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Actually I've seen literal turds that have been polished

I try desperately to hang onto my last tiny shred of faith in humanity much to my own catastrophic fault

Having not handled the Ritter Hogue myself, you know more than I do.

We're learning.

I like my polished edges. Definitely not heavy use edges but they do what I want them to day to day extremely well

It could be tip up and I'd still carry a Smith & Wesson first.

Oh yeah! I forgot about the stars. All sins are forgiven, this thing's better than a Rockstead.

It's all personal preference and a running joke that gets people all fired up in the comments sometimes.

We think we might be able to at least remove the thumb studs.

Given everything I've seen about it so far I'm gonna be prepping for a LOOOONG stream.

Nah, we'll just have an angle change going into the heel.

I both can and can't wait

Yeah, 100's a little steep unless you're going one and done in which case it's a good deal for the long haul.

We may be able to remove the thumb studs after all

@knivesiguess is the main blade locking screw adjustable without specialty tools? I could not tell

That one looks 100% proprietary

@@knivesiguess ughhhh the knife looks so nice too

You can get some Gmascus at Knifecenter, their special colors.

NICE. The hardest use this'll see outside of an emergency's gonna be Cardboard Slayer™

The Landers are on the eventual list. I have something else special that should be here tomorrow for us to take a look at.

@knivesiguess Awesome. I still can't believe how much I like the Lander 2. I got the Deka, and the Lander 2 about a week apart and both have been fightng each other for pocket time. Sometimes I switch them at lunchtime. Two great, lightweight knives that punch far above their weight. I will be getting some new scales for the Deka, probably aluminum, and the Lander has several inexpensive options for scales, too. Ciao!

I DID want to know that. Thanks!! Literally everything I saw online said it had to be drilled through.

@@knivesiguess I am glad I saw your video then. I was stopping my Deka when the video popped up, so it was perfect timing. I love that little knife. It is almost too light; sometimes I forget it is in my pocket.

I'm gonna try a T8 come time to sharpen it. I did a fair amount of research on it when I first saw the weird thumb studs and everything said you had to drill it out but I might be wrong.

@ try contacting Hogue. They might have an email on their website

We're trying the T8 before we do anything else.

@ Sharp Ends on TH-cam has a video removing the thumb studs. I’ve heard that one side turns and the other side is pressed in but his video shows both turning. 🤷

#teamsprinkles picking up a dub today!

@@knivesiguess #TeamNoSprinkles

Ahhh yes. The tip up team. Love those guys.

I'm definitely gonna enjoy this week with it.

​@@knivesiguessthe week after vid should be fun to see too.

They go on sale for around $100 often. I bought mine off of Amazon for $105, I think, in early December. It is a great knife at the retail price, but for around $100, it is sublime.

Right?

​@@knivesiguess how good does it cut?

With the factory edge it cuts well. It hit that 190 on the tester.

@knivesiguess dang

Actually I like that one. We need to find a way to work that in somehow

Dude, after all the Ozark Trails and Mossy Oaks I did in such short order this thing feels AMAZING.

@knivesiguess It's a really great knife especially for the price. I paid $60.00 for mine and I'll never regret it. Love yours with the snowflakes it looks great.

I kinda take it with a grain of salt and try to balance out what I've experienced alongside the available information. Between secondhand information being passed around, conflicting information, and things being hard to quantify you end up having to aggregate a lot of it to wind up with an answer.

That makes sense. I'm familiar with very basic metallurgy, I just yet again didn't think to actually look the composition up before I hit record. The difference in carbon content seems to line up with the results though.

@@knivesiguess Yeah. For reference sake... 7cr and 440A are around .7% carbon. 8cr/Aus 8 are around .8% carbon. 9cr/440C is around .9% carbon. VG10 is around 1% carbon. There are a number of other things like manganese, molybdenum, and vanadium that can affect hardness, but carbon is the main one. As for the Raccoon, I checked Vosteed's site. They say the Raccoon's blade is hardened to around 60 HRC. (A quick check says that the normal range 14c28n is hardened to is 55-60HRC.) 60HRC is a bit more than most budget steels (that are not d2) are normally hardened to. (Most budget steels like 7cr/8cr/etc... are in the 56-59 range to balance hardness and toughness.) But 14c28n has a reputation for good toughness so Vosteed may have decided to push the limits a bit, which would explain why you got between 8cr and d2 in cardboard slayer. As for D2... I've heard Ganzo usually hardens their D2 to 60-62HRC. If the HRC numbers I'm seeing online are right that's probably pretty typical.

We may need to look at some Ganzo D2 and see if it performs any better if they're going above 60.

Yeah, the Rhino and Bullmastiff were pretty similar.

@ hey man we’re learning… just for comparison do you have a buck knife in 420c? Buck has a magical process done by cute little elves using fairy farts or something where it was basically a super steel and to this day they still offer the 110 in it, I would really love to see a standard 110 on cardboard slayer, forgive me if you already did it, if so please link it for me to check out

th-cam.com/video/iUG_TQ3S5sM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=vZA-AIdXVM7IHTwr I have one from 1980 in their old 440. Like the 3rd live stream so the testing process wasn't fully established yet.

Nah, man. We do one a week unless I have an abundance of free time.

@ okay

@@Hunter-u1k Livestreams are usually on Fridays, if I remember right.

#teampancakes is CRUSHING it this week

@@knivesiguess are we having a live stream Sunday?

Sorry, next Sunday

We are not. I will be at work.

Next one SHOULD be on Friday.

Team Sprinkles- You prefer tip down carry. Team No Sprinkles- You prefer tip up carry.

@ hmmmmmmm interesting I switch teams 150 times a day with my tiny knife flipping around in my pocket😂

Nice!!!

Just what I grabbed this morning. I'll upload this week's carry before work.

Hi

I really dig the LOTR vibes on it

#teampancakes coming in hot this week

I am severely lacking these past couple of days.

@@travisrose2277 you get one point

If it wasn't I would have had to cancel the live stream.