09-26-2006, 11:26
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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
Correct, all sheaths for our knives are now from Spec Ops Brand in Texas.
100% Made In USA (if Texas recognizes the rest of the United States  ). |
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09-27-2006, 08:32
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
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09-29-2006, 01:10
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Sheeeeeeesh...... I told you guys months ago that the blade came in a Spec Ops sheath. 
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09-29-2006, 10:16
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Sheeeeeeesh...... I told you guys months ago that the blade came in a Spec Ops sheath. |
Yep, and I have been telling them for years that it shouldn't come in a BH sheath.
Glad that they found another maker who could supply the qunatity and quality that was needed.
Big improvement.
TR
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09-29-2006, 13:11
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TR,
time for my ignorance to show up....what are the differences in the sheaths. Mine (green beret, NOT Yarborough) came in the BH sheath....? need to change out?
ss
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Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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09-29-2006, 18:04
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TR,
time for my ignorance to show up....what are the differences in the sheaths. Mine (green beret, NOT Yarborough) came in the BH sheath....? need to change out?
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I would say that you need to change it only if you are unhappy with the current one. I like the Spec Ops sheaths, but like so many other things, it is a matter of taste. Of course you can never have too many lying around in drawers and it doesn't cost all that much to find out which one you like best...
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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09-29-2006, 21:09
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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A footnote to this sheath business:
Blackhawk Industries saved our ass in order to launch the Yarborough knife project by being willing, able and the only manufacturer at that time who could provide a jump qualified sheath in the amounts and at the cost needed to get the project in under the wire. Thank you Blackhawk.
For this I will always be grateful to them.
Things change, Blackhawk got very busy with other stuff and now Spec- OPs Brand from Texas makes our sheaths.
Last edited by Bill Harsey; 09-30-2006 at 09:32.
Reason: syntax, spelling, all the normal knifemaker stuff.
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09-30-2006, 09:28
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Bill:
Thanks for sharing the inside skinny, sometimes I forget that not everyone has the full story on why things were done a particular way.
Nevertheless, I feel that the Spec Ops sheath is a better product, indisputably made in the USA by a company with a great rep for customer service and support.
I prefer the Spec Ops sheath for moral and physical reasons, but YMMV. As NDD said, try them both and use the one you prefer.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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11-06-2006, 19:39
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A friend recently graduated from Q, his knife serial number is 4437, and it came black hawk sheath. I PMed Bill to find out a good supplier for a leather sheath.
He will be staying with us for a few days.
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11-06-2006, 19:48
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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
A friend recently graduated from Q, his knife serial number is 4437, and it came black hawk sheath. I PMed Bill to find out a good supplier for a leather sheath.
He will be staying with us for a few days.
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The only leather sheath that is available, unless you go custom, is from Chris Reeve Knives. Be careful though, I don't know if the Leather one is cleared for jumping. Their latest Sheath comes from Spec Ops Brand.
Later
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11-06-2006, 19:50
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Ambush Master,
Thank you for the reply
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11-06-2006, 20:54
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Unless something has changed, to the best of my knowledge leather sheaths are NOT cleared for jumping.
Maybe CRK could sell you a Spec-Ops sheath as an addition. I don't have any in stock now.
Bill
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11-06-2006, 21:06
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Bill,
Again thank you for the information.
H.
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11-07-2006, 16:01
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Here is #0167 along side of my faithful companion who spent a year with me in scenic southeast asia.
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02-02-2007, 03:06
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As I told 12B4S a while ago, I had my Yarborough turned into a 1/10 commemorative knife to honor the Groups presence in Bad Tölz when I worked with them back in the old days.
edit: photos of unauthorized item removed
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