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gimpsuitjones
Mar 27, 2007

What are you lookin at...
I'm not in the US but what if I'd rather set myself on fire than vote for any of the options? I'm still going to complain about whoever wins

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gimpsuitjones
Mar 27, 2007

What are you lookin at...

Ferremit posted:

looking at knives and leathermans as I wouldnt mind a better tool to back up my Charge TTI as a second set (Current back up is a really basic leatherman and its sorely lacking)

A Super Tool 300 in the US is $80

The EXACT same leatherman in Australia is $205. Plus freight. Wonder what the deal with importing knives into Aus is?

Also... after a proper hunting knife as dismembering and field cleaning goats with a leatherman is... not ideal.... What are Benchmade knives like? Specifically their folding blade hunting models?

It's risky importing knives into Australia - your customs people like to seize them.


I have a limited edition Benchmade Griptilian 551 with D2 steel and G10 handle and it's awesome. I also have a standard 551 with the zytel handle and uh CPM154 or whatever it is blade and it works well too but the plastic handle is a bit meh.

For a Benchmade folder this would be my pick with drop point, CPM20V steel, satin finished blade (stuff, like blood, sticks to the black coatings and makes them harder to clean), G10 handles

http://www.benchmade.com/griptilian-family.html

If you want one specifically labelled as for hunting, this with the G10 handle would be nice (but I don't like the slight recurve to the blade)

http://www.benchmade.com/hunt/north-fork-family.html

Or this is a really good fixed blade

http://www.benchmade.com/hunt/saddle-mountain-hunter-family.html



But for all my serious hunting use I actually use this, because it's small and light, cheap, fixed (doesn't get stuff like blood stuck inside it which is hard to clean out like a folding knife) and works. But my use (Nz alpine hunting) is different to shooting goats in Oz

http://www.coldsteel.com/products-by-cold-steel/fixed-knives-by-cold-steel/pendleton-mini-hunter.html?___SID=U

gimpsuitjones fucked around with this message at 21:41 on Nov 10, 2016

gimpsuitjones
Mar 27, 2007

What are you lookin at...

Ferremit posted:

I didnt know this existed until 10 minutes ago but now I need one. Like. Right now.

http://www.sushezi.com/

Yeah they're pretty rad for making easy sushi

gimpsuitjones
Mar 27, 2007

What are you lookin at...
Woke up at midnight to a 7.8 magnitude earthquake a few hundred K's away, house shook a bit but no damage. 12:02am is not a good time to be considering your earthquake insurance cover when you've just bought a new brick house. It's also not a great time to consider your disaster preparedness. I live about 20-30km from the Alpine Fault which will be a big one when it goes, fortunately this wasn't it.

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