Everyday carry folder
- Thread starter LYKOS
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- Indiana-Missouri
Says the guy who can't carry a gun!
well, i can in something like 40 states anyway....as xjeeper says..."legally"
funny how i've gotten out of the habit of carrying a knife.
5-90
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- Hammerspace
What are ya'll carrying?
I got a ZT Designs tactical folder for Christmas a couple years ago and don't care much for it. No its not fir sale or trade.
Of any knife I've ever owned it is by far the hardest to sharpen, and the heaviest "tactical."
I'm looking for something in the sub $100 range, $50 would be better.
Whatcha hot and whatcha think of it?
Dunno if they'll be <$100, but I rotate between my mid-size Applegate/Fairbairn folder and my Benchmade/Emerson CQC-7B(LH) on a regular basis. Both are rather solid, hold an edge well, sharpen relatively easily, and are about as reliable as the average brick.
I really like Emerson's idea of a "chisel grind" - only sharpen one bevel, strop the blade, and you're done.
5-90
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- Hammerspace
Beez - even if you can carry a sidearm, a good blade is always a handy thing to have around.
Except when I was in Basic, I've carried at least one blade on my person since my fifth birthday (which is when I got my first.) My wife asked me why I always had a knife on me - I bought her one. That was ten years ago, she hasn't been without one since (she now has two that she alternates carrying in her pocket and an ultralight folder on her keyring.)
time2getdirty
my cats breath smells
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- Cheyenne, Wyoming
Whatever yiu buy make sure its made in the USA. thats my only requirement
iwannadie
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- Gilbert, Az
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- Columbus, In
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- Indiana-Missouri
I don't find i have many uses for knives even when i carried one. but i use my pistol for just about everything.
LYKOS
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- Bent Mountain Va
The SOGs really have my attention.
How's the steel on those? Do they hold an edge well?
Are they a pain to sharpen?
That's my biggest issue with the ZT. I can sharpen a knife very well. I enjoy the process.
But that ZT has me whipped!
I can send it to be sharpened under warranty but that costs money andI have to go without a blade while it's gone. AND I hate to have anyone else mess with my blade...
How's the steel on those? Do they hold an edge well?
Are they a pain to sharpen?
That's my biggest issue with the ZT. I can sharpen a knife very well. I enjoy the process.
But that ZT has me whipped!
I can send it to be sharpened under warranty but that costs money andI have to go without a blade while it's gone. AND I hate to have anyone else mess with my blade...
lol. examples please.
*Jonathan
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- North Jersey
My experience with SOG and their mystery steel is that it sharpens up pretty good. I can easily shave hair off my arm. However, they tend to lose that scary sharpness pretty quickly. The edge can be brought back very easily.
souske
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- The land of competition
Thought this was going to be a thread on man purses. Carry on
Lowrange2
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- Abbeville, SC
So did I.
My logic is this:
Go to Wal-mart. Buy 100 dollars worth of Gerber knives. When they get dull, throw them in the trash and grab another one.
100 bucks buys 10 knives...
- Location
- Torrance, CA
My SOG will dull so I sharpen it. I'm not very good at sharpening but I can keep the SOG sharp enough or me.
I wish I knew what happened to my last SOG, either I left it out at work and it was stolen by the janitorial (unlikely) or it's somewhere here at the house.
DrMoab
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- The Utah Backwater
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- WA state
Kershaw Ken onion something or other, usually.
LYKOS
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- Bent Mountain Va
Went with a skeleton frame Gerber from Walmart for $24.
Cheap enough I can abuse it and not freak out every time I think I've lost it.
Combo straight serrated blade fits my hand well...
Cheap enough I can abuse it and not freak out every time I think I've lost it.
Combo straight serrated blade fits my hand well...
JeepFreak21
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- Cameron Park, CA
x2! I can't stand to carry anything else now! There's a guy on bladeforums that sells Kershaw "factory seconds" (brand new knives with a small cosmetic blemishes) for great prices. Just search the classifieds over there. (No, I'm not affiliated in any way!)
Billy
Original_MudButt
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- In the eighth dimension
I carry this.....
And sharpen with this.... Idiot proof and will sharpen the hell out of anything......
And sharpen with this.... Idiot proof and will sharpen the hell out of anything......
Milford Cubicle II
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- Out there.
That's strange, I have the opposite problem with my SOG's. I have a hard time getting a "razor" edge but it seems to hold a decent edge forever.
And as far as I know, their "mystery steel" is just austenitic stainless :dunno:
