I wouldn't get dead set on anything until you see Brad. I thought I wanted a ZT - Hinderer collaboration, but I waited until I went to Blade last year (I was still living in GA at the time) and handled tons of knives. I ended up buying the ZT0801 Rexford collaboration, and I'm still happy with...
I've now been carrying a FourSevens Quark Tactical QTL on my keyring everyday for a year. A little less than midway through that time (June 2014) it was switched to a AA body, but the switch, and the LED, lens, and driver are the same. So far it's holding up as well as the Surefire E1e...
Right in the middle of the two price wise is the Mini RSK Mk1 - Doug Ritter Mini RSK MK1 Stone Washed M390 Blade (Knifeworks Exclusive) - with similar dimensions and an even better M390 blade. I'd get that or the 903 (spear point mini) Styker over the Barrage.
Surefire makes some extremely rugged lights. But so do Malkoff, and ElZetta here in the USA. ArmyTEK of Canada makes equal quality lights to Surefire, IMO, and their circuitry can use 2xCR123 or a single 65-70mm length 4.2V rechargeable equally well.
However, the light you're asking about has...
That's one guy, doing non scientific testing on single samples. It's about as reliable as a Cold Steel hype video. I've spoken to the manufacturers at Blade. When they put several examples of each knife on destructive testing equipment that actually measures lock strength the Axis lock comes out...
It's actually more of a large depression in the blade. It's functionally the same as the hole Strider uses.
Your worries are unfounded. The Axis lock is far stronger than any frame lock, and those solid carbon fiber slabs surrounding the lock's steel subframe are incredibly strong. The S90V...
I've also owned Emersons and I wasn't impressed with them either. Liner locks are some of the weakest lock mechanisms out there. Frame locks are significantly stronger. Chris Reeve invented the frame lock, and his company has dominated the knife industry in quality. He was also one of the...
Phylo, do you want a frame lock or are you open to other lock types? How much larger or smaller can the knife be and still be similar enough for you? Are you open to something prettier since this sounds (err reads) like it might be more of a gentleman's knife? Are you okay with removing a pocket...
Actually it's not. The amount of chromium in the alloy that determines if a steel is stainless, not the carbon content. Bohler M390 and Uddeholm Elmax both have more carbon than AISI M4 / CPM M4. CPM S110V and S125V both have more carbon CPM 10V (itself a PM version of AISI A11).
Here are a few quick things on batteries and chargers:
Rechargeable lithium batteries (like RCR123) come in three chemistries. These are Lithium Cobalt (abbreviated IC or LiCo), Lithium Manganese (abbreviated IMR or LiMN), and Lithium Iron Phosphate (abbreviated LFP or LiFePo).
IC and IMR...
The 10mm and .45 ACP Glocks can be converted to each other's caliber, 9x25 Dillon, .38 Super, .400 Corbon, .40 Super, .357 SIG, .40 S&W, and 9x19. That's just with Lone Wolf bbls. There's also .50 GI and .460 Rowland from their respective manufacturers. A ramped bbl cut frame 1911 can handle...
First, because all the capacity in the world is useless with a grip so large that many people find it uncomfortably large, i.e. current double stack .45 and 10mm Glocks. Second, the Glock Model 40 (the 10mm long slide model) is primarily marketed by Glock as a hunting pistol. I'm all for...
Typically, PVD coatings are very hard, highly abrasion resistant, and have very low coefficients of friction. A couple of major areas of use of PVD coatings are industrial punches, and industrial tools used for cutting metals. However, there are quite a few materials that are applied as coatings...
It happens in all ARs, and several other semi-auto rifles. The firing pin floats freely in the channel, and that's why it will lightly indent the primer when the bolt closes. There isn't enough energy transfer to ignite the primer though.
It isn't. Just don't go smacking the butt plate into...
Remember that manufacturing an AOW is a $200 tax stamp. The $5 AOW stamp is only for subsequent transfers. So, you have to factor that $200 into the cost of the Serbu, plus all the other work they do.