At 17:19 10/19/99 -0700, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: >> >> what is significantly different between this knife and the river shorty? >> it also has no point and no sharp edge, and a big serated edge? i think >> it's biggest flaw is its shorty length, not allowing much pull when you >> cut... ie lots and lots of short strokes, instead of a few long ones... > >I wasn't aware that the River Shorty came in a version with no sharp >edge at all. The only one I saw was with a sharp edge somewhere on it. >Also the River Shorty's tip while blunt does resemble a screw driver in >the sense that it has a squared off tip. I know the right angles are >not particularly sharp but the Gerber Survivor's tip was as rounded off >as the back end of a collar stay. it looks like there is a sharp edge, but it itsn't... i was quite surprised when a friend bought one the other day... i was under the visual impression the knife had one smooth edge, and one serrated edge, when there is really only a serrated edge... >A more important point. Early on, when the Shorty was first introduced, >I heard tales on various 'Net groups that the knife did not hold well in >its sheath and was prone to fall out. Is that true, was it true, is it >still true? If the Shorty is okay in that department and I can't find >the old Survivor model, I will use a Shorty on my second PFD. The >sheath (empty) on my second PFD is one that holds the bigger Gerber but >I could just change that. > >ralph >-- i would be curious about that too ... otherwise i am considering a folder instead... with locking blade. mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.jacknjillz.com/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 21:57:30 PDT
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