KTG #52

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>>31851059

It's #55 you potato

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>>31851108
Well fuck me sideways! Are you counting from the actual numbered ones, or also these "Which hoonting knofe shud git?" ones that turn into a semi general?

>>31851154
Naw it's 52. Those shiity "wat self defence knoife for britbongland" don't count

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Took this pic of my new ZT0450 alongside my beloved Benelli Super Sport after shooting a 25/25 at 16 yards, my second perfect round of trap ever. Notice the ghetto shell catcher (blue rubber band) around the receiver...

>>31851059

Fun fact:

The witch at Chris Reeve Knives divorced Chris Reeve and took the company with her.

No Chris Reeve lives under a brigde and is not related whatsoever with Chris Reeve Knives

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>>31851059

CR ftw

>>31851359
>The witch at Chris Reeve Knives divorced Chris Reeve and took the company with her.
I bet that tolerance was tight

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>>31851059
Wew, this is gonna be one salty thread.

>>31851548
>>31851429
Zero Tolerance knives are half the price with the same amount of quality. BTFO sebenza fags

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2 more months

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>>31851359
thats weird, saw chris at the crk booth in vegas in september, seems to be doing fine.

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>>31851059

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>>31852062

>>31851059
off topic but does anyone have any recommendations on where's best to get an ak bayonet that isn't overpriced

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All these unused knives

what's the cheapest knife i can buy that isn't shit

basically best budget knife

i just want something i can not care if it gets fucked up when/if i do stupid shit with it

>>31853034
Mora
Opinel
Schrade deerslayer
Rat 1

>>31851059
it's hideous

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>>31852736

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Just finished this sheath. For pocket carry. I like having cases for my things.

>>31853034

For what purpose?

>>31853672
>pocket case for a knife with a pocket clip

Do you wear a sock on your cock before you put on your underwear? FFS.

>>31853912

No, I just don't want the knife to wear on other items in my pocket.

>>31853521
What the actual fuck

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>>31853707
What the fuck actually

>>31853901
This is objectively disgusting. Please stop posting ugly karambortions

>>31853837
This one gets a pass. It looks like an orcs wet dream.

What does /k/ think of Benchmade?

>>31854181
That they're overpriced but neat and well made. Also great if you don't want to ever learn how to sharpen your own knife.

>>31853034

This Sanrenmu is pretty stabil for the price

https://www.amazon.com/Sanrenmu-7010LUC-SA-Pocket-Folding-Knife/dp/B00GMMPIK2

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>>31853979
Don't keep your phone in the same pocket as your knife dude.

>>31854207

I keep a pen as well. Sometimes I'll have to put my phone in a different pocket and I'd rather not scratch or break it.

>>31854255
Belt clips man. Belt clips.

>>31854285
>phone holsters

You can only get away with this if your over 40.

>>31854285

That'd just be awkward.

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>>31851987
What is this knife, l'm in lust! Also my baby.

Are the sebenza clones pure shit ?
http://m.ebay.com/itm/B001641Chris-Reeve-CR-Clone-Sebenza21-Folding-Knife-With-D2Blade-Titanium-Handle-/262673301491?nav=SEARCH

>>31854343
I though it would be. It's not. More pocketspace for knives.

>>31854310
My spirit animal is an 80 year old French man

>>31854368
The real sebenzas as complete shit.

>>31854486
this

>>31853636
9/10ths of the knives forever posted in these threads by the /k/ losers will never be that used.

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Thoughts on Boker knives? Looking at the plus hunter killer

>>31856228
Avoid the Magnum line, the rest are good.

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Got this today.

>>31856869

What's up with the blade and the handle?

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>>31857082
Easier to do it this way.

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Only knife I carry right now.

>>31856869
What the fuck is with those ridges on the handle

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>>31854350
randy doucette humpback

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>>31854167

>>31854207
I have no problems with carrying either of my 2 EDC knives in the same pocket with my phone. The Spyderco Stretch sometimes gets in the way, but definitely not my ZT0450.

