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Originally Posted by Ken Brock
no sir, you know I'll never change directions in that respect
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Ken, Please don't change directions on your designs, not until I can finally get one...
As Mr. Harsey will attest, I own a few knives (there would be a larger collection, but I have to buy other items like food, and pay rent) a significant fraction of which are his designs.
Each has it's own use - some are multi function, some have been used for the wrong thing, and some (unless I would like a vacation at the expense of the state) are not generally carried. When I lived in the Northeast, I had to be extremely careful even with my daily carry blades (yes, even when I was wearing a suit to work, I carried a knife of two, some things become ingrained) my Sebenza was illegal in NY, My T-1 was illegal in NY, so my little Gerber 300 (total 3" open) was a given - and ther were many times I was ignoring the law and carried a blade over 2.75" long... A knife is a tool to me, as is a hammer, or a rake, or a swing blade... any one of them can be a weapon, any one of them can be a life saver, any one of them can be harmless.
I could not see carrying my GB in the streets of NY, nor my old cheap survival knife from my days in the field - but I also feel naked without a GOOD knife, generally a folder with me 99% of the time.
The GB is a wonderful tool for survival in both aspects - field craft and reducing your enemy to a carcass - I have barely used it for the former, and hope I don't have to use it for the latter - although it would be my #1 choice for that.