 14C28N</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKMAn5dxEynC_mz2FCg8Eu9_KNtzk23TkTipaHPYCZRbSpP7IroNEbBMCneNIRp-IHBX89ioLN8IiEAlbhW8qQMjZ1VG2VuBA7YEgkdXYMxD9-76vJGtbeYplafLW0nhTaSEWdqoe_TsYDddqxnF2qPRqvZrau-JNhcYzUYS9weCHdq5DOR1QgGIGnaM/s5184/P1290599.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKMAn5dxEynC_mz2FCg8Eu9_KNtzk23TkTipaHPYCZRbSpP7IroNEbBMCneNIRp-IHBX89ioLN8IiEAlbhW8qQMjZ1VG2VuBA7YEgkdXYMxD9-76vJGtbeYplafLW0nhTaSEWdqoe_TsYDddqxnF2qPRqvZrau-JNhcYzUYS9weCHdq5DOR1QgGIGnaM/w640-h360/P1290599.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjabfKu-drUx5X1IdX4s7kVkWbcTbNVwwGvKbHRZ7kmh4rpI_qAjF82mDL9l0N9mWkWdOcoRO-dHiXuvpnzD51CBx3xeSqW9VtxL8IVHKqVoGY6aekjmz2XxenPElI2kz_wDFYEnA6I7gE9aD8voDMzBcyfIM2o1wW7h4WNyj3l0l8SB2x_AHJyCLdbM/s5184/P1290600.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGjabfKu-drUx5X1IdX4s7kVkWbcTbNVwwGvKbHRZ7kmh4rpI_qAjF82mDL9l0N9mWkWdOcoRO-dHiXuvpnzD51CBx3xeSqW9VtxL8IVHKqVoGY6aekjmz2XxenPElI2kz_wDFYEnA6I7gE9aD8voDMzBcyfIM2o1wW7h4WNyj3l0l8SB2x_AHJyCLdbM/w640-h360/P1290600.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">The blade length is approx 4" or 100 odd mm.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Go5xtsnlJeTyYo95-dZZlAiFDP4mkQ_eW4e5_we9XI7rQHKZeMExtbhawsfw0txtE1aRnKAf_Eu42FumPwCxC9l73HilhQTDW8gQCeACleC1LPCQ8yAAgyrQ_HXw5wdz-N0ZhEe6LDhPMbUD58MYAeElz_j-kUonb5Qg5UFSfwzJWEUBaGXJv37XM3s/s5184/P1290602.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Go5xtsnlJeTyYo95-dZZlAiFDP4mkQ_eW4e5_we9XI7rQHKZeMExtbhawsfw0txtE1aRnKAf_Eu42FumPwCxC9l73HilhQTDW8gQCeACleC1LPCQ8yAAgyrQ_HXw5wdz-N0ZhEe6LDhPMbUD58MYAeElz_j-kUonb5Qg5UFSfwzJWEUBaGXJv37XM3s/w640-h360/P1290602.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The spine thickness is approx 3mm or 0.12"</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLfXiGMsX78bvPq3ZR5rM3LaFluEicQj5XvZxyE9IboUFYr5rTfFk31Y1kJ32usRLzHV1M1KOxIvNY5z2Vq89oV3BdUZs8hXZVu9EGIvCzTw9-5RNvC_CDvAn41MN4aDlCc9Kw-Wp3enMNkv9o0ewUoAmoNeWYPdK18l4jrh2CaEkaAhG10XDr37WhPA/s5184/P1290603.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLfXiGMsX78bvPq3ZR5rM3LaFluEicQj5XvZxyE9IboUFYr5rTfFk31Y1kJ32usRLzHV1M1KOxIvNY5z2Vq89oV3BdUZs8hXZVu9EGIvCzTw9-5RNvC_CDvAn41MN4aDlCc9Kw-Wp3enMNkv9o0ewUoAmoNeWYPdK18l4jrh2CaEkaAhG10XDr37WhPA/w640-h360/P1290603.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The BUDDY features a comfortable grip (2 colours available at the time of writing, either a forest green or black G10. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvtqSc2c-3_LNHywTUgz7YbZCDiuDZ6C2YHkif97QizfXY57YjeLHo_XY0LImg2cLjGeZAM5L0_ictxzuaA-nnySPConGre0GECW7gzGXcCCm5g7bT4CnhzX28mwPz_3-YhwU43-4lStzf4UuX2B9eevIS2cSUV2GScvBPA72EB9NZF1gQcf4VaXx_ag/s5184/P1290605.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvtqSc2c-3_LNHywTUgz7YbZCDiuDZ6C2YHkif97QizfXY57YjeLHo_XY0LImg2cLjGeZAM5L0_ictxzuaA-nnySPConGre0GECW7gzGXcCCm5g7bT4CnhzX28mwPz_3-YhwU43-4lStzf4UuX2B9eevIS2cSUV2GScvBPA72EB9NZF1gQcf4VaXx_ag/w640-h360/P1290605.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The scabbard is full grain leather and deep carry.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08b2Qnfhm79-e5gbL-PazrWPINDJaolmqxzPIV_nhpG2J3rzaKR_07YrX_nPhLZE6PnZJ_6LhInA6tYy5pjf8tyEj-v-X0SSjT3IofC_5LHleTcSLF247pr4wvxWlB_5W9UVqJ-ame9m-ilu-L2nuM3uZDY1_SyFBWrbi_4jHbZZa4nR_zF9ymabejFw/s5184/P1290607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">The buddy is perfect for day hiking and non wilderness camping along with hunting activities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-deM0ji9KRBIDBFGBAvNoc4AFoDVrzlPClGZ7v6iQTnGH_qkz5R8EfenIz3wpqUyRzy-9ly3cXokiR_DJTwZimt7kdKzXPMcqJJh69cC8-_DXXCHMGaDM4VcrwrFxWpT9dYCJhKV1dl4CbW5uN4rZhPQeQnu4KnTyCj4KfJbjekVNeodQoFEHaQWxmY/s5184/P1290632.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-deM0ji9KRBIDBFGBAvNoc4AFoDVrzlPClGZ7v6iQTnGH_qkz5R8EfenIz3wpqUyRzy-9ly3cXokiR_DJTwZimt7kdKzXPMcqJJh69cC8-_DXXCHMGaDM4VcrwrFxWpT9dYCJhKV1dl4CbW5uN4rZhPQeQnu4KnTyCj4KfJbjekVNeodQoFEHaQWxmY/w640-h360/P1290632.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: large;">Basic wood working isn't an issue with this knife. The blade stayed super sharp after cutting dirty bark covered wood.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQar6yOmBPLBoLpWAUGEDSD1pXMaAN8Pl5TqO9ugz2pPQ0FHftzLBtdjK3O2szKo9RhZZMcj4EZWdyuLoygY7d4pQcX8EqsRe-qzy-_LHjEcecPyl3vKMr5RX5O2EcCpXYZoXD60Hb8xDwp6cNNKdovwiJoAice42dsCMcpY7QZEog7LgCKdduy5koQmU/s5184/P1290641.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQar6yOmBPLBoLpWAUGEDSD1pXMaAN8Pl5TqO9ugz2pPQ0FHftzLBtdjK3O2szKo9RhZZMcj4EZWdyuLoygY7d4pQcX8EqsRe-qzy-_LHjEcecPyl3vKMr5RX5O2EcCpXYZoXD60Hb8xDwp6cNNKdovwiJoAice42dsCMcpY7QZEog7LgCKdduy5koQmU/w640-h360/P1290641.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><b>D</b>ulotec are making their 4" Buddy fixed blade drop point in Bulgaria. It's made with Sweden's Sandvik 14C28N, a stainless steel alloy specifically developed for the knife industry by Sandvik some years ago. All of my knives featuring this steel, rock!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">The Buddy is available in either 2 forms, a sabre grind or a full flat grind and with either a forest green scales or black and comes with a deep carry leather scabbard.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Without giving anything away, the manufacturer has done a marvellous job of heat treatment and the knife remained razor sharp after I cut:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Green hawthorn branches; then </span></span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: x-large;">into dirty wood (</span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: xx-large;">which was just laying on the ground) </span><span style="font-family: "Coming Soon"; font-size: xx-large;">preparing some makeshift "cutting boards" to prepare my lunch. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">I could easily slice through green fig skin and cut up deer meat salami for lunch whilst out doing a bit of archery.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"> This small drop point will also satisfy the hunter on a budget plus as this knife is competitively priced against similar sized knives made with the same steel. The Buddy is also a very comfortable knife to hold.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">I give this knife a 10/10.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">See my video field test <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCIhIcqzsvQ&t=19s" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here:</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;">BCT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Coming Soon; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-67978413788342760072023-10-05T09:25:00.002-07:002023-10-06T22:32:20.165-07:00Dulotec GUARDIAN Flashlight<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b> Dulotec GUARDIAN Flashlight</b></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNRh15tA10JrWepL7vGyzKeA3gfdPFs8PplQvBDEZpa0g7yVGs8HxPcP-KOXCt4gw47a4qHBBwMukuqgNV9u5_OrrivcXO4S_4Le27uG4TSyZfKEvIgV2AMgWjOhLsXO2BIw_HAjlP2vZIBYn6wiEw-FfzxYq7BdlysP29PoR4pD9JFyegdoH4M8E3UE/s1280/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290650.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNRh15tA10JrWepL7vGyzKeA3gfdPFs8PplQvBDEZpa0g7yVGs8HxPcP-KOXCt4gw47a4qHBBwMukuqgNV9u5_OrrivcXO4S_4Le27uG4TSyZfKEvIgV2AMgWjOhLsXO2BIw_HAjlP2vZIBYn6wiEw-FfzxYq7BdlysP29PoR4pD9JFyegdoH4M8E3UE/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290650.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">With literally bazillions of hand held "Tactical" flashlights out on the market. Which one do you choose out this plethora of makes and models?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><b>About the manufacturer Dulotec:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrRX-YzoD7triTwRWG0UxP_KXKovNm6rA8L0Ohj54AYEWNU1g1oOvfLNlAJ5hkzJU58OF8sFNqykFaWHVtCwlkO8wjPmOC688L5mGPLRzTfrU0HHPFqJEbCu2vOoajYp_-QrAxVK5KJ_pOxBO_sw3KO0jFE2iHK0RniZaA7wk7XYbf_wbiED0fkyn0D0/s1280/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFrRX-YzoD7triTwRWG0UxP_KXKovNm6rA8L0Ohj54AYEWNU1g1oOvfLNlAJ5hkzJU58OF8sFNqykFaWHVtCwlkO8wjPmOC688L5mGPLRzTfrU0HHPFqJEbCu2vOoajYp_-QrAxVK5KJ_pOxBO_sw3KO0jFE2iHK0RniZaA7wk7XYbf_wbiED0fkyn0D0/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290656.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Enter the price competitive Dulotec brand</b>. Dulotec is a Bulgarian company which is specialising in the design and production of quality outdoor gear such as but not limited to:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Pistol LASER sights ; handheld powerful Flash lights (using quality Luminus LEDs); Portable Solar charging panels (15W and 28W) I've also reviewed and field tested the 15W Solar panels and they are great and definitely give Goal Zero a run for their money!); Headlamps; Folding knives and Fixed bladed hunting knives. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Model: "<b>Guardian" Flashlight</b>"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Specs at a glance:</b> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Approx: Run </b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Times</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Turbo 1800 Lumens</span> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2hr</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">High 720 </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2:41</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Med 247 8:23 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Low 25 49hr</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">At 1800 Lumens, it has a 700m range!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Magnetic charging or battery can be removed and charged separately. The flashlight is supplied with a 5200mAh 21700 battery (Lion).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluboaTV-QV8TEwhW9zWVodmmFXztV7jXUt5FSR5RrFI6ZdWCGm4Hg5yZ_bDdBRqJJXpQFREFaooNmaXovIH8R7dlS1rCnyqxm8xGFutg9pH5SHNRdk7BlgcQAd2_5hthdOMcHDIRd-WFBcoZNgUTqrDeKkhNkexc4Qsg3VFYiPMrQa5ihyphenhyphenfPoXfqtIEk/s1280/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290651.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluboaTV-QV8TEwhW9zWVodmmFXztV7jXUt5FSR5RrFI6ZdWCGm4Hg5yZ_bDdBRqJJXpQFREFaooNmaXovIH8R7dlS1rCnyqxm8xGFutg9pH5SHNRdk7BlgcQAd2_5hthdOMcHDIRd-WFBcoZNgUTqrDeKkhNkexc4Qsg3VFYiPMrQa5ihyphenhyphenfPoXfqtIEk/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290651.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Business end</b></span></p><p><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he light source is a single LED from LUMINUS, an SFT40. This is a high current drive LED (8A) hence this Dulotec Guardian Flashlight can have such a huge light output. Luminus are well-known in the industry for producing extremely power LEDs</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVn8k09lXwkKJQZ_doilmpUpIgrjvOOoLEMHRjSqeBZCV5ae-w2-VqWXn5Ct74vuQZ50zUQHEqBDB54imn_P6kJZWacj78kSwGsIu3471RRbrHMjhLH1WqvYODFIJ2sPfIJRUqHDYm7ssFramcs6IxIwgFf4AQCgr0pMdYyDHiDOxhFDVIeBBDOD8e90/s1290/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290654%20copy.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1290" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVn8k09lXwkKJQZ_doilmpUpIgrjvOOoLEMHRjSqeBZCV5ae-w2-VqWXn5Ct74vuQZ50zUQHEqBDB54imn_P6kJZWacj78kSwGsIu3471RRbrHMjhLH1WqvYODFIJ2sPfIJRUqHDYm7ssFramcs6IxIwgFf4AQCgr0pMdYyDHiDOxhFDVIeBBDOD8e90/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290654%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGqb-3wXICAl6uodywh30u6keq4iISeNJZ31Ywdz9-Vt14hu4kpi6IFSKyINCR3p1qHquW-fnV7QGxrttQs4GRc59bbko60B4znoTnvxJV2CRZRuFobYUWxClgLQpQmFyND1hIo6YnhKvLzVSuioy6hiGTTipr8PUiO0KJslRluvsYprmwJ4FvCbwlLo/s1280/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290653.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsGqb-3wXICAl6uodywh30u6keq4iISeNJZ31Ywdz9-Vt14hu4kpi6IFSKyINCR3p1qHquW-fnV7QGxrttQs4GRc59bbko60B4znoTnvxJV2CRZRuFobYUWxClgLQpQmFyND1hIo6YnhKvLzVSuioy6hiGTTipr8PUiO0KJslRluvsYprmwJ4FvCbwlLo/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290653.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>This is a super bright flashlight even as seen here during daylight hours!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak6MZAZpFi_rNeIx3FbgDo-ZgA885IXgh7IT-yHo5PrhYsRsDDXPA6PwxXl9t_IYSLAuwa3hCXmuGGNj_zrFGvjCdD2Ik9od-X2SOks1V6j9I1_Ko5vSu6fZNQ5HX2NAEOQnXXRJtwo-xEg_eO7Lu_L4Tr9327rCHddTG41xLvM136pFrCkEMMXp_jjg/s1280/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290652.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgak6MZAZpFi_rNeIx3FbgDo-ZgA885IXgh7IT-yHo5PrhYsRsDDXPA6PwxXl9t_IYSLAuwa3hCXmuGGNj_zrFGvjCdD2Ik9od-X2SOks1V6j9I1_Ko5vSu6fZNQ5HX2NAEOQnXXRJtwo-xEg_eO7Lu_L4Tr9327rCHddTG41xLvM136pFrCkEMMXp_jjg/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290652.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The</b> <b>Pro's</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Price point</b> for such a sturdy construction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Pocket clip</b> can only be removed by unscrewing the tactical tail switch; this is a simple but great idea as it means the light can not be lost if the stupid pocket clip comes off like what is seen for many similar style flashlights.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Dulotec <b>Guardian is activated by a "tactical" tail switch </b>to instantly one full power and the various levels of lighting can be selected via the touch sensitive LED illuminated front switch. The front mode switch is also illuminated and can thus easily be located in total darkness.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">There is <b>a lanyard hole (X2)</b> and it comes with a wrist lanyard.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It has an <b>anti roll design</b> if left upon a flat surface, it will resist rolling off that surface (within reason of course).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A <b>strobe/signal/personal protection mode.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpwZBqnB6A6XaH_M-_DESLqfpQRayeCFSG2XwR8vUkpQfiyk1t-w7lcrA8UqjaQ_y6W8s1INLwcPT7PXlx0k1ZW5jMkG8aIoT3WviFqCVwKgbbAZ1LAG8DEyIwuXOzhb-z7wqZVTl0wxBao9BYpEQoX0Abv-wTGOQAkHBj4xvTngOWW5ETxJO_X4rVdQ/s1280/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290655.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHpwZBqnB6A6XaH_M-_DESLqfpQRayeCFSG2XwR8vUkpQfiyk1t-w7lcrA8UqjaQ_y6W8s1INLwcPT7PXlx0k1ZW5jMkG8aIoT3WviFqCVwKgbbAZ1LAG8DEyIwuXOzhb-z7wqZVTl0wxBao9BYpEQoX0Abv-wTGOQAkHBj4xvTngOWW5ETxJO_X4rVdQ/w640-h360/Dulotec%20Guardian%20Flashlight_P1290655.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A big Parabolic reflector</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Note: as with ALL high powered flashlights sporting smooth parabolic reflectors, these flashlights can easily burn you or worse still, start a fire accidentally as the IR is concentrated a short distance away from the front of the reflector. Please be aware of this. We could easily melt a plastic bag with just a few seconds of this light switched to 1800 lumens! Caution!)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Comes with <b>a well-stitched Nylon pouch</b> which can be belt mounted.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">The <b>SOS mode</b> can be easily entered by first turning on the tactical end switch, then 2 quick presses of the mode button enters the strobe and another two quick presses of the mode button enters the SOS mode. So from this standpoint this Guardian flashlight can be useful for an emergency signal.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Can be rifle mounted</b> with appropriate mounts due to the diameter of the main torch body.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Reverse polarity protection</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Overheating protection</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Luminus SFT40 LED in use. (6500K)</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>24 months warranty</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Cons</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The flashlight is only IP66 rated , ie for light rain and dust but not immersion. But so is the same for brands such as FENIX <b>where many</b> of their tactical handheld flashlights are also <b>NOT</b> IP68 rated!