Are Emerson Knives as Good as they say

[Apec]

As I stated earlier, I bought a CQC-10 last year based upon a recommendation from a "professional" - seriously (Force Recon). For $150 I would like to see a little better steel and I will tell you I do not like a chisel grind - at all. It is heavy, fits my hand very well, the lock is solid, the blade is centered and tight, the wave works very well, it opens very smoothly, in fact, the smoothest I have ever owned, and the fit and finish is excellent. Its like we are talking about a different EKI or something. This is a hell of a nice knife. I am sorry some of my fellow knife brothers have had so many problems. Its starting to sound like the lottery reference is pretty accurate. I'm glad I "won" mine. Having said that, I have had all matter of Spydercos since the early 90's and love them. I am going to sell mine to fund a Manix 2 plain edge in XHP.

I owned a CQC-10 at some point. It is ground on both sides, but only sharpened on one. But yes, for 150$, there's already plenty of folders out there below that price point using S30V, D2, etc.

 

[BlackHills]

I've had the unique privilege of having both the Benchmade CQC-7 (BM970) and the Emerson CQC-7 (mine is a 2010 model). In every aspect my Emerson is superior, IMO and experience.

I've had that 'privilege' as well and my opinion is exactly the opposite - I'd take the Benchmade every time.