$100-200 knife with bearings?

[Rennd]

I got a ZT 0561 recently, and fell in love with the bearings. I feel like I can't go back to washers after using these.
However, now I don't know what knives to specifically look at. Any blades you guys know of that run on bearings and fall in to this price range? I've see all the quartermaster blades before, but I haven't seen many others.
I'm a bit of a steel junkie, by the way, and I prefer my blades 3" and up. Thanks guys!

 

[Dcaggie06]

Boker Kwaiken! best $100 you can spend, and then get modded whenever you want to customize it your way. Boker is hit and miss, but they hit this one out of the park!

 

[Rennd]

Dcaggie06 said:
Boker Kwaiken! best $100 you can spend, and then get modded whenever you want to customize it your way. Boker is hit and miss, but they hit this one out of the park!

I like the design, but the steel junkie part of me kinda rejects it. If only it were cpm-154...

 

[-NB-]

Spyderco Domino and ZT 0801 would be under 200 and both have bearings. Nice flippers. I have a domino on the way!

 

[Walker Smith]

CRKT Tighe Rod.
Dealspotting removed.

 

[dynamicmoves]

CRKT Eros is a great little knife.

 

[CJZ]

Quote a lot of the new Kershaw line has KVT bearings in them, take a look at those!

 

[evilgreg]

ZT 0801. Also, you're missing out on the Kwaiken, it's a sexy design.

IMO steel snobbery is 99% silly, at least if you're actually using knives. If you're buying them as collectibles than I suppose I understand it a bit more, but that's not my thing.

 

[EZ Bake]

The ZT 0801 is possibly the perfect ball-bearing Ti-Frame-lock Flipper.

Only after I owned a 0801 was I able to turn loose of my 0561 (it was just too large for me to carry, but I loved playing with it around the house).

Todd Rexford moved up into my top 5 favorite knife designers with some of his new KAI offerings - the 0801 is probably the pinnacle of that work.

 

[Rennd]

-NB- said:
Spyderco Domino and ZT 0801 would be under 200 and both have bearings. Nice flippers. I have a domino on the way!

Oh, the domino has bearings? I thought it was just assisted. Now I'm interested, haha.

 

[Rennd]

evilgreg said:
ZT 0801. Also, you're missing out on the Kwaiken, it's a sexy design.



IMO steel snobbery is 99% silly, at least if you're actually using knives. If you're buying them as collectibles than I suppose I understand it a bit more, but that's not my thing.

I guess I'm a bit of a collector in that sense. I guess I just like the thought of having good steel on my blades, blade steel is a big interest of mine.

 

[keepfarmn]

Got my kwaiken for under $100, has bearings and I love it. It looks great too IMO

 

[T Schloz]

Take a look at the CRKT Foresight. Under $100.

Tom

 

[Cereal_killer]

Oh, the domino has bearings? I thought it was just assisted. Now I'm interested, haha.

The Domino isn't assisted. It's got bearings and very good steel (CTS-XHP) and in your price range. It sounds like the perfect knife for you.

 

[Rennd]

Cereal_killer said:
[quote name="Rennd" post=13217146]Oh, the domino has bearings? I thought it was just assisted. Now I'm interested, haha.

The Domino isn't assisted. It's got bearings and very good steel (CTS-XHP) and in your price range. It sounds like the perfect knife for you.[/quote]
I agree, I think that might be exactly what I'm looking for.

 

[-NB-]

The Domino isn't assisted. It's got bearings and very good steel (CTS-XHP) and in your price range. It sounds like the perfect knife for you.

I was able to handle one in a local knife shop and I was sold. He wanted over 300 for it so I didn't buy it, I did find one on the exchange for 200. Hopefully be here by the end of the week :thumbup:

 

[-NB-]

Sorry double post

 

[Cereal_killer]

I was able to handle one in a local knife shop and I was sold. He wanted over 300 for it so I didn't buy it, I did find one on the exchange for 200. Hopefully be here by the end of the week :thumbup:

$200 is normal (online retail) price. $300 is actually above MSRP so you were right to run away from it. Also for $200 you could have gotten one of the sprint blue twill pattern CF ones as opposed to the regular "Bill Cosby sweater" pattern ones.

 

[Jastab]

Oh, the domino has bearings? I thought it was just assisted. Now I'm interested, haha.

The domino flips super smooth, and fyi spyderco doesn't make assisted knives.

 

[AddictedToGear]

Kwaiken, Boker is always coming out with more knives that are flippers. KAI will have quite a few coming out this year and already have a few out. KVT is definitely a win, anything with a captured bearing system (captured is nice for taking the knives apart).