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It can not be stood on the tail end</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The front port is not coated.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>In Summary:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Good grip as in the body texture is just right. Heat dissipation is no different to ANY other similar model out there. You run it for extended periods at maximum brightness, it will get extremely hot. However, the overheating circuitry will dim the light to prevent overheating damge to the LED. One can not expect super high lumens without heating, that's physics!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">It is rated to operate from 0-45C.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> Having a 2 year warranty is a good thing in my view, especially for a flashlight. it means Dulotec are confident in their products, especially a product such as a flashlight which by nature could get used quite often.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I also like the fact that it is easy to see when this light is fully charged (the Green LED of the mode switch stops flashing). A Red signal indicate too low a power and the light should be immediately charged.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I also like that there are good amount of cooling fins incorporated into this flash light's head to help dissipate any excess heat. These fins serve a secondary role too and that is they help to provide extra grip. Plus there are NO acute edges on this flashlight model.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This Guardian flashlight also easily fits in the palm of a size 8 hand (not too big not too small hand size).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>What is the Dulotec Guardian Flashlight suitable for?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> Suitable for the vehicle; tactical applications (as long as there is no chance of submersion), personal carry/defense.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>What's included:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Comes with a 5200 mAh battery (as stated above).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Magnetic USB charging cable (1.3A fast charging circuitry)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Nylon Pouch</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Lanyard strap for the wrist</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Operating instructions</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">At the time of writing these instructions are only available in Bulgarian language- If you are reading Russian you can probably work it out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Run times are self explanatory for those who can not read Bulgarian.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>What's not included:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Spare O-rings (2 are required). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Just a note: The fact that the battery can be charge without removal from the flashlight body means that unnecessary wear upon the O-rings is eliminated and hence should last a lot longer than equivalent O-rings which undergo friction every time a battery is removed for charging.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-23957187818106508802023-10-05T01:39:00.000-07:002023-10-05T01:39:35.334-07:00FENIX HL32R-T High performance Trail Running Headlamp Assessed here for Trekking and Trail Running Headlamp Review<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> FENIX HL32R-T Trekking and Trail Running Headlamp Review</span></b></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEC2gsifeFvelKXA922G21Lai4KnGPBVqHW1YiARitrlW7BEL7SlMhGzkVrm56oPaH9Ou5YVCWJdem7EKIA-deLkXA4j9XW_IjJBOWR2x3AcukXOguqWNKqrBFgxRfw7K7La7LxOFXQCI3TUsS4u81me9fTwo9Bf3B_M6JZjAthZ0lh4f8z6n6s1gGFw/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290616.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBEC2gsifeFvelKXA922G21Lai4KnGPBVqHW1YiARitrlW7BEL7SlMhGzkVrm56oPaH9Ou5YVCWJdem7EKIA-deLkXA4j9XW_IjJBOWR2x3AcukXOguqWNKqrBFgxRfw7K7La7LxOFXQCI3TUsS4u81me9fTwo9Bf3B_M6JZjAthZ0lh4f8z6n6s1gGFw/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290616.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>FENIX HL32R-T </b>is a (near*) perfect headlamp for trekkers. Here's why:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuUpjKAvR0RCNJW5kj32UkblszOQ_8naa9LKC5YOSRMCyYqa6KZWcajoYLk7_m5gQs-8vlWYmviKP_GknZ8csrmqVHcDs2eQKe-qP_ZjGW8PL65hMQnBfG5VrQkcj7stfJl0EV1oqA266sBtbRCVuAfFeXzXXumfnCtM5KUeQ4BtzvmFriNXIR_uEi-E/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290617.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuUpjKAvR0RCNJW5kj32UkblszOQ_8naa9LKC5YOSRMCyYqa6KZWcajoYLk7_m5gQs-8vlWYmviKP_GknZ8csrmqVHcDs2eQKe-qP_ZjGW8PL65hMQnBfG5VrQkcj7stfJl0EV1oqA266sBtbRCVuAfFeXzXXumfnCtM5KUeQ4BtzvmFriNXIR_uEi-E/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290617.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Fenix HL32R-T can take two different battery sources: a proprietary ARB-LP1900 </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Lithium ion battery or 3 AAA batteries either Alkaline or Ni-MH batteries.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0MGfJq0i6LiGaIwQeV4TxBtPibN5vZPeotTcTjPgYsiBAE8gm4V3l-TjaLs_XhtffZez6VkhawmU7HD28xVzEa5qC_HqEEPY7OkCtiQhDoAahiy1zGyZOAfoW-4apmfrTiUHXsXt_uYEVennzwnwHzcaeXE3X0XFyxZ7OSQwRGOl13vKsdQmKV1DyRw/s1280/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0MGfJq0i6LiGaIwQeV4TxBtPibN5vZPeotTcTjPgYsiBAE8gm4V3l-TjaLs_XhtffZez6VkhawmU7HD28xVzEa5qC_HqEEPY7OkCtiQhDoAahiy1zGyZOAfoW-4apmfrTiUHXsXt_uYEVennzwnwHzcaeXE3X0XFyxZ7OSQwRGOl13vKsdQmKV1DyRw/w640-h360/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290642.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Proprietary Lion battery pack</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKb3MBoZGGCoos_NMUAV5LpvCKEycpFwc4KVjIjU0_pTl4q8JNm3qoAiaiSyHERwbEv1Cc6V07fkXBq2dUSbcdgdJ5uFhNGbcm1jdLKu4-olxIcclBCRF-9ozyqWCyI-R5shpFZnx0JpC5olMyjrmg7UUcNDawUy8Es1aJsaiR2SsH10jZWaKnxtk_MF0/s1280/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290645%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKb3MBoZGGCoos_NMUAV5LpvCKEycpFwc4KVjIjU0_pTl4q8JNm3qoAiaiSyHERwbEv1Cc6V07fkXBq2dUSbcdgdJ5uFhNGbcm1jdLKu4-olxIcclBCRF-9ozyqWCyI-R5shpFZnx0JpC5olMyjrmg7UUcNDawUy8Es1aJsaiR2SsH10jZWaKnxtk_MF0/w640-h360/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290645%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Capacity to use AAA batteries (only Alkaline and NiMH), the use of Lithium Ion AAA is Prohibited by Fenix!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">o why is this good? Well, using the proprietary Lithium ion cell, one can use the headlamp trekking in sub zero temperatures (it is rated down to -35C!) and up to 45C! </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">f it's not possible while away from civilisation to charge the lithium ion cell then very commonly available AAA alkaline cells can be used or even Ni-MH AAA cells can be substituted, these latter 2 battery types will of course not provide the low temperature performance as the LP1900 battery (supplied).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The LOCK OUT Function</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he next specification is a definite must for trekkers and that is the capacity to lock out the headlamp. This is a must so that when a headlamp is carried in a rucksack or other travel luggage it can not be accidentally switched on, only to find the headlamp when you need it most has a flat battery! The lock out function is easy to initiate and even instructions are indicated on the lamp body itself for those with a short memory :)!</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdfJ7Nq7vPW93SAs1GAlVkCVLSrVfA598qCaI7wX7oc5hd0LPr-wkDF_6ATS8lVaFrB3gxJ2s8lue2lhCiOScDPe9XcOUyBw4ZL0wqsxSz97kwSrddkhVF5YcbRKLytwaKViCL2s013ZmVSQQRrNsvOg-NTzCsNxBYfiTwrbNeBklv0FTI1N6vQHbOU4/s1280/HL32R-T_P1290592.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdfJ7Nq7vPW93SAs1GAlVkCVLSrVfA598qCaI7wX7oc5hd0LPr-wkDF_6ATS8lVaFrB3gxJ2s8lue2lhCiOScDPe9XcOUyBw4ZL0wqsxSz97kwSrddkhVF5YcbRKLytwaKViCL2s013ZmVSQQRrNsvOg-NTzCsNxBYfiTwrbNeBklv0FTI1N6vQHbOU4/w640-h360/HL32R-T_P1290592.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Light weight magnesium Alloy Construction</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">F</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">or trekking a lightweight headlamp is a must. 40 years ago whilst trekking in the Nepal Himalaya region I took a Petzl Zoom. This was a great light for the time and those chunky 4.5V alkaline cells could be easily obtained in Nepal (believe it or not) but these light's although very durable and weather resistant were also very heavy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he Fenix HL32R-T is made from a lightweight but strong Magnesium alloy case and some (not stated) engineering plastic (maybe polycarbonate?).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ux83LvoMf4IOiDFWGfTHr_uvT3x9vcQ44CLJ0FtT6eBEXJ3YtmzTtKNiUCxI_wu8oJvYxO1PNmqGVPTQHn5LUsGHGwVI9u2O87dQBTtADR32QdV4x6G35FqcIK_u0hNVujYe1DXgHDx5UPnkBcu1EI6UnHvx8-AAcEc8oh3OYkaGNIaXVWJT7uGdUVQ/s1280/HL32R-T_P1290591.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ux83LvoMf4IOiDFWGfTHr_uvT3x9vcQ44CLJ0FtT6eBEXJ3YtmzTtKNiUCxI_wu8oJvYxO1PNmqGVPTQHn5LUsGHGwVI9u2O87dQBTtADR32QdV4x6G35FqcIK_u0hNVujYe1DXgHDx5UPnkBcu1EI6UnHvx8-AAcEc8oh3OYkaGNIaXVWJT7uGdUVQ/w640-h360/HL32R-T_P1290591.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">4 Blue LEDs on indicate a charge state from 100%-80% 3 Blue 80%-60% 2 Blue 60%-40% One Blue 40%-20% One Blue LED flashing 20%-1%</span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he 2 lights are independently controlled via 2 separate switches and the entire body is resistant to: heavy rain, dust and high pressure water ingress; in other words absolutely terrible sh%t faced weather conditions which once can def encounter whilst high altitude trekking.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ergonomics</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he Fenix HL 32R-T headlamp can also be tilted to provide a ergonomic stance whilst running or walking or indeed any activity where this light is worn.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIOSmPnhVvq-N0uG0F_MVDauRiPwtLx-6fYMQzOLu_8LUtmR_k2LKTA2asIsHLUrYSzDJ3Wy-6lwtF3Vz2gRwtfC-7m7ymPXKj_GsOBcQByKTG2Sbt_qXmh4IqLCjImnkW3pckNtdBdzKtFG8dLHmJpBazJlNP53cQOJ1ytiM4b8VOgRI5TloOCB5EUU/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290622.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIOSmPnhVvq-N0uG0F_MVDauRiPwtLx-6fYMQzOLu_8LUtmR_k2LKTA2asIsHLUrYSzDJ3Wy-6lwtF3Vz2gRwtfC-7m7ymPXKj_GsOBcQByKTG2Sbt_qXmh4IqLCjImnkW3pckNtdBdzKtFG8dLHmJpBazJlNP53cQOJ1ytiM4b8VOgRI5TloOCB5EUU/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290622.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkyMS3G5Anqn6i8kzvasbN3vu3mkswTpkiIm4GJS54n6X7z8hAWsWHnGC0jJ9Y_cBQ0URSEZsciCxfSTpSjMoojMuX2JYTaTIV10qvHsfQ5rKN-EbkQQVZrdkVXMZo5mgHWzeNH9eRK3qu-jTK4JYSc6IoFrFaFDFKZuctxA4IVwF4-NstCvznHBvVsc/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290623.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrkyMS3G5Anqn6i8kzvasbN3vu3mkswTpkiIm4GJS54n6X7z8hAWsWHnGC0jJ9Y_cBQ0URSEZsciCxfSTpSjMoojMuX2JYTaTIV10qvHsfQ5rKN-EbkQQVZrdkVXMZo5mgHWzeNH9eRK3qu-jTK4JYSc6IoFrFaFDFKZuctxA4IVwF4-NstCvznHBvVsc/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290623.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he elasticized band can be adjusted either conventionally via the friction buckle or by adjusting very rapidly via the "twist lock" wheel, with one hand operation.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4reNzvfBCaBccssuJeHu8QZdtR0wAXAl-YJ7Nod2E0OsOPGDAYhOEN6ncjXByKewuXjhfyE8HLAgGhNYu2FBSBT6Yi_TNjfsyxBfWqM2DRgmLpCfF8Tma4Dl4ifcJnJ2rnC6NCJ1uEYOlyJ_TnQKcSUhmPcO4WQfHynTQ2dkl_53Pm4JH3JHeMD8L6k/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4reNzvfBCaBccssuJeHu8QZdtR0wAXAl-YJ7Nod2E0OsOPGDAYhOEN6ncjXByKewuXjhfyE8HLAgGhNYu2FBSBT6Yi_TNjfsyxBfWqM2DRgmLpCfF8Tma4Dl4ifcJnJ2rnC6NCJ1uEYOlyJ_TnQKcSUhmPcO4WQfHynTQ2dkl_53Pm4JH3JHeMD8L6k/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290624.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he headband is wide and comfortable with 2 ways to adjust it and sports some highly reflective text along it's length. This can be of big benefit to see other party members whilst travelling at night.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Charging</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he USB port is a C port and this means longer life than Type A mini USB ports which are prone to failure due to their asymmetric shape.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ux83LvoMf4IOiDFWGfTHr_uvT3x9vcQ44CLJ0FtT6eBEXJ3YtmzTtKNiUCxI_wu8oJvYxO1PNmqGVPTQHn5LUsGHGwVI9u2O87dQBTtADR32QdV4x6G35FqcIK_u0hNVujYe1DXgHDx5UPnkBcu1EI6UnHvx8-AAcEc8oh3OYkaGNIaXVWJT7uGdUVQ/s1280/HL32R-T_P1290591.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Ux83LvoMf4IOiDFWGfTHr_uvT3x9vcQ44CLJ0FtT6eBEXJ3YtmzTtKNiUCxI_wu8oJvYxO1PNmqGVPTQHn5LUsGHGwVI9u2O87dQBTtADR32QdV4x6G35FqcIK_u0hNVujYe1DXgHDx5UPnkBcu1EI6UnHvx8-AAcEc8oh3OYkaGNIaXVWJT7uGdUVQ/w640-h360/HL32R-T_P1290591.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A trekking headlamp or running headlamp</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">M</span><span style="font-size: large;">ust be weather resistant and that is resistant to THE worst weather conditions possible, so that it doesn't let you down when you need it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Fenix HL32R-T is weather proofed via a O-ring seal on the battery compartment lid. It is rated by Fenix as IP66 (resists ingress from high pressure water and dust).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(There is no spare O-ring supplied with this unit unlike many of their products- this is probably due to the fact that the wear against the O-ring will be minimal if not constantly changing out batteries-especially if only using the supplied Lithium ion battery pack.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM6a5alyg91r03clQ_GI5JmVKvt8gzytsUizKi_09-q04kWo1ro3UdloWRcIeMSRajkOQk7UbTikD3DgmKg9x-ti1LttrSJhjaIsKNWL5OFkGn-pLN5bj31xNhal7GXT2iHRvkFqdC3oyvbf0pr8HeZgh5wL8whTzeivJn8eO4QfvBT_IzHMukJAy2Jg/s1280/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVM6a5alyg91r03clQ_GI5JmVKvt8gzytsUizKi_09-q04kWo1ro3UdloWRcIeMSRajkOQk7UbTikD3DgmKg9x-ti1LttrSJhjaIsKNWL5OFkGn-pLN5bj31xNhal7GXT2iHRvkFqdC3oyvbf0pr8HeZgh5wL8whTzeivJn8eO4QfvBT_IzHMukJAy2Jg/w640-h360/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290643.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">O-ring seal</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Finally the business end and that's the LEDs in use.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he main LED is made by LUMINUS and anyone who purports to know about LEDs will know that Luminus were the first to bring out the PHAT LED concept and hence the most guts busting LEDs you could get- yes it wasn't CREE! I was experimenting with the Luminus SST90 LEDs years ago when they were working with National Semi cinductor who were making test drivers foir these high power LEDs. Now whilst this headlamp doesn't incorporate a SST90, it does use a Luminus SST20 cold white </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBKG2BS4jMKLZd7RjiwV9-KdEe_InUEtVbpGamo702BxK4wNa51G8aceKlw7mnZvQeM0LDd1No3FxslMIDAVqFpazNZIVTF3mo5QsACMBa2riwVS-dkkn9ht6pYImziTTR7Weo-uQz3AOTofUsTPd9ImUfy0ppEUGhMa2FRJuWEOTXG6glZjp-2HCDg0/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290619.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBKG2BS4jMKLZd7RjiwV9-KdEe_InUEtVbpGamo702BxK4wNa51G8aceKlw7mnZvQeM0LDd1No3FxslMIDAVqFpazNZIVTF3mo5QsACMBa2riwVS-dkkn9ht6pYImziTTR7Weo-uQz3AOTofUsTPd9ImUfy0ppEUGhMa2FRJuWEOTXG6glZjp-2HCDg0/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290619.