>>31854181
Overpriced 90% of the time, but have a neat history and still make good, serviceable knives. I will probably get a modern model at some point in the future, if I wait until holiday sales so I can get one at an actually reasonable price

>>31853707
Lel. That is on the top 10 list of the silliest looking pieces of cheap chinesium crap I have ever seen. I kinda want one, just to laugh at or for scaring fudds

>>31854181
They're my favorite mainstream knife brand. There are a number of reasons, but by far the biggest one is the Axis Lock. I really appreciate the ability to open and close the blade one-handed, without putting my fingers in the blade path or having to change my grip much, and that it works great with gloves on. I also like their fit and finish and the materials they use, for example I like Benchmade's G10 better than any other brand I've tried.

That's not to say that I'm a fanboy who thinks they do no wrong, though. They make a lot of decisions that are hard to understand, like how my EDC 484-1 is much heavier than it needs to be because BM didn't bother to skeletonize the steel liners. Another example is that they released a couple of bearing pivot knives this year, but the flipper is a low-end model with 154cm, G10, and a liner lock, and the gorgeous titanium framelock they released isn't a flipper.

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Anybody have a peaseant knife? A couple of the anons here inspired me to start collecting countries' generic beater knife, but I can't afford to buy literally every single one right off the bat, and would like to put them to some use. So, anyone have one of these? If not I might still buy it and give it a review just because it looks so nifty.

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>>31853707

For what purpose?

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>>31858484
It's like the knife version of a swordcatcher, it lets you... it allows you to... it can... I don't fucking know.

>>31858271
I got one. What do you want to know about it?

>>31851379
Is that a micro/scandi combo grind?

>>31851886
>>31851852
>>31852002
Proverbial cancer

>>31858560
How is the grip? I don't expect it to be super ergonomic, but is it at least somewhat comfortable? What are your opinions on the action itself? Do you feel that it can fit comfortably in a pocket?

>>31857627
Thanks, I wonder if there's any kickin around used?

>>31858271
>>31858635
To clarify a bit more, I'm probably going to go for the trifecta of Higo no Kami, peasant knife, Opinel no.8 and see where it takes me, hopefully I'll like one of them.

>>31858635
>but is it at least somewhat comfortable
I think it's pretty comfortable. It's essentially a rounded comma shape.

>What are your opinions on the action itself?
Convenient. You can use the tail to open the knife one-handed.

>Do you feel that it can fit comfortably in a pocket?
Yeah, but I have the mini version. The full size may be less pocketable.

>>31858767
I've got all 3 (I'm one of those anons who collects these types of knives).

If you have questions on the others, shoot.

>>31858798
I've never liked Opinels, do they have any redeeming qualities? I've read the Higo no Kami is laminated steel, is the blade actually any good? The grip on it looks super uncomfortable as well, is it actually as bad as it looks?

Thanks for your help.

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>>31858866
>I've never liked Opinels, do they have any redeeming qualities?
Extremely efficient cutting geometry. They're a lot thinner than most modern pocket knives, and therefore are very good slicers.

The "lock" isn't actually that strong, but it's actually pretty good at preventing accidental disengagements

>>31858866
>I've read the Higo no Kami is laminated steel
The basic ones are just simple carbon steel.

>The grip on it looks super uncomfortable as well
It kinda is. It's just a thin sheet of brass or steel, so it digs in if you're using it for more than light use (not that you would).

If you want a representation of a Japanese knife, I'd go with pic related. It's a Japanese craft knife that are pretty common for general purpose use. I don't have one, but I reckon it'd be more comfortable than the Higo. Only downside is that it doesn't have quite as much history.

If you don't mind fixed blades, you could also look for a kiradashi.
http://i.imgur.com/fsLLkEL.jpg

are daggers the masterrace blade, what does /k/ think of daggers

>>31858866
Higos are more for collecting than anything

Don't forget to get a douk douk and a k55k

>>31851944
Hipster: The Knife

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>>31852072

>>31851728
not the same amount of quality

>>31853707
>>31854154
>>31857965
>>31858484
It's for when you're, like, not exactly sure...um...how you exactly wanna cut a bitch...like you know you wanna cut 'em, but like...are you gonna stab, slash, go up, side-to-side? Like...who dafuq knows, right? Nigga, I just wanna be spontaneous!

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>>31857361

>>31859097

Good for stabby.
Not the best for edc activities.

>>31853034
Check out the Kershaw Guy's "blemished" section for some nice deals. I got a damascus skyline for under $50 about a year ago and it's holding up great.

