Pocketknives/Kitchen Knives/Fixed Blades

[DougNg]

The nice thing about the Sharpmaker is that it's fool proof. You pretty much can't fuck up your knife unless you're pressing REALLY hard on the stones or you're not paying attention and you roll your knife off the stones

Nice knife Jeff. How you like it?

[DougNg]

@Jesselirola:

So Strider knives have been growing on me, I dig the Baby huey and the SNG or whatever it's called.

I want something bigger than my small sebenza and figured these are the ticket.

I also really dig their divi camo blades, cool shit.

Anyone have any experience with these?

More so I'm interested in the Concealed Carry vs Regular knives and how much of a difference that makes.

Cheers,

Jesse

I had an SnG for a long time. It's a nice knife. It's not as "refined" as a Sebenza. Lock up is solid, the action in the pivot isn't as smooth. The digicamo blades are nice, I don't believe the finish ever wears off. I've handled the concealed carry and owned the regular one. The concealed carry gets my vote, it's slimmer in the pocket and won't wear out your jeans from taking it out of your pocket. I found that the regular was abrasive and would tear up the pockets over time. That being said, the regular is very classic Strider. The owners of Strider are nice guys too, I've hung out with them quite a few times

The one thing that I really like about the Striders over Sebenzas is the heat treat for their steel. Even though they're using the same steel (or at least they used to), the Striders kept an edge for much longer without needing a sharpening. That comes in handy if you're using your knife A LOT between sharpenings or you're sharpening incompetent

[derivative666]

Love the William Henry!!!

[Seul]

Sebenza clip snapped today… Time to send it back I guess!..

[zhivago]

CRK will just send you a new clip

[zhivago]

Here's a little more Williams Henry love or y'all

[derivative666]

^thats a beauty

[derivative666]

Shrade knife base (made in Japan) hand made handle by Ken Haught
Ichiro Hattori Higonokami Folder
Benchmade 480 Shoki Nakamura Design
Chris Reeve Small Sebenza
William Henry E10-2

[Seul]

Any Benchmade models like the Shoki that come with a clip?..

[DougNg]

This is my next one when it comes out

Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but I want it

[derivative666]

^you love your Spyderco

[derivative666]

Shoki comes w/ this:

[seawolf]

Anyone know of a nice boot knife? I've always had my eye out for one to stick in my Wescos.

[Seul]

d666: I know, but I need a clip on the knife itself…

Found myself looking at the Reeve Mnandi again...

[marco]

^^^ mnandi is a class act.

heres one i carry a fair bit, UK legal an'all.

[DougNg]

@derivative666:

^you love your Spyderco

I actually used to really dislike the way Spydercos looked (actually, still kind of do), until I got a Persistence and an Ambitious a couple months ago for our two cars (to put into the emergency kits). At 30 bucks a piece, hard to go wrong, right?

Was really impressed with the build quality and THAT EDGE. With a stropped edge, competes with some of my full custom knives

My son bought me one of these for Christmas

It's really unusual I get knocked on my ass with the quality of a knife, but this one has done it at 1/4 the price of a Sebenza

[Mild7]

A US made Spyderco like this one Doug has just posted will be my next step up from my Chinese made C148CPGP, which I use every day of the week and it still sharpens up like new.  Locks well, love it.  My only gripe is that it folds up a bit wide.

[DougNg]

A Delica would be a step up…the Native 5 is many steps up

[Mild7]

Thanks Doug, will look into a Delica.

[DougNg]

It's a great knife for $50. If you're in the States, Howe's knife shop has them in black at a very good price with free shipping

It's great for pocket carry, very light, and the ergos (while the knife isn't pretty) is spot on

The edge was uneven though, I had to reprofile (the back was at a shallower angle than the tip). Bugged me