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">and a Redslight neutral white light. Lifespan 50K hours.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oRj5aKqHRtaiQUkHN6VIB2T8QGgoGI8URR3yNQURv_XUNPFWhVCmuBXp4q0Q36ue7lSNI3wVeDH0dru-D1uUobzB_gwRU2lWGspEpBmPJjqW1qDOkN9979X3VjKScSl6ZAZNiv4TtJhmGA9-lDJE-umuHKSLEM6jk7BO_HDL8paqPF52tXztXH8XiJU/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oRj5aKqHRtaiQUkHN6VIB2T8QGgoGI8URR3yNQURv_XUNPFWhVCmuBXp4q0Q36ue7lSNI3wVeDH0dru-D1uUobzB_gwRU2lWGspEpBmPJjqW1qDOkN9979X3VjKScSl6ZAZNiv4TtJhmGA9-lDJE-umuHKSLEM6jk7BO_HDL8paqPF52tXztXH8XiJU/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Light output</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Trust me it's more than adequate! But if you want to see specifications then I won't rehash them here, I will simply show you the page from their user instructions which come with the Fenix HL32R-T</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgECRkGRKumgrUC1mjWM9a7HHzDAWMNnjQzCAmFBuCZg0qrQgB_Qne9lEf25mm7evA9hFF2JI415kvJoba9mXVkRaBo17hpIaXC1lV7Mb7WeqdENMlHxsvUr3bQ9b90yZN9bPOOy-_mutIGP1C0b8liPm8oT89_EOOPXxMgbCpZnUf6T9UeYhsuhSD8-0/s2074/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="2074" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgECRkGRKumgrUC1mjWM9a7HHzDAWMNnjQzCAmFBuCZg0qrQgB_Qne9lEf25mm7evA9hFF2JI415kvJoba9mXVkRaBo17hpIaXC1lV7Mb7WeqdENMlHxsvUr3bQ9b90yZN9bPOOy-_mutIGP1C0b8liPm8oT89_EOOPXxMgbCpZnUf6T9UeYhsuhSD8-0/w640-h360/Fenix%20HL32R-T_P1290649.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">* I say near perfect as I would like to see a water resistant rating of IP68 ie to 2m submersion up to 30 minutes- then this model would be perfect but assuming during trail running and trekking one would not be going swimming with this headlamp!</span><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Iud84dYdmdnmjZOOq4qgB-wKz5LiTZasHAUCNjvYRpssxxFznS29E2uOltzGBvHgIzM9XaIo7HmOCSRS3_IoFk-JciLujjV3WFY0mwNGRDW0c2dLWmphLr4hNhJQEXvZTbyaM0myMmghQhpHXbgN6wQPiWeZcvDosDqEFdHU5ciGVezg4s9-Xmz0xfg/s1280/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Iud84dYdmdnmjZOOq4qgB-wKz5LiTZasHAUCNjvYRpssxxFznS29E2uOltzGBvHgIzM9XaIo7HmOCSRS3_IoFk-JciLujjV3WFY0mwNGRDW0c2dLWmphLr4hNhJQEXvZTbyaM0myMmghQhpHXbgN6wQPiWeZcvDosDqEFdHU5ciGVezg4s9-Xmz0xfg/w640-h360/Fenix_HL32R-T_P1290620.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The <a href="https://www.fenixlight.com/product/detail/index.php?id=212" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Fenix HL32R-T</span></a> is available in Funky Red (my words), Blue and (Boring but stealthy) Black!</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6z_JW2zZ-HMEqUv8gtOm7HW0ue0zbtxDLd6e5ewoo65QH5ThJEDq7yuhJxkdqkzcKEWPJztiMbnQQD7PQdeGIYIhyphenhyphendwY2IVOqjTbZ-8YDVXiTs1r-TQZU1FRye70XjV8cDEnuljvh9uSy3ZREg42bup3bTba3ZxOdCXvp-_FyQczxLd3OlrWub1JTqE/s1280/HL32R-T_P1290615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6z_JW2zZ-HMEqUv8gtOm7HW0ue0zbtxDLd6e5ewoo65QH5ThJEDq7yuhJxkdqkzcKEWPJztiMbnQQD7PQdeGIYIhyphenhyphendwY2IVOqjTbZ-8YDVXiTs1r-TQZU1FRye70XjV8cDEnuljvh9uSy3ZREg42bup3bTba3ZxOdCXvp-_FyQczxLd3OlrWub1JTqE/w640-h360/HL32R-T_P1290615.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>No Fenix did not pay me to write this article. Please help me out to keep the blog going by reading and at least making some comments, even if you hate the reviews and think they suck. i have kept this long term blog totally advertisement free for the ease of reading the articles (I hate the ads which normally pop up all over blogs when i'm reading them).</p></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-63846944897625381802023-08-21T17:51:00.006-07:002023-08-21T21:54:18.740-07:00Seiko Captain Willard 1970 6105 Homage watch, the STEELDIVE SD 1970 200m diver<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Seiko Captain Willard 1970 6105 Homage watch, the <b>STEELDIVE SD 1970 200m diver</b></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsPyMagrY_e2LNvR9rn7ba2gKp7ZNLFBoFCiTt1vlVVrhYlnz2g7EzQylj3tBonGN6tnxuCSjfNNAQ_tqGhPQK4dpl0hUdAUhEO5F3HymDDNlOmcO7OqtPfjEdCaRlFRVf151bSxUcA59aBupOwvNohA1ou3qGfKE5RtULvwfsAG6hcjPEAxFMYPtzQs/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270621_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsPyMagrY_e2LNvR9rn7ba2gKp7ZNLFBoFCiTt1vlVVrhYlnz2g7EzQylj3tBonGN6tnxuCSjfNNAQ_tqGhPQK4dpl0hUdAUhEO5F3HymDDNlOmcO7OqtPfjEdCaRlFRVf151bSxUcA59aBupOwvNohA1ou3qGfKE5RtULvwfsAG6hcjPEAxFMYPtzQs/w640-h360/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270621_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Wow! Looks pretty good but how good?</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Let's check it out.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he uni-directional ceramic insert metal bezel is easy to turn with just the right amount of friction for the gloved hands of a scuba diver.</span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtLn03NXiceOrzRTi6eqx3Sk43e2VUQNthAHYEWvSVejudfO3Grnbrj08ezNb0NfGEHKQe5Sw4SGqJotUPEKG9yLF1GkoQ8ECSbMCoZ0iSLUmt7nWivgEGC8t1VPTfuCODIQ0NrTCfxUTgVAJlMZrkelbKTXLbvhws_kQiO0z4inslpuKmXhMC0zEVd4/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270625_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtLn03NXiceOrzRTi6eqx3Sk43e2VUQNthAHYEWvSVejudfO3Grnbrj08ezNb0NfGEHKQe5Sw4SGqJotUPEKG9yLF1GkoQ8ECSbMCoZ0iSLUmt7nWivgEGC8t1VPTfuCODIQ0NrTCfxUTgVAJlMZrkelbKTXLbvhws_kQiO0z4inslpuKmXhMC0zEVd4/w640-h360/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270625_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QHXN_Vdp_sUqXpZFvp_Fpt_o3xRxm_dQRlsvemlOWRB16Tz3296G4XHr7SNvziOW7CYk05uWTNoaEfT_l5vmsQwYXFwLz3jx6yffY7Lj1KvCW_2qUSVE0mFZGvXqnzOpJFqfl-C7VtQWamvndq17i9kMDR6_sDF0IPGV6l3bUQhg1bWC83Ul4Ti8VtY/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270631_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-QHXN_Vdp_sUqXpZFvp_Fpt_o3xRxm_dQRlsvemlOWRB16Tz3296G4XHr7SNvziOW7CYk05uWTNoaEfT_l5vmsQwYXFwLz3jx6yffY7Lj1KvCW_2qUSVE0mFZGvXqnzOpJFqfl-C7VtQWamvndq17i9kMDR6_sDF0IPGV6l3bUQhg1bWC83Ul4Ti8VtY/w640-h360/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270631_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">B</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">right two tone lume. Green for all markers on the dial and bright blue for all markers on the bezel. Long decay time.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCh3KqmZfrMO3AA56kQkpxHseEEYIes_5CnXjT8PDNkqAubH5t3iKGClsN-eA8b-5YfOEvifZFqc85MuSJJZhacCOa3wLOseQ-9pEt0uK3Fy_s-EYN0AW3Pwvly74ocBH0jXBJZOBM_KiFLoEQGh362FdVwGBgnOUF2nRbN08Ly8kll0aa-hR-vLN31xQ/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213490_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCh3KqmZfrMO3AA56kQkpxHseEEYIes_5CnXjT8PDNkqAubH5t3iKGClsN-eA8b-5YfOEvifZFqc85MuSJJZhacCOa3wLOseQ-9pEt0uK3Fy_s-EYN0AW3Pwvly74ocBH0jXBJZOBM_KiFLoEQGh362FdVwGBgnOUF2nRbN08Ly8kll0aa-hR-vLN31xQ/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213490_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">Accurate dial painting.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyRBe_VjMeIoDwbIjoWBHX3M8nGeaBdyy7_PF2m3STl1h9xM65madxVuuXBLNGaS1Aag33M4FWdgdzGPSpcvvlxJONWKtmWpatwQ3HamCa75gxJwJXgNizFG6FnRrLs2R8vCCZT1zej84hnx5AydQmx3mXz6PQjs28zuTVCg4w8tRvGOMVLdWf3MM5VU/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213495_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Great metal finishing on the crown.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZEDm4xYgvyGmpH_Q8IOC2DzUEeKSDXDYyYcZSeB_phi292m2O6TZyo8690znTbDzbWcGoLLjb34x4AxywSDVWmuFRfRB8C2Z1qO-HUt-CM1BqV7ycIba3OA9n8XO_NfUlT3RoEP7lu2ZagxX0cDuhBMeyhgvU5S_h3YcErB7DXZO7-wM8gO6lVZAbp8/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213496_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZEDm4xYgvyGmpH_Q8IOC2DzUEeKSDXDYyYcZSeB_phi292m2O6TZyo8690znTbDzbWcGoLLjb34x4AxywSDVWmuFRfRB8C2Z1qO-HUt-CM1BqV7ycIba3OA9n8XO_NfUlT3RoEP7lu2ZagxX0cDuhBMeyhgvU5S_h3YcErB7DXZO7-wM8gO6lVZAbp8/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213496_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_OojEwSDxcD_fcNIXyERg7Tt5Occ-Mj1_pGe1lErX3NDnvarlmlL5wE2MGRFOdm-JyvMlkMPO4qw3d-pvH6BbGu4xyJlQ_4OLyUpEFhLVstY6ioDYLDwCXohfMlVnyxbRJ73Tahh9viFbxP5YzPiNAifbqhnsST3t0zwIQfna5Lu9ZsDJBlGFu-MBEw/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213497_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_OojEwSDxcD_fcNIXyERg7Tt5Occ-Mj1_pGe1lErX3NDnvarlmlL5wE2MGRFOdm-JyvMlkMPO4qw3d-pvH6BbGu4xyJlQ_4OLyUpEFhLVstY6ioDYLDwCXohfMlVnyxbRJ73Tahh9viFbxP5YzPiNAifbqhnsST3t0zwIQfna5Lu9ZsDJBlGFu-MBEw/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213497_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">B</span><span style="font-size: large;">lack Ceramic bezel insert with blue phosphor inlays (appears white under bright light).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyUBAYOwGcWbB8WRwsFSgYauHwYoroAqNOcKaL3N7fF1C_RHv393wBlMqdt12uQvlACqTMqmr3GBJT8W3nD3Uq1hEmX-oI4TSUvDQ80JsZlA4drX0v-1oVYO7asIga8rumyvWEJ6n4gb8J0WRoYaRbiHlYZl_xFlMQiXknP9iy3bMWP2Omg5uTQ7kTiA/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213499_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyUBAYOwGcWbB8WRwsFSgYauHwYoroAqNOcKaL3N7fF1C_RHv393wBlMqdt12uQvlACqTMqmr3GBJT8W3nD3Uq1hEmX-oI4TSUvDQ80JsZlA4drX0v-1oVYO7asIga8rumyvWEJ6n4gb8J0WRoYaRbiHlYZl_xFlMQiXknP9iy3bMWP2Omg5uTQ7kTiA/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213499_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">The SD 1970 Captain Willard homage watch sports a flat anti-reflective coated sapphire watch crystal. You can see the bevel here in the above image. This crystal sits just proud of the bezel.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlvcpm3kWsem7gkzUyuUMaGO-39HEulEfUz2cONGLaDY7RFPwwjwb3ic8yUdRkahb8edNQMtC2VBx1dcoavx8TlSrBhP1_F3fUy7zkiZufQNMt_8dyGrHBpgYN0k4WQMfke0GhgmhIok9mFuU0itGzk7ZHQc1zhmbg3FycSCUXWh3VBRa7vx01CQjKkg/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213505_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVlvcpm3kWsem7gkzUyuUMaGO-39HEulEfUz2cONGLaDY7RFPwwjwb3ic8yUdRkahb8edNQMtC2VBx1dcoavx8TlSrBhP1_F3fUy7zkiZufQNMt_8dyGrHBpgYN0k4WQMfke0GhgmhIok9mFuU0itGzk7ZHQc1zhmbg3FycSCUXWh3VBRa7vx01CQjKkg/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213505_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Green phosphor minute markers.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8WJqUAucUzwHyj8gTfyiUx7DdH6DMi9T3s-IcL7PEKvcn7Knd8O4WGCPlKroWdGBBRegv3bldAMa4lMfIAmOabRcrmUrhWExecJvjT9ujErp8qbQkmE6u5ov6JZzLEgLF2tZtVzxhfb-JMy0yiIq8HT9Emnto2i5GyzAQcrKtEYg-Zlp3Pj6ZgSciKk/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213506_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv8WJqUAucUzwHyj8gTfyiUx7DdH6DMi9T3s-IcL7PEKvcn7Knd8O4WGCPlKroWdGBBRegv3bldAMa4lMfIAmOabRcrmUrhWExecJvjT9ujErp8qbQkmE6u5ov6JZzLEgLF2tZtVzxhfb-JMy0yiIq8HT9Emnto2i5GyzAQcrKtEYg-Zlp3Pj6ZgSciKk/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213506_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Blue Phosphor inlays (Blue dots) on ceramic Bezel.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BtLHOuc4-npZZUeakzIiUWJeDkjxIYEDhMEsL8-g6prsuL_qf2qv4TkRl-xRC4yu9XsUBfXgYsXXleM0tEzp2o-z-45BazVLyl7DO1diF89-Evsrip247ceGzpDt1eMyZa7z_pR70ZHOCrI07S28QSwhQqlE_1dGTQkLrUVoRQ0a2dMg9vAbIGKzd7w/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213507_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BtLHOuc4-npZZUeakzIiUWJeDkjxIYEDhMEsL8-g6prsuL_qf2qv4TkRl-xRC4yu9XsUBfXgYsXXleM0tEzp2o-z-45BazVLyl7DO1diF89-Evsrip247ceGzpDt1eMyZa7z_pR70ZHOCrI07S28QSwhQqlE_1dGTQkLrUVoRQ0a2dMg9vAbIGKzd7w/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213507_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Second hand similar in design to the original Seiko.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZkGSTckX0WYy4PTb8ctjcCA27wcZOU8wDCy3Bq9eZKYz7sCZdD4qEzuJH2XGBOTBU_xZE5xsDv2i4Z4Oxswtpp3b5h4y8vRJNnXCm8kJbORGUO_JH5WOTNzICuRa9f6Ts4gqJ2u-wW8RoHmqJWh97BhQBxnC6tzVjChoIol3M9wAf1JZnnAceu1GIW8/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213508_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJZkGSTckX0WYy4PTb8ctjcCA27wcZOU8wDCy3Bq9eZKYz7sCZdD4qEzuJH2XGBOTBU_xZE5xsDv2i4Z4Oxswtpp3b5h4y8vRJNnXCm8kJbORGUO_JH5WOTNzICuRa9f6Ts4gqJ2u-wW8RoHmqJWh97BhQBxnC6tzVjChoIol3M9wAf1JZnnAceu1GIW8/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213508_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5u_WDlOy5Py7Qo2ZUjPeufw3e6-13SYFjvlqRlUsb35-90eD0zLqN-q8BuzCAYM6yexxn-_Qgj7kOTo3ohQeVpiDcw_V_sNtXxPjcv6Y2-mGvyudqoXgNlj5JL1Cz2zA6uNLs7nTRAwmMpkqWKYRgwRAShazLVcGtd4tOwG2vSSpAbrOdXHzryMIOoU/w640-h362/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213510_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Hands are perfectly mounted</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOvd7QTMak0pwgEmHzzsJjCpHQHRg2iHZJSCM12sUybBDUpSlfqqmPkMcTLxuUrVC1pImuc0NOhrJQkmb1ShvvKWKqY_EwYiSIbu1xsSMfaM0GDWaNWD-wm47Z1nB6z3Y0Z1blcUC6rhnkwo0cYcXuU2tvWjDR1MVN0eoN72-h6kR38El2rVwOKcP-OIM/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P8213512_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;">This is the real McCoy</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-sXLDxUeVNPJWXKkJOL-gDVmMQvXdH_sjZUFW-B-AzEvGDw7OaJEi6gjH0f2fSlDrywvmKz5-IGhWcjAaCMyu7HML6t3xniKpPzeWbi-ogfyEQv-xoXHoaQfWbO6SbszJejykp3ntXJuUSqrgGvXAflPoyB5RKf3cuvVCQAhzDH7BD2pOWBiBFkjDJM/s1074/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2014.26.14.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1034" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-sXLDxUeVNPJWXKkJOL-gDVmMQvXdH_sjZUFW-B-AzEvGDw7OaJEi6gjH0f2fSlDrywvmKz5-IGhWcjAaCMyu7HML6t3xniKpPzeWbi-ogfyEQv-xoXHoaQfWbO6SbszJejykp3ntXJuUSqrgGvXAflPoyB5RKf3cuvVCQAhzDH7BD2pOWBiBFkjDJM/w616-h640/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2014.26.14.png" width="616" /></a></div>(I'd like to say I took this off the wrist of a school bully 45 years ago but alas the image came from the bay!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Personally, I think the above watch, secondhand prices are insane, Seiko or not. To put it into perspective some kids (they were kids of rich parents) were wearing this watch at school 45 years ago when I was about 16 years old. I wore a Seiko Sports 5 and so did many other kids (not from rich families). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Although my memories of this watch was because one guy who thought he might bully me at school wore this Captain Willard model. He used to try and F up my Seiko by pushing in the crown (it was the way the date could be changed). I had a good cure for that after I had had enough, that was the end of my school shoe (on my foot of course) up his ars% so damn hard he couldn't sit down for the rest of the day. He sicked his older brother (2 years older) on to me to threaten me (he was a school bully too). He also wore a Seiko Captain Willard watch! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">LOL, that was over 45 years ago (too young to have legally watched Apocalypse now at the movie theatres!). Clearly one could wear an expensive watch and still be an ars&hole so this watch DOSEN"T remind me of "Captain Willard" from Apocalypse now LOL.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7w3diZ5UK1xMO32ISsApSnxg0VqGNtuGaNIHr42ahSEVKfWKnliWxOydg-SgdVikKU2HPA0njVmrBBNQ2pOuB1X936uaYCPh4l2xKA7xFLBm_wWRDlRsYh6usfOJsRPqF-SR9Mqip43CivBRZB6I2jIAyRDzidDzNWSKc3_zJ4IoKLFVYbNZTHAWBSo/s1280/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270621_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh7w3diZ5UK1xMO32ISsApSnxg0VqGNtuGaNIHr42ahSEVKfWKnliWxOydg-SgdVikKU2HPA0njVmrBBNQ2pOuB1X936uaYCPh4l2xKA7xFLBm_wWRDlRsYh6usfOJsRPqF-SR9Mqip43CivBRZB6I2jIAyRDzidDzNWSKc3_zJ4IoKLFVYbNZTHAWBSo/w640-h360/CaptainWillardWatch_P1270621_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>See my preliminary video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey_Oh5biQKw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here</span></a></b></span></p></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-6012472156507509042023-08-16T18:51:00.001-07:002023-08-16T18:51:55.223-07:00STEELDIVE SD1975 300m Diver comparison to a Seiko Prospex 200m Diver. Review<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>STEELDIVE SD1975 300m Diver comparison to a Seiko Prospex 200m Diver.