>>31851331
Mr. Wise?

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>>31859097
daggers are for faggers

>>31857627
Ever think about selling that Spyderfly?

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>>31851059
Grandfather's mystery knife.
Been having trouble identifying it.
Likely home brewed.

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>>31859197
pic of aforementioned knife

>>31859221
can you post a photo that isnt a collage?

>>31859238
Absolutely not.

>>31859179

Wow never thought I'd see tgv here.

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>>31858617
It's an FFG/Scandi Combo grind, Mora has done it a few times, that Outdoor 2000, the Bushcraft, the Light my fire and a couple of their new releases.

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>>31859439

Now if they would just make a 2mm spine model fully FFG from the factory, then I wouldn't have to pay for regrinds.

A 2mm spine Mora fully reground to FFG in carbon steel does a pretty damn good imitation of a custom fixed blade for really cheap.

>>31860386
They do make a few in stainless, the Mora Flex and Fillet series are 1.3mm FFG and I'm pretty sure all their butcher series are FFG.

>>31860736

It's my understanding that the fillet and flex are heat treated differently to increase flex, and Mora hardens their stainless blades less to begin with.

I would it but carbon for Moras because I want the higher hardness and finger grain and don't care about wear resistance.

>>31860766
In the fillet series you can choose hardness/flex, not sure about the butcher series though but yeah, no carbon FFG

Let's say you have a $60 amazon gift card and want to buy two knives: one fixed blade(preferably 4"-5.5" blade) and the other a folder.
Which two would you choose?

>>31860781

I didn't know that about the fillet series. I will look into that.

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>>31857496
Read>>31857111

>>31860808
A Ganzo/Sanrenmu folder and then possibly a Condor fixed, really depends on what floats your boat.

>>31851728
sounds like some poorfag is actually BTFO

>>31852684
that custom 11 is breddy sexy m8

>>31859206
Nah. Who dat?

>>31860836
How bout you tell me where the fuck it explains the goofy ass handle, nigger? That paper doesnt even mention it.

>>31861204
How about you google what the fuck the handles are made out of.

>>31861204
It is antler you stupid fuck head.

>>31861204
Blesbok Antelope horn, to be specific. Did you even read the paper? Or can you read? Please don't play with sharp things.

>>31861243
>>31861273
>>31861293
Not even him but I can figure out he's asking wtf it has what looks like finger grooves in a reverse grip.

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>>31861305
Are you niggers this ignorant?

>>31861325
So horn is impossible to sand to shape now?

>>31861341
Be jelly, smelly.

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>>31861346
Of what? when I buy a custom function comes before form, otherwise you may as well buy a pretty Pakistani knife.

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>>31861395
Time to reel em in kids, this one bites. I'm just bragging bc I got a good trade for it. The bumps in the grip serve a couple of purposes I can see. Aesthetic appreciation for one, serves as a better grip too. Just a custom job. Blade is really amazing blend of metals.

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>>31861395
I think it feels great

>>31861454
>>31861466
Ignore my comment, I like the design of the knife generally, just the ridges don't work for me and like the other anon I didn't really get why they were there. Outside of the ridges I would have no problem owning the knife and O-1 is a great steel, although I've never used it in a damascus layout.

>>31861493
The blacksmith/physicist does exquisite work.

>>31861466
The bumps are gay no matter what you say

gaaaaaaay

>>31861454
I will give a little chuckle one day and wont know why, because it will be when you trade that thing off again once your old ass tires of it. Im with the other dudes, that handle screams showpiece and many around here would take their used to death poorfag pleb knives over that shit you posted. Damascus looks like shit by the way, rip.

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So I thought I might show you guys something interesting. Pic related is a combination of two images taken with a USB microscope at ~400x of a knife edge sharpened on a King 1000 waterstone.

On the right side is the scratch pattern left on the knife if the stone is used with no mud/slurry on it at all.

On the left side is the scratch pattern left when the SAME stone is used with a thick mud on it.

You can see that the scratch pattern on the left is clearly finer and less directional than the one on the right, and this is because the mud on the stone caused three body abrasion where the loose grit in the slurry rumbles in random directions as you make passes, leaving a randomized and therefore finer scratch pattern.

