Yet Another Lot Score
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:53 pm
Said I wasn't gonna buy anything more this month. However, I forgot I had a bid on an SAK the seller had. However, he also had this. I just could not pass it up. The lot was $30 plus the cost of a flat rate box.
Seller claims "no China knives". That's not really true. The SAK clone, Ohio Forge tool, and Gerber AR 3.0 are all China-made. I bought it for one knife, the original Russell Barlow in it. Hopefully, the snap's not bad. As far as old-school knives, there's still a bunch in it, though most appear to need a little work. There is a Stockman with quite pretty Rogers bone handles. There is what appears to be a halfway decent US Navy Utility Knife. There's an original Russell Barlow (which has a broken handle, which I might be able to patch up). There's (what I think is) a Queen Peanut, which I'm going to have reworked. It ought to be a nice little slim EDC once fixed, and have the (broken) pen blade removed. I'm having bright bone handles put on it. And the English Jack with also quite pretty bone handles. As well, there's an Imperial Toothpick and a couple other shell-handles. A beat up Case Sodbuster I'll put to hard work. A decent Opinel #6. Not fancy, but usable knives.
The leather Bassett keychain tool is going on my keys, like it's intended. I've lost my SECOND keychain knife in a month! Thankfully this time, it was a cheap China near-POS. Not a $30 AG Russell Ti Penknife, which unfortunately was the last one I lost. And if I lose that one, there's a second in this lot.
The three China-made knives. I'm up for doing another POS Exchange when we do it next year, so that's where they're likely to be seen again.
I am hoping Multitasker will repair the black-handle multitool. I've sent them an email, asking if they could repair it, and I would gladly pay for any repairs made. It's a Multitasker Series 3X tool for AR rifle maintenance. They are $150 new. I don't shoot an AR, but it's a really well-designed tool. I have use for the carbon scraper and 1/4 driver. The threading will accept a common cleaning rod. Since the pliers are D2 tool steel, I'd like to know how in the heck this guy broke it.
Seller claims "no China knives". That's not really true. The SAK clone, Ohio Forge tool, and Gerber AR 3.0 are all China-made. I bought it for one knife, the original Russell Barlow in it. Hopefully, the snap's not bad. As far as old-school knives, there's still a bunch in it, though most appear to need a little work. There is a Stockman with quite pretty Rogers bone handles. There is what appears to be a halfway decent US Navy Utility Knife. There's an original Russell Barlow (which has a broken handle, which I might be able to patch up). There's (what I think is) a Queen Peanut, which I'm going to have reworked. It ought to be a nice little slim EDC once fixed, and have the (broken) pen blade removed. I'm having bright bone handles put on it. And the English Jack with also quite pretty bone handles. As well, there's an Imperial Toothpick and a couple other shell-handles. A beat up Case Sodbuster I'll put to hard work. A decent Opinel #6. Not fancy, but usable knives.
The leather Bassett keychain tool is going on my keys, like it's intended. I've lost my SECOND keychain knife in a month! Thankfully this time, it was a cheap China near-POS. Not a $30 AG Russell Ti Penknife, which unfortunately was the last one I lost. And if I lose that one, there's a second in this lot.
The three China-made knives. I'm up for doing another POS Exchange when we do it next year, so that's where they're likely to be seen again.
I am hoping Multitasker will repair the black-handle multitool. I've sent them an email, asking if they could repair it, and I would gladly pay for any repairs made. It's a Multitasker Series 3X tool for AR rifle maintenance. They are $150 new. I don't shoot an AR, but it's a really well-designed tool. I have use for the carbon scraper and 1/4 driver. The threading will accept a common cleaning rod. Since the pliers are D2 tool steel, I'd like to know how in the heck this guy broke it.
, part's are worth that alone.