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DougFLA123
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Sep 18, 2018
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@kavik Do you own the Bestech 1708 Tercel ?
Sep 18, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 18, 2018
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DougFLA123Nope, can't say that I do. I'm on the fence about picking it up, but not for any particular reason, just not sure if the design is really calling me on this one
P. S. Weird, that tag didn't alert me, but just happened to be on and looking lol
Sep 18, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 18, 2018
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KavikThat is very weird. I did it here so as not to clutter other threads with unrelated topics and information. Very frustrating. You try to do the right thing but....
Maybe because I used @kavik instead of @Kavik ? Seems unlikely.
Sep 18, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 18, 2018
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DougFLA123Nope, don't think it's that.... None of your tags for me are showing as links when I tap them
I dunno, something has been funky here with alerts for the last few days, maybe it's related
Test: @Kavik@doUgflA123
Edit : my tags both look to our profiles as they should. Strange
Sep 18, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 18, 2018
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KavikThat is weird. None of my tags show up as links, but your tags do. Just another case of the man keeping me down! : )
Sep 18, 2018
MaxwellDemonic
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Sep 18, 2018
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DougFLA123Kavik doesn't but i do! Any questions ya had about it?
Sep 18, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 18, 2018
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MaxwellDemonicIs it an awesome, "gotta have it"? And, of course, how's the detent? Lol
Sep 18, 2018
MaxwellDemonic
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Sep 18, 2018
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KavikSpectacular detent. Fires reliably 99.9% of the time and doesn't unintentionally open even if I swing it around wildly like a jackass.
The action is also the smoothest of my collection. With proper cleaning and lubrication it's drop-shut goodness. The only complaint I have is that it's a flat-head tooling for the pivot. Otherwise it's absolutely amazing, the value vastly exceeds the cost.
Sep 18, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 18, 2018
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MaxwellDemonicIt looks like the pivot, with the flat head screw, is on the wrong side of the knife. It shouldn’t be on the show side, should it? Can you switch the screw head to the pocket clip side?
Sep 18, 2018
MaxwellDemonic
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Sep 18, 2018
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DougFLA123I haven't opened it in a while, but I do believe it's D shaped through the whole of the pivot so you should be able to swap it. The Starfighter has it opposite show side, this one has it show.
Sep 18, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 19, 2018
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MaxwellDemonicThat's promising to hear, on the detent :)
Yeah, I don't love the look of the flathead in the pivot on my goblins / imp, but I find a nickel fits well with less risk of slipping and scratching than a screwdriver And, i suppose it's easier in theory to adjust if needed when not home near your torx bits..... But, loctite *shrug*
Sep 19, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 19, 2018
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MaxwellDemonicThe Bestech Starfighter is my favorite Bestech knife and is one of my favorite knives overall! I have the blue / silver one.
Sep 19, 2018
MaxwellDemonic
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Sep 19, 2018
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DougFLA123I have the blue and silver in both my Tercel and Starfighter. I misremembered about the D-shaped pivot. And since we talked about it...
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Swapping the side of the pivot and screw had no effect on the action.
Sep 19, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 19, 2018
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MaxwellDemonicIt looks great! Do you like it better now, with the screw head on the clip side?
Sep 19, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 19, 2018
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MaxwellDemonicOooh, this gives me an idea for that boring flat circle.....but I'm not gonna share it till I decide if I'm getting one and doing it myself lol
Sep 19, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 19, 2018
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KavikSmiley face jazz hands on the flat circle? 🤗
Sep 19, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 19, 2018
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DougFLA123Lol as awesome as that may be.... Probably something a little more subtle, stylized, kinda geeky 🤓
Sep 19, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 19, 2018
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KavikGeeky’s good!
Sep 19, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 21, 2018
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DougFLA123I think I've decided to pass on this one again, still just not sure I'm feelin' the design of the handle
Anyway, it's a bit of a stretch, but a Tercel is a male hawk, which got me thinking about birds of prey, talons, etc, googling relayed vector images to use on the vinyl cutter, which got me looking at the nice round, simple, Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D logo fitting onto the head of that pivot
Woulda been questionable getting a clean stencil cut that size though lol
Sep 21, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 21, 2018
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KavikYeah, It seems like working on a small space like a pivot would be difficult. I had no idea a Tercel was a male hawk! Next you’re going to tell me that Corolla are the petals of a flower (they are...I looked it up). I like the GiantMouse logo (below), simple circles and straight lines that look like a mouse. I imagine to get this logo on a pivot would require a laser.
I passed on this one too. I did get in on the Bestech BG02 Grampus. It’s not perfect, but it was hard to turn down at $35 plus shipping.
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Sep 21, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 21, 2018
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DougFLA123Agreed, that mouse logo is a great bit of design work 🐭👍
Oh, btw, following up on our conversation over on the Dao comments, check my latest post on the Buc, did a little stupid of the moment anodizing on that the other day 😁
Sep 21, 2018
DougFLA123
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Sep 21, 2018
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KavikI want to get a GiantMouse knife just for the logo on the blade.
The Buc definitely looks better in the darker gray!
Sep 21, 2018
Kavik
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Sep 21, 2018
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DougFLA123I've heard good things about them, but haven't really looked into them yet. Maybe some day
Yeah it does 😁
Sep 21, 2018
namhod
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Sep 22, 2018
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DougFLA123I fell in love my my GM2 immediately. Great usable knife. The ergos are absolutely phenomenal.
Sep 22, 2018
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