2018 Carry Rotation

No particular order.

[@sebenzalover]

Happy to see you back. For real.

[@prsluvcctx]

You’ve always inspired me and helped grow my love of knives. So good to see you again. Hope you’re here to stay and be part of the community again.

[@jdavis882]

Just realized I missed one, because it was in my pocket. Large sheepsfoot griptilian in 20cv. Great knife made a lot better with the grey g10 and blue standoffs.

[@mississippiknifenut4312]

I edc the griptillian 550-1 which is the one you are talking about, I love it. The 20 CV steel isn't fun to bring back from dull but it gets so damn sharp and stays that way.

[@3obardThawn3]

What??? You're back AWESOME

[@willm5924]

Welcome back!!! Your videos got me into knives back in 2012. Since then, I went to a Murray Carter intensive knife making class and making/collecting/hand sharpening became a hobby that I still love to this day. Thank you!

[@richterknives]

My favorite knife channel! Welcome back

[@AussieKnivesAndStuff]

Great to see you back, 5 years, fuck that went quick...

[@Phil-S8]

Man I missed your sharpening videos. Those were the best. Good to see you back.

[@bikesandblades901]

Thought I was hallucinating when I saw this pop up in my feed. Awesome to see you back and awesome to see Spyderco exclusives with visible use!

[@davidparker3346]

glad to see you back update us on what sharpening system you are still using.

[@1lupus]

I went back to some of your old stuff two days ago, and bang a new video. Welcome back.

[@anthonywaldrep5982]

Very nice to see patina on the M4 blades. You got me into sharpening and high end knives. Welcome back bro!

[@Forrest_Gee]

Good to see you again.

[@ajrj925]

I was very happy to see this pop-up. I hope you and your family are doing well John..

[@John..18]

WOW, Great to have you back bud, you are the one I respect in all things knifey... ATB from England,,,

[@jdavis882]

John Waddington thanks man. Hope all is well with you and yours.

[@turtle_juce2539]

I’ve been waiting for you to return man. Hope all is well.. learned a lot from your channel and provided some good food for thought on the knife hobby 👍 put out some more stuff soon

[@davidparker3346]

I learned a lot about sharpening from your videos , love your videos , hope you do more.

[@VincenzoNero94]

Good to see you back.

[@BladeBanter]

Your back I've been watching your older videos. Are you going to be coming back to KZbin?

[@hunterlawrence7228]

Its awesome to see you back!!! I cannot wait to see all your new vids.

[@mikeritter2979]

i missed you man

[@frankrice1253]

Omg- jdavis- -- welcome back bro. Totally kool.

[@NM2011CTSV]

Welcome back buddy!!

[@SteveKluver]

J Davis, where are you? We miss you Buddy! . . .

[@Oozy9Millimeetah]

How did i miss this?? Great to see you back. Would love to hear opinions from you on the latest and greatest knives and steels!! Back when you made videos on regular basis i was sitting with my aus8 cold steel knife in hand dreaming i could own just few knives like you had, an today i have them all ☺️

[@christopherbales1269]

Wait What?! JDAVIS is back. I forgive you. Even Louis CK came back.

[@EagleJim62]

Good to see you back bro. I was watching some of your old sharpening videos the other day. Looking forward to some new content. Ignore the haters, they'll go away.

[@escozez]

Good to see you are still into knives. Hope you are doing well. Nice rotation, that hinderer sheepfoot looks realy nice.

[@MYUNCLEAVOCADO]

lotsa M4, great seeing your your alive and well, man

[@Jef]

Your sharpening videos were invaluable to me when I started learning. There is a bit of surprise on other platforms, about your return, and the way things transpired. I wasn't around when all that occurred, so my feelings on it are different from many others. Regardless, I hope you are able to work though the barrage that is going to come your way, and are able to make more content 👍

[@jdavis882]

Jef Jewell awesome man, glad i could help in some way.

[@lifenature5463]

What about some audio and comments?

[@asleepyinsomnia]

hey your back!

[@jeroen1111]

Great to see some new content of yours, it has been way too long!

[@oliver6able]

Welcome back!

[@devlboy82]

been a long time good to see a vid from you

[@SharpThinkingKnives]

About time you came back man!

[@patdud1979]

Common J nobody does knife testing like you do !!! And you know you miss KZbin just a bit 😉. This help me make my knife decent sharp where I can shave hair 👍 so even one video a week would be awesome!!! 😁

[@OnTheEdge72]

Hopefully you can bring light to all the controversy from the past. I have been a long time follower and have learned a lot from you.

[@kessler003]

What was the 'controversy' I keep seeing comments about?

[@2arrowknives]

Nice to see u back man!!!

[@p.thadeushornswoggler4987]

He's Baaayack! Glad to see you dude.

[@jamesmiller360]

Nice rotation. Good to see a new video, look forward to more!

[@steved573]

Ok...reaching for popcorn. This is gonna be INTERESTING!

[@fireprotection13]

Its been along time. Welcome back

[@shavefan12]

I’d love to see more sharpening videos. Welcome back!

