The Gun Counter

I got a Schrade SCHF9 "Extreme Survival" knife from Amazon today. I was looking for something to round out an order and ran across the knife as a happy accident. Can't beat it with a stick for $37.87:

Schrade SCHF9 Extreme Survival Knife. Drop point style blade made of 1095 high carbon steel. Full tang with TPE rubber scales and a lanyard hole. Comes with a ballistic nylon sheath with buckled outer pocket and nylon cord leg strap. Overall length: 12.10; Blade length: 6.40"; Blade steel: 1095 Steel; Handle material: TPE; Handle length: 5.70"; Weight: 15.9 ozs.

http://www.amazon.com/Schrade-SCHF9-Ext ... rade+knife

It actually appears to be of halfway decent construction. It comes with a decent looking ballistic nylon sheath. I gather it's made in Taiwan; I gather also that the real Schrade went out of business years ago.

That's going to be a royal pain to sharpen, but if the heat treat is good it should be a perfectly serviceable knife.

I know Toad has been a bit off recently, due to some of the various medicines he's on, but isn't something like that usually called a pigsticker?

For my Molle bug out vest, I got one of these and one of these.

I really liked the design of the Gerber Downrange Tomahawk, but wasn't going to pay $200 for it.

Drywall hammer, hm? I'm intrigued. Please talk me through your thought process that led to that purpose.

skb12172 wrote:Drywall hammer, hm? I'm intrigued. Please talk me through your thought process that led to that purpose.

Makes sense to me. It's a construction tool, you can buy it at Lowe's. It also has a sharp cutting edge. And a hammer head. Good multipurpose tool for the woods and fields and up-close social work.

And, some of my more stressed brethrn in less-free states might be concerned about someone walking down the street with a tomahawk in his belt, but a drywall hammer indicates a guy simply looking for work.

A roofing hammer works pretty well, too.

skb12172 wrote:Drywall hammer, hm? I'm intrigued. Please talk me through your thought process that led to that purpose.

Pawpaw pretty much nailed it. A while back my brother in law found a hatchet with a hammer face very similar, but the wood handle was toast. I can strip branches, bury it in someone's head, break glass, pry a car door, hammer tent stakes, or whatever I need to do in a compact package. The Gerber has a much better prying setup, but this will work too.

JustinR wrote:

skb12172 wrote:Drywall hammer, hm? I'm intrigued. Please talk me through your thought process that led to that purpose.

Pawpaw pretty much nailed it. A while back my brother in law found a hatchet with a hammer face very similar, but the wood handle was toast. I can strip branches, bury it in someone's head, break glass, pry a car door, hammer tent stakes, or whatever I need to do in a compact package. The Gerber has a much better prying setup, but this will work too.

PawPaw nailed the hammer?



Anyway, I look the look of that Gerber tomahawk, too, but, I can't see spending $200 on it.

Gerber is dead to since the hid the "made ine china" label inside the package of the last one of thier products i bought. after i started using it and realized it was crap i started looking through the package and then found the made in china label on the inside of the package, not on the outside and not on the blade. I hate chinese crap blades even if they have a gerber trademark. Pissed me the hell off that they tricked me, especially since before fisker bought them they always advertized "always made in USA."
They used to be my favorites, now they can get bent.