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wIj31wT_70YS8wwNZovPeLr8Qbj4_EwaGZMb797__Zi8DKql02Y0WL84aNb1vXSNnGg9psCcBb11MhVDjJH1QXepIoWkE129YfZanjNaSzK-U7xqzjX1nxv1rE69vBY1-Vgy3Fu-lGQ8_3RB92WxJfbmc1m97YbvPpoiwt7a7N-we3ZM2QUFPwWePiE/s1280/SteelDive%20SD1975%20Honeycomb%20Vs%20Seiko%20Baby%20Tuna%20200m%20Diver%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wIj31wT_70YS8wwNZovPeLr8Qbj4_EwaGZMb797__Zi8DKql02Y0WL84aNb1vXSNnGg9psCcBb11MhVDjJH1QXepIoWkE129YfZanjNaSzK-U7xqzjX1nxv1rE69vBY1-Vgy3Fu-lGQ8_3RB92WxJfbmc1m97YbvPpoiwt7a7N-we3ZM2QUFPwWePiE/w640-h360/SteelDive%20SD1975%20Honeycomb%20Vs%20Seiko%20Baby%20Tuna%20200m%20Diver%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxramvCQOeFutpL3jLdQeonMhY5M18d-sE-4qkHsG58l5j5XG4USm6g2YPkQv6QUJAKQlkk2-VcelZk8OC8teB79XYZzX7x9OUP2yefibnS1OErdt3BfVLzGzKuvrRbrcpe4467sPi2aYTxpIFMRU7USbJShQsCYPeXb8FUrv4wAtzoS9TiCIF-Wh-nzw/s1280/SteelDive_P1270552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxramvCQOeFutpL3jLdQeonMhY5M18d-sE-4qkHsG58l5j5XG4USm6g2YPkQv6QUJAKQlkk2-VcelZk8OC8teB79XYZzX7x9OUP2yefibnS1OErdt3BfVLzGzKuvrRbrcpe4467sPi2aYTxpIFMRU7USbJShQsCYPeXb8FUrv4wAtzoS9TiCIF-Wh-nzw/w640-h360/SteelDive_P1270552.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rv3rNIIGAdjzLwYSQ4BwHs0aOsqgJTRrZ9U6pQTd5tr14oxASZfnipUya7gu9FFrDtmm_sExcoNhEHBkAjLdHpUV0KTEODWvPnLlbky9E_l1d2DasgRdFMEiIEWbs9MQMeQSxXJ1rd84kmN2UF0hrZMHWBVS-90bpA3HK1OuIPMbQmLJjFBo4ewPYgs/s1280/SteelDive_P1270556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3rv3rNIIGAdjzLwYSQ4BwHs0aOsqgJTRrZ9U6pQTd5tr14oxASZfnipUya7gu9FFrDtmm_sExcoNhEHBkAjLdHpUV0KTEODWvPnLlbky9E_l1d2DasgRdFMEiIEWbs9MQMeQSxXJ1rd84kmN2UF0hrZMHWBVS-90bpA3HK1OuIPMbQmLJjFBo4ewPYgs/w640-h360/SteelDive_P1270556.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>R</b>ecently, I purchased a STEELDIVE SD 1975 300m rated dive watch, powered by a Seiko NH35 automatic 24 jewell movement. The </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">STEELDIVE SD 1975 300m </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">features a ceramic bezel insert and a low domed sapphire watch crystal. This "Honeycomb" model came with a rubber type typical diver's watch band, perfect for diving (well maybe-more on this later). There is a screw down crown.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">First glance, very well made, machining tolerances appear very good. Component assembly has been well-done, ie evenness of construction components is better than my Seiko Prospex 200m diver (almost 3X expensive-retail price). Or the Seiko Baby Tuna is X2 more expensive using an average competitive internet price on the Seiko as an comparison. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaUbaGnWq9IAAaKwkgIFOuGMQGuCPNuz-aLrCsJYqVcN73nxIZWm1lloFUENJvxSLzJk7-EpuUo7niB406s8gJ8rymVKZ9tNA7VRhdGW7ijtQ0BMjJfyA7WuCnjivs7BZPtalHa9At9MDTEWMdsavwl3VAbU_jq9ImT7MOeCYcKKxL4R92dWBv1fpD54/s1280/SeikoHands_P8172088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVaUbaGnWq9IAAaKwkgIFOuGMQGuCPNuz-aLrCsJYqVcN73nxIZWm1lloFUENJvxSLzJk7-EpuUo7niB406s8gJ8rymVKZ9tNA7VRhdGW7ijtQ0BMjJfyA7WuCnjivs7BZPtalHa9At9MDTEWMdsavwl3VAbU_jq9ImT7MOeCYcKKxL4R92dWBv1fpD54/w640-h362/SeikoHands_P8172088.jpg" width="640" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjTaD5CT7Xt7quQj9V27OHP6DpV0Jl9xxGSYwNPqRvtf9KAFDyUx0CV5TJc9bL82iwG_fUA08loV0vvjG9vtQKHmWC9FCPIW-1pAbUtfPxUsIFP--sgbF3TXJoeHZBlDDDpPkVe2jrtbfDyVJuvprY9PqYpAxbqMwGY2XzOsfvL-ApfCWjxQc7ytTxXA/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjTaD5CT7Xt7quQj9V27OHP6DpV0Jl9xxGSYwNPqRvtf9KAFDyUx0CV5TJc9bL82iwG_fUA08loV0vvjG9vtQKHmWC9FCPIW-1pAbUtfPxUsIFP--sgbF3TXJoeHZBlDDDpPkVe2jrtbfDyVJuvprY9PqYpAxbqMwGY2XzOsfvL-ApfCWjxQc7ytTxXA/w640-h362/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172086.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The top image shows the assembly of the hands of a Seiko Prospex 200m "Baby Tuna" dive watch 4R36 movement. The lower images shows the hands assembly of the STEELDIVE SD1975 300m dive watch NH35 movement. Both are taken at approx. X4 magnification. There are NO discernible differences between these two watches.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjVu44jt56gRuAmF9iU2lnImQZZ-RDUHnioR9sJ5TEw25HY2aXqFHe7IoGYmfmny9luL3skW1pdz_Upby6qEO0qA9VxCI0U8Vk5PPE07-TZFGksjpU0eYcE8QTxjkIajAPNcbJfP6P6BncKAo3Rrpk8se5yF8boQ5UJuXXrG2G67UV7WGZnfSC3bK1lw/s1280/SeikoCrown_P8172082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjVu44jt56gRuAmF9iU2lnImQZZ-RDUHnioR9sJ5TEw25HY2aXqFHe7IoGYmfmny9luL3skW1pdz_Upby6qEO0qA9VxCI0U8Vk5PPE07-TZFGksjpU0eYcE8QTxjkIajAPNcbJfP6P6BncKAo3Rrpk8se5yF8boQ5UJuXXrG2G67UV7WGZnfSC3bK1lw/w640-h362/SeikoCrown_P8172082.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The crown positioning within the "Shroud" of the Seiko "Baby Tuna SRPE87K1 with a 4R36 movement. One can see the shroud is closer (but not touching) to the crown on the righthand side of the crown. Personally for me this is NOT a big deal as long as the crown ISN'T touching the shroud in any way to restrict it's smooth movement.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbhy6lgM98_7cfegxaXNtmgiWPqXrxBA6OapoS_GXQcHijMO2cuZzWT-PyIM0Cx9bJe-j4Kg5-Ge75cOi0vAWt8H2FcQqSHPmFdVNGydKs4VsiiBHhvNuCu7D3stuoA3d103PmLbtfT_x98cgTw3axpwr8PwYUSZeM8_Zh3sRRr5S_vghETIcwsxJkCU/s4000/P8162064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbhy6lgM98_7cfegxaXNtmgiWPqXrxBA6OapoS_GXQcHijMO2cuZzWT-PyIM0Cx9bJe-j4Kg5-Ge75cOi0vAWt8H2FcQqSHPmFdVNGydKs4VsiiBHhvNuCu7D3stuoA3d103PmLbtfT_x98cgTw3axpwr8PwYUSZeM8_Zh3sRRr5S_vghETIcwsxJkCU/w640-h360/P8162064.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The crown of the SD1975 300M diver from STEELDIVE is perfectly located centrally to the cut out section of the shroud, as can be seen in the above and below images.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LFT-vD8-LOkPOARZ514o3BQpscPvMOtpVe04bZqn5wokiqNi8rjmA-X2-0D38t7QCAPU85hoN2X6fw2LAc911fPjdcwbXNKeLLnB4vmyXMFh91mcBLB0JqtMZwbglE7QZ8LHT6Rq0V7N1j6QI_HWaL78frin9dfeh50XzoxeV-T2Q29f_zPBbWvGad4/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975_P1270565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LFT-vD8-LOkPOARZ514o3BQpscPvMOtpVe04bZqn5wokiqNi8rjmA-X2-0D38t7QCAPU85hoN2X6fw2LAc911fPjdcwbXNKeLLnB4vmyXMFh91mcBLB0JqtMZwbglE7QZ8LHT6Rq0V7N1j6QI_HWaL78frin9dfeh50XzoxeV-T2Q29f_zPBbWvGad4/w640-h360/SteelDiveSD1975_P1270565.jpg" width="640" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mostly good shroud alignment on the Seiko baby Tuna</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6dakd14JJjVZbQK8VQSlR8e-A6_L2SIdKtkpHgKQFl5eQBcwh7E_Ph5fuS27VyolKJQ90ht4jTq_1JF68VGENsTGit_BVgh2rUEChKDH6zfOAeDZTb8FQL7MXnGPswwvyksV7axpQBUQYOlIuF5Y65k60fwUPpVAg3aduKJ298ShfqbLyRV1Z85Eq5o/s1280/Seiko_P8172084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6dakd14JJjVZbQK8VQSlR8e-A6_L2SIdKtkpHgKQFl5eQBcwh7E_Ph5fuS27VyolKJQ90ht4jTq_1JF68VGENsTGit_BVgh2rUEChKDH6zfOAeDZTb8FQL7MXnGPswwvyksV7axpQBUQYOlIuF5Y65k60fwUPpVAg3aduKJ298ShfqbLyRV1Z85Eq5o/w640-h362/Seiko_P8172084.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some very small gap as can bee seen on the left hand side of the crown in the Seiko Baby Tuna.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">No such gap on the STEELDIVE watch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRmMazpqzqBAwtEfN9yZHUizf2MEnuJaz0BSZ9YtSlDUjnNDaKC9OuKWET7Br9gQ67zZQXQvh_icsV4CfAPTUntn8rZX4SV6heTp1x57H8npNH9jpFgi2SBGQtnXais-xSJusPNMe2dsKwiiEr6sz59XprMtAzcISTw28nbKv5Iz5uGl-g5iOzntYPrU/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975_P1270556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRmMazpqzqBAwtEfN9yZHUizf2MEnuJaz0BSZ9YtSlDUjnNDaKC9OuKWET7Br9gQ67zZQXQvh_icsV4CfAPTUntn8rZX4SV6heTp1x57H8npNH9jpFgi2SBGQtnXais-xSJusPNMe2dsKwiiEr6sz59XprMtAzcISTw28nbKv5Iz5uGl-g5iOzntYPrU/w640-h360/SteelDiveSD1975_P1270556.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: large;">Very very nice STEELDIVE logo but no serial number as in the Seiko Baby Tuna case back.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Watch Face Finish of the STEELDIVE Watch</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcYDD0x2LbRpmXzfbVlimLWjNEj3jag08b1RSi-a5jw--8upHmNB4LAMlh5mkI2HVdjZ3pG8cNfCFGgt0Z6BKReC8juySGnHSQKmyS7RVNrerccmpaAM_3FNwYBP_aLCHufxKCxDxCGaZrfxA9tNQ2uMSki3swsUCwa6qZBe3bKdjMIs2zASCWBDOaEA/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlcYDD0x2LbRpmXzfbVlimLWjNEj3jag08b1RSi-a5jw--8upHmNB4LAMlh5mkI2HVdjZ3pG8cNfCFGgt0Z6BKReC8juySGnHSQKmyS7RVNrerccmpaAM_3FNwYBP_aLCHufxKCxDxCGaZrfxA9tNQ2uMSki3swsUCwa6qZBe3bKdjMIs2zASCWBDOaEA/w640-h362/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172079.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Looks pretty darn good to me. Just as good as a Seiko! If not slightly aesthetically better. People want the funky colors! Keep them coming STEELDIVE!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Polishing?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHZO8bM9y9HzrEVVY4yUSbXCaXUGJ9co8mrzFHiF5GLQUK6m4ucJnjY1q79tkPpeBCI7-ozBpEQfxSIA7T-p9WSnJ5rH5wSu_zzZkXHvawsobJPgs-fRuaqbo7Hmh4eCk55cIS_COM5LMREJmi6qsxn2wg_gO6PJ7Y_H2wBsnDBDbYOYJq3eJakl1ksE/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHZO8bM9y9HzrEVVY4yUSbXCaXUGJ9co8mrzFHiF5GLQUK6m4ucJnjY1q79tkPpeBCI7-ozBpEQfxSIA7T-p9WSnJ5rH5wSu_zzZkXHvawsobJPgs-fRuaqbo7Hmh4eCk55cIS_COM5LMREJmi6qsxn2wg_gO6PJ7Y_H2wBsnDBDbYOYJq3eJakl1ksE/w640-h362/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172078.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">L</b><span style="font-size: large;">ovely polishing where small details count, as on the watch lugs. STEELDIVE SD1975 300m Dive watch.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>How is the Diver's minute maker presented?</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is the Seiko Baby Tuna</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCf28qarwZMGI6ZVa6yulYvz3MwpUxxkOvjy7NmpfPlicDu353kSVF3nEszZ0FbaCSHXPXJ9V1CIsRkQFzUvo4OFE5-6_HKd1W-Gt28dVDsLoLgHDBfAA3OY4tkkaRijTNLfLd25Mj7sVBvpUACRTqoPXOkCApRnsm6mrkqY_mDPYbalvMGHP6ajvE1E/s1280/SeikoLume_P8172089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvCf28qarwZMGI6ZVa6yulYvz3MwpUxxkOvjy7NmpfPlicDu353kSVF3nEszZ0FbaCSHXPXJ9V1CIsRkQFzUvo4OFE5-6_HKd1W-Gt28dVDsLoLgHDBfAA3OY4tkkaRijTNLfLd25Mj7sVBvpUACRTqoPXOkCApRnsm6mrkqY_mDPYbalvMGHP6ajvE1E/w640-h362/SeikoLume_P8172089.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yes, it's very dirty as I wear this watch almost 24/7. One can see that the phosphorescent material is protected via a very small glass and metal port. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuYrFwadBqi0RutLD0itrfvgiPZfZP6I2aAxJEb-sxFuVFnESjWVvYuftVx4FtlTPai0lI6qcyEc5AU7kJ7t0r6OOBQssJ09qnk5PK_PrtTsEXD0Rt5_8wanKXLw6VnbNf0UIDx2-9JNijEZayIK4Nri3r9HHR1ETdgmsshAQ33ek5LZwEpmEIbFMG3Y/s1280/SeikoLume_P8172091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuYrFwadBqi0RutLD0itrfvgiPZfZP6I2aAxJEb-sxFuVFnESjWVvYuftVx4FtlTPai0lI6qcyEc5AU7kJ7t0r6OOBQssJ09qnk5PK_PrtTsEXD0Rt5_8wanKXLw6VnbNf0UIDx2-9JNijEZayIK4Nri3r9HHR1ETdgmsshAQ33ek5LZwEpmEIbFMG3Y/w640-h362/SeikoLume_P8172091.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">T</b><span style="font-size: large;">his is the ONLY luminous paint featured upon the bezel of the Baby Tuna from Seiko.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">T</b><span style="font-size: large;">here is no such (apparent to the naked eye) protection in the STEELDIVE SD1975 300m diver. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJKfRAwZunw-NwVVRCIIxFD553shRwT8HLfnfT0fvS3Xl8KELQwEnhRA14LfCmnLetCLj4sjBOgzlonwPCOXaKhOYoO1Kwiq0rW40NGHnwzyZjX0NUIjfCzWvFhaDd32a40tSA4JX8prD0SVib0LBBNb-xv_IkyXQk7sugJhaf-Zq7DMAZ1Sqf0k35G4/s4000/P8162067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJKfRAwZunw-NwVVRCIIxFD553shRwT8HLfnfT0fvS3Xl8KELQwEnhRA14LfCmnLetCLj4sjBOgzlonwPCOXaKhOYoO1Kwiq0rW40NGHnwzyZjX0NUIjfCzWvFhaDd32a40tSA4JX8prD0SVib0LBBNb-xv_IkyXQk7sugJhaf-Zq7DMAZ1Sqf0k35G4/w640-h360/P8162067.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The longevity of the phosphorescent material will depend entirely upon what binding material is being used to secure tis material to the indentations of the bezel. (see below).</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ga3k5zeAVw2NfCeJY82SxVJG7pFIC86OhzyuUmIEq9RY9HD27AadTrvJJ-zYxs3mldbLMf117lNsSJQzfcIycZ8Bvarj3VgORzqhzS3XEPGwGz7XNKwCd0OD-E3a--BAP_HZnooVDesX6pVs_Qvv7OEGdhSl9nJpNESvu-rYt9k_NimYIR0wK-Y1f0I/s4000/P8162065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ga3k5zeAVw2NfCeJY82SxVJG7pFIC86OhzyuUmIEq9RY9HD27AadTrvJJ-zYxs3mldbLMf117lNsSJQzfcIycZ8Bvarj3VgORzqhzS3XEPGwGz7XNKwCd0OD-E3a--BAP_HZnooVDesX6pVs_Qvv7OEGdhSl9nJpNESvu-rYt9k_NimYIR0wK-Y1f0I/w640-h360/P8162065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69BdAnzDjND6pqT28TWKPJ_4iquKxAMdPRshEvtrBe5INwPkJmv5FUgvY8fZlEEYQRKp0Qs22ecsP-DOzKi7Nq05T-un1m_N4O41EPI7iovsw5-AlTTb5pEoD20rvVtiwUMd0PtWDnyJyisOnDIOPLASVPI5c74oirvkWf_0HKBdrA6iUmRRnVGgd5F4/s4000/P8162066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69BdAnzDjND6pqT28TWKPJ_4iquKxAMdPRshEvtrBe5INwPkJmv5FUgvY8fZlEEYQRKp0Qs22ecsP-DOzKi7Nq05T-un1m_N4O41EPI7iovsw5-AlTTb5pEoD20rvVtiwUMd0PtWDnyJyisOnDIOPLASVPI5c74oirvkWf_0HKBdrA6iUmRRnVGgd5F4/w640-h360/P8162066.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Setting the Time</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On setting the current time (standard method for N35 movement) I found the crown operation to be smooth (therefore the threads were well made), and easy to lock back down again, as easy as my Citizen Promaster 300m saturation Diver's watch! (which by the way is an outstanding dive watch). The bezel markers align perfectly on all of the second/minute markers. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The same could not be said about the crown of my Seiko (bought from a physical jewellery chain store) for which the crown was always difficult to manoeuvre into engaging the thread to screw back down the crown into place.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Now how about that killer luminous/phosphorescent dial of the STEELDIVE SD1975</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's VERY COOL!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It's hard to see (from this image) here but the main markers are, to the human eye, a lime green, a very intense blue as well.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6Fl0JpF0LCVij-_La0AaKj9Zy9xHQeHhJz5B43DVzSrB_oT8D_tB-6NeZyEoa-WiqtutZhhpnFB0RZT8lD45KOBvCDrOQLM-8aqpGgswtR7wsua7HHSxNQ32108uzKU17KQTFMA5osU4P8UwGc4QZrquf3GNLlg8R-gWzwovgTtAO0IUQNS72k8yjvA/s5184/P1270593.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6Fl0JpF0LCVij-_La0AaKj9Zy9xHQeHhJz5B43DVzSrB_oT8D_tB-6NeZyEoa-WiqtutZhhpnFB0RZT8lD45KOBvCDrOQLM-8aqpGgswtR7wsua7HHSxNQ32108uzKU17KQTFMA5osU4P8UwGc4QZrquf3GNLlg8R-gWzwovgTtAO0IUQNS72k8yjvA/w640-h360/P1270593.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Three (3) tone luminescent dial markings. Let's see how long they last (I mean here, resistance to abrasion and loss of material) because they have been applied to the indented markers and numbers of the bezel. Although so has the paint on my Seiko and it certainly has taken some abuse. The dial is easily read either in bright light or in total darkness. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here are my test procedures, which mimic exposure from a standard scuba diving torch, illuminating at the surface of the crystal in a dark environment:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Expose watch for approx 30 seconds and then attempt to read the dial markers until a legible reading is not possible without further exposure to a light source.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now everyone knows Seiko is KING of Lume when it comes to the very little light (from any source) is required to generate long lasting phosphorescent decay times. ALL others (Citizen, Casio, including Steel Drive etc etc.) require more than a fleeting few seconds to get that lume to have decent decay time, some are worse than others.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ25x7W2IVu37axqDaOWBbLTPb-OhPRv5D8SmDMPEK4Nu0PVRQpOuRFB1F93SDD3H2ONUrN_p7vxRIHTOq7hXg2nAurnMDAB5JtO9dpoUoXI4LbnQHrRlDdVYqTEEYUHRTfZh4lDcObShQSI7rHDlMKs54DOSWjomtAx3thIXrXvv7peaF93BeOG-Q9EA/s1280/SeikoLume_P8172093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ25x7W2IVu37axqDaOWBbLTPb-OhPRv5D8SmDMPEK4Nu0PVRQpOuRFB1F93SDD3H2ONUrN_p7vxRIHTOq7hXg2nAurnMDAB5JtO9dpoUoXI4LbnQHrRlDdVYqTEEYUHRTfZh4lDcObShQSI7rHDlMKs54DOSWjomtAx3thIXrXvv7peaF93BeOG-Q9EA/w400-h226/SeikoLume_P8172093.