Your Opinion Needed On Choice Of Which Knife To Purchase!!!

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:29 pm

I would really appreciate comments on your opinion of which of these two knives you like better. Wife says pick one out and get it but I am having a hard time on the "picking"...

Hey I like having birthdays when I get a couple more knives...

Thanks

Sunburst

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:52 pm

Talk the wife into both knives and then do something really-REALLY nice for her. I'm taking my wife for a weekend get-away this weekend and I get to go diving. I bought her a beautiful wall clock last weekend. Jewelry works well for my wife, as long as it doesn't turn her finger green.

4ever3 · Post by **4ever3** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:55 pm

Actually...I'm with Hukk...But if its just one I say the MOP...That one is killer

Love the bolsters

johnnierotten · Post by **johnnierotten** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:34 pm

MOP!!!

The bolsters would be the deciding factor for me...Great looking knives!!!

Hukk · Post by **Hukk** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:56 pm

4ever3 wrote:Actually...I'm with Hukk...But if its just one I say the MOP...That one is killer Love the bolsters

I don't mean to get you in trouble

but you can't go wrong with the MOP, but the Wormgroove,

Oh man, I see why you posted this, MOP slight edge--covet both.

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:05 pm

i don't think it would be fair to seperate them.

johnnie

agteacher2 · Post by **agteacher2** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:02 pm

Without a doubt the MOP!!!!

Jeff

alexander · Post by **alexander** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:24 pm

That baby sunfish is too young to be taken away from its mother.
Get the wildcat driller, so you can actually use it. MOP is for safe queens, in my opinion.

9ball · Post by **9ball** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:44 pm

I would pick the Pearl one. I could use it or display it either way, it is a gift.

If you are getting one to grow in value/put back, this would be it. With those bolsters & etch, I do not believe you can go wrong long term.
JMO

9ball

TKC · Post by **TKC** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:08 pm

Get the MOP one!!!

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:17 pm

Love the great big Mother of Pearl handle scales on the top knife. I think I'd go with that one.

I do like the wildcat driller pattern a LOT though... and the Queen worm groove is very nice... Maybe I'd go that route.

Heck... I don't know

It might be best just to flip a coin.

Bryan

ilikeknives · Post by **ilikeknives** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:47 pm

Definitely the President's

, they are ltd ed, the wildcat will be around for a while, and then, you'll have both

,. Now isn' that what you, and we all, REALLY WANT???

4ever3 · Post by **4ever3** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:29 am

jonet143 wrote:i don't think it would be fair to seperate them.

johnnie

ROFLOL...I wish I would have thought of that Johnnie

steve · Post by **steve** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:31 am

my vote is for the mother of pearl. they are both great looking knives but you can never go wrong with a mop.

CarlM · Post by **CarlM** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:03 am

Both are nice but I sure do like that MOP.

justold52 · Post by **justold52** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:16 pm

Well again I need help. I think you say MOP meaning mother of pear right so far?
Now this I not under stand what’s the difference from mother of pearl and just pearl?

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:30 pm

pearl is an object formed inside an oyster and other mollusks. mother of pearl is taken from the inside smooth interior of the shell of several varieties of mollusk.

hope this helps

johnnie

ButchTN · Post by **ButchTN** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:41 pm

I would go with the MOP baby sunfish. But would be estatic to have either one in my collection.

sunburst · Post by **sunburst** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:26 am

Well after much consideration (ahh not that much) I used the advice given by my knifer friends and mailed off my check for the purchase of the MOP Baby Sunfish...

Your thoughts and reasonings are most appreciated and I thank you for sharing them with me...

Regards,

Sunburst

Ps Johnnie was explaining the origin of MOP handles and it brought up a question I have always wondered about. How is the MOP taken from the mollusk and processed into a form used for knife scales/handles???

4ever3 · Post by **4ever3** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:03 am

Great choice sunburst

jonet143 · Post by **jonet143** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:46 am

sunburst, from what i've read mop is actually made in sections, split from the outer shell and attached to a base material. made in large sheets and cut to size. that would explain the size requirements for handle material.
maybe someone else knows more about it.

johnnie