Quote Originally Posted by Quick Orange View Post
Gerber Mini Paraframe. You can get it in a half serrated version which would be more handy (in my experience) than the mostly serrated blade of the Tenacious.
I'm seeing three options for the Tenacious; plain blade, combo blade, and serrated blade. Can you comment more on plain vs combo/serrated? I'm thinking the combo would probably provide the most utility, but I really have no idea.

Quote Originally Posted by LX_Emergency View Post
I've held the Tenacious in my hand twice so far....and I"m sorely tempted to buy it myself. It's a very nice blade. Solid feeling and good bang for the buck. (I'm still trying to figure out how to get one for the american price instead of the european price (I'm cheap...I know).

I also have a Byrd CaraCara, it's anything but small. I think it might be bigger than the Tenacious. It's cheaper as well. But If I'd have had the choice between the tenacious and the caracara for $10 price difference I'd have gotten the Tenacious. (Still love my Cara though I carry it often)

Between Spyderco/byrd and Gerber I'd go for spydies though. I just like em better and they have a better name nowadays.
Maybe I was looking at a different Byrd. I checked out one that was a 1.75 inch blade (IIRC); maybe it was just a smaller/lower end one, because it was only $10 or so. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on taking a Tenacious over a Byrd; I'm thinking the same.

Quote Originally Posted by junkinduck View Post
I would vote for the Case in a medium stockman patern. This is a great size traditional pocket knife that feels good in the hand and pocket. Great for anything to peeling an apple to cutting steak and even manicure and light home surgery. Holds a heak of an edge and under 50.00 in the yellow handles. I like CV but the stanless holds up better in a sweatey pocket during summer.
Can you comment a bit more about the different blades on the Stockman? (I'm asking out of ignorance.) I'm not wild about yellow, but brown is about the same price.