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">A mere second or two is all that is required to get Seiko's lume to glow like no tomorrow! This was taken with a very short 2 sec exposure (showing the 12hr marker on a Seiko baby Tuna). Sorry, it was taken hand held so a bit out of focus!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">*<b>Results of the Decay Duration from the STEELDIVE SD1975 are as follows:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The duration of the luminescence as witnessed by the human eye, ie the decay time is approximately well over 4 hours with easily >1 hr duration after exposure to light (30 seconds). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">*I know this is somewhat subjective as it depends also upon the optimal excitation wavelengths being present in the LED source for maximal excitation of all material.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Wearing Comfort Test.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This test is dead easy and anyone who isn't doing it like this has no idea! Ok just joking!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">imply wear the watch to bed. If a watch is going to become uncomfortable, it will be immediately apparent during one's sleep patterns. Possible problems experienced could be anything from cutting off one's circulation in the lower wrist to impingement upon nerves resulting in the "pins and needles" felling when certain nerves close to the surface are "stimulated".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you can wear a watch to bed without ending up with bruising of the wrist, a painful wrist etc etc. then it is comfortable to wear anytime. During sleep we may move in unpredictable ways which are not biased by conscious thought. ie purposefully moving one's arms in a way which would allow the watch to be comfortably worn. See what I'm saying?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>So what were my results?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">No problems for my wrist (left hand). As apposed to trying to wear (and they warn against this) my Citizen 200m Aqualand diving watch to bed; a totally unsuitable watch for daily wear IMHO due to it's sheer bulk (this is a tool- not a daily wearer IMHO).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>N</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ow as to the construction, let's look at it at high magnification (up to under X4 magnification using my trusty Olympus lenses).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The Watch Crystal What is it?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The SD1975 300m diver is supplied with a:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Domed Sapphire crystal</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Disadvantages:</b> T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">he dome, if not anti-reflective coated will reflect other images like no tomorrow.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TMsAApTjwpDj5Ti2UwvoX0lIycFd1TUNC1IRnZDN7YgoifcmLlgG4EhMi49UBNyFdA4r9KzZoQcPZzYa2xqpGOcY9IkQY2BkYdAIQp08ZZDSLJG3GkrW5db1EGjYQvOISG9Dv8reJYmik9sRVZkec9UMyjYGyF-hiDQVqeM16Kq7rGzjCry9k0OHyvw/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172094.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TMsAApTjwpDj5Ti2UwvoX0lIycFd1TUNC1IRnZDN7YgoifcmLlgG4EhMi49UBNyFdA4r9KzZoQcPZzYa2xqpGOcY9IkQY2BkYdAIQp08ZZDSLJG3GkrW5db1EGjYQvOISG9Dv8reJYmik9sRVZkec9UMyjYGyF-hiDQVqeM16Kq7rGzjCry9k0OHyvw/w400-h226/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172094.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>D</b>omed watch crystals can show undue reflections if not coated. This watch crystal is uncoated. A coated crystal would "bump up" the manufacturing cost.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">apphire is not as "tough" as mineral crystal, ie it could be more susceptible to impact damage.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Advantages:</b> S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">uper scratch resistant (hardness 9 on MOHs scale, ie one down from diamond!).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">dome will resist pressure greater than a flat plate of any given material (hence domed ports on submersibles)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>How is the Watch Presented and </b></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">Warranty?</b></p><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">However there is a record taken (I hope) within the watch box, an international warranty card (looks like a credit card!).</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The STEELDIVE SD1975 came with a nice little box to transport your dive watch within your dive box of gear. It is foam lined and can be attached to a lanyard at one end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfLmKSz5w6jBIl1r7FmE1jU89mAqDBZnj_-FK1un3Gu5iLMHxSslHNfHEkY4ZckIGkYdAGUDaO_Grfq2XnMHHKHkPRS-e3P7GcyVTbm8wjEwlsTSnWz_MXdyMTFFzISffmU97FOv3VSARMN9Wp3O0M0BITKCgBkCE4Rdj77vjzejWRc6kMrWvEYOffyY/s1280/STEELDIVE_P8172098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkfLmKSz5w6jBIl1r7FmE1jU89mAqDBZnj_-FK1un3Gu5iLMHxSslHNfHEkY4ZckIGkYdAGUDaO_Grfq2XnMHHKHkPRS-e3P7GcyVTbm8wjEwlsTSnWz_MXdyMTFFzISffmU97FOv3VSARMN9Wp3O0M0BITKCgBkCE4Rdj77vjzejWRc6kMrWvEYOffyY/w640-h362/STEELDIVE_P8172098.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR20UkKrRaVQomv-955QX1p8ufAttAssUjayZlsuQhHmpRvk0rp-wredXdlrNptaa2inefOUmCy211y1ovCiVYGuimZBxJTDrCqfDangv94Ea4gvBvmdiaSWOOFWW2SQEuyjEDySu9T92OQ9uY_mdd2IxLlRfjM2_eUmqTaokV1vehHWGL7OZ5cPC003Q/s1280/STEELDIVE_P8172099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR20UkKrRaVQomv-955QX1p8ufAttAssUjayZlsuQhHmpRvk0rp-wredXdlrNptaa2inefOUmCy211y1ovCiVYGuimZBxJTDrCqfDangv94Ea4gvBvmdiaSWOOFWW2SQEuyjEDySu9T92OQ9uY_mdd2IxLlRfjM2_eUmqTaokV1vehHWGL7OZ5cPC003Q/w640-h362/STEELDIVE_P8172099.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvOdvslZL_Z1hyi8eXPyMzX-LJIvFp-ZoXVcVFg3URZq3AFSoG0DmWxbr_YenZ_u4pV44YqEj2ZksvsL5zAMr8rARoeUGnFFkYrA5v7L4C8fbk2t3xr6B8ik49NTx5svlP7lVKCXXj425rjkGpLB-9dNIfwNzQ6sqPX479DMyU5Kaq6vtyiiMt5hq1Tk/s1280/STEELDIVE_P8172100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsvOdvslZL_Z1hyi8eXPyMzX-LJIvFp-ZoXVcVFg3URZq3AFSoG0DmWxbr_YenZ_u4pV44YqEj2ZksvsL5zAMr8rARoeUGnFFkYrA5v7L4C8fbk2t3xr6B8ik49NTx5svlP7lVKCXXj425rjkGpLB-9dNIfwNzQ6sqPX479DMyU5Kaq6vtyiiMt5hq1Tk/w640-h362/STEELDIVE_P8172100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The box contained the <b>International warranty card</b> and manual. All components of the box were carefully packed. (see my "first unboxing video ever on @BushCampingTools</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>STEELDIVE</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Toughness Testing:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">LOL! It's a dive watch so..........They are meant to be tough by definition!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Easy give it to your kid to wear for a day! See images below.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlik8ozw1MQ_rP08oTmmhvQ8KtqyiezTGKBddibWuuihe16-PYdI8mF0x_0uh-8CR0K77-1YUSkalz7w9r2bbXp8gWtydqiwwH3lu5Wu9OIxQ7NjkqlBzD3n5QPiMVVsOSKpwB5GAcFA3OPoL5uS4AnpKizX3ZxjyOl0tr9fh78DZFNxsBkcK1pTnaPo/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="722" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlik8ozw1MQ_rP08oTmmhvQ8KtqyiezTGKBddibWuuihe16-PYdI8mF0x_0uh-8CR0K77-1YUSkalz7w9r2bbXp8gWtydqiwwH3lu5Wu9OIxQ7NjkqlBzD3n5QPiMVVsOSKpwB5GAcFA3OPoL5uS4AnpKizX3ZxjyOl0tr9fh78DZFNxsBkcK1pTnaPo/w362-h640/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172081.jpg" width="362" /></a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlitWCpo2l3EwYi9YTQ0RRFfHNPw34XEfZuxLbcHSbLO2f7zzh8HK_CygKod32X_9VDIn_pQ10JlxfGqTZJuIdOG9KIOFAFe6RgDyJKiXEHhsl2WU6uI-Ii0Aa2uPPff2YcWhLZB39Eg74_8H1IBFH-3KNKmPuYU4FYFQQXBho64u8_eSgKlIK6ro-1K4/w640-h362/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172096.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Tj5lxJNXKWLIyu6L1XatYtsNVT7y4XSwgNXWgP3rRdSopGbSW0X_FMoPP2h64DMNyD3g1lX9UmDB--xBn4Pvkgg6rJzniGUd0fZUN9DNKXxlvB2wUcW4n0HLgu1SyeuUkGnNdrqhi63Ou8mKuGbgUDMsd5PS6DSpWmzWhvAJfyPdcP07jPM2s_q5qGg/s1280/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1280" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Tj5lxJNXKWLIyu6L1XatYtsNVT7y4XSwgNXWgP3rRdSopGbSW0X_FMoPP2h64DMNyD3g1lX9UmDB--xBn4Pvkgg6rJzniGUd0fZUN9DNKXxlvB2wUcW4n0HLgu1SyeuUkGnNdrqhi63Ou8mKuGbgUDMsd5PS6DSpWmzWhvAJfyPdcP07jPM2s_q5qGg/w640-h362/SteelDiveSD1975300mHoneyComb_P8172097.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">More videos to come check the channel!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Overall as you know I DO NOT make product comparisons, I have only taken the liberty here and ever so slightly because the 2 watches are vaguely similar in size, weight and function.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As far as using this watch for diving then I would only use it for SCUBA after testing with a another "well known" dive watch brand and or Dive computer. I always use backups</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>A Note to STEELDIVE</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you are listening STEELDIVE, I would like to see some sort of international certification (eg ISO) of the diving rating of 200m and 300m. I know this is written in your booklets/manuals but I'd, as a SCUBA diver like to see what Seiko has done and state an ISO certification for these two depth rated watch models you produce. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I am aware this would "Bump up" the retail cost but if the watches were set to be competative still under the cost of similar Seiko or Citizen watches, then this WOULD ADD value to what is clearly a "value for money" dive watch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-22360152704379321512023-08-05T14:59:00.000-07:002023-08-05T14:59:10.656-07:00Pay attention to the wording: CASIO GWG1000-1A3 and GWG1000-1A<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Ok here are some screen shots, (I have added the colors for clarity and to draw your attention to what might appear as inconsequential wording, however this wording is definitely not without reason.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRHNK-nk4s8jvyI3A1FqXD8SLXDl7o_VK2Z8CukZAnimGWV2iGf4WdigUyL9F0VdLREWpR15kxorPmhRMRlUdXnDVNVNG-NlPIbcIdgcmL_120bbWSZyQUsUaNEZsSQtN9P8F1SHQbM0JMMMUSXwAbJzIy8r7QcyfjTRIhqBI3Vi5RfWAvutrE66uRn4/s1280/Casio%20GWG1000%20Fogging%20Up_P1270208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRHNK-nk4s8jvyI3A1FqXD8SLXDl7o_VK2Z8CukZAnimGWV2iGf4WdigUyL9F0VdLREWpR15kxorPmhRMRlUdXnDVNVNG-NlPIbcIdgcmL_120bbWSZyQUsUaNEZsSQtN9P8F1SHQbM0JMMMUSXwAbJzIy8r7QcyfjTRIhqBI3Vi5RfWAvutrE66uRn4/w640-h360/Casio%20GWG1000%20Fogging%20Up_P1270208.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This is what Casio says from the following link:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.casio.com/intl/watches/gshock/product.GWG-1000-1A3/</span></p><div class="p-product_detail-subttl" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 3px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">MASTER OF G - LAND</span></div><div class="p-product_detail-subttl" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 3px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">MUDMASTER</span></div><div class="p-product_detail-hdg-lv1" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: keep-all;"><h1 class="cmp-hdg__ttl" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 42px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">GWG-1000-1A3</span></h1></div><p><span style="font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;">MASTER OF G MUDMASTER
This radio solar model from the G-SHOCK MUDMASTER series is intended for extreme </span><span style="background-color: red;">on-land use </span><span style="background-color: black;">in terrains strewn with rocks, sand, and debris.
</span><span style="background-color: red;">Features a dust- and mud-proof structure </span><span style="background-color: black;">needed for missions in dirt, sand, and mud. A large number of gaskets built into the buttons and shafts </span><span style="background-color: red;">prevent mud intrusion</span><span style="background-color: black;">. A vibration-resistant structure makes it able to withstand the use of large pieces equipment such as electric cutters or crushers. It is also equipped with a triple sensor that displays information on orientation, atmospheric pressure/altitude, and temperature. High visibility is also ensured via large indices with Arabic numerals, </span><span style="background-color: red;">a double LED light, and a wind-proof sapphire glass crystal.</span><span style="background-color: black;"> The band is textured to resemble the non-slip grip of a piece of heavy machinery, and the extra-thick hour and minutes hands have an arrow feather motif. Checkering is applied to all buttons to improve operability and to provide a finish that exudes a military feel.
A G-SHOCK that supports tough men on harsh land missions.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Now for the other model:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: din-2014, Noto Sans JP, ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN, Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN, Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; font-size: large;">https://www.casio.com/intl/watches/gshock/product.GWG-1000-1A/</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">NEW MUD RESISTANCE + TRIPLE SENSOR
This new MUDMASTER model was created especially for this whose work takes it into areas where piles of rubble, dirt, and debris are present.
A special vibration-resistant construction lets them stand up to wear while operating cutters, crushers, drills and other heavy machinery to clear way large obstacles. This is CASIO's first analog watch to come with Mud Resist construction, </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">which helps to ensure that nothing gets into the watch</span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"> when down and dirty work takes you deep into the dirt and sludge. Multiple gaskets are used on the pipes that guide buttons and shafts, </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">which keeps mud out.</span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"> These pipes not only act to protect buttons from impact, they also enhance button operation. The screw-in force of the screw lock bezel on an internal gasket </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">further increases mud resistance.</span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">
A new bezel structure lets you visually check whether the bezel has been screwed in adequately.
In addition, Triple Sensor Version 3 capabilities provide instant access to direction, barometric pressure, and temperature information when needed under tough conditions.
The face of the watch is marked with large Arabian numerals as 12, 3, 6, and 9 o'clock for easy reading. The face </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">is illuminated by a double LED light</span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">protected by a sapphire crystal to ensure high visibility under virtually any conditions imaginable.</span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">
The band surface is processed to resemble a cloth band texture, and the hour and minute hands are shaped with points that make them resemble warning markers. All buttons have a checkered surface for surer operation, and the overall design is tough and rugged.
• Vibration Resistant Structure
• Digital compass, barometric pressure/altitude, temperature readings
• Double LED light illuminates the face and digital display for outstanding readability.
• Screw-in Crown
• Multiband 6 (Automatically adjusts time settings based on reception of one of six time calibration signals around the globe: Japan (2), China, United States, England, Germany.)