Another neat side effect of three body abrasion is that it becomes much harder to form a large burr because that mud is slapping into the apex on each pass, slightly rounding it over (but abrading the burr as a result).

This effect is why I always advocate for muddy stones. The King 1000 BOTH cuts faster muddy AND leaves a finer finish.

>>31862310
By mud you mean the slurry or you want me to go get some mud from nature?

If the latter youre gonna have to get your ass to /out/ because this is a weapons board, kid

>>31860869
This is a solid choice, the poor mans sebenza from sanrenmu runs 11-18 bucks on amazon and its a great little pocket knife.

>>31862351

I mean the slurry from the stone obviously, which is also called "mud" since stones that release a lot of it are often called "muddy"

>>31862220
Not as gay as the bumps on your genitals from your gay sex, you cheese dick faggot.

>>31862499
MAGA

>>31862515
The bumps on my dick are from fucking fat girls faggot so your shitty 'antler' handle is still waaaaay more gay

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>>31862275
Don't be mad, I have all types of knives I use. Be careful, words can cut like a knife.

>>31862531
Thanks boss, did you have a picture to contribute? No, not of your genital warts either.

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>>31862544

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Bye, shit talking no quality knife, trolls. .....

>>31862589
Bye felicia

>>31862967
Daaaaaamn Craig. You sure told me with your ghetto trash movie quote. Go smoke a fat one and forget we ever talked about this...

>>31862981
I thought you were leaving

>>31863014
I am contributing with an actual knife, so i can back up my shit talking. What are you doing again?

>>31863040
Wondering why you're bickering online with strangers. Why not just post some more ?

>>31863040
Your knife sucks. You might as well collect jade figurines or porcelain babies or crystal elephants.

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>>31859021
There are folding kiridashi too. Jan Dox makes some great ones. I have one with g10 coyoyte scales. My edc knife now.

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>>31863107
>>31863134
Children please. I am just trying to make work go by. If you don't like my knife, fine. Keep being jealous faggots, that will get you far in life. If you were here I would show you how bad this knife sucks. Then you wouldn't run your mouths.

>>31863187
hnnng... where can i find one of those beauties that isn't the guy's website? he's sold out

>>31863265
No I don't know any other source. I got it from him directly. I'm sure he will make more though. A litle while back he had 10 left, around when I bought mine. If you are seriously interested I'd contact him. He's very kind and helpfull.

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Absolute God Knife

>>31863295
Yeah I might actually. I haven't wanted a knife that bad since I got my Svord bowie.

>>31863375
I highly recommend it. Its a sweet edc knife.

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>>31853636
Wut? Fuerza Aerea del Perú?

>>31864425

ESEE has a deal with them, they give them knives.

I guess it's mainly a shady deal for publicity

Randall Adventure Training does the courses in Peru most of the time, and their ESEE Junglas knife is called Junglas for the same reason

I want a cute knife that is at least as smooth opening as my griptillian. Axis-like lock would be a great plus, I like opening it by loading the lock and swinging it open, no touchy thumb piece.
Knife will see very light use, mostly opening coffee bags. Chisel/hollow or no-secondary grind would be very sweet for maximum but not lasting sharpness, I want the coffee bag plastic to not even move while I slice it open.

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>>31866055
>mostly opening coffee bags.
Get a real job.

>>31866055
What do you consider a "cute" knife?

>>31866055
Get a mini grip or a Kershaw launch four. Or a boker gnome/war toad.

Nothing exists to that exact specification.

>>31863353
Even worse than Espada XL

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>>31866055
Spyderco manix 2 LW fits yo best m8

>>31868480
It's a big knife though and while I love mine, I don't think it qualifies as cute, the missus thinks Shuffles look great but didn't like my Manix at all.
Maybe a Sage would qualify a bit better, similar in lock style, slightly heavier than the LW but 3/4 of an inch shorter.

To be honest though I don't think the knife he's looking for exists as the only folders with cutting geometry like he's looking for are older carbon steel folders like Svord Peasants and various thin slip joint knives, any modern folder with something resembling an Axis lock will have modern geometry with at best ~.020" behind the edge which is miles away from a zero grind.

He could always look at a regrind of an existing Benchmade, maybe one of the D2 models.

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>>31868595
Forgot pic.

