Been a while whats the new hotness?

el gigantor said:
Spartan Harsey Folder is the best pocket knife money can buy.

FIGHT ME!
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I got a 3.25 damascus last week
Used for less than 2 mins then back in the box and small crk back in pocket. The shf is not a great knife. It's ok at best. I regret getting it. Only reason I'm keeping it is because I'm in Australia and our resale market sucks
 
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DangerZone98 said:
The Cold Steel AD-10, Voyager, and SR1 are still the best knives money can buy.
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Just be careful, they're all offered in tanto points and those are too powerful for bananas.

More seriously, the overbuilt, tactical thing has cooled off and smaller, more EDC friendly knives with brighter colors are in. Modern/traditional hybrids are big right now, automatics seem to be getting more and more popular as they become legal in more places, button locks and crossbar locks are enormously popular, small boutique companies using OEM are a much bigger thing, not too much else I can think of.
 
Herr geiser said:
I got a 3.25 damascus last week
Used for less than 2 mins then back in the box and small crk back in pocket. The shf is not a great knife. It's ok at best. I regret getting it. Only reason I'm keeping it is because I'm in Australia and our resale market sucks
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I have two 4 inch models and they rule. The biggest folder CRK makes is too small for my grip. SHF is like if Chris Reeve and Rick Hinderer had a zesty lovechild and I'm here for it. To each their own.
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Just be careful, they're all offered in tanto points and those are too powerful for bananas.

More seriously, the overbuilt, tactical thing has cooled off and smaller, more EDC friendly knives with brighter colors are in. Modern/traditional hybrids are big right now, automatics seem to be getting more and more popular as they become legal in more places, button locks and crossbar locks are enormously popular, small boutique companies using OEM are a much bigger thing, not too much else I can think of.
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Kidding aside, them tactical brickhouses that can also cut stuff will always have a place in my collection. Charming and dependable tool knives for sure.

Agree that smaller EDC knives are far more convenient to carry.

So now the Civivi Elementum is the best EDC knife money can buy.
 
DangerZone98 said:
Kidding aside, them tactical brickhouses that can also cut stuff will always have a place in my collection. Charming and dependable tool knives for sure.

Agree that smaller EDC knives are