• Tough Solar</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">Clearly the "Wind-proof sapphire crystal" is a typo, so no need to go ape over this simple typo probably a automatic translation error from Japanese in English.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">Both texts say these wathes have dual LED lights however my one? (GWG 1000-1A) seems to only feature one light according to the manual.(no t's not a fake BTW).</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;">Why did i publish this? Well no where does it say on theor promotional materil that these watches can handle the water. Now in the manuals they do state they can resist a pressure of 20 ATM but we all know this is NOT the same as a the wording for a certified DIVE watch waterproof rating. The manuals also say these watches can be used for snorkel diving and that's exactly what I sometimes use mine for as seen in many previous videos on the channel. BUT do not press those buttons under water!</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: din-2014, "Noto Sans JP", "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN", Meiryo, メイリオ, sans-serif; white-space-collapse: break-spaces;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-3979048302044736212023-07-21T17:55:00.002-07:002023-07-21T17:55:33.713-07:00Casio GWG 1000 Review<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3G1X-SBNL3vkYAs8Jdahgm5kcfJpy8K4ZkIklaqNn4B2DN_Bx6DERdyg2_q5WAX2_yghW1NkSLwPSc02f2189mjvuLTY828ipCaLtdf3XdlNQgnQdi643ZyZPlBC0mGrdCSUDXfDuJ1Xj2D0DMqqFlzRvbNkkpzx_PF7o1dPMPN1uA4kLXR46zXsED4/s1280/Casio%20GWG1000%20Fogging%20Up_P1270208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3G1X-SBNL3vkYAs8Jdahgm5kcfJpy8K4ZkIklaqNn4B2DN_Bx6DERdyg2_q5WAX2_yghW1NkSLwPSc02f2189mjvuLTY828ipCaLtdf3XdlNQgnQdi643ZyZPlBC0mGrdCSUDXfDuJ1Xj2D0DMqqFlzRvbNkkpzx_PF7o1dPMPN1uA4kLXR46zXsED4/w640-h360/Casio%20GWG1000%20Fogging%20Up_P1270208.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC-4PtZZhW0</p>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-39515178076418981142023-07-18T00:00:00.047-07:002023-08-17T13:40:12.452-07:00CASIO MUDMASTER GWG 1000 and GWG 2000 Review<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Casio Mud Master Master of G Land.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>GWG 1000 and GWG 2000</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Review Discussion</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvWQtGQDSTcsSBAioCw7nRYvkakIpakNi-Yzvu2YkYuxYVaKITEAr1WfQJ8YRcEe1u3J_u5AnH2ovWe6EsHS1DdlpBT_7uwhw_TltxEcEK8bxrkPtzOPwbeoqP_olv5v9TPt1guofJtiytOkrCeSORhNxKghsUUyTIIO_dQRseky8XuJ8f9hkXcuVN1w/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270095.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvWQtGQDSTcsSBAioCw7nRYvkakIpakNi-Yzvu2YkYuxYVaKITEAr1WfQJ8YRcEe1u3J_u5AnH2ovWe6EsHS1DdlpBT_7uwhw_TltxEcEK8bxrkPtzOPwbeoqP_olv5v9TPt1guofJtiytOkrCeSORhNxKghsUUyTIIO_dQRseky8XuJ8f9hkXcuVN1w/s320/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270095.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b>Last updated: 20/07/23</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>22/07/23</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>I'll tell you the stuff all the paid reviewers will not tell you about these GWG 1000 and GWG 2000 Casio watches. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>For example what does "Japan GE" actually mean? We provide the accurate answer from Casio! It's not as exciting as one might think!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>The reviewers who do not actually OWN the watch but have it on loan. We own our gear!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Read on.....<br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6t93PF6lnx4VEbNNnfr8d-PVS0qY2flf0F4R-rNtKzgx5jcOFLqKOEHCdkDPuMtTNaJ7zVvBv2sIvdZj12qXjZe2efn6vyjTAcOhFhai5lAxwLVKDuk-I561RSNYiFKCU2WiVnrQFZnXQMr9pwxgmq89nNLRKR3qicB0tdjmLqdpsJ4A5lzvdeHqX7w/s1148/Screenshot%202023-07-14%20at%2010.13.13.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="1148" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6t93PF6lnx4VEbNNnfr8d-PVS0qY2flf0F4R-rNtKzgx5jcOFLqKOEHCdkDPuMtTNaJ7zVvBv2sIvdZj12qXjZe2efn6vyjTAcOhFhai5lAxwLVKDuk-I561RSNYiFKCU2WiVnrQFZnXQMr9pwxgmq89nNLRKR3qicB0tdjmLqdpsJ4A5lzvdeHqX7w/w640-h112/Screenshot%202023-07-14%20at%2010.13.13.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>GWG 1000 Vs the GWG 2000</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Straight to the Point Review no BS</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbmK-21gIg4dBeg597iq1Hx5HyoNeEQzTkyg4SBadfJYrvOVcCT7bc9My707QTuiVMS2DV_W4zMtSZu-hMnktPZL3zppa8dQowlFPhsHqFn4KiVQ5vcp-LHfeEo02zLbOK__0xt38C9xGQNeusHsIWzZkMjidHU5w1yrh6rHBlP0JqmANnEkNe9FpNhI/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270096.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbmK-21gIg4dBeg597iq1Hx5HyoNeEQzTkyg4SBadfJYrvOVcCT7bc9My707QTuiVMS2DV_W4zMtSZu-hMnktPZL3zppa8dQowlFPhsHqFn4KiVQ5vcp-LHfeEo02zLbOK__0xt38C9xGQNeusHsIWzZkMjidHU5w1yrh6rHBlP0JqmANnEkNe9FpNhI/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270096.jpg" width="640" /></a> <span style="font-size: medium;"> <span>(</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: center;">Photo of my actual watch a GWG 1000 model)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>GWG 1000 Series MUDMASTER.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWD23fjUO2KYkEAeI11PCJq_uwAnRS8ORzpdtbkL7xMwBgBgbXI0tlBOQgLDaVxl-4XV2nllaLZrsnnP-4wAldVkjrMzVXZbff5AEeCMqgQvLkeHEpGnx6mFg5Kg3vk5zbs0tiAPJGvlxSe46Yy3iAT_orDN0H9XUI65JYm6-yiUGOS4CZXhgtk4KzQg/s1050/GShock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="886" data-original-width="1050" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqWD23fjUO2KYkEAeI11PCJq_uwAnRS8ORzpdtbkL7xMwBgBgbXI0tlBOQgLDaVxl-4XV2nllaLZrsnnP-4wAldVkjrMzVXZbff5AEeCMqgQvLkeHEpGnx6mFg5Kg3vk5zbs0tiAPJGvlxSe46Yy3iAT_orDN0H9XUI65JYm6-yiUGOS4CZXhgtk4KzQg/s320/GShock.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; text-align: justify;"><b>Now looking like they will be phased out of production?? </b> W</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">hy do I think this? Well the USA Casio site clearly is promoting the carbon core mudmaster models and offering 40% off the GWG1000 models, this is also coincident with low Ebay prices too globally. But enough of price for now.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Could the GWG1000 models (2 of them) become collector's items?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWO7CaqUtnZZiYYQR9meeo2K60u-83M3yvuBPehSFLGRplFLyqt0vp7pFz7YYuT2cOyuaGJYMwmw8F9CnE6ratRd8ZE0dJzF9dAoDTvtR3QmBMJvr2Vy-5QTgyD9szMwpeyVCUx11LptIIRQgKU6QdyVRK17g5IJ5L_fnuVBAuyAQiYdnayTsy4anPGNI/s960/Casio%20GWG%202000%20Mudmaster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="822" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWO7CaqUtnZZiYYQR9meeo2K60u-83M3yvuBPehSFLGRplFLyqt0vp7pFz7YYuT2cOyuaGJYMwmw8F9CnE6ratRd8ZE0dJzF9dAoDTvtR3QmBMJvr2Vy-5QTgyD9szMwpeyVCUx11LptIIRQgKU6QdyVRK17g5IJ5L_fnuVBAuyAQiYdnayTsy4anPGNI/w548-h640/Casio%20GWG%202000%20Mudmaster.jpg" width="548" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> The ends at 12 and 6 O'clock position (<span style="color: red;">Red arrows</span>) bracelet fixtures are made out of carbon reinforced (PEEK) resin.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Note here in the image above, the <span style="color: #04ff00;">small green arrow</span> indicates part of the structure and is not showing the crown of the GWG 2000 unlocked/unscrewed.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">The 4 case bolts are however functional in the above GWG 2000 model unlike their counterpart in the GWG 1000, where the bolts are fake.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TIbN_yv7oZWQa0mgWv7qEFVdteKTc2YJ6xsIyfNrdb0PXJlZtiFtWTJsOe8vgSbx7dINvO89dL_ob7DD8dd2IHnUIDc26pXcJTDFc2tXDbK9XaDbtbsi-eMmXAP8WspbjA8bcoyWe_MehXkNz1v7O4li1cx2mqT0YxR-PecUXvrDEytocHeND5n3pXI/s1632/GWG%202000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1361" data-original-width="1632" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TIbN_yv7oZWQa0mgWv7qEFVdteKTc2YJ6xsIyfNrdb0PXJlZtiFtWTJsOe8vgSbx7dINvO89dL_ob7DD8dd2IHnUIDc26pXcJTDFc2tXDbK9XaDbtbsi-eMmXAP8WspbjA8bcoyWe_MehXkNz1v7O4li1cx2mqT0YxR-PecUXvrDEytocHeND5n3pXI/w640-h534/GWG%202000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Making these end parts of the bezel out of such a composite allows (as they say) for a slightly thinner structure but at the same time retaining adequate strength. They talk about this being very strong but they don't say compared to what? I'll be surprised if it is stronger than the original GWG1000 models because clearly the resin (in this case PUR Poly Urethane Resin- they use various grades) in these areas is much thicker. Although it should be harder (the carbon reinforced PEEK) and more impact resistant to damage but there is always a compromise because harder means more shock transfer.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">However, I will stand corrected as carbon composites can be very strong and hard under certain mechanical stresses, something which has been brought to the general public's eye in the last month or so, need I say more.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Also the the carbon core models seem to be all cased in Thailand (not true there are models cased in Japan) as apposed to Japan and <span style="color: #01ffff;">not all have sapphire glass</span>. Yes, that's right, there is a cost to having the carbon composite and that means some lessor materials in other areas. Watches cased in Thailand </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp6cllb3XueWkiypieS2w0GQTU6b7o684PHnRytjX-cw1pf6r8c754XOfj20Cltgo2i0Lo-P50v45V86qaG5YdlAJ1uTSc9rhHaveVdHOaJCjRyMzXGNJc7xYjjFZJqXpzXlPkrb54skTL7HbY1HQ3n9VyzsOwTAHv3ottRmsouikZhaiPTjAXz84B7Q/s3344/Screenshot%202023-07-22%20at%2009.27.03.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="3344" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXp6cllb3XueWkiypieS2w0GQTU6b7o684PHnRytjX-cw1pf6r8c754XOfj20Cltgo2i0Lo-P50v45V86qaG5YdlAJ1uTSc9rhHaveVdHOaJCjRyMzXGNJc7xYjjFZJqXpzXlPkrb54skTL7HbY1HQ3n9VyzsOwTAHv3ottRmsouikZhaiPTjAXz84B7Q/w640-h336/Screenshot%202023-07-22%20at%2009.27.03.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Casio Thailand factory.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">can not be told apart in terms of quality I think and will only worry those who must have a Japanese made watch.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At a quick comparison there seems to be some "tidying up of the watch face display in the GWG 2000 as compared with the older but still current GWG 1000. I like how the functions of Baro, Temp and REC ST TR, now are all together and form a simple arc which looks a bit better as it follows the curvature of the dial, where as the GWG 1000 similar display, appears too occupy more room on the face. I personally don't like how the buttons of the GWG 2000 now have concentric rings upon them as apposed to the more industrial checker/knurling marks. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I think the indicators for Baro Temp etc could have all been made different colors to quickly distinguish them from one another at a quick glance but this is something they (Casio) might bring out at a future date with some "Special edition" or a "limited edition" as we are already seeing with different bezel colors available (in very tacky colors if i do say so myself).</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7j2MSMaITonTo7X5cMJuK8rmDxEV_59GRmN9oI3PwCISTPh3Sclyb2QECtWr7k0iDq207TgxigyfNxQx0dLSSdJDeydx1Q7cThcnpA6yUAvqg79PnF78Ov_jU-Y-xQYZ7w6TPedJbe8bcDDGM9qcd1dNTRbsnoSwe4PAngDChIGPzdtjhyCiz85X0G2A/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270075.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7j2MSMaITonTo7X5cMJuK8rmDxEV_59GRmN9oI3PwCISTPh3Sclyb2QECtWr7k0iDq207TgxigyfNxQx0dLSSdJDeydx1Q7cThcnpA6yUAvqg79PnF78Ov_jU-Y-xQYZ7w6TPedJbe8bcDDGM9qcd1dNTRbsnoSwe4PAngDChIGPzdtjhyCiz85X0G2A/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270075.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As the LASER etching shows, SAPPHIRE Glass (WG 1000) for the watch crystal. Very scratch resistant BUT BRITTLE! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>Radio time keeping.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">And yes, the GWG is a multi-band 6 watch and can receive the time sync radio transmissions as long as you are NOT in Australia and probably NZ as well; you will never be able to receive such signals from China or further afield unless some serious solar activity is going on LOL! So bare this in mond all those living in Australia and New Zealand who choose to buy this watch as this function will never work unless you plan to travel with your watch to regions which are close enough to receive the radio signals.</span><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOTPbBzhngKwwlDH2LijMgLLJfiPR1zlKUL4SkmT__pI7Qbwf8gVRBLArIGVWFbh2--fxSl-Z2N-k9K-uUp84LRC8_lG4sC5UeKOKi3OC03WtPqqL-PJeFde9zZcbToc-jIIfoO8FMcXX8htpXVxGJFF94jmpALaoloRBSsqkZHrJMlbN6P_gjRUFJHs/s1088/Screenshot%202023-07-14%20at%2013.45.55.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1088" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOTPbBzhngKwwlDH2LijMgLLJfiPR1zlKUL4SkmT__pI7Qbwf8gVRBLArIGVWFbh2--fxSl-Z2N-k9K-uUp84LRC8_lG4sC5UeKOKi3OC03WtPqqL-PJeFde9zZcbToc-jIIfoO8FMcXX8htpXVxGJFF94jmpALaoloRBSsqkZHrJMlbN6P_gjRUFJHs/w640-h481/Screenshot%202023-07-14%20at%2013.45.55.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Sapphire glass, whilst very hard is also brittle and can not stand the same impact forces as that of mineral crystal (hardened glass). Bear this in mind, it is NOT indestructible as one might think.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfG1a9D3DEo6c7spAwl7MFeuY_vUPRZxXSIbQtoPLH53RX0E5sjkjjrNr7L9wPThc5nWC8RpAMOgfMF0DcogdUQjeqcA0W5l8WGgBWyCwMkhIDVOBNrndkoiVX4Q4fUrDmaLtLsTvVlPynJEAcW-KFtYO1o7X2ojEdZXtJjS_VFSdj1-xNQLbuuHnXxw/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270082.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfG1a9D3DEo6c7spAwl7MFeuY_vUPRZxXSIbQtoPLH53RX0E5sjkjjrNr7L9wPThc5nWC8RpAMOgfMF0DcogdUQjeqcA0W5l8WGgBWyCwMkhIDVOBNrndkoiVX4Q4fUrDmaLtLsTvVlPynJEAcW-KFtYO1o7X2ojEdZXtJjS_VFSdj1-xNQLbuuHnXxw/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270082.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The stainless steel back is fastened by 4 Philips head screws hidden under the band, or rather hidden under the parts which help to secure the actual band.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-9gaIFvQQTV_wT_9x6xOEmoFE92jd_1ndm4LGnY7-acZfsEarp0zBSiGPWV14OOAJ_SbbbpdAguirzInKs673nzesmFPxogJ6F6m-YCYcbHp8OnMFfUKPAOYlcfHj8tFimA6indQYGh4iXoigp53yPvl-jGLUj0UOtwIiTnJJOaZqRJ9qd7JDXxmJQY/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270083.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-9gaIFvQQTV_wT_9x6xOEmoFE92jd_1ndm4LGnY7-acZfsEarp0zBSiGPWV14OOAJ_SbbbpdAguirzInKs673nzesmFPxogJ6F6m-YCYcbHp8OnMFfUKPAOYlcfHj8tFimA6indQYGh4iXoigp53yPvl-jGLUj0UOtwIiTnJJOaZqRJ9qd7JDXxmJQY/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270083.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">What does the "Japan GE" stand for??</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Well many people on Casio watch Forums or just watch Forums are guessing about these markings because there are different markings to be found on the same models. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">For example "Japan H" . My ten cents worth is that: "H" either stands for "Home" as in a Japanese Domestic Product (JDP) or "Higashine ko", the city name in Yamagata prefecture where there is an assembly plant; Some say GE stands for "Good Enough" (LOL) and "H" stands for "high quality" (LOL). GE probably stands for "General Export" meaning they are in fact made in Japan (the movement) but not for the Japanese market. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>BUT</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What does CASIO USA say? I asked directly but as yet no answer because I reckon they don't know either. Or just delight in keeping every one not in the know. I bet if I ask Casio Japan I <i>might</i> get an answer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">20/07/23 Update!!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Casio USA replied at last!</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here is what they said in an email to me after I requested information about what Japan GE means.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><p dir="ltr" style="color: #1b1d1e; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><strong>Jasmine</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(CASIO AMERICA, INC.)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #bbbbbb; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 25px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Jul 19, 2023, 12:04 EDT<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div class="zd-comment" dir="auto" style="color: #2b2e2f; font-family: "Lucida Grande", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 22px; margin: 15px 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">Dear Dr. FrXXXXX XXXXXXX, <br /> <br />Thank you for contacting Casio America. <br /> <br />"GE" is the initials of our warehouse in Thailand.<br /> <br />Thank you for choosing Casio America.<br /> <br />Best Regards,<br />Jasmine</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Well, there we finally have it. Unless the watch says: "Made in Japan" Then it's not. So whilst they didn't say it is made in Thailand it probably is at the Thailand factory but with a Japanese made movement.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rV7E86Qjhy2FBXET_vOH5N1bZoL-wxphLi3z7SH6oDNET_wz80TEs4tlXIQ6P3H3RWUleyM9hSmdQ2YieoydiT-ODTeXmbDtPW5AsqcRSJW8DXm3kTSTY0KKA8W3VG6qWWfqo30Eses_V99ANu2DC4Q74q8hmP4sBfZFNDvL42s3xaxHopt0Z5dZ9DU/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rV7E86Qjhy2FBXET_vOH5N1bZoL-wxphLi3z7SH6oDNET_wz80TEs4tlXIQ6P3H3RWUleyM9hSmdQ2YieoydiT-ODTeXmbDtPW5AsqcRSJW8DXm3kTSTY0KKA8W3VG6qWWfqo30Eses_V99ANu2DC4Q74q8hmP4sBfZFNDvL42s3xaxHopt0Z5dZ9DU/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270085.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Pressure sensor (the thing with the hole in it of course) lies behind this small piece of gray colored plastic (looks like metal but isn't).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">How about the Casio Lume???</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHATYzXvbgl-LUFg0PzzGex1mSWHLns5nnMIBhxgFdZ0uxlm5bWsDt6pGvxM6N-GUB9zrLSZRHDacpuCwNEHgTwUzL36dg_5p1tux99I6S37o9Wbq0kldyoL8ha61DnhQOSIpq4QUUfEwtnLbCX4qjzLd4HkjhjtJMkgGiinw97y2SRknDV8Ct5c2uo0/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270088.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHATYzXvbgl-LUFg0PzzGex1mSWHLns5nnMIBhxgFdZ0uxlm5bWsDt6pGvxM6N-GUB9zrLSZRHDacpuCwNEHgTwUzL36dg_5p1tux99I6S37o9Wbq0kldyoL8ha61DnhQOSIpq4QUUfEwtnLbCX4qjzLd4HkjhjtJMkgGiinw97y2SRknDV8Ct5c2uo0/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270088.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>The Casio Lume (Phosphorescent material) totally sucks if I compare it to the gold standard of Seiko's "Lumi Brite", which after owning many watches, Lumi Brite rocks, just show it the slightest slither of light and the stuff glows like no tomorrow. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Well, the luminescent paint used on the Casio watches which feature it is very poor. Whilst the decay time is very lengthy, (ok that's good) the luminous flux output from it is very very low. One would need to be in total darkness in a cave with eyes totally adjusted to read the watch from it's luminescent output (ok, maybe I'm a bit tough here).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hence they definitely need a light in order to read the dials in total darkness. I suppose it is a plastic watch after all.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>How does the newer GWG 2000 power/charging requirements compare with that of the older GWG 1000 models?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_1OmPa1zp2QzKLRSw3q9zJyUr5-bixx1WZtUn6tcPFSwxdbikeT4ivhJNiJ-rWOmYjzrhrGNW1ghPSBduTsQlg6iRFajsVas28qvOqPo06Uh1j6JM7t-NeRbVAaM8r51vuk7KMhAOqNs_d-FKsMD3qGM1KQtllVw59w9AGR2Bh-ErVGPBvl82oEapPE/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270091.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB_1OmPa1zp2QzKLRSw3q9zJyUr5-bixx1WZtUn6tcPFSwxdbikeT4ivhJNiJ-rWOmYjzrhrGNW1ghPSBduTsQlg6iRFajsVas28qvOqPo06Uh1j6JM7t-NeRbVAaM8r51vuk7KMhAOqNs_d-FKsMD3qGM1KQtllVw59w9AGR2Bh-ErVGPBvl82oEapPE/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270091.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">he interesting thing for me is that there <span style="color: #fcff01;">appears to be no</span> improvement over the solar cells in the GWG 2000 model Vs the older GWG1000 model. The manual for the GWG 2000 has exactly the same charging instructions as that for the GWG1000. So the battery must be the same as well?