[@Tisirfall]

Alright it's jdavis! Your videos really helped me out a lot when learning about the apex pro man! What are your thoughts on maxamet when sharpening? Saw lots of videos on the apex breaking. Any thoughts? I'm interested in the 2019 maxamet pm2 but I'm waiting for some first hand experiences.

[@StoneHands25]

Dude you're back!

[@cutlerynovice9305]

Glad to see you back on your knife channel, you are one of the two original knife channels( You + Randy Johnson ) that I started my hobby in knives with, hope you make some new videos. Also are you off the subs , I have personal experience, if so how hard was it?

[@knifeguy1387]

Welcome back I was hoping you would return

[@lhzeng]

Waaaaa, finally, you are back

[@duvaldrummer]

Long time John, recently came across that photo of us at Blade all those years ago and was wondering how you were. Funny how this just popped up.

[@jdavis882]

duvaldrummer hey bro! It has been a while. I miss going to blade, I will definitely be there 2019. Hope you are well!

[@duvaldrummer]

jdavis882 just shot you a text, not sure if you have the same number or not.

[@jasonthompson8824]

That is so weird. I was just watching your old sharpening videos over the last few days

[@roughroosterknifesharpenin5531]

Damn. Your back. Good deal

[@jsrocker1776]

Wow! Nice to see you back. I've been worried about you. Sent you a text message a couple years back with no response I thought something may of happened to you. Hope you're getting back into it.

[@John-xk7uo]

Glad your back

[@blueline5614]

Welcome Back!

[@davidparker3346]

After reading some of the comments , just ignore the haters , you payed them back, your fine in my book and many others.

[@hidude2124]

I am actually crying I’m so happy!!!

[@brandont9071]

Do you still have norseman 8 and 9?

[@smithbilly1985]

Love the Hinderer with jade g10.

[@TheVince1995]

Need you to keep making the videos!!

[@knflvr06]

Are u alive ?

[@AverageDE]

you're alive!

[@mississippiknifenut4312]

What was that last knife?

[@jdavis882]

Hunter Fisher bladeHQ exclusive Spyderco military in M4 steel.

[@Chillinjjv]

YOU NEED TO START DOING VIDEOS AGAIN. IVE LEARNED SO MUCH WATCHING YOU ON HERE!

[@willblair8998]

Right on, man.

[@Garymayo]

Hi again

[@VincenzoNero94]

Strider? The new ones are amazing. Sage2, socom, sabenza? Haha your killing me.

[@jdavis882]

neroknives new strider knives? I thought they stopped production? I was hoping they were still making knives.

[@VincenzoNero94]

jdavis882 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpa4p4KFhM10bsU Here’s one I did showing them. I just realized I only have videos just showing them briefly. I need to do a dedicated video on them. But I’m glade to see you’re doing good. And hope you start making videos again. I use to love your channel.

[@jdavis882]

neroknives awesome, just checked that video out. So to be clear strider is producing SnG’s again or someone was just selling some old stock? I really really hope they started production again. I miss strider.

[@VincenzoNero94]

jdavis882 Strider knives are still being made. I just picked up a 3/4 ground hybrid from josh at the NY custom knife show last weekend. They’re made in much much smaller quantities now tho, kinda like how microtech does drop. But they go even quicker. Keep an eye out on Monkey edge, blue line gear. Knife center just got a batch of smf hybrids about a week ago. Any striders that are marked M.strider are the ones that he is currently making in his custom shop, They’re top notch f&f now. If you have fb go on strider knives fb page you can pick one up there easily.

[@VincenzoNero94]

jdavis882 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWXXqHeAl5l5rK8 2018 interview with mick, saying they’re still being produced.

[@UnitedStatesOfMoney]

Cool you're still into knives.

[@jdavis882]

UnitedStatesOfMoney always! Most useful tool on the planet.

[@michaelrogers9029]

Whaaaaat?? Not a single Socom?!

[@jdavis882]

Kenny I do carry and use a socom it just wasn’t in this video. Forgot that one!

[@michaelrogers9029]

@@jdavis882 I figured so. The Socom has got to be my all time favorite folder. At last count, I have 3 Deltas and 9 Elites. My oldest is a 2000 Auto Elite and my newest is a Marfione Custom Elite clip point compound grind in apocalyptic finish. You might say I'm a huge fan : ) You should do a Socom update vid

[@Tonympiotrowski]

he's just showing the 8 knives he paid for with his pre-orders, couldn't resist, just kidding

[@stefan00666]

Welcome back man! I've missed the sharpening videos!

[@jdavis882]

stefan00666 stay tuned my dude. I still have to keep these things sharp so I may post some videos.

[@nupersoob]

YES

[@FCM415]

The thief hath posted?

[@jdavis882]

FCM415 not a very good thief when you give people their money back.

[@FCM415]

@@jdavis882 I believe you. Why did you disappear though? Seemed like things were going well with your project.

[@DLT704]

I thought u was killed out.