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>>31868601
Nother pic with a normal Sage 3 next to a non Lightweight Manix

>>31863353
>god knife

Eh, i think your god is mentally retarded.

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>>31866055
>>31868595

If he can live without an axis type lock, the Spyderco Chaparral (2mm spine FFG) or Delica (2.5mm spine FFG with an aggressive distal taper) are probably as close as you can get on a modern production folder.

Even then, you'd really need to thin out the primary grind to maximize the performance in that kind of use. An Opinel is thin enough but the blade steel isn't that hard so it would need to be touched up frequently.

Thinning out the primary grind on a knife by hand isn't that difficult, it's just a little time consuming. I've done it several times using a Norton Crystolon coarse (~90 grit) charged with the grit from a TASK garden hone (~36 grit).

Pic related is an Endura FFG thinned out a fair bit.

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>>31868907

This pic better shows the finish left from thinning the primary on that knife.

>>31851728
>>31851728
Knife fight me irl

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>>31869217

You're God send anon

Patrician collectors like me avail you

>>31868914

What up with the inside of the spydie hole? Looks all cracked.

>>31870192

Loose 36 grit silicon carbide grit on top of a highly friable 90 grit silicon car bode oilstone catching the inside of the hole as I thinned the primary, probably.

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>>31868480

what a nice looking picture

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>>31872132
Brother !

Concealable/thin knives that are good and not expensive af?

>>31873214
Spyderco Centofante or Byrd Meadowlark Ti

>>31868595
>>31866055
>>31868907
The Nilakka is ground pretty thin and is going to be discontinued, meaning it'll probably go on sale.

There's also a smaller version.

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>>31866055
If you don't mind fixed, you can get one of these from Ecos Knives.

1/16" thick chisel grind in 15n20. On sale for $12 because it's blemished.

Also comes in wharncliffe shape.
https://www.ecosknives.com/products/copy-of-small-thin-acid-etched-neck-knife-with-abs-sheath-5?variant=25453838209
https://www.ecosknives.com/products/copy-of-model-8-brown-large-forge-textured-chopper-with-abs-sheath?variant=25452968193

Whats a good fixed blade combat knife similar to the one right here >>31869239 but perhaps without serations?

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>>31873462
Spartan Horkos

>>31873698
>Spartan Horkos
>$330
Holy shit thats more than I spent on my sidearm
anything at least less than $100?

>>31873252
Is there more concealable than that? Preferably not spyderco most of their products look ugly to me

>>31851728
>kershaw

ever

>>31856228

The "plus" in Boker Plus means it's made in china.

>>31874170
More concealable than plain black or matte grey of about 10mm thick, anon you're going to have to be more specific, I've carried the Centofante everywhere and it's completely discreet.

As to the appearance comment, I tend to agree but I've never let form come before function.

>>31874449
Im not sure, I just want pretty much as concealable/hidable on me (shithole communist country) I also have my doubts about the byrd as its made in china

>>31873726
I don't know why you're surprised. The two knives in the first photo you quoted are worth around $600-700 put together.

>>31874539
>made in china
China is a lot better at knife manufacturing now than it was when it gained its dubious reputation.

A lot of knife companies make their cheaper knives there and send their own guys to do the quality control. You can get $20-30 knives that are a lot better than their price would indicate.

>>31873726
I don't know why you're surprised when the Busse and the Chris Reeves knife in the photo you quoted are both worth $300+ each.

>>31873255

True, but I've never thought that s30v was a very sensible choice for such a thin grind. I really hope they eventually do a true zero ground Nilakka in a high speed steel that will resist having the heat treatment damaged in manufacturing better.

>>31873294

Okay, can someone explain to me what you would use such a short, chisel -ground, dual edged knife for?

Is there some sort of application for this design I am overlooking?

Because that looks incredibly useless to me.

>>31874539
Well you're not going to find many manufacturers that make as thin as Spyderco, unless you start looking at older style slip joints and the like, hence my suggestion of Spyderco. As to the China comment, China makes a large portion of the world's goods including some very nice knives(Kizer/WE knives/Rike knives etc) you don't have to like it but it's not going to stop and when you're looking at the lower end of the market you can directly trade labour costs for material improvements and if it's from a major company you still get the warranty support.

