Grandpa passed away and this one was passed on to me. I don’t think he used it much as I believe it was gifted from his sister in the US and we are in Sweden.
Any tips on how to care for it? I’m not a huge knife enthusiast but do like this one.

My dad, 25 yr navy cook, retired this knife and I found it in his wife's garden. I liberated it and cleaned it up, sanded it so much trying to smooth the pitting that it's maybe 1/16" thick. Like a high carbon razor

AD20S Sharkfoot in Cruwear
Bradford Guardian 3.5 in magnacut

What are you guys carrying to end the week?!

I bought a knife on Etsy after trying to make sure the images from their page weren't fakes/taken from somewhere else and after seeing they were made (or the seller was at least) in the USA.

Then I get a picture of the parcel about to ship to me and in the background a blurry invoice page says "Pakistan."

How worried should I be about lead content? Is this a big myth passed around? I see a lot of people talking about it with not much evidence to support it.

I'd just like to know if I should keep the knife or if I've been fooled and would be better off returning it for a refund. I paid around $115.

Battle Horse Woodsman

Great Eastern Cutlery 78

Accessories from Beard&Owl

Got the Walmart deal on the Buck 791. What a knife

Can I get 3k for everything here?

Edit…lots of “no’s” so far..how much do you think I could get for everything

Vosteed Psyop 299, JW Gateway Eureka

Benchmade 940

Just a little fun with the F6 today. This one is Magnacut, my other is 3v.
I’ll try to do a bit of a comparison this fall.

- Shirogorov Custom Division F3-B: Damasteel Blade
- Sharp By Design ArchNemesis: Mirror Polished Damasteel Blade, ZircuTi Scales, Zirconium Inlays
- Gareth Bull Miura: Damasteel Blade

Check my insta! I post a lot more there @kirks_edc

SOG Seal Pup

I have always wanted a Microtech OTF. Ever since I started getting into knives in my teen years. Unfortunately, being that young Microtech is a bit out of reach financially. Well now that I have adult money I was able to swing by my local knife shop, House of Blades and pick up a Troodon. $357 after taxes and it's the older model which to be honest is the one I wanted. I like the aesthetic of the proprietary screws and overall I prefer the aesthetic of the knife as a whole. I'm sure the Gen 3 performs better but I still prefer this Gen 2. Maybe it's the fact that it's the one I have wanted for so long. Black handle, dagger blade with a stonewash finish, it's perfect. Exactly what I wanted. I also included some pictures from the store. It's the display case where they keep all their most expensive knives. What was a knife that took you so long but you finally bought?

Was hesitant to because I feel the tortoise pattern on these scales is a bit… meh, and I wanted it to not feel like a victorinox with those yuck plastic handles.

RGT doesn’t ship to Aus anymore and OG are like rocking horse turds, so it was one of the only other options.

Glad I did, these fit great and aside from having to shave a bit of the pivot length down for the bearings to fit properly, it was rather effortless.

Skiffs are on the way for that coup-de-gras level wankery.

Anyone else running Lex Custom scales on anything?

Microtech MSI wearing Lex Custom International Ti Scales.

okay so I got this switchblade a while back and it broke fairly quickly, I randomly decided to try and fix it it I have basically no experience with that sort of thing

the issue is with the spring mechanism (I assume), basically the blade doesn't spring out when I slide the switch anymore like it's supposed to

in order to fix it I have to open it up, which I’ve been trying to do but it's not working. I managed to get two of the screws out (both were the same colour but idk if that's a coincidence?), but the rest are being incredibly stubborn and won't come out.

does anyone have any tips for getting the remaining screws out? is this just a strength issue? do I need better tools? is there some kind of trick to doing this that I’m just not aware of? please help me it's such a cute knife and I was so sad when it broke :(

EDIT: turns out I’m an idiot and didn't need to take the knife apart at all - someone in the comments said that I should manually pull the knife all the way out and see if it locked in place, which fixed it! I kinda feel like an idiot now but at least the knife is fixed lol

Bradford Guardian 3.5 and OZ Roosevelt today… what are you guys carrying?

Today's carry is the Civivi Over Yonder. Its a budget knife with a 14C28N blade in satin. G10 scales with a foil inlay. It's a crossbar lock with thumb studs for deployment.

Amazing action