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Certainly, if there was an improvement then CASIO would definitely be using this as a marketing tool and since it's not mentioned at all in any promo about better solar cells etc., only the carbon composite (forged, blah blah blah) "upgrade" (my words) then the model only really sees a "face lift" and no real technological improvement regarding the electronics. But comes in at a much higher retail price (now there is an official price reduction on the GWG 1000 models). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Let's face it the profile decrease is really only seen if you pull out the micrometer and measure it. This to me means that the design could not have been improved upon much other than to make some parts from a carbon composite. Carbon composites are hardly new or high tech these days. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-OUnLzdrI6LmJQjon7Jzjg-rNC3K30bh2MlCQU4S86BJdV6UpnO5ilGxdIZ4_VAJAejErq-wU43mE58EC7545rIxhjpziqufjryzvr1pdEgYWH3AJ25xA-7P0Eoj2KWaQ6GH03VeWddWm7fsNiloUHl35aelv4h7m7BI3E7Qt8l1DiuUB3BKiNe2ZxQ/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270092.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-OUnLzdrI6LmJQjon7Jzjg-rNC3K30bh2MlCQU4S86BJdV6UpnO5ilGxdIZ4_VAJAejErq-wU43mE58EC7545rIxhjpziqufjryzvr1pdEgYWH3AJ25xA-7P0Eoj2KWaQ6GH03VeWddWm7fsNiloUHl35aelv4h7m7BI3E7Qt8l1DiuUB3BKiNe2ZxQ/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270092.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The GWG 1000. It does look Super Cool though!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6EkvxQOJwQ4B2KlxHI7n2Y5AhkA8uUwTT9jX8gP5nYUW0eOHmE7r8255bAXfvtRwZ-Mp2aSa24hJsmcQY3oeDRvOZwkqTGDm1MUICS0ioLDWDgb3aAlgG1svFvmzG9NVGx7J0e8LBtq4mf8WWkGqiWUBSky31Yw-FjrwSmeQgpEYMy_hbeOrXHliuds/s3264/MudmasterGWG1000_IMG_2621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6EkvxQOJwQ4B2KlxHI7n2Y5AhkA8uUwTT9jX8gP5nYUW0eOHmE7r8255bAXfvtRwZ-Mp2aSa24hJsmcQY3oeDRvOZwkqTGDm1MUICS0ioLDWDgb3aAlgG1svFvmzG9NVGx7J0e8LBtq4mf8WWkGqiWUBSky31Yw-FjrwSmeQgpEYMy_hbeOrXHliuds/w640-h480/MudmasterGWG1000_IMG_2621.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">High humidity environment (tropical jungle) not recommended by Casio! But I don't care, a watch is to be worn as a tool for me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(Note those upper Hex head bolts one can see (only 2 seen in the above picture) are in fact "<i>fake</i>" bolts. These are not bolts but purely a cosmetic feature and serve no function to secure anything. Generally, I'm not a big fan of BS cosmetics but there you go eh? </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqcAk2xBaplTu0XXIreRPfAI38RWApyFLLADjK1o0SbOxj_QL6sanVvjoWGKIgX7uOp4OoiVkJfbgrkoYA1XuqHB1ty2NiYSbqiScRSsplQLUHmFmM-Py_EVuOdcE0_lcfjyE2_qS9f6-4C48dv8H8JkoVivUFsjM-Rp8tJMqpjls8UfXzAiCiFMCRlA/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270098.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqcAk2xBaplTu0XXIreRPfAI38RWApyFLLADjK1o0SbOxj_QL6sanVvjoWGKIgX7uOp4OoiVkJfbgrkoYA1XuqHB1ty2NiYSbqiScRSsplQLUHmFmM-Py_EVuOdcE0_lcfjyE2_qS9f6-4C48dv8H8JkoVivUFsjM-Rp8tJMqpjls8UfXzAiCiFMCRlA/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270098.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUbG0HGOwuSPPt90SvBxNhO82rfBz_JNDqsNag-2CpNcHF-1pGo4ReT07LEc4i3dOU79eYMLIxRPj5RJMUBa-hw60QQpOb7xOhLzPZ3zaBSq7kg1mHpbi8CbiDgTC_d8Xhma3TKDy-Cl6-ofsXR7eO1VDRIszPZtdjY4rYb-Llij0PHqPj8EmTI5XGyY/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUbG0HGOwuSPPt90SvBxNhO82rfBz_JNDqsNag-2CpNcHF-1pGo4ReT07LEc4i3dOU79eYMLIxRPj5RJMUBa-hw60QQpOb7xOhLzPZ3zaBSq7kg1mHpbi8CbiDgTC_d8Xhma3TKDy-Cl6-ofsXR7eO1VDRIszPZtdjY4rYb-Llij0PHqPj8EmTI5XGyY/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270108.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Japan GE mark</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw61bsfJ2zzEiDFomMCiUFm_AXDu572cIUusveMBCUfFDXBTpBU1CVHvt6VidvZ4PM-9_ybtYAAlJi7XSVr5TCgnTBVfyMsDvA9huaXUGIaoVdbU0ye3DIVxx2zTILgFY0D4wx9Mzu0Kz5kjHGqIOGxJrvJUwi2q-9IsN8UovNvjykUW6NvNxVR6BYwgE/s5184/CasioGShockGWH1000_P1270046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw61bsfJ2zzEiDFomMCiUFm_AXDu572cIUusveMBCUfFDXBTpBU1CVHvt6VidvZ4PM-9_ybtYAAlJi7XSVr5TCgnTBVfyMsDvA9huaXUGIaoVdbU0ye3DIVxx2zTILgFY0D4wx9Mzu0Kz5kjHGqIOGxJrvJUwi2q-9IsN8UovNvjykUW6NvNxVR6BYwgE/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWH1000_P1270046.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Casio Mudmaster vs Guyver Mega Smasher, who will win?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">See <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8P8b4G9kNaw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here</span></a>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A: The Casio G-SHOCK!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPivrLqVwj2aVXTLw4Nb1sNvzMNekeCxklOHbXAjZXO5L7VnY3Ghze3cE_qlYgUPGfIsqeW-3UvHpDGoNtpPZHFMPWBEwsg2ILlAmrSUv86giyt6XXmq7kwibjalgUBFmYk7Nd_TPMsn27QeajZJFx-cPisUOJcTji0jZSAOM74p6wt2wUS1PoXpT6XmQ/s5184/CasioGShockGWH1000_P1270040.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPivrLqVwj2aVXTLw4Nb1sNvzMNekeCxklOHbXAjZXO5L7VnY3Ghze3cE_qlYgUPGfIsqeW-3UvHpDGoNtpPZHFMPWBEwsg2ILlAmrSUv86giyt6XXmq7kwibjalgUBFmYk7Nd_TPMsn27QeajZJFx-cPisUOJcTji0jZSAOM74p6wt2wUS1PoXpT6XmQ/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWH1000_P1270040.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">G Shock. The G stands for GINORMOUS Damn watch!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">(PEEK) RESIN</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So what the heck is the "RESIN" stuff they talk about?</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">M</b><span style="font-size: large;">ost of us might think of the word "Epoxy" when we hear the word "Resin" but in this case the word "Resin" has no reference to the epoxy type of polymers, save for the fact that both are sort of thermoplastics. PEEK is a completely different type of "resin".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">So what is this RESIN, Casio are talking about?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwBx_1nN6XES7zL4VNctC_eYdHdep6JN-zANaGgHP2YtSA_TrcvBf-1zT0lXkC3G12f7mGwyH2DLVCLj9TxKEwepU1WtiAnAPL5VcAFQcnd96BDBFCta3A0WdTjvtjeBBxYfephhC5mZsDmbcnHI3UKltPFxMboSzltMagPrCaJUwpvC3uYDxBsNZc98/s5184/CasioGShockGWH1000_P1270041.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwBx_1nN6XES7zL4VNctC_eYdHdep6JN-zANaGgHP2YtSA_TrcvBf-1zT0lXkC3G12f7mGwyH2DLVCLj9TxKEwepU1WtiAnAPL5VcAFQcnd96BDBFCta3A0WdTjvtjeBBxYfephhC5mZsDmbcnHI3UKltPFxMboSzltMagPrCaJUwpvC3uYDxBsNZc98/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWH1000_P1270041.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Casio patents </b><span style="font-size: large;">show it is in fact, PEEK which is <span style="color: #fcff01;">Polyether ether ketone</span>, a structural synthetic thermoplastic of which the new GWG 2000 Mudmaster range (only some components) are made from but the GWG 1000 outer bezel is a grade of Poly Urethane Resin or PUR. The bands are also made from various grades of PUR. If you look carefully you can see the PUR mark upon the inner surface of the their bands for example. If you are a skateboarder of old, skate board wheels were once made of of PUR materials. It is a well-known engineering plastic/resin.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">n the case of the most recent Mudmaster series (GWG 2000), which has been reinforced with carbon fibre in a non-woven way (hence they can obtain a slightly smaller overall structure of the case due to the fact that the the carbon fibres within the PEEK help to create a structure -probably- as strong as the larger Mudmaster's, whose case is not reinforced with carbon fibre)</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> . </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">I </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">wonder though at the long tern affects water would have upon the carbon core watches, especially if they get scratched up a lot and constantly subjected to water, if that water could traverse the carbon fibres???</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ee this paper (note it's year of publication too in relationship to the recent Titan submersible disaster.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><div class="Publication" id="publication" style="-webkit-box-pack: justify; border-bottom: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #2e2e2e; display: flex; font-family: NexusSans, Arial, Helvetica, "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Segoe UI Symbol", STIXGeneral, "Cambria Math", "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; justify-content: space-between; margin: 0px; min-height: 106px; padding: 0px; width: 656px;"><div class="publication-volume u-text-center" style="-webkit-box-flex: 0; box-sizing: border-box; flex: 0 1 auto; margin: auto; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px 4px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;"><h2 class="publication-title u-h3" id="publication-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2RhCRaEwdCqnNHWcIyWQ6EMhNb_k-L0H5aamiJiTUoCQ_ie18Tz19-qu2kaklZz8cVmijtD1UFoYRge-zVXqM_0YsOHS8PZRWPa99YaPjrtce8lEdx1r7vIRqbtlFbTSIgJmcClKObPWzsHuRh2SCfc29nvactdNS7FzqTAO7J2UVf_u_hy3uEp0COI/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270099.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">(the GWG 1000 is basically a PUR resin based watch).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">PEEK </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">is very strong and resists many chemicals except strong alkalis. It is used in the aerospace industries in the most demanding applications for structural plastics. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Poly Urethane (PUR) resins are also very strong and in tough and abrasion resistant, it depends upon the grades used. To get an idea of chemical resistance , see the table in this blog. PLUS follow the manuals instructions as regarding chemical resistance.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">On saying the above, there are also strong warnings in the manual (eg for GWG1000 series/Module 5463) that the watch case/bezel should be protected against coming in contact with organic solvents such as but not limited to: thinner, gasoline, oils and fats! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">OMG! I was doing the old stir fry the other night and the watch got splattered in boiling peanut oil! Not to mention getting burnt all over my arm! Seriously, in other words use common sense, don't wear the watch doing an oil change!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">If you read the authentic manuals for the M</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">udmaster (and probably many other G-Shock watches, you will note that CASIO makes a point of reminding the wearer, NOT to wear one's watch in the shower using: soaps and other detergents of alkali nature. This is because even though PEEK and some Poly urethanes are incredibly resistant to many types of very aggressive chemicals, it is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ln5wdquSWM" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">susceptible to attack</span></a> from alkali solutions and since soaps and detergents are generally alkaline in nature then one would be wise to follow their instructions and no one but Casio know what the actual grades/formulations are.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Just because it's a plastic does it mean it will easily melt?</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">M</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">elting at over 340C, PEEK resins offer all of the (almost) indestructible features one could wish for in a (G Shock) Mudmaster. Despite being a thermo plastic, this particular thermoplastic has a very high melting point. TPU (thermoplastic) PUR resins have melting points higher than 150F. Don't worry, these polymers are also tough!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Shown below is NOT from Casio but rather a general table showing some of the characteristics of PUR resins.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpsS-PD_MECw1kOXOV70hzSPuvmURBHExrOO2w0kEdSBLH89p-EqqFGAaeekwSuUoPZtlNuB8i_65h7OAjqvhoBoXU3ycwMrmY4IhczfnDTb2HxcJB4WwLROpdS53EREqTpFkwH5egVAKQQb73-URX-ZjzJwRu3PiY28g-T91bJuUyrYJRyECcj2pFOE/s1080/poly-table-with-legend-update.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1080" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpsS-PD_MECw1kOXOV70hzSPuvmURBHExrOO2w0kEdSBLH89p-EqqFGAaeekwSuUoPZtlNuB8i_65h7OAjqvhoBoXU3ycwMrmY4IhczfnDTb2HxcJB4WwLROpdS53EREqTpFkwH5egVAKQQb73-URX-ZjzJwRu3PiY28g-T91bJuUyrYJRyECcj2pFOE/w640-h398/poly-table-with-legend-update.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;">I</b><b><span style="font-size: large;">t is as Casio says,</span></b><b style="font-size: xx-large;"> </b><span style="font-size: large;">injection molded (PEEK ) at high temperature and is a thermoplastic which can resist very high temperatures before deformation.</span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;"><b>Water Resistance.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>WOW 20 bar rated!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">200m </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">depth rated, worth of pressure against the seals provided they are not actuated UW. ie Do Not press the buttons whilst UW or when the watch is wet they recommend. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It is rated ok for snorkelling but not SCUBA diving. The reason being is that: 1) It isn't a dive* watch and has not been certified as such to any ISO standards associated with this activity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2) the buttons shouldn't be pressed whilst snorkelling (buy a Casio Frogman if you want a Casio SCUBA specific dive watch).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">3) <span style="color: #fcff01;">S</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">norkelling/free diving could be done at least to 200m (if possible, record 214m!!</span>) without any water ingression.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> A</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">n old dive buddy of mine once took his Casio G- Shock on a dive just to see and it easily handled 22m without any water ingression, it was fun to see. So 200m rating, yeah no problems LOL! However, I wouldn't at all recommend a non ISO watch for SCUBA, one has to trust their lives to an reliable time piece at depth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">*D</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ive watches need to be (should be) ISO rated against water ingression (eg like the Casio Frogman) over a certain period of time underwater and at depth and if any buttons can be pressed either purposefully or accidentally, they must not allow the ingression of water into the watch.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Temperature Measurements and Charging.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhop8xt0Mnbo_skuN8Dv2iW0QLdKDQ2d7jXd-MSnuJ7-HhGDkQai6OQBi1rzQgw4kn6Mv7mURrQSoyUw_X8ZqNhKVs1NU80lAi0XpbdDV1bTuVEMeeK9L5JVrzcfrwpr0l3j4mVeIKsI7rcQBZbVDh-vun6MWZbTMjzIxS9TkazrENllAFwfTl-rBrbNY0/s1280/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270041%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhop8xt0Mnbo_skuN8Dv2iW0QLdKDQ2d7jXd-MSnuJ7-HhGDkQai6OQBi1rzQgw4kn6Mv7mURrQSoyUw_X8ZqNhKVs1NU80lAi0XpbdDV1bTuVEMeeK9L5JVrzcfrwpr0l3j4mVeIKsI7rcQBZbVDh-vun6MWZbTMjzIxS9TkazrENllAFwfTl-rBrbNY0/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270041%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Note the temperature only after a few minutes sitting outside in afternoon full sun during winter on the north east coast of Australia.</p><p><br /></p><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">F</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">irstly read your manual (if you have one). Maybe you didn't get a manual because you may have purchased the watch secondhand or as a "<b>gray import</b>". However, the manual has some gems of information within it's pages of fine print!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">With the Mudmaster there are some quirks and what Casio do not make a big deal about, because it is a HUGE negative for those who actually want to use this watch model for it's intended purposes and not just as some wanky daily wearer to look cool (because if ur looking cool then maybe one doesn't care whether all the functions are working or not-sorry, no apologies, that's the facts Ma'am!).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The Parts you should know about charging (you should have read this if you are an owner)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It (GWG 1000 and GWG 2000) requires at least 8min of 50,000Lux sunlight for one day of operation. 50,000 lux is like a sunny day but not without some clouds. For example, a 100,000 lux is a full sunny cloudless day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So therefore 30 minutes of exposure of this type would result in approximately almost 4 days of operation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">@ 10,000 lux (full sun through window) <span style="color: #fcff01;">30</span>min for one days operation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">@ 5,000 Lux (cloudy day through window) <span style="color: #fcff01;">48</span> minutes for one day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">@500 Lux (Fluorescent lighting) <span style="color: #fcff01;">8</span> hours for one day operation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This "day" of operation though is dependent upon what power level one is at. In other words for full functionality one must be at power level M and at least the "top" part of M, ie power level 2. (read on below for an explanation).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Compare the above with say, a Citizen Promaster 300m Professional diving watch which requires around 2min of full sun (100,000 lux) for one days operation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We must remember though not to compare because the G-Shock Mudmaster has many functions to provide power to and not just power up some hands on what is basically an uncrowded watch face if compared to that of the Casio Mudmaster.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If you (foolishly) let your Casio Mudmaster G-Shock go flat then you will be in trouble, especially if you happen to live in regions of the world where full sun is not predicable or in little supply. Eg. the United Kingdom but not limited to.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Why? Why can't I just charge it up under the fluorescent lights?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Surely this will be ok? Not if you want to actually wear your watch and use all of it's functions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Here's why:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Dead Flat level 5 to Power level 3 @50,000Lux, this will take 3hrs in FULL SUN!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">10,000Lux (full sun but through a window). 7hr!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">5,000 Lux (light through a window, cloudy day). 10hr</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So what works at power level 3? Well basically nothing LOL!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Auto, manual receive, illumination, beeper and sensor operation, all disabled and secondhand jumps every 2 seconds. One does not want to see the second hand jumping every 2 seconds because in reality it will take a lot of dedicated effort to charge the battery properly, just look at the times above.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">What does work? Timer, alarm stopwatch???? Maybe, it doesn't exactly say.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">NEXT</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At the bottom of level 2 power setting, 23 hours of full sunlight is required (50,000 lux) to the top of level 2. That's at least an hr per day seeing full sunlight over 23 days, something which is probably not going to happen if you work in an office with tinted glass windows.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">(<b>all functions work at level 2</b>, which <b>corresponds to "M"</b> as displayed upon the LCD when in "TIME" mode.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">@10,000 lux Bottom of level 2 to the top of level 2, this will require 85 hours! So don't let your watch get to the bottom of level 2!!!!!! Unless you are prepared not to wear it for some time as you charge it up!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">@5,000 lux equates to 137 hours!!!!!!!!! IT WON'T HAPPEN LOL in reality.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Indoor fluorescent lighting, going from the bottom of level 2 to the top, ie M, It's not going to happen either and there is no data provided by Casio for this scenario. This should be remembered for ALL office workers! OR underground miners (the latter, this is an unsuitable watch).