Stroud Auctions

[Mobiasstrip]

I'm viewing with a mate tomorrow. Looking forward to it.
Hoping to combine with a decent lunch :-)
Steve

[Muskett]

Have at look at the Chris Reeve Knife 352.
Some would say it was over valued, and others undervalued. I suspect the former as collectors demand mint, and it is late production. Things in the knife world have moved on since these were made. They once sold retail for £225.

RWS Superdomes are always worth buying if the price is nice and low.

Always fun.

[Jerry Cornelius]

Have at look at the Chris Reeve Knife 352.
Some would say it was over valued, and others undervalued. I suspect the former as collectors demand mint, and it is late production. Things in the knife world have moved on since these were made. They once sold retail for £225.

RWS Superdomes are always worth buying if the price is nice and low.

Always fun.

I seem to remember a review at the time that said yes they were bombproof, but those Chris Reeve knives were not actually very good to use for any length of time

I guess 98% of them are drawer queens so it wouldn’t matter

[Mobiasstrip]

Journey halted at Swindon due to WW2 unexploded bomb on the line at Kemble. FFS

[Jerry Cornelius]

Welcome to the joys of using Worst Late Western trains.

[ashf9999]

Sounds like Reggie Perrin. Not-so Cheltenham flyer.

[Muskett]

I seem to remember a review at the time that said yes they were bombproof, but those Chris Reeve knives were not actually very good to use for any length of time

I guess 98% of them are drawer queens so it wouldn’t matter

I have a Project II, and used it for 7 years before retiring it. It did everything it was asked of it. Combat/Survival knives get carried a lot and used occasionally. They aren't that great to use as they are designed to do too much, so not that great at anything other than do everything badly.

Everything about knives has changed these past 30 years. How they are made, the materials, the heat treatment, but most of all how they are used. Many modern usage would be considered using the wrong tool, or just out right abuse, a few years back.
Interestingly, there has been a bit of a reappraisal of what is expected from a good knife. Rather than one to rule them all, just have a few and more specialised.
I'm a Skrama fan.

[Jerry Cornelius]

I have a Project II, and used it for 7 years before retiring it. It did everything it was asked of it. Combat/Survival knives get carried a lot and used occasionally. They aren't that great to use as they are designed to do too much, so not that great at anything other than do everything badly.

Everything about knives has changed these past 30 years. How they are made, the materials, the heat treatment, but most of all how they are used. Many modern usage would be considered using the wrong tool, or just out right abuse, a few years back.
Interestingly, there has been a bit of a reappraisal of what is expected from a good knife. Rather than one to rule them all, just have a few and more specialised.
I'm a Skrama fan.

Oh yes, me too, for gardening and I suppose zombies. It’s a beast.

Less so for opening Amazon packages.

[Muskett]

Skrama: thinking man's Golok.
Gardening, forestry, Bushcraft, just very useful.

[Lakey]

Puma - White Hunter

Now THATS a Knife.....


Lakey