There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
this is her knife and she wanted it purple but once it was all purple she and I didn't like the look so we gradually increased the voltage while pulling the scale out of the bath. Nothing fancy but not bad for a one handed gimp and a rookie.imo
So as long as she had fun, she definitely made something that looks good, i'd say positive all around 👍
I gotta get the gf in on this, so I have a second set of hands to coordinate turning the dial and pulling out the piece
Note the hardware. This was advertised:
Note the logo. This was advertised:
This is what we got:
I really wanted the designers name... Terzuola, on the blade. So, we ended up getting a big dragon head and no designer name lasered on the blade, instead of what was advertised which was a little dragon head and the designers name above it. Not a big deal to some, but to me it is a big deal. They did refund us all $20 for the two mistakes. This is the second collaboration/drop in a row that has been a big mess! It’s really making me rethink my participation in these collaborations anymore. ☹️
Now, where can I ask you if you’ve ever drilled out a detent ball hole to fix a weak detent? The @ sign doesn’t work for me, so I have to ask in some previously started thread. There’s almost nothing I hate more than a weak detent. I also hate it when I can’t center a blade!
My favorite knives feel substantially smoother and 'better' after the spa day. The Crux and Gent are like that, and Kizer knives are usually like that too. I like the process of getting to know them and seeing the improvement from my attentions.
It makes me wonder how many people who have generic complaints about their knives just don't own a good set of drivers and a bottle of thread locker.
I haven't drilled out a hole though. So far ever knife I've had has a big enough hole for the ball. My issues have only been with alignment, and the only one I've fixed was for by filing the stop pin instead of moving the detent hole
In theory, it would only help if the ball was bigger than the hole, and so doesn't drop all the way in, or if the hole needs to be moved forward, but then you have to be careful of introducing blade play when closed
Just go to the Blades category, click the Talk tab up top, then click the Create Post button. Pick your category, and write your post 👍