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Late to the Meme Again
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 16:39So all the cool kids whipped out their knives earlier this week to show off what they normally carry. I was busy, blah, blah, blah, but here’s my normal carry knives.
That is my primary knife, it’s a SOG Trident Tanto. That thing gets put through it’s paces between opening stuff and work and general light use in the shop. I don’t use it for heavy work in the shop because that’s what quick change utility knifes are for. The above is kept sharp and I’ll use for food at restaurants that don’t give me decent cutlery. I’ll use it for light skinning, though I have a couple other knives I prefer to use for hunting as the blades are easier to work with.

Time for a new M1?
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 10:37I saw on the blog roll last night from Lyle over at Joe’s place that there is finally an M1 Garand UltiMAK rail. I was ready to start jumping up and down for joy and then the reality set in. I love my M1, I love it so much I do NOT want to change it. It was manufactured January of 1944 and the stocks appear to be original.
The thing is I do shoot that M1, I pull it out for CMP, and I do enjoy having a rifle around with iron sights to practice with. I would definitely shoot the M1 more if I put a rail on there, I just can’t bring myself to alter a piece of history. I guess it’s time to add another to the collection.

