Thread: EDC Knife

At that price, why not?

Originally Posted by gregs656

Not going to be EDCing it much, but I did pick up one of these last night. I reckon that has got to be worth a go. only made 1200.

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That looks like a great deal!

Jordan

Originally Posted by cybrok

They were more popular a couple of years ago (based on the questions on bladeforums and knifeforums).

Unfortunately, there are no mid-range karambit folders. There are the cheapos, and the Emersons. Nothing in between (50-70$ range).

The 5.11 Tactical series has a couple in the $100 price range, designed by Steve Tarani. I own one of those as well. You can pick the Journeyman model up for $40 +S&H from lapolicegear.com.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

So.. i have had this knife get stuck open twice on me. Once when i just had it sitting out for a while and just now when i was sharpening it.

Is there a trick to closing this knife i am just missing? Had to loosen the screw each time. so feel like i am missing something somewhere, though it usually closes much easier.

sometimes the liner "over extends" and jams, i just don't snap it open as hard, and it's less of a problem. they should have beveled the edge at a deeper angle, but mine's from the first production run so i guess there were bugs :-P

Thanks Jokeys. Either the knife wont lock, or the lock closes too much and i either have to pop it loose with a screw driver or loosent the screw.

Cant complain about a $5 knife though.. Will just keep it on my workbench and buy a non-chinese one.

thanks for all the great info in this thread.

Originally Posted by jockeys

sometimes the liner "over extends" and jams, i just don't snap it open as hard, and it's less of a problem. they should have beveled the edge at a deeper angle, but mine's from the first production run so i guess there were bugs :-P

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

At that price, why not?

exactly. Not going to be perfect, but it's quite a special knife. I'm interested to see how people fill the cracks, superglue seems to be a good idea. Sal from Spyderco reckons it's worth keeping the original handle for the ergonomics.

Dresspants: William Henry Carbon Fiber and damascus, or an Atwood Fixer
Khakis/fancy jeans: Chris Reeve small sebenza
Real jeans/Cargos/Carhardts: Hinderer XM-18 3.5" flipper

Expensive taste sir, very nice options indeed

Thank you. Like with most (all) of my hobbies/obsessions, I go through a few phases, as I have with knives.
Phase one: I'll spend some dough, but I want to get somethign passable (bought some buck knives, some kershaw)
Phase Two: Can I do this cheap? (bought about a million cheap crap knives)
Phase three: Can I get stupid expensive "the best" stuff? And I bought a couple insane customs that I never used.
Phase four: Can I buy GOOD stuff, really good, that I'll actually use? And that is what is included above for folders. Fixed blades are another story (recovering Busse addict).

Razors: Dovo, etc --> ebay and gold dolalrs ----> a couple customs ----> a few lower cost customs, restored OLD blades, and a few new nice ones.

Flashlights: Surefire ---> chinese cheapo's ---> innane customs with ridiculous battery requirements and McGizmos ---> Malkoffs with a clip and two stage, Muyshondt Aeon and well, mcGizmos are made to be used, so they are in both "phases."

Scotch: Blah Blah Blah

Cigars: Blah blah blah


Ask my wife sometime (better yet...don't remind her!!) she's seen this cycle a few times!

haha, yer, I guess we all do things differently. I tend to wait around for real bargains, usually means I don't up with the 'best' stuff, but I generally end up with really good stuff that I got for not a lot of money.

I got a TOPS Storm Rider the other day, not an amazing knife, but a high quality one. Traded it for a Boker Plus Edit, I paid £28 for the edit and the Storm Rider retails for £160. That's a good deal in any ones money.