Anthony Sculimbrene
Lawyer and everyday-carry gear reviewer who publishes scored knife, flashlight and multitool reviews at Everyday Commentary.
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Their wordsThe trick with carbon fiber is its strength and rigidity given its density. For something that dense it is extremely strong. But in a handle material, that extra strength doesn't really matter.
↗Carbon Fiber Mythseverydaycommentary.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsCarbon fiber is not better in any meaningful, functional way than something like micarta when used as a knife scale. It does the same thing but costs and weighs more.
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- 3 weeks earlier
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Their wordsFolks, 8Cr13MoV is not acceptable anymore. Sorry. The ironic thing is that the Chinese brands that were built on this steel have moved on.
↗Spyderco Mantra 4 Revieweverydaycommentary.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIf American brands continue to produce knives like the Mantra 4, Wal Mart, with its buying power and logistics advantages, will steam roll over them without a second thought.
↗Spyderco Mantra 4 Revieweverydaycommentary.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 2 weeks earlier
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Their wordsInterestingly, in Japanese culture, wabi-sabi represents the same conceptual space as "beauty" does in Ancient Greek thinking.
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Our reading
Objects that work well, are simple, and durable get used heavily and end up showing wear.
Their wordsThings that work, are simple, and durable, last a long time and get used a lot.
- 5 days earlier
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Their wordsWe are at a point metallurgically where video games were at the start of the last console generation-upgrades aren't necessarily noticeable based on specs alone. And noticeable improvements require a huge increase in resources.
↗Spyderco SpyNano Revieweverydaycommentary.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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A knife company's clip design quality is a sign of the maturity of its overall design aesthetic.
Their wordsGood, endemic clip designs are the sign of a mature design aesthetic in a knife company
↗Spyderco SpyNano Revieweverydaycommentary.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 2 weeks earlier
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Their wordsSo how you handle bad units needs to be part of your business model.
↗Cloud Defensive MCH Micro Revieweverydaycommentary.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsjust because something does one thing better than another thing doesn't mean it is superior.
↗Cloud Defensive MCH Micro Revieweverydaycommentary.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 8 days earlier
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Their wordsOver time companies would vastly prefer to decrease the cost per unit rather than retool for a small tweak.
- 3 days earlier
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Their wordsSocial media in general has become a flood of garbage posts either with AI visuals or AI text and all of it has almost no value.
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Their wordsThere has also been an uptick in product shills, which, in some ways is worse than AI stuff-some human actually put effort into making straight garbage.
- 11 days earlier
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Their wordsLow corrosion resistant steels like K390 are great at holding an edge but only look nice and stay rust free in the driest of environments.