Affordable slicey hollow grinds?

K.O.D. said:
I'd rather send it to you. You're what, 30 minutes from me? I just found out my dad has a rotary tool (milwaukee) and was thinking of trying it myself, though neither of us has ever used it or any other type.
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Honestly, I don’t like working on other peoples knives. I’m just saying it’s a pretty easy modification. These days we are closer to downtown now.
 
Akutila said:
Beautiful ! Damn, didn’t know the manix came in a hollow grindi Im
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There are two actually: the 4V one, and many years ago they made one in 154cm.

There is this one, too. I LOVE that knife.

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ferider said:
There are two actually: the 4V one, and many years ago they made one in 154cm.

There is this one, too. I LOVE that knife.

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That’s a beauty. I had so many nice spydies i wish i never sold back in the day. It seemed like they used to make more hollow grinds in general. Flat and full flat kinda took over.
I had a cento 3 wharnie, viele, mini persian. Probably others i can’t remember now!
 
Akutila said:
That’s a beauty. I had so many nice spydies i wish i never sold back in the day. It seemed like they used to make more hollow grinds in general. Flat and full flat kinda took over.
I had a cento 3 wharnie, viele, mini persian. Probably others i can’t remember now!
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I feel this way in general about some of the knives I've sold, as well as discontinued models I never bought. I wish I would have bought a Spyderco GB air. Impossible to find now for the most part.

Tonight, if I have the energy after PT, and can find the tool, I'm going to attempt the mod on my GB. I will probably mess it up, but its an old well used knife, so I'm not super concerned.
 
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There dont seem to be too many modern knives using them (which is a shame), though there are more than I expected in this thread. :thumbsup: But my favorite hollow ground knives are probably Case sodbuster jrs and the Buck 110 (and other Bucks). You can't beat a classic!
 
Sanrenmu 6040. Seriously tiny, but awesome hollow grind and CHEAP!

And yes, buy the GB2 already :)
 
K.O.D. said:
Affordable is very subjective. I agree though, the GB is a great knife. However, I'm not a fan of the lockbar on mine. Need to have someone make a cutout for me. I too have an Exarch and like it, carrying it today.

Just to make y'all hungry:


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Another hollow grind knife, though maybe out of your price range is the A Purvis Progeny:

Here's mine:

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Spyderco Yojimbo 2

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gotta throw a like in your direction for posting a knife next to a ramen package as if you needed to cut it
 
Douk-Douks are cheap, and have wicked thin hollow grinds.
 
155440 said:
gotta throw a like in your direction for posting a knife next to a ramen package as if you needed to cut it
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The esteemed Mr. Yojimbo is deadly to pre-packaged foods!
 
NG VI said:
Civivi's badlands vagabond and Ortis are the same blade with either a clip point spine or a drop point spine, studs or slot, and they're awesome. The carbon fiber version have legit milled carbon fiber instead of slabs or stickers
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Seems like civivi is one of the big ones with hollow grinds, i gotta pick up more of their stuff.
 
Akutila said:
Seems like civivi is one of the big ones with hollow grinds, i gotta pick up more of their stuff.
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I've only got the Badlands Vagabond and Ortis, originally I wanted the Ortis, found the CF Vagabond in stock, turns out it's pretty perfect, so I got the Ortis too later on. I tell myself I have enough knives in Civivi's range that these two examples are enough and I do not need a Pintail or a Riffle or a wood-scaled Odium for good measure.

I also really like some of the older Kizer models with hollow grinds, the Activ Bantam especially surprised me by just being a perfect midsize knife despite the cocktab (it's rooster themed), and so did the 3" Flashbang. I have newer conical pivot builds of both and they're not easy to find anymore but if you see one for a good price they're extremely good. Smooth and slicey.
 
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