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Made in Taiwan, sold in the UK.Good on you for supporting domestic manufacturing - at least I think it's made in the UK. I guess it will say on it
Was able to pick up my little white whale in terms of pocket knives this weekend - the CRKT Van Hoy 5120 snap lock (which is the smaller one of the models).
It's been discontinued for a few years so finding one in like-new condition for $40 was a great find
Here's the knife I bought - it also came with another CRKT knife called "Full Throttle" that I know nothing about. It seems to have a little bit of wear on it but seems like a nice enough knife. Especially being 'free'.
Will see when I receive them this or next week.
Update: Found this video on the 'Full Throttle', actually looks pretty neat:
Some nice knives there. Good job you don't have the stupid knife laws we do in the UK.
Until they brought them in, I had a nice selection of Gerber, Boker and other lock-knives,all with short blades, to carry around. These were a real treat after the usual non-locking English penknives, which closed on my fingers many times during heavy use.
There's an old saying here that you can't go wrong carrying a bob(a pre-decimal UK shilling), a pocket knife and a piece of string.
I've read the California knife laws - down to county level - a few times and I am still a bit confused but the quick and dirty key take-aways for where I live are;
In your home:
- You can collect and own any knife,
Out in public:
- No switchblades
- Generally a 3" blade limitation (differs by county)
- No 'concealed' knives (in canes, etc).
These were a real treat after the usual non-locking English penknives, which closed on my fingers many times during heavy use.
There's an old saying here that you can't go wrong carrying a bob(a pre-decimal UK shilling), a pocket knife and a piece of string.
Generally it's a result of carelessness or haste. I've never managed it when just cutting down flat onto something, but it's happened to me a few times when I've been using the knife point to precisely cut something, or in making a hole in, for example, thick sailcloth.How exactly do you use a knife in such a manner that it closes onto your fingers? I've heard this a few times and am genuinely baffled as to what you'd be doing with it to cause that.
Woke up this morning and noticed it was rather frosty. A great opportunity to fire up the Whitby Hand Hand/Pocket Warmer. Filled it up with to accommodate a 12hr burn cycle to break it in, then the usual routine kicks in.
The reading in the car this morning as I set about removing the frost.
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So, the wee purchase that got delivered yesterday one day ahead of schedule came in handy.
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Jumped in to the car and drove to work with roasty toasty hands. Filled at 6am and its still going strong.
Woke up this morning and noticed it was rather frosty. A great opportunity to fire up the Whitby Hand Hand/Pocket Warmer. Filled it up with to accommodate a 12hr burn cycle to break it in, then the usual routine kicks in.
The reading in the car this morning as I set about removing the frost.
View attachment 22480
So, the wee purchase that got delivered yesterday one day ahead of schedule came in handy.
View attachment 22481
Jumped in to the car and drove to work with roasty toasty hands. Filled at 6am and its still going strong.
Yeah that's typical temp in Scotland. It may get colder as the season progresses.a) something's wrong with your temperature display it's like there's a minus sign in front of the temperature,
b) so how did you like the hand warmer?
Temperature is in Celsius not Fahrenheita) something's wrong with your temperature display it's like there's a minus sign in front of the temperature,
b) so how did you like the hand warmer?
Yeah that's typical temp in Scotland. It may get colder as the season progresses.
The hand warmer was just phenomenal. Topped up and the first burn lasted 9hrs. After a couple of uses I should get 12hrs.
11c, ha ha ha, in Scotland we are out with the hawian tropic sun tan oil in that temp.Great stocking stuffer item. Now I'm really curious to get mine. Temperature here dropped to 11C today.
11c, ha ha ha, in Scotland we are out with the hawian tropic sun tan oil in that temp.
Brilliant things they are
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