good work Striderman

thanks to all ur knife pics
finally our president fell for it

Thanks to all who responded to my shipping question ... I'll be using PosLaju service as the buyer willing to pay for it. The things we do for this addiction of ours - it just amazes me.

Don't worry, these hobby (flashlights and knives) wouldn't waste your money, in fact, it is an investment. The least, you can use it. That is why almost all of my blade are for general use. I don't buy kerambit, kris or the same that have specific purpose (but i do have a piece of dagger; Gerber Guardian Backup)

These two things, if you didn't abuse it, will last till your great-great grand children.

i think our president should b advised abt knife law in malaysia and knife safety

I'm a noob when it comes to actually using tactical knives as well actually haha. I can deploy and close my blades fast and thats about it. Spyderco is definitely up there as one of the top brands but there are plenty of others as well.
As for leatherman... check out the Skeletool CX or Charge AL or Charge ALX... these have a 154CM plain edge blade (but 420HC serrated blade for the charge's and no serrated blade for the skeletool). The Charge TTi even has a S30V blade (one of the best stainless steel blade materials IMHO). The Wave's blades are both 420HC (pretty decent but not quite as good as 154CM and the others).

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Added on April 29, 2010, 12:50 amit's quite a grey area... http://z7.invisionfree.com/Malaysia_Knife_...php?showforum=7
just be sensible when EDC'ing a blade. any blade can be considered an offensive weapon in the eyes of a cop.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Apr 29 2010, 12:50 AM

speaking of knife....this is the only one i have.....









it's a Tool Logic's SL Pro....with 3” 50/50 serrated blade, led light and diamond sharpener end....

This is the persistance i bought:

Comparison with Persistance, RM180 (below) and Tenacious, RM200 (upper)


I think Qtrmaster will be bringing in Tenacious only, which is eta next week.

For the bag you've seen, it's a Magforce M-5 Waistpack, almost an exact replica of Maxpedition M-5 Waistpack, also have the same quality so it seems. I can show you more the next time we meet haha. Will let you know the price later. But you can also order the Maxpedition from Qtrmaster also. It is slightly cheaper. Don't think he's carrying stock and will have to order.


I ordered the Maxpedition Jumbo Versipack, RM350 http://www.maxpedition.com/store/pc/JUMBO-VERSIPACK-4p6.htm


Thanks for this great info, will look up more info on the Skeletool. My plan for a leatherman is not so soon though But I have a feeling, eventually, I won't be satisfied until I get one..

EDIT: Btw, about the knife safety stuff and our "grey area", don't worry. I have also other dangerous stuff than just a blade, so am not so lost in this area. From experience, I've caught in a real robbery situation years back and wish could have been more alert and prepared to avoid or overcome it. But using a knife as a self defense tool is a last resort IMO. Especially with a blade like this. Things can really get messy and might end up in a situation you don't want to be responsible for. After disengaging your opponent, you need to make police report know... lol

Nice nice tool there, and comes with a flashlight So much fun ar.. with your Canon

This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Apr 29 2010, 02:40 AM

Daiko, either your skill or your Canon kits lens is damn good, maybe both. Your photo looks like advertisement to me.

First thing I do is search for Tool Logic knife in ebay and google, damn you poison master (besides pseudoblue, damon I. P. S.*)




* LBS -> IBS (infinite brightness system) -> IPS (Incredible / infinite / irresistible Poisonous System / Syndicate )

yes, he is still the master

yeah, i was playing with my wife's Canon more often than flashlight now.....

it's definitely not my skill....if you look closely, it's slightly under exposed and out of focus.....now i need a good flash, tripod, f1.4 lens and a macro lens so badly.... [ i always think a good shot must have a good lighting and composition....correct me if i'm wrong...]

i bought mine from amazon [ with other tool logic's stuff ] + some macro pelican cases. parcel came in on Monday [ surprisingly no tax or being detained by customs ! ]

Under exposed is better than over exposed, and bounce flashlight definitely helps.

The out of focus is maybe your F (Aperture) is too big for the light condition (low light, so F go to max (yours is 3.5?), hence lots of bokeh/blurness), try limit it to >5.6 may help sharpen the image (whole picture staying in focus).

But the bokeh / out of focus blurness can be good effect anyway. All these can be helped by tri-pot and bounce flash, but not the F1.4, haha, at 1.4, it will be more out of focus for close up shot.

Not have a chance to buy a macro lens, haha, all $$ used up in flashlight.

Overall, the photo is still very much prefect to my eyes.
Oh, your composition is damn good, this 1 I really tapik, you will even wet the knife for better effect, brilliant

Damn, more shipment coming in? Wah, applause

HUh..................?



no need me poison already got poisoned muhahahaha, save me alot work..... hehe


very nice pic u got there old newspaper

are you talking abt these old newspaper...?

Canon Speedlite 580EX II


Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM


Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM



i wish i have these

This post has been edited by damonlbs: Apr 29 2010, 10:54 AM

really appreciate your advise ! [ still a lot more to learn from all the sifu here ] i like the f1.4 / f1.8 lens cos i like to play with the depth of field effect so much and also for the low lighting situation

the water is just to tone down the harshness of the hard steel ....but was not properly done also....

next shipment should be somewhere in June...maybe....i wanna get a birthday present for my daughter

....what's bokeh anyway?

YES !!!!!!!! i want those.......! but no budget for those yet..... probably i'll go for the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 first....so much cheaper oooo.....

ooh Striderman......i love the tripod you have there

There's a saying.. a picture is worth a thousand words.. But i think this deserve a million.

sell some of your lights to buy some camera gear, afterall ur still playing with lights, just not the same way

Striderman, you trying to show us you got a nice table?

not the table, the "kain batik" right at the back there.

I'd recommend the Byrd series. Built like a Spyderco but priced much lower. Even the steel performs similarly to VG-10 at a much reduced price. Low RM100 can get. =D

U gotta service it to get it to perform well of course. =D



U need tp use a smaller aperture (higher f number like f/11) to get more depth of field (more stuff in focus). f/1.4 would be far worse.

U dun need a macro lens, just shoot as close as possible then crop! Haha!

U dun need a flash too, just set up a nice diffused lighting "studio" with all ur flashlights! Use bounce or a cloth to get the diffused (soft) light.

Hehe.

Bokeh is "out of focus parts".