I Know Nothing About Knives, Really... - Page 3

MaggieL · 04-16-2006, 10:46 AM

While it isn't a knife, yesterday I got a companion piece to go with my Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn:

<img src="http://www.gerbertools.com/Img_L/5780.jpg" width="200" align="right"/>
<a href="http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/1132/sesent/00">
<img src="http://www.surefire.com/surefire/content/e2d_full.jpg"/>
</a>

Kitsune · 04-16-2006, 11:12 AM

Mmmm... Surefire lights kick a lot of ass. I wish they didn't eat batteries as quickly as they did, though. They last forever sitting in the heat of the car and such, but if you don't buy them in bulk you're going to cough up $1.75/battery or more.

MaggieL · 04-16-2006, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Mmmm... Surefire lights kick a lot of ass. I wish they didn't eat batteries as quickly as they did, though. They last forever sitting in the heat of the car and such, but if you don't buy them in bulk you're going to cough up $1.75/battery or more.

True enough. But since I bought Gwennie an E2D also (she wanted one for her birthday), it makes sense for our household to buy batteries direct from Surefire in bulk: 72 for $125==a bit more then two for a dollar, and they have a ten year shelf life. Also, this isn't a tool for ordinary reading-under-the-covers type illumination; not every lighting job requires 60 lumens. But some do.

richlevy · 04-16-2006, 07:30 PM

Well, I am a little on the cheap side, and I can't justify a $100 handheld flashlight. This is a $40 Circuit City light that uses 3 AAA batteries. I can use NIMH rechargables if I want to. I think I'll wait until it comes down in price, though. The only thing it's missing is the eye gouger bezel.

MaggieL · 04-16-2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

Well, I am a little on the cheap side, and I can't justify a $100 handheld flashlight.

Well, that's a different tool for a different job. I'd never use the Surefire in the cockpit, for example (other than as a landing light in the event that the airplane's was disabled...there's folks who have had to do that).

Kitsune · 04-17-2006, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

(other than as a landing light in the event that the airplane's was disabled...there's folks who have had to do that).

Riiight.

MaggieL · 04-17-2006, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Riiight.

It's believable to me.

I've landed airplanes at night with both the taxi and landing lights burned out...and used my 5-cell Maglight to taxi to the hangar. Both lights in a Cessna Cardinal are in the cowling under the engine, and are subject to a *lot* of vibration; the bulbs fail frequently. Lose them both and you land in the dark...a maneuver that is practiced during primary instruction.

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Originally Posted by KristopherA

Blackout in the sky
While flying one night from Little Rock, Arkansas, all the lights went out in my aircraft, including my landing light. I was about one hour outside of my home base. I used my SureFire C2 Centurion® with a red filter — so as not to degrade my night vision — to read my airspeed indicator, directional gyro, tachometer and attitude indicator. During this time the air traffic controller informed me that, while they had me on radar, they were unable to establish visual contact. As I lined up for approach I removed the red filter and began flashing my SureFire at the tower until they saw me. I was also able to use the C2 as my landing light, which was a great help on a moonless night! Thank you for building such reliable and bright lights. From now on I never leave for a flight without making sure I have my SureFire with me.

Kristopher A.
Norman, OK

BrianR · 04-18-2006, 12:01 AM

I have recently come into possession of a sharpening system for my knives that seems to work fairly well and puts on a predictable, sharp edge. I now use the Lansky Sharpening System. Wish I had the link handy but you all know how to Google.

It did a good job resharpening my dullest (expendable) knife. I will be doing my other three in the near future now that I know how to assemble it and use it properly.

Brian

MaggieL · 04-18-2006, 06:03 AM

xoxoxoBruce posted upthread about Lansky, with a link and photos.

BrianR · 04-19-2006, 06:57 PM

My dear, you assume that I have read this entire thread and actually absorbed any of it.

MaggieL · 04-19-2006, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianR

My dear, you assume that I have read this entire thread and actually absorbed any of it.

Not at all...I know that you haven't, because of your comment and because you're on the road and frequently bandwidth challenged, and I assumed that's why you hadn't noticed the upthread. So I just stuck in a pointer because I'm *not* bandwidth challenged anymore because 1) I'm now employed again and 2) I have broadband at home because (see (1)).

BrianR · 04-20-2006, 07:07 PM

Congratulations. I figured that out already because you have mentioned a boss twice that I saw. I'm happy for you. Thanks for the pointer, saved me and everyone else from Googling. I'm mostly hopeless at Googling and always need someone to do it for me or all I get is porn links and Amazon adverts.

Undertoad · 04-20-2006, 07:21 PM

Well then you should turn off the personalized results.

MaggieL · 04-20-2006, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Well then you should turn off the personalized results.

Or don't search for "bukkake with super-saver shipping" :-)

BrianR · 04-21-2006, 10:55 PM

It comes with super saver shipping!!???

I'm SO there!

04-16-2006, 10:46 AM	#31
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	While it isn't a knife, yesterday I got a companion piece to go with my Gerber Applegate-Fairbairn: <img src="http://www.gerbertools.com/Img_L/5780.jpg" width="200" align="right"/> <a href="http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/prrfnbr/1132/sesent/00"> <img src="http://www.surefire.com/surefire/content/e2d_full.jpg"/> </a> __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

04-16-2006, 07:30 PM	#34
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Well, I am a little on the cheap side, and I can't justify a $100 handheld flashlight. This is a $40 Circuit City light that uses 3 AAA batteries. I can use NIMH rechargables if I want to. I think I'll wait until it comes down in price, though. The only thing it's missing is the eye gouger bezel. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama Last edited by richlevy; 04-16-2006 at 07:34 PM.

04-18-2006, 12:01 AM	#38
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I have recently come into possession of a sharpening system for my knives that seems to work fairly well and puts on a predictable, sharp edge. I now use the Lansky Sharpening System. Wish I had the link handy but you all know how to Google. It did a good job resharpening my dullest (expendable) knife. I will be doing my other three in the near future now that I know how to assemble it and use it properly. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

04-18-2006, 06:03 AM	#39
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	xoxoxoBruce posted upthread about Lansky, with a link and photos. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

04-16-2006, 11:12 AM	#32
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Mmmm... Surefire lights kick a lot of ass. I wish they didn't eat batteries as quickly as they did, though. They last forever sitting in the heat of the car and such, but if you don't buy them in bulk you're going to cough up $1.75/battery or more.

04-19-2006, 06:57 PM	#40
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	My dear, you assume that I have read this entire thread and actually absorbed any of it.

04-20-2006, 07:07 PM	#42
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Congratulations. I figured that out already because you have mentioned a boss twice that I saw. I'm happy for you. Thanks for the pointer, saved me and everyone else from Googling. I'm mostly hopeless at Googling and always need someone to do it for me or all I get is porn links and Amazon adverts.

04-20-2006, 07:21 PM	#43
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Well then you should turn off the personalized results.

04-21-2006, 10:55 PM	#45
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	It comes with super saver shipping!!??? I'm SO there!

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