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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5850196

I don't really have any more Weird Knives for WKW, but I guess you could consider this knife weird in that it somehow exists.

For those not familiar, last December, Walmart released a $6 axis lock knife. It doesn't really have a name, though there's a model number somewhere (it doesn't really matter). They were initially very difficult to find by me, with 2 stores in reasonable driving distance not having any. However, we eventually got them in and I snagged 2.

The steel is some sort of 420(x) that Walmart uses on all their Ozark Trail knives. The grinds somehow....good despite the likely accidental recurve. The action on both was exactly what you'd expect out of a $6 knife. And yet...and yet they both improved. The spring tension is off the charts. It requires a ton of force to pull the lock bar back, but once done, you can flip the knife out and most of the time flip it back closed again. I never tried to disassemble it because I had heard that the screws strip if you even show them a torx bit let alone try and use one.

I gave one away in a white elephant gift exchange at a Scout meeting shortly after buying it. The other I've kept sitting on my desk at the home office just flipping it back and forth and watching the action get better over time.

I've not seen them for sale since and I have no idea if Walmart will ever make another. So not a weird knife in the physical sense, more a weird knife because it defies reality.

I don't really have any more Weird Knives for WKW, but I guess you could consider this knife weird in that it somehow exists.

For those not familiar, last December, Walmart released a $6 axis lock knife. It doesn't really have a name, though there's a model number somewhere (it doesn't really matter). They were initially very difficult to find by me, with 2 stores in reasonable driving distance not having any. However, we eventually got them in and I snagged 2.

The steel is some sort of 420(x) that Walmart uses on all their Ozark Trail knives. The grinds somehow....good despite the likely accidental recurve. The action on both was exactly what you'd expect out of a $6 knife. And yet...and yet they both improved. The spring tension is off the charts. It requires a ton of force to pull the lock bar back, but once done, you can flip the knife out and most of the time flip it back closed again. I never tried to disassemble it because I had heard that the screws strip if you even show them a torx bit let alone try and use one.

I gave one away in a white elephant gift exchange at a Scout meeting shortly after buying it. The other I've kept sitting on my desk at the home office just flipping it back and forth and watching the action get better over time.

I've not seen them for sale since and I have no idea if Walmart will ever make another. So not a weird knife in the physical sense, more a weird knife because it defies reality.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5522150

Happy FFF to all who celebrate! Today's knife is the first purple knife I purchased: the Civivi Lazar.

One of Elijah Isham's more reserved designs, it can only be opened either two-handed and gripping the blade or by way of the front-flipper.

Thankfully the flipping action is excellent and the jimping not aggressive so it doesn't tear up your thumb.

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Happy FFF to all who celebrate! Today's knife is the first purple knife I purchased: the Civivi Lazar.

One of Elijah Isham's more reserved designs, it can only be opened either two-handed and gripping the blade or by way of the front-flipper.

Thankfully the flipping action is excellent and the jimping not aggressive so it doesn't tear up your thumb.

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Fall is in the air by me and a few trees are already starting to change colors. Today is one of those mid-50 deg F days with off-and-on rain. So basically perfect. 😀 Inspired by the thoughts of more trees changing soon, the orange Mini Bugout seemed appropriate.

Happy Fall, y'all!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5073067

The post by @[email protected] got me thinking about knives I've had for a while.

This is my first knife, older than I care to discuss, that I had as a Cub Scout. I had thought it lost forever until we moved in Nov 2021 when I found it in a box.

Still in surprisingly good shape and the backspring in decent working order. Needs a sharpening but other than that, I could give this to a Cub Scout today. (Being a knife guy all my kids already have Scout knives so, I can keep this one for me.)

How about you? Do you have any knives from when you were a kid?

The post by @[email protected] got me thinking about knives I've had for a while.

This is my first knife, older than I care to discuss, that I had as a Cub Scout. I had thought it lost forever until we moved in Nov 2021 when I found it in a box.

Still in surprisingly good shape and the backspring in decent working order. Needs a sharpening but other than that, I could give this to a Cub Scout today. (Being a knife guy all my kids already have Scout knives so, I can keep this one for me.)

How about you? Do you have any knives from when you were a kid?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4992674

Continuing on the theme of odd-ball multi-tools I give you the Gerber Curve. (Presented with a Dime for scale because I think I'm more funny than I actually am).

Highlights include:

• locking!
• 7 tools if you count 2 different patterns on the file (both patterns not pictured)
• 8 tools if you think you can use the small flat-head also as an awl (which is a bit of a stretch)
• bottle icon in case you didn't know what to do with the other end.
• spring-loaded retainer
• speed holes!
• fits inside the blade length of a Benchmade Bugout

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Continuing on the theme of odd-ball multi-tools I give you the Gerber Curve. (Presented with a Dime for scale because I think I'm more funny than I actually am).

Highlights include:

• locking!
• 7 tools if you count 2 different patterns on the file (both patterns not pictured)
• 8 tools if you think you can use the small flat-head also as an awl (which is a bit of a stretch)
• bottle icon in case you didn't know what to do with the other end.
• spring-loaded retainer
• speed holes!
• fits inside the blade length of a Benchmade Bugout

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4671914

For FFF (and possibly a late candidate for Weird Knife Wednesday) I give you the Swaggs designed Rosecraft Blades - Pocket Monster - aka the Sulley. Name and colors inspired by Monsters Inc. this knife answers the question: "But what if more choil??"

For FFF (and possibly a late candidate for Weird Knife Wednesday) I give you the Swaggs designed Rosecraft Blades - Pocket Monster - aka the Sulley. Name and colors inspired by Monsters Inc. this knife answers the question: "But what if more choil??"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4510867

I had heard the Kershaw Iridium was a big seller but I don't know anyone that purchased one. For me the Iridium is a little too big/heavy but the Heist looks interesting. That blade shape is very reminiscent of the Benchmade Mini Freek but I think most people are comparing it to the Bugout due to the weight/FRN scales.

Just wondering if anyone here has any of the Kershaw's with the axis-style lock and if so, what's your opinion been on how it feels and how reliable it has been, etc.

The other two that were released didn't get nearly as much press from what I can see are the Covalent and the Monitor.