>>31874539

Spyderco actually does full QC on their Chinese made knives so I wouldn't worry about it being made in China in this case.

>>31863353
and you used a stock picture because you don't even own one.

Are Ka-Bars any good? Had one I used to take on my innawoods adventures as a kiddo, lost it at some point, but I've been wanting another one lately. I dunno if there are any better alternatives.

>>31875202
Seconding this question. I was just looking at one earlier.

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>>31874539
Mercator is as slim as I've found. Can easily be tucked into a boot without discomfort.

>>31875381
>>31875202
They're good for killing. Not as suitable for general beater knives.

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Recommend me some modest looking knives with a blade ~2.5 inches (can be smaller, but no bigger than).

Preferably in drop point, with a flipper.

Price range ~100ish USD.

>>31859124
Please

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>clean and oil daily

>>31875744
CRKT Eros small Titanium
Buck Vantage small
If you can stretch to 2.7" CRKT Ripple 2 stainless

There isn't a whole lot of good options fitting that criteria. There's a few out of China for a fair bit cheaper
CRKT Jettison small
Kershaw Scallion
Kershaw Chive
Kershaw Spoke
Kershaw Ember
A few from Sanrenmu

>>31875202
>>31875381
Ka-Bar's are okay, but not really the best option.

>>31875517
They were literally designed to be utility knives that would be okay at killing.

>>31875060
It's like a kiradashi with a second edge.

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>>31869217
Motherfucker, quit challenging the weaklings and come get some.

>Ask what people think about BM-42 clones on some facebook knife page
>People nearly have aneurysms over the keyboard telling me they're satan incarnate or something
what is it with these people?

>>31877108
Well clones and people that make them are cancer and they hurt the community. But aneurysms are to be expected on Facebook, anon.

Anyone know if Spyderco has made or plans to make sprint runs of the Roc Cleaver in better steel? I don't usually like cleavers but something about the Roc tickles my fancy, but with VG-10 with a liner lock, not $150 worth of fancy. For less money I could have a Ritter Grip with a much better steel and a much better lock. Just wondering if they make better versions at least.

>>31877067

nice basement at your moms place

Anyone know what knife Rick used in TWD season 5? At first I thought it was a Gerber 06 Auto but I'm not so sure. Any help?

>>31877744

Unless they make a version 2 in the future that's all you get as far as the liner lock goes. The reviews on knifecenter are retarded though. "Not that great an EDC, doesn't cut paper or cardboard well." What the hell are these people thinking.

>>31878056
Reviews on major online knife retailers like KnifeCenter and BladeHQ are always shit. Mostly shillls, but also a couple of dumb fudds that bought a cool looking knife and just spoke their mind on it (when probably half of them don't even know how to use it properly).
But damn. VG-10 just isn't good enough for me to warrant $150. And checking on Spyderco's website, it's also on their "collectable" portion so there likely won't be a version 2. Fuck me.

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>all these Spyderco recommendations
I'm not upset, just disappointed.

>>31878489

Sorry dad. Maybe I'll buy a sebenza one day. Probably won't like it or edc it though. It'll just be a hey, I have a Chris reeve knife.

>>31878489
Son I am disappoint you bought a sebenza

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>>31878489

Amen

>>31873726

Just look for Bill Harsey knives and buy one from one of the cheaper brands

He's designed a fuckton of knives for many different companies

>>31852691
Depends on nationality

>>31877913
The Gerber DMF auto. Pretty sure it's the one he broke the blade off of in the episode Glenn get's stuck under the dumpster.

I just got a king stone in the mail and it's chipped in the corner. Is that going to hinder performance at all? Should I just keep it or return for a new one?

>>31879814

How big is the chip? If it's just one corner, you can orient the stone so the chipped corner is at the top where it won't affect the sharpening stroke at all.

>>31880194

It's right in the corner about the size of my pinky, 1-1.5mm or so deep.

>>31880227

My pinky nail, not my entire pinky.

Don't worry about it, just use the stone with the unchipped corners closest to you and flatten it frequently and eventually you'll get below the chip anyway.

Hell, you could just flip the stone and but the chipped corner on the bottom if you really wanted to.

>>31880275

Thanks bud. It's a combination stone so I can't flip it over. But I think I can just avoid it.