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sungam
Aug 4, 2008, 5:16 PM
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holy hundred pound knife batman!
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currupt4130
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Meh, I'll take the weight over knowing that it's always going to be there for me. The bulk of the weight is the handle, it's a good sized chunk of aluminum, and the grip is killer.
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stymingersfink
Aug 4, 2008, 5:31 PM
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sungam wrote: holy hundred pound knife batman!
Except, in this case I guess that knife could do both.
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currupt4130
Aug 4, 2008, 5:35 PM
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Here's some from Kershaw you might want to look at.
Doesn't lock closed but locks open.
http://www.thebladeshop.com/Carabiner_Tools_s/298.htm
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stymingersfink
Aug 4, 2008, 5:57 PM
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clickey
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currupt4130
Aug 4, 2008, 6:24 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: clickey
Thanks, I'm still a n00b to this forum's quirks.
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sungam
Aug 4, 2008, 7:21 PM
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currupt4130 wrote: Meh, I'll take the weight over knowing that it's always going to be there for me. The bulk of the weight is the handle, it's a good sized chunk of aluminum, and the grip is killer.
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sungam
Aug 4, 2008, 7:22 PM
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currupt4130 wrote: stymingersfink wrote: clickey Thanks, I'm still a n00b to this forum's quirks.
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adatesman
Aug 4, 2008, 7:27 PM
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petsfed
Aug 4, 2008, 7:39 PM
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adatesman wrote: Oh, and it has a bottle opener on it.  -a.
Not including the nut tool, rack, and dedicated bottle openers, the average big wall climber is gonna have two or three hundred bottle openers with them on the wall.
If you can't open a bottle of beer with a carabiner, you deserve to have neither.
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sungam
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adatesman wrote: Hey Sungam- As someone already mentioned, you're talking about the Trango Piranha? [image]http://www.trango.com/images/products/new/piranha.jpg[/image] Nice little knife, with emphasis on 'little'. Hardly weighs a thing, chops through tat fairly well, locks open (there's a little tab in the frame that springs over when it opens) and (when on an appropriate biner) is securely locked closed. Oh, and it has a bottle opener on it. -a.
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AlexCV
Aug 4, 2008, 8:06 PM
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Cheap knife: Opinel #7 or #8. Drill a 3mm hole below the blade in the wood handle. Thread with 2mm accessory cord. Knife locks open and closed. Not serrated though but I've cut a few ropes with one, some athletic tape and a lighter. Doesn't take much more then one cutting motion to split a 10.5 if you keep the blade sharp.
Best part: 10$ for a #8 in carbon steel. Might be too french though.
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currupt4130
Aug 4, 2008, 8:14 PM
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I know it's not folding, but it's similar to the Piranha in style somewhat...
Comes with a sheath of course. At the bottom.
http://www.crkt.com/sting.html
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adatesman
Aug 4, 2008, 8:35 PM
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wallwombat
Aug 5, 2008, 9:32 PM
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How the hell did this become a knife thread?
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the_climber
Aug 5, 2008, 10:04 PM
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wallwombat wrote: How the hell did this become a knife thread?
That's what I thought.
But on the topic of knives for climbing...
My longest lasting climbing knife came out of a case of beer. Yes a case of cheep beer (think I paid $8 or $10 max) that I bougth while I was a poor starving student (I was living off of a 10pound bag of rice).
It has a bottle opener, small pliers, 2 small screwdrivers, a blade and an awl. I have repaired packs, cams, helmets, and FRS radios; tightened bolts, and opened many beers over the past 4 years that I've had that thing clipped to my harness. Not to mention fixing a couple stoves, pulling many slivers, and cutting first aid tape/supplies.
All that as a freebe in a case of cheep beer.
Edited to add: I've cut an uncountable amout of tat and fixed my abalakov (aka Al-be-backen-off) hooker for Ice climbing too.
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Aug 5, 2008, 10:09 PM
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the_climber
Aug 5, 2008, 10:11 PM
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Yes Kate is a wall goddess.
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dingus
Aug 5, 2008, 10:13 PM
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Oh god the 'pocket knife people' have taken over this thread.
They can only be surpassed by the Improvelette Crowd for reinventing the wheel time and time again.
A simple $10 2-inch knife with locking blade and keeper cord hole'll do ya.
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Save the other $90 for something you really need on a wall, like 3 cases of malt liquor.
Sheaths! Pocket Knife people! Don't ever have any!
DMT
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the_climber
Aug 5, 2008, 10:21 PM
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dingus wrote: Oh god the 'pocket knife people' have taken over this thread. They can only be surpassed by the Improvelette Crowd for reinventing the wheel time and time again. A simple $10 2-inch knife with locking blade and keeper cord hole'll do ya. [img]http://i1.iofferphoto.com/img/item/310/448/41/Gerber_Ultrlight_(06050).jpg[/img] Save the other $90 for something you really need on a wall, like 3 cases of malt liquor. DMT
That's what I did, then I got a knife out of one of those cases of beer.
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moose_droppings
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Well if your just starting, here's some simple basic stuff.
Wear a helmet all the time.
Don't look at your piece while you are bounce testing it.
Bounce that piece hard, you don't want it pulling out on ya when your standing higher in your aiders. Sometimes all you've got is shakey and just enough to move on and up. Thats a ways off right now, feeling a piece will come with time.
Place and clip as high as you can. If its a cam , don't clip the sling, clip the cam. Its a dance of inches.
You can probably get by with just two aiders/ladders while your dialing in your system.
Practice down aiding and traversing.
If you know of a good brick wall with the joints struck a quarter inch or so, they make a great place to practice with hooks and cam hooks.
Nothing but putting a lot of time in will help you to learn to move efficiently and safely.
Get a second job. Mortage the house.
Sounds like you've already sold your soul.
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the_climber
Aug 6, 2008, 3:04 PM
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sungam wrote: moose_droppings wrote: Don't look at your piece while you are bounce testing it.  It makes so much sense once someone has pointed it out.
That and covering dicey hooks with the palm of you gloved hand can help too, when hooks blow the fly at your head at about mach 10! Mind you most of my aiding is on limestone, which means 99.9% of my hook placements are both spicy and dicey.
Get a good "cheep" pair of gloves, if the're not fingerless make 'em fingerless (unless you're planning on winter aid <--- not recomended when learning aid though).
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sungam
Aug 6, 2008, 4:10 PM
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Aid in winter? no... I've never tried that...
Who pulls on gear winter climbing???
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the_climber
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Winter alpine.... and when the avi conditions are through the roof.
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