Capbyrd

Pens are used to write things down.  I know that kids these days do everything on tablets, computers and phones but us old blokes still use writing utensils.  

Its Sandvik 14c28n.  I knew it was those numbers and letters, I just always get them out of order in my head.  

Brian has been around and making some cool stuff for years. His knives are awesome and he has some killer collabs. Over the past year though, he has created a couple of runaway hits in his TiBolt (pen) and Frikky. I was lucky enough to score one of each at the show. The pen is an incredible design. A great bolt action pen made entirely from Titanium (except the o-ring, stylus nib and refill). It comes with a plain cap installed but three stylus nibs are included if you want to change them out. He even includes a driver for the torx bits. The pen has a great action and can accept parker or fisher style refills. I chose to carry mine with the stylus nib just case. Here you can see that the frikky includes a bottle opener. And here you can see just how tiny this little guy is. Both of these items have been huge successes for Brian and its easy to see why.

And now the thinnest of my Blade scores. This is a Michael Vagnino necker. Its Sandvic steel (series of letters and numbers that I will get wrong) and its incredibly light. Very thin as you can see. Michael claims its under 2 oz and I believe him. Its been a great neck knife for the past few days. Although the kydex really weighs it down. haha

Forgot one. Jason tried to hide his mark.

Jason is an up and coming knife maker from Martin TN. He is doing some fantastic work these days and has been doing folders for about a year. His book filled up quick and I expect it will stay that way. This one of my Blade Show scores. This is a new fixed blade from Jason that he calls the Megalodon. Its .250" thick D2 steel with a teflon moly coating. This guy is THICK! The mill work on the handle is awesome and has tons of grip. But this is my favorite part. The milled swedge is just too cool! I LOVE this part of the knife.

I'm going to give a full rundown of my experience this year. I arrived in Atlanta on Thursday and checked into my hotel around 2 pm. I headed over to the Pit at Waverly shortly after and immediately started hanging out and meeting people. Only met a few before it was time for dinner. Horton and crew (myself included) went to Vortex Bar & Grill. After a great burger, we headed back to the pit. I hung out with friends and met Tom Krein, Michael Burch, and Jon Graham. I was talking to Graham about the show and the knife I was hoping to buy and he told me that he already sold it to a dealer. My heart sunk. That knife was my primary reason for taking any money to the show. It sucked. That's okay. I was still hoping I could score a Stout folder. Talked to Graham more and handled all of his knives and then it was approaching 1 am. I headed back to the hotel and passed out for the night. Friday morning I was up at 6 and at the show around 7:10 or so. There were 4 people in line in front of me. Because of my weight and some back issues, I couldn't stand until the doors opened and I needed to sit on a wall to support my back. But there wasn't a place for that in line. So I sat on the other side of the door. Well around 11:40, twenty minutes before the show opened, they made me get in line. I explained that I had been there since 7 and wasn't going to the back of the line but they weren't helpful. So I went to talk to the four people that were in front of me and the conversation went like this... "Hey, I know that yall were here first, and..." "YOU AREN'T GETTING IN FRONT OF US!" "Whoa, calm down man. I wasn't trying to get in front and I was trying to be nice." "I DON'T CARE. YOU WEREN'T HERE WHEN WE WERE!" "I'm done with this. There was no reason for you to be rude to me." So I started walking around them towards the line and the people right behind them heard the whole thing and said that they saw me there when they got there. They let me in line with them. Thankfully. But all of that sitting on the ground and stress took its toll. My body was already starting to ache. The doors opened and I ran in and went straight to Stout's table. All of his folders were gone. He sold them all to a dealer before the doors opened. So I told him I might be back to pick up one of the fixed blades. I headed to Fellhoelter's table and picked up a frikky and a TiBolt. Then it looked at a couple of things and headed back to Stout. Picked up a large fixed blade and headed to Graham's table to say hello. While there, I ran into Dylan Fletcher and followed him to Dogwood Dan's booth. Picked up a couple things from Fletcher and then went to Horton's table to pick up a fixed blade and then to the USN table to work my shift. After all of that, I was fully exhausted. It was just too much for me. So I headed back to the hotel, defeated from not getting what I wanted and aggravated at the situation at the line. Took a quick nap and then back to the pit. Hung out with friends and met some new folks. But I was still reeling from it all so I decided to head home Saturday. I missed all of the production booths and missed out on some custom knives as well. Next year, I won't be planning ahead. I'll just be going to have a good time. Here is what I ended up with though. Fletcher Operator 575 blacked out Stout Megalodon Fletcher Esteban Vagnino Necker Fellhoelter frikky and TiBolt