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To get from the bottom of level 1 (which corresponds to "H" in the time mode) to the top will only take 6 hours of full full sunlight at 50,000 lux.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So if you could charge your Mudmaster GWG1000/GWG2000 for 7 straight hours in FULL SUN you would provide approximately 1.7 months of full operation if already in the "H" range.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">The Crown is RED!</b></p><p><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-large;">If </b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">you don't know, the Casio G-SHOCK GWG1000 series has a screw in crown for added water resistance to 200m (remember it is NOT a SCUBA diving watch.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">If </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">you see a RED crown then either you are changing some settings or you have forgotten to screw it back up again. This is Casio's way of helping the forgetful not to trash their watch when hands next go under water!</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28idsEtOeRJTJ_qSzGG-Ox5LWx3emXqMwKLwhp2OxGSMLjdImEytUjxGEZ_aHTikIeYAhFnPFZGq47o6_5850SPvy97tCWfbnGztbjw8ZueFCEwrM4jTV2MUyrfzyT1uAXIG4fz0YcBpG8H3_syw19rMqk8CNmql3brhe8NaMR7hm3kqoeEVichr7F7c/s1280/CasioGshockGWG1000_P1270027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh28idsEtOeRJTJ_qSzGG-Ox5LWx3emXqMwKLwhp2OxGSMLjdImEytUjxGEZ_aHTikIeYAhFnPFZGq47o6_5850SPvy97tCWfbnGztbjw8ZueFCEwrM4jTV2MUyrfzyT1uAXIG4fz0YcBpG8H3_syw19rMqk8CNmql3brhe8NaMR7hm3kqoeEVichr7F7c/w640-h360/CasioGshockGWG1000_P1270027.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">ere in the above image you can see the screw in crown in the unwound state (red ring clearly visible). For me this is a really great idea from CASIO. How many screw in/down crown watches have met their demise because a wearer has forgotten to screw up the crown or only partially screwed up crown has come undone by rubbing on some item and then let water in to fry the electronics or the mechanics? </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBFbzbTQnZLMzhcW6YrIuZHspc1D1U2HA3UATsPWRCFT7QxlZ8izSNhqZbNz2IfkTN2LiEVBFqPuj2-aY6d6XuPwq8_aLgtmhMD08_uuGMgdnf_abMeX8gcEUWUW0GnL_bVCThae-k1OBRFBy407tHYxl4vQqYBq4kquI2O5LxB532oMvMglcJiYagKk/s5184/Casio%20GWG1000%20Mudmaster_P1270262.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQBFbzbTQnZLMzhcW6YrIuZHspc1D1U2HA3UATsPWRCFT7QxlZ8izSNhqZbNz2IfkTN2LiEVBFqPuj2-aY6d6XuPwq8_aLgtmhMD08_uuGMgdnf_abMeX8gcEUWUW0GnL_bVCThae-k1OBRFBy407tHYxl4vQqYBq4kquI2O5LxB532oMvMglcJiYagKk/w640-h360/Casio%20GWG1000%20Mudmaster_P1270262.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Casio even state in their manuals not to wear these watches in environments of high humidity??? Are they joking? What's the point of wearing a watch if you are going to be taking it off every 5 seconds?? Come on Casio, what gives?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the things we learn as proficient divers is to always check the crown of our dive watches. Now the GWG 1000 and 2000 series of watches are not dive watches but all the more important for wearers to make sure the crown is always secure after using it to change various functions within this model range.</span><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Long Term Durability of the MUDMASTER</b></div></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrzdK4Go8UoFEw3lGPFexu_HM7DggVhKAQ36Sv_5P7fCmnNuiaWhyEus67TJjg_SWMvBFx-A3r8yH_EdUkZdyQQzNV0ftmJkKF3_M2DBQUf0vgzXgp73EZMy8EhvfGc2yQzdZbJwcWIYSHoIS95G5ULgbU0cb3dv_hGT_gfT-E1H3QLK6vrfXPDgsozU/s5184/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270093.jpg" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXrzdK4Go8UoFEw3lGPFexu_HM7DggVhKAQ36Sv_5P7fCmnNuiaWhyEus67TJjg_SWMvBFx-A3r8yH_EdUkZdyQQzNV0ftmJkKF3_M2DBQUf0vgzXgp73EZMy8EhvfGc2yQzdZbJwcWIYSHoIS95G5ULgbU0cb3dv_hGT_gfT-E1H3QLK6vrfXPDgsozU/w640-h360/CasioGShockGWG1000_P1270093.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">K</span><span style="font-size: large;">now that these essentially plastic watches easily get dinged up compared to full metal bodied watch cases. They are after all built mainly out of plastic; call it resin or whatever, it's still plastic. So if this will bother you, then stick with a regular full metal bodied watch case, as they will never let you down when it comes to heavy physical abuse to the case.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being a polymer, the MUDMASTER'S despite their great resistance to chemical attack, we are still warned in the manuals not to expose these watches to organic solvents such as gasoline and thinners. These solvents would not of course have any effects upon a metal case watch, although probably affect the respective band materials in some way.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How Tough is the GWG 1000??</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Mudmaster promotional videos also suggest toughness but that's one thing they are definitely NOT and that is tough, they can resist shock like no tomorrow but in order to do this they really need to be made out of plastic (with exceptions of the premium models where much science has gone into making them both tough and shock resistant (at a price of course).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl6-7xeoSzbo1lgdqwIcdqFAcsLiOalKicNSBAWdIKDKvYXorL8Q6c1hHweWFq1o0nA75IRml-tooVvudXiwYNrw8pwTWj1LhhGGveSTNlbCKXBXNPZS5BOf9VaGNOtoyCtEb18q-kskK9zltNEDel5yhrnnOtrN-lQzEyHJdH0zKvmVLwcnIz7lzI4U/s1280/CasioGWG1000ResinWatch_GSHOCK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitl6-7xeoSzbo1lgdqwIcdqFAcsLiOalKicNSBAWdIKDKvYXorL8Q6c1hHweWFq1o0nA75IRml-tooVvudXiwYNrw8pwTWj1LhhGGveSTNlbCKXBXNPZS5BOf9VaGNOtoyCtEb18q-kskK9zltNEDel5yhrnnOtrN-lQzEyHJdH0zKvmVLwcnIz7lzI4U/w640-h360/CasioGWG1000ResinWatch_GSHOCK.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">This nasty gash was sustained after I tumbled upon my gluteus maximus whilst out adventuring. My rucksack taking the brunt of the fall and my arms and legs like some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle flailing in the air and in so doing, the watch bashed into the said rock and got that small gash! Of course, it is after all as I said plastic and not steel.(and as I understand a replaceable part from Casio) but I'm over it now :(!<br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Fogging Issues</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYJTAEcDe5tl01Cv7ggLtCVjPzWwh3c_I8XCBQnj7y338-6b6rddr6pL2RPUCv5cKDDwJHJMKAs8mD9K15VBJXuVe7TKsARL9ln30crsfUodBe7Yoh2XsmWIS6ggzHixqK5g_QvKiCFa30mjDhS1fsr6tGAWEQw7lnVCJdPb76-jNrQaImx2RbSNWtBk/s1280/Casio%20GWG1000%20Fogging%20Up_P1270208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYJTAEcDe5tl01Cv7ggLtCVjPzWwh3c_I8XCBQnj7y338-6b6rddr6pL2RPUCv5cKDDwJHJMKAs8mD9K15VBJXuVe7TKsARL9ln30crsfUodBe7Yoh2XsmWIS6ggzHixqK5g_QvKiCFa30mjDhS1fsr6tGAWEQw7lnVCJdPb76-jNrQaImx2RbSNWtBk/w640-h360/Casio%20GWG1000%20Fogging%20Up_P1270208.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><b style="font-size: xx-large;">Unfortunately, </b><span style="font-size: large;">this model has been plagued with fogging issues right from the very start. So bad is it that Casio even acknowledge this in their manuals by stating that it is NORMAL for the watch to fog up briefly after rapid temperature excursions from hot to cold. The above picture was taken moments after the watch, equilibrated at around 24C for several hours was plunged into rather cold waters of below 20C in a tropical/sub tropical environment! (for this review) </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ever so slightly fogged**. The fogging did however pass the moment I wiped my much warmer thumb across the watch crystal, ie with just a slight temperature change from my not so vampiric body heat.</span></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">For me this (the humidity issue) is not really acceptable and demonstrates that Casio have a problem with manufacturing in high humidity environments and haven't bothered to solve this issue. Either that or the resin is capable of outgassing over time and readily absorbs water at east on it's outer structure and once cased up this moisture become apparent. Even my Citizen dive watches ad Seiko dive watches DO NOT and have NEVER ever FOGGED up even with temperature extremes of 20C!!!! </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">So if you decide to purchase one of these watches then you may have to accept possible fogging under high temperature differentials.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">When a manufacturer has to give some "excuse" about their products means that they just can not solve this issue.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ok enough said; If I haven't put you off (because it is a great watch) please check out my many <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC-4PtZZhW0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">video reviews</span></a> showing it in action in the real world and not on someone's desk being handled with cotton gloves on. These videos tell it like it is in the real world.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">Plus here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f1uEZvCYCOI" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">neat hack</span></a> for a TPU screen protector, which is perfect to lessen a direct impact to the sapphire watch crystal.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: large;">BCT</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">PS, If you have never worn a "plastic watch" before, an added advantage is that it is virtually not possible to damage anything accidentally by belting against it with one of these plastic cased watches. The number of times I've accidentally scratched some item because of my watch; I've lost count!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">**Actually (18/08/23) I've tried to duplicate this again and could not produce it! Who knows???</span></p></div></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7001726099330796767.post-28283372979367318902023-05-18T07:46:00.010-07:002023-05-27T13:50:20.361-07:00EXTREMA RATIO RAOII EXPEDITIONS<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"> EXTREMA RATIO RAOII EXPEDITIONS</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGOhZbZxslVyT22xauO_LAlzYLNAunelymAu1Vc5s04Yhi3z4eXl4Kxep_IB_7TRZfrCG-dOoB56NsC-BHDkW5k7Fxh2hH-BWfd6EEQtNVnA2xu76nb5FYR1yva8COTCgPyA_sGdTQyr24km6jowvB9MTKZKHa-azyKqL5hSYGg0PjT5RlxzuIn2f/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGOhZbZxslVyT22xauO_LAlzYLNAunelymAu1Vc5s04Yhi3z4eXl4Kxep_IB_7TRZfrCG-dOoB56NsC-BHDkW5k7Fxh2hH-BWfd6EEQtNVnA2xu76nb5FYR1yva8COTCgPyA_sGdTQyr24km6jowvB9MTKZKHa-azyKqL5hSYGg0PjT5RlxzuIn2f/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230154.jpg" width="640" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRb7h9U0HXzyklTjSbjq4nl4miAhLBn1TaZ4Jq0os8lv2oS3jw-9WdD_VYEDKfW3WWd8bFiYHLQHJMV9snmNKWn3Lg20_SxVdkOdjBooe1gwANC_3mScG-0LoGs2lv4-v3MyaVrPjYeBW-L7ddzWY6008YR2-07mUorAzTD-3cz-fesg9Bl6AkQ2ok/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRb7h9U0HXzyklTjSbjq4nl4miAhLBn1TaZ4Jq0os8lv2oS3jw-9WdD_VYEDKfW3WWd8bFiYHLQHJMV9snmNKWn3Lg20_SxVdkOdjBooe1gwANC_3mScG-0LoGs2lv4-v3MyaVrPjYeBW-L7ddzWY6008YR2-07mUorAzTD-3cz-fesg9Bl6AkQ2ok/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Very soon as in the coming weeks, the RAO II Expeditions will be living up to it's name and appearing in quite a different environment with BCT. If you are new here or didn't see my original reviews and blogs about the Extrema Ratio RAOII then you might consider feasting your eyes upon this version in the coming weeks.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The stone washed blade addresses all those concerned about using a coated blade for bushcraft type/food preparation. Mil spec black oxide coating is not necessary for regular bushcraft, however, they've kept the "stealthiness" of the original model by a black stone wash treatment. Personally I like the Desert finish of anodizing color as it just looks more funky and again not necessary to have an all black knife, easier to loose if clumsy. Many expressed their desire for this knife to be more "Bush crafty" and they listened.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I'll replace the flimsy ring on the shock cord too, like I did with my other RAOII and use a 90lb test stainless steel ring instead (see below). All coming soon!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wRSI1iKrI2RQVHhGbwOcnZfWUlKXEVCrgGqwUNsvNMIoS7v1X8PlbqNSKm9w9gAZgbdeEHA8g52v4Xw48LXJvqvhpaTqxgUqqrhMmCtyq80RGmc6WSk3WG8EnBbjVAD_XwyaNT-WJfKPh8FwtWbugeClEs5u0OvA7uLRbimpp1cw1_sZl3eSe5Mm/s5184/P1230221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wRSI1iKrI2RQVHhGbwOcnZfWUlKXEVCrgGqwUNsvNMIoS7v1X8PlbqNSKm9w9gAZgbdeEHA8g52v4Xw48LXJvqvhpaTqxgUqqrhMmCtyq80RGmc6WSk3WG8EnBbjVAD_XwyaNT-WJfKPh8FwtWbugeClEs5u0OvA7uLRbimpp1cw1_sZl3eSe5Mm/w640-h360/P1230221.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Some things you may not know.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The construction of this knife is typical Italian! Sleek design, everything well throughout. For instance, one can only see Torx head bolts at the rear of the knife frame, however, cleverly hidden away are two sets of pins (seen here greatly magnified because this light gap is extremely small and the knife held up against a bright sunny window) that can be just seen which bolster the rear "spine" of the handle within the T6082 Aluminium scales.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bet you didn't know that eh? This way no ugly bolts to be seen along the smooth back of the knife!<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwxS4QrPKJnWvK-9K1P8E2JS5GKIxjea1Ew7jFbsvcYwZvm2ruI2pZPrvLQNpRwOW8Q4a43qFXRmIquDTU8bhxcnZxopx1QXLx91X96bkBSusqiVelsAsqoM9SQUyAl69azXYj6IJCD93_b6qxAwVICV-oiPj_25GZ0nn1eoqGKDE4wNwet4BLHSo/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230033%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwxS4QrPKJnWvK-9K1P8E2JS5GKIxjea1Ew7jFbsvcYwZvm2ruI2pZPrvLQNpRwOW8Q4a43qFXRmIquDTU8bhxcnZxopx1QXLx91X96bkBSusqiVelsAsqoM9SQUyAl69azXYj6IJCD93_b6qxAwVICV-oiPj_25GZ0nn1eoqGKDE4wNwet4BLHSo/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230033%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuD9kXoE8AXHqKsw7Kn-h4wp_t4ApQstWLJ7txMaaxQn33jQKqTbNlnadXIDiBhzwImBIbOMOFZVr7LWhrJM3MlMb8xYErZFGgxcwVH9ujpZc7D3f9TXPZPGeZ4Z3q4DCqX1sbfwIJja7HMG2ZwvspKNGV-4d305Bra7mW23YmkLvAgRsEVj-Us_m8/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230034%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuD9kXoE8AXHqKsw7Kn-h4wp_t4ApQstWLJ7txMaaxQn33jQKqTbNlnadXIDiBhzwImBIbOMOFZVr7LWhrJM3MlMb8xYErZFGgxcwVH9ujpZc7D3f9TXPZPGeZ4Z3q4DCqX1sbfwIJja7HMG2ZwvspKNGV-4d305Bra7mW23YmkLvAgRsEVj-Us_m8/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230034%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBftNIJafwJtRfOOwIzfv1yT9tcFvNN-G5_8U0jQxOL0NdsLtt5z-dWWOToZBgAUzMp1TXO9f1nMUeH0oQd29jKvcRpO6W5_7kLFdbDoDwpfE39SunaUAuu5-5xG0b4YZ-wyqWPBH6xUcmH9xI9Gxs6-ls0BSDmirBJFDWwzSN_Z5yWHbUuy64x8q/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBftNIJafwJtRfOOwIzfv1yT9tcFvNN-G5_8U0jQxOL0NdsLtt5z-dWWOToZBgAUzMp1TXO9f1nMUeH0oQd29jKvcRpO6W5_7kLFdbDoDwpfE39SunaUAuu5-5xG0b4YZ-wyqWPBH6xUcmH9xI9Gxs6-ls0BSDmirBJFDWwzSN_Z5yWHbUuy64x8q/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230035.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The RAOII EXPEDITIONS is essentially the same as the RAOII with exception being (what appears to me) a slightly stronger spring (it is, see below) within the locking mechanism). This spring is much stronger than in my RAOII for sure as a strong flick of the wrist with closed blade facing downwards will not release the blade from the handle, unlike if i perform the same manoeuvre on the RAOII. This is of course more useful here since the RAOII Expeditions is marketed towards the "Bush crafter" and not the military end user.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcpYVOWcazbm8HBIAIf6Z4Egr4oLwN55mVoptNpfxNtWojD5QzniATTA7sGLfP65jyClMoUHg6KwOGd6nlaG5I33YAcMhKzqfVk1t7iKjb5QMWWpmSJ58eAX3yhyrjIbOSEe81fvn8PLnTiSrqzY58BsvvuGFML60fY4LjcaArjXFr_EbMLNIbTCt/s5184/P1230279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcpYVOWcazbm8HBIAIf6Z4Egr4oLwN55mVoptNpfxNtWojD5QzniATTA7sGLfP65jyClMoUHg6KwOGd6nlaG5I33YAcMhKzqfVk1t7iKjb5QMWWpmSJ58eAX3yhyrjIbOSEe81fvn8PLnTiSrqzY58BsvvuGFML60fY4LjcaArjXFr_EbMLNIbTCt/w640-h360/P1230279.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The "Desert Camouflage" anodizing and of course a non coated N690 stainless steel blade which has simply undergone a stone washing process. The "Expeditions" package also sports a desert colored pouch of exactly the same quality of the RAOII pouch however with the addition of a quality fire steel and striker and of course the standard diamond plate sharpener for field usage.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8Ag26_pPpkd4mqcsrFE1ZdEfYezJ_rlW29Y458B6m9hu3fcv0_531bY47PGbFbcpZwYhXWM6fA8Mizu81GdjTygs2MHZcUo6l7UIVJU4Ykfha0x6rnqixRvWotjLvJ48HXnwPHqQIErc5Y1R_vTOuKLJXWf2jf0J5_Ku3_Xjti8qZArNN-ImQjfM/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8Ag26_pPpkd4mqcsrFE1ZdEfYezJ_rlW29Y458B6m9hu3fcv0_531bY47PGbFbcpZwYhXWM6fA8Mizu81GdjTygs2MHZcUo6l7UIVJU4Ykfha0x6rnqixRvWotjLvJ48HXnwPHqQIErc5Y1R_vTOuKLJXWf2jf0J5_Ku3_Xjti8qZArNN-ImQjfM/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230038.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The same fully adjustable pivot, I just love, for the perfect custom deployment.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4pjGBL2TOiONgIY5oCy_V7Eqv-ZPgMOvAJzqQvuGcUE_FO5cIL6kovb8ZgYEjRi5mJ7d_-2GWUOa45Cnd46UdMRFnT32rOUMakB64UFI7wOKVl0NCZpZTZnZguPeIoRGyd6ATBerxd2zjeiv5hcfWV-Y_nh4zeowzN5oPCAQxC1ZetB_ezvko0qV/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230039%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4pjGBL2TOiONgIY5oCy_V7Eqv-ZPgMOvAJzqQvuGcUE_FO5cIL6kovb8ZgYEjRi5mJ7d_-2GWUOa45Cnd46UdMRFnT32rOUMakB64UFI7wOKVl0NCZpZTZnZguPeIoRGyd6ATBerxd2zjeiv5hcfWV-Y_nh4zeowzN5oPCAQxC1ZetB_ezvko0qV/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOIIExpeditions_P1230039%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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(not edible!)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmUxbbl1vqy1iXCXtK1TZZpfMZ3g05YucDXIAL952YVzR1KJak4Jx_5yOX9E2nBbLJwBc76W7rRI3CQo6kP2UFLNdRvr6lG954R7RolrLWLhlimAxWe3V6dhbyVnQxbIjkUvEYHZeXbofZCsE4bfgcDQEjxcb2pRArvwfN4_j9Th0l7-JpfeVOJao/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230159.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmUxbbl1vqy1iXCXtK1TZZpfMZ3g05YucDXIAL952YVzR1KJak4Jx_5yOX9E2nBbLJwBc76W7rRI3CQo6kP2UFLNdRvr6lG954R7RolrLWLhlimAxWe3V6dhbyVnQxbIjkUvEYHZeXbofZCsE4bfgcDQEjxcb2pRArvwfN4_j9Th0l7-JpfeVOJao/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230159.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Extrema Ratio RAO II Expeditions </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3foO4yWTqf8h-mzGFTsQL82pZM-SqEFczFzK3g-BkQ_HpRvOzXuQUB-bRlf9v9ODPdi9bE_EgZYLYNB4_4VbcRwP40FMyOuNWbNJB6atb1zpfAPPdASbGlHm-b_HGURrtrrv4VMcm5KfJ3qJdOv5cfZhkgDOBmibvvzyvilVYGD7jrtDJ9B_FK0Bs/s5184/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="5184" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3foO4yWTqf8h-mzGFTsQL82pZM-SqEFczFzK3g-BkQ_HpRvOzXuQUB-bRlf9v9ODPdi9bE_EgZYLYNB4_4VbcRwP40FMyOuNWbNJB6atb1zpfAPPdASbGlHm-b_HGURrtrrv4VMcm5KfJ3qJdOv5cfZhkgDOBmibvvzyvilVYGD7jrtDJ9B_FK0Bs/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230160.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Extrema Ratio RAO II Expeditions </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jungle Action</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_iDraVCxYEl6EA1OD2d4JOCtN8GX0YuYne97m7bU-RyoEmigpLJaNM74KIn9EMS65Nr4PrAokb-kwa0_wNR50G01TJVbf8Xab5ytt2pdqos7X_I7B2s7b7VAInYShUzKMGZ12SrW4nZOBxaxyfvBqVPn_Zykkwa1T01HTYA_sP2H02aCG6RsPiT6/s1920/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230165%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_iDraVCxYEl6EA1OD2d4JOCtN8GX0YuYne97m7bU-RyoEmigpLJaNM74KIn9EMS65Nr4PrAokb-kwa0_wNR50G01TJVbf8Xab5ytt2pdqos7X_I7B2s7b7VAInYShUzKMGZ12SrW4nZOBxaxyfvBqVPn_Zykkwa1T01HTYA_sP2H02aCG6RsPiT6/w640-h360/ExtremaRatioRAOII_P1230165%20copy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sugar cane (our farm).</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: 400;">Extrema Ratio RAO II Expeditions </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;">Jungle Action</span></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Field Review <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oLNn45ApTo&t=29s" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fcff01;">here</span></a></b></span></span></div></div></div>Hardcore Knives and Tools for Wilderness Campinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793639091094247248noreply@blogger.com1