[@GR8RESET]

the stones on this one lol. there's a reason he's not really talking in this video (especially considereding ya'll paid for his new guns and knives 🤣).

[@jdavis882]

dv bosc The amount of money I got from pre-selling those knives doesn’t even cover one month of mortgage payments for me. Yet somehow it has funded all my hobbies for the last 5 years. Incredible!

[@GR8RESET]

@@jdavis882 so I guess that makes it okay

[@GR8RESET]

@@jdavis882 I sincerely hope you pay back the people that were scammed and apologize to the community. Especially since you're clearly still spending lots of money on yourself..

[@jdavis882]

dv bosc I’ve commented multiple times that everyone has been paid back.

[@AntwonDaBusiness]

What happened to the knife business. Last I heard people never got knives they paid for and didn’t get money back...yikes.

[@VincenzoNero94]

AntwonDaBusiness he paid them back.

[@AntwonDaBusiness]

neroknives confirmation of that?

[@VincenzoNero94]

AntwonDaBusiness you really need confirmation? Hb the fact that he never intended to take peoples money. And the fact that there’s no one bitching that he still owes them money. But there’s plenty of people that way they’ve been paid back. Follow up question. It didn’t affect you in any way shape or form, so why do you care? Your not looking out for anyone cause there’s no one to look out for. Clearly he got in over his head, couldn’t pay bills, and needed to make a decision.

[@VincenzoNero94]

AntwonDaBusiness I wouldn’t recommend trying to condemn people for a mistake. If everyone thought the way you do I’m sure no one would like you. He’s affected a hell of allot more people in a positive manner then a negative one.

[@AntwonDaBusiness]

neroknives you’re clearly emotionally invested in this and should think before speaking. You’re making false claims about me over the internet by saying I’m “condemning” him? I don’t see where I’ve done that. Reading comprehension and extrapolation are two different things and I think you have problems with both sir. Facts is all I was wondering about. I happen to like his videos and there has never been a formal update on the knife business matter mess. Guess I’ll take your word for it that he paid people back. That’s good to hear.

[@spadeknifeworks]

Woah, this came out of nowhere. Welcome back I suppose. Hopefully everything has been cleared up with regards to your knifemaking venture, I’d love some new content from you without drama from all corners of the community. 👍

[@spike4628]

Nice looking knives (heavy on Spyderco and Jade) but out of my league.

[@volcanowb]

Welcome back!

[@frankrice1253]

Im gonna carry my 0560 today, in honer of this video-- wish I had a Tilt.

[@TorlingJarl]

I was so glad to see this in my notifications. I hope to see more from you.

[@canaan2]

Welcome back!

[@richardgoonis]

Good to see your doing well. Hope to see some more video soon

[@jdavis882]

richardgoonis thanks man.

[@Aaron-qt4bh]

Never thought I'd see a a new video from you! Glad you're back!!

[@ratrod3598]

Wow haven’t posted in a while

[@3obardThawn3]

I hope you're going to keep posting videos. When ever toy have time...

[@perkman2009]

bro love your channel

[@regulata]

First flip back and you fucked it up!

[@stevebaar]

welcome back dude! video on bro!

[@kpcull]

Welcome back. Your sharpmaker videos have been a great resource for me and my attempts at sharpening. No Socoms in the rotation?

[@lifenature5463]

I was expecting some comments and explanation ... some conversation ...

[@jdavis882]

Life & Nature planning on doing one of those.

[@Foodiedad17]

jdavis882 probably should have first?

[@VanguardArmament]

sharpdad33 just consider it a teaser lol

[@TorlingJarl]

@@jdavis882 I'm looking forward to seeing this.

[@TorlingJarl]

is there any certain time frame to expect another video from you? I love your content brother.

[@SuperPeleke]

This is awesome, glad to see you back. As you can still see, you have tons of fans. Hope to see more great stuff from you in the future.

[@shubbagin49]

Every one good

[@matmin6221]

Welcome back.. 😃 And please making more video.. Your videos inspiring me a lot..

[@alexisiniguez7876]

I was gonna ask you do you still sharpen knives

[@jdavis882]

I sure do.

[@209chevymon]

Where you been nice to see another video from you

[@jdavis882]

Thanks man. I’m around, just dealing with grown up life. Managing our toddler and my wife is pregnant, so there’s a lot going on. After our son is born in October I hope to get back to regularly making videos.

[@GutiTheJ]

Blast from the past, dispite the drama glad you're back

[@richardbryant7961]

it’s about time man missed your videos

[@mikeysbladeworks1000]

Man I thought you'd never come back.

[@Flex0351]

Fook yes finally

[@TheSebtrain]

Sweet blades bro.

[@vandowning6062]

Happy to see you back jdavis882! I'm a little late to the "welcome back" game, but it's heartfelt nonetheless. I always enjoyed your content, back in the day, when I was a fledgling knife knut, and I found your videos very helpful and informative. I have no clue as to the "controversy" and, frankly, don't care. I hope to see more awesome content from you in the future. Again, welcome back man! :)