I wrote to the ATF about this and I was told to use my entire first, middle and last name.  The form only listed my first and middle initial though and that is what I went with.   Next time, it will be on a trust though.  

Will do sir!  

Nice scores Mike.      As for the XM, its a great knife, and I got bit hard by the XM bug last year.  But I sold mine.  You can pm me for details if you'd like but I don't want to get into it in public.   One of the big things though made me switch, was flipping action.  The XM required work and practice to get that flipper up and running.  Having handled Grahams, Southards, and other amazing flippers that literally fly open, the XM just didn't live up.  So I've moved on.     I do still love the ZT collabs though.  The KVT system really brings the flipper where it should be on an XM.  

Labor Day Weekend August 29th, to August 31st 2013   Already booked my room and bought my tickets.  I can't wait! 

I've seen his forum on BF but never paid too much attention. This year has been all about TN makers for me. Hoping to score Graham and Stout at the show. Fitz will be a bit harder to score as he tends to disappear for long periods. Then after my TN phase is done, I'll be picking up a Laconico from Ray himself at G5 this year.

Two more days.  And Andy Fitz just popped his head up and made a post.  Looks like I've added another table to try and hit quickly.        EDIT: Two more days until I'm in Atlanta.  Three till the show. 

I think you need to calm down.  I think Raoul was just trying to give a heads up that you might have gone MIA for a minute.  Glad to see you back though.  

So who all is going?  I'll be there Friday and Saturday.  I'm working the USN booth from 2-3 on Friday so if you are there, stop by and say hello (I'm the morbidly obese bearded fellow).       I'm hoping to score a Graham and a Stout.  Who knows what else.  

    Probably not often.  So far, Clarksville is the only place with laws stricter than state laws that I've heard of. 

Intent to go armed anything wasn't part of the bill.  The only thing that was signed into a law is a clause that prevents stricter laws in local governments.   AMENDMENT #2 rewrites the bill to instead specify that it is the intent of the general assembly that present law regarding weapons is preemptive with respect to the transfer, ownership, possession or transportation of knives and that no city, county, or metropolitan government may occupy any part of the field of regulation of the transfer, ownership, possession or transportation of knives.

Even RedJacket wouldn't hire this guy.

Hit me up.  I'd love to get together at the range.  

So this is the exactly build that I had planned.  Guess I know what it will look like now. 

When I bought my 2008 F150, in July of 2008, it had 4,500 miles on it.  It had a clean carfax and looked good at first glance.  It had pinstripes on it.  I removed them (with a 3m eraser wheel) and noticed that you could still feel a bump where pinstripe used to be on the passenger side.  Upon closer inspection, the entire passenger side had been repainted.  The factory pinstripe wasn't fully removed before they painted so it was now under a layer of paint.  

When it comes to paint issues, I always get Joe's opinion before I go anywhere.  I have a body shop that I deal with and do a lot of business with but I usually try Joe first. The man is pretty awesome! 

Give Joe a shout and see what he says.  Joe is hands down, the best auto detailer I have ever seen and I have seen him do some amazing things.   http://www.wordofmouthdetailing.com       As for the person asking about stickers on glass, the 3m eraser wheel can be used on glass too but you need to be careful.  Practice on something first before you attack anything you like and read the directions.  

That looks like its from the feed lips.  

Get this one.    http://www.midwayusa.com/product/928807/vortex-viper-rifle-scope-30mm-tube-65-20x-44mm-side-focus-mil-dot-reticle-matte