On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 01:18:33 -0800, Gunner
wrote:

There is a Chinese company I buy a lot of blades from, but evidently
he is on Chinese Holiday as he doesnt have any blades at the moment.
Ive mentioned him before. When he gets back..Ill post a link to his
stuff.

In California..any good folder with a blade smaller than 3.75" is
legal. So I generally carry a couple folders. My everyday knife
comes from AutoZone...laugh..a S&W tactical that just went up to
$11.00


I must have bought 20 of them over the last 5 yrs and given them
away..they were $9.

This is what I carry most often in the back pocket...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Smith-Wesson...-/300833035730

Shrug...its not a "great" knife..but made well enough and holds an ok
edge. Bad people tend to walk away when you start cleaning your nails
with it and smiling at them. Shrug Decent enough Krambit.

I picked up a karambit for the truck, complete with glass popper and
seatbelt cutter. It's velcroed to my steering column, in reach of my
hands after a wreck, hopefully. They're mean looking knives, but
damned practical, too. I doubt my "fireman's karambit" is worth a
hoot at $3.80, but it'll do the job once in an emergency, I'm sure.

These arent half bad either

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CRKT-Hammond...-/270951838202

Go to ebay and enter ASU8 and some pretty usable knives come up.

Btw...Ive reordered and reordered these. All my buds have them now and
really like them.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PIRAT-SHARP-...-/200869241901

A VERY versatile fixed blade. Sheaths are so so..but are of a perfect
size (for me) for a utility blade. Ive been buying a AUS8 copy from my
Chinese regular..marked a bit differently...these above are 440c, but
very well done.

And oddly enough..they make a pretty decent neck knife. Almost too
big..but not quite..so hang nicely. Snag one..you will be tickled with
em.

I picked up a cheaparse little United Sub Commander for a neck knife.
Cutest little 2.75" long blade ya ever did see. I take it hiking


I wrote:
I need to secure the bulb a bit better, and maybe make it swivel, but
that's for tomorrow...

http://www.homeandgardenhandyman.com...lightFront.jpg
http://www.homeandgardenhandyman.com...hlightBack.jpg
http://www.homeandgardenhandyman.com...htArrayLit.jpg
http://www.homeandgardenhandyman.com...ghtSpotLit.jpg


Thats pretty cool!! Gonna machine a housing for the lens and array?

I had thought to leave the array stuck on as-is. It's 3M acrylic-
adhesived doublesided tape. I used denatured alcohol to remove any
mold release agents prior to sticking it on. I don't want to lose any
of the light from it, so I probably won't cover it.

For the MR16 bulb, I've been looking for minimalist ways to secure it.
The aluminum housing needs to breathe, as it is the heatsink. But
turning a lens cover is an interesting idea. I'll see if my buddy
(with the machine shop) has some more pistons floating around for
casting up a suitable (dare I say it?) billet.

--
You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others,
or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.
-- Jeph Jacques