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Old March 30, 2019, 10:37 AM   #13
HiBC
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Decades ago,maybe 1970's,S+W made some nice looking fixed blade knives of decent design.(It appeared)

They had short stub narrow tangs set in what may have been Pakkawood.


Now...I'm not all about the YouTube fuzz sticks and batonning kindling with the trusty Mora stuff. The dog,the tarp hooch,the stew in the pot (yawn) overnight "survivor"I don't generally do that with a knife.

But young and dumb in the 70's,I did it with my S+W.The handle split. That's how I discovered the roughly 1/2 in by 1 1/2 in tang. This knife had a threaded cap on the handle,presumably some "survival" theme.

Yes,it was abuse,and it failed badly.


The smaller of the two knives,another nice looking knife..looking close revealed a fine,black,nearly invisible crack from heat treat,across the blade near the handle.I never broke it because I did not carry it.


Fourty years or so s a long time,but that was my S+W experience. I think it was Bangor Punta days.


So close to being good! But,not

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