Whats your latest knife purchase?

[crufflers]

That 702 looks nice. Now for $295, I bet that knife feels like a $500 custom or mid-tech. Still looks to have that black paint though. Satin is sold out on BHQ. They have quite a few that look cool.

[crufflers]

I like them all but I like the black Southard best. The Hanan and Positron are more genteel "gentleman's" knives that you can carry to work w/o scaring anyone. Between the Hanan and Positron, I like the Hanan better. However, I like the black Southard most because it it larger and tactical in appearance. As far as I know, these are all of the Spydercos designed by Southard.

According to Spyderco, the Silverax is designed by an automotive engineer named Paul Alexander. I plan to buy one of these too because it's a flipper and I like the design. Other Spyderco flippers that I'm planning to buy are the Mantra, Magnitude, Domino, Rubicon and Advocate.

Nice ones. Yeah people love the large Southard. I had a Positron on pre-order at one time and it never materialized in time to hold my interest.

I'm bored with some popular models... getting rid of my PM2, Ulize, plain S30V YoII - keeping the S90V DLC, brown YOII.

[crufflers]

I'm also collecting longer bladed Spyders. How much do you want for the Ulize?

PS: LOL! Just found an ad on eBay captioned Spyderco Greatest Hits offering these same 3 knives for a starting bid of $250. Is this your ad?

$350 starting bid, but there's a make offer option. I got a few offers already, probably won't get a lot till near the weekend.

Funny I sold two old COLT COBRA knives (set of one large one small). Used but someone bought them in about an hour. I guess because COLT is stamped on the UNITED knives. Good knives for back then, decent design. Fun to sell a couple old knives and get a new one. Yeah I'll PM if I split them up or cancel the auction.

ULIZE and PM2 are the most used. The ULIZE is satin and has scratches.

one million dollars!

[crufflers]

Yeah $350 starting bid; $250 was a typo. Good luck w/the sale.

A Ulize is on my buy list of long bladed Spyders but I'd prefer one NIB or LNIB w/no visible wear/scratches.

Yeah $270 is high. I think it was $120 new. A set like that I’d try to get $250 but Ebay takes 10%, then Paypal and shipping. A lot of new stuff can easily sell at +60% like traditionals that are sold out. Used stuff won’t. If I dump three knives I don’t carry for $250 I can buy most any new ZT or Xmas presents, hahah, half a Glock... still have too many blades IMHO.

The Spyderco Resilience is pretty huge. A Larger Tenacious sibling.

[crufflers]

K2 Folder (Mehr), Byrd Cara Cara 2 and an Amalgam (that just placed an order this morning for which I discovered was in stock at Knife Works). Over 10 other long bladed Spyders (including the Ulize) still on the list to buy.

How do you like the K2?

[crufflers]

Spyderco flippers that I'm planning to buy are the Mantra, Magnitude, Domino, Rubicon and Advocate.

Did you see the MAMBA ???

[crufflers]

Yeah, I've seen it but the blade/handle design doesn't appeal to me that much and sellers on eBay are asking WAY too much for it (typically $400-500) which takes it off my list.

Yeah I liked the looks of it when it was released but that kind of money for a folder was not for me. Spyderco admits they are playing catch-up in the industry. That's something Benchmade would never do. I like a lot of Spyderco's, but I never liked the idea of paying $200-$500 for a China made knife from them. I like their COLORADO USA EARTH stuff the best. I've always had the best luck with ZT. I've read negative things about ZT's too, but I have seen very little in real-life to backup anything as far as lock problems, centering problems, etc... I've seen a QC issues and what I consider design issues with Benchmades. Plenty of those with KERSHAW too, but those are $20-$30 KERSHAWS.

[crufflers]

I'm not all that fussy when it comes to knife construction. I just don't want any noticeable flaws especially if I'm paying $100-300 for a knife

Well typically it is the construction that's a big part of it. A cheap knife with crappy plastic bushings instead or phos-bronze of a decent size or good washer bearings is going to have a bad action and will be wobbly, with blade play. A lot of these cannot be adjusted unless you tighten them so much they don't open. Other things are deburring, dehorning, sharp edges, really bad heat treats, unfinished parts, things that were missed, etc... I have had a Benchmade where the wobble could not be adjusted out of it even though I had three others of the same model that could be fixed with adjusting (and loctite) Benchmades usually need adjusting and loctite IMHO. Best benchmade I had was a Contego. Great knife. Best looking maybe the Vicar... but that one had a non-existent detent. Worst Benchmade probably the Pardue.

[iron330]

Kershaw Bareknuckle. Waited 10 months for this sucker. I love it already. Inspired by ZT-0777, for less than $70. Made in Oregon. 3.5" 14C28.

[iron330]

Knifecenter. I ordered in February.

Interesting. Where did you get it? The few sites I looked at didn't have it in stock.

Not too many more Kershaws that I want to buy. Have a Natrix and a 0770 but I wouldn't mind buying the new blue/black Natrix XL and the Bareknuckle for the right price.

[crufflers]

However, just discovered that the Bareknuckle is "in stock" at BladeOps for $65 w/free shipping.

Yup that's a BUY! Also the 1776 LINK in M390 under $80... but I'll grab one of the Bareknuckles. USA made kershaws are nice. Was watching this one when specs were released. It has been a while. EBAY slowed way down minimizing my collection, but for whatever reason I sold $500 today in folders and one MMHW.

[Mr.Cip]

[Khromo]

Merry Christmas to all who contributed to this fine thread! This beats leafing through the on-line catalogs. Now on to the important business of the day.

Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to me.



About $20-25 on Amazon. I sharpened it. It is really useful for woodworking tasks. I've had it for a while, but I wanted an excuse to post the image.





I like to walk around, and I find walking around indoors to be, I don't know, somewhat restrictive. For some reason. So I like to walk around outside. Hence the Boker Burnley Cub. 3.9" N690 blade, with green canvas micarta scales and a leather sheath. $100. A fixed blade works for walking around outside, and around 4" is very comfortable and useful for my EDC fixed blade.

I've already bought way too many cheap knives in my life. Way too many. But when I saw the siren song (I saw a song? What?) of the "jade G-10" on this Eafegrow CH3002-G10, I was helpless. I was like a turtle on its back, helplessly thrashing around and gasping for breath. That is exactly what it was like. That jade G-10 is seductive, I tell ya. Seductive.

$30 later, here is 3.7" of D-2, and the aforementioned jade G-10. The knife is heavy, with a broad blade and a neat flat grind, and a thick spine that provides for a very strong tip. This knife zips through hair and paper, the action feels slow and ponderous because of the weight of the blade, but the action is curiously reliable and curiously smooth. If the blade is indeed D-2, and the heat treat was good, this is probably the best $30 blade I ever saw.

Blade Headquarters exclusive Mini Kwaiken, 3" VG-10 blade, with green canvas micarta scales and brass bolsters and spacer. Like every other Mini Kwaiken I've bought (4), the action is a little stiff at first but breaks in within a few hours to a smooth and reliable operation for a comfortable small knife. This one is heavier than the carbon fiber and G-10 versions. A semi-rural or rural pimp might carry this knife. $100.

Here is a Kizer Limited Edition Ning Shoal framelock, #Ki3469A1. This knife sports a 3" M390 stonewash blade, with gray titanium handles. Smooth opening, heavy blade for its size, it looks like a nice knife to carry. After handling it for a few hours, I can't imagine this knife ever failing, although the tip is a little fine for my taste. I prefer a more reinforced, traditional tanto type point. My first Kizer, and my first venture out of the Benchmade world, really. $140.

They all cut hair and paper very authoritatively, right out of the box, even the Eafegrow!!! I intend to put that blade to the test shortly, because if the edge retention is anywhere near acceptable, those little $30 knives will make outstanding "gifts" to folks on whom I don't want to spend a lot of money!!!

[crufflers]

I saw the siren song (I saw a song? What?) of the "jade G-10" on this Eafegrow CH3002-G10, I was helpless. I was like a turtle on its back, helplessly thrashing around and gasping for breath. That is exactly what it was like. That jade G-10 is seductive, I tell ya. Seductive.

$30 later, here is 3.7" of D-2, and the aforementioned jade G-10. The knife is heavy, with a broad blade and a neat flat grind, and a thick spine that provides for a very strong tip. This knife zips through hair and paper, the action feels slow and ponderous because of the weight of the blade, but the action is curiously reliable and curiously smooth.

Great blade shape on that Eafeng. Grind looks slicey.

[Khromo]

The blade is at least 0.9" wide for much of its length. The spine is 0.16" or 5/32" or 4 mm. to within an inch of the tip. It weighs 4.5 ounces or 128 grams.

It feels to me to be a fairly heavy duty blade, with a fairly tight lockup to a fairly heavy handle, with thick steel liners. The balance point is about an inch from the top of the scales, but it feels a little front-heavy to me. Some might like that, I don't particularly.

Overall this feels more like driving a truck than a passenger car, but I don't care because I intend to use this knife to plow some fields. More like cutting a few twigs and small branches in the garden, but there are always cardboard boxes rolling in, boxes that need to be cut up. I'm not going to try pounding it through big tree branches, but the knife feels like more of a hard worker than a slicer. I will treat this $30 knife like a $30 knife deserves to be treated, and report back!

I'm anxious to see if it holds an edge as well as D-2 blades from respected U.S. manufacturers.