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**The Reaper** · 12-02-2004, 22:04

Bill:

Bashing BHI is a full time job, and you don't have to even try, they do it to themselves. It is a blatant copy of the Eagle FS-IID, IIRC.

The grips are fine, and you and I have discussed the alternatives. Remember, this is a hard working knife, not a showcase queen.

For those who do not know the history, that knife went from a drawing board to the USASOC CG's hands in a VERY abbreviated time line. Then they were asked to make about 1,000 of them in less than 90 days, IIRC. As a perfectionist who lives to reject miniscule defects, Chris Reeve took to sleeping in the plant to get this project done on time. Note that Bill kept working on his projects, and Chris still had deadlines and deliveries of his regular production blades to make to pay their bills. The designer and maker make almost nothing on the sale of this knife, that is their patriotism and contribution to the SF soldiers of this nation.

Anyone want to wager if another manufacturer could have done this with the blade, or have found any maker to crank out 1,000 sheaths in a couple of months, I would like to offer you a sporting proposition.

Now, having said that, I agree with what egg said, and want to see what he comes up with. If it works, anyone who wants a different design can buy one, and make everybody happy.

BTW, Bill, before you get fired up, the CPM reference is to the Critical Path Method, a design and scheduling tool, but I am sure that you realized that. The CPM S-30V, as we all know, is the heat.

TR

12-02-2004, 22:04	#22
The Reaper Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Free Pineland Posts: 24,824	Bill: Bashing BHI is a full time job, and you don't have to even try, they do it to themselves. It is a blatant copy of the Eagle FS-IID, IIRC. The grips are fine, and you and I have discussed the alternatives. Remember, this is a hard working knife, not a showcase queen. For those who do not know the history, that knife went from a drawing board to the USASOC CG's hands in a VERY abbreviated time line. Then they were asked to make about 1,000 of them in less than 90 days, IIRC. As a perfectionist who lives to reject miniscule defects, Chris Reeve took to sleeping in the plant to get this project done on time. Note that Bill kept working on his projects, and Chris still had deadlines and deliveries of his regular production blades to make to pay their bills. The designer and maker make almost nothing on the sale of this knife, that is their patriotism and contribution to the SF soldiers of this nation. Anyone want to wager if another manufacturer could have done this with the blade, or have found any maker to crank out 1,000 sheaths in a couple of months, I would like to offer you a sporting proposition. Now, having said that, I agree with what egg said, and want to see what he comes up with. If it works, anyone who wants a different design can buy one, and make everybody happy. BTW, Bill, before you get fired up, the CPM reference is to the Critical Path Method, a design and scheduling tool, but I am sure that you realized that. The CPM S-30V, as we all know, is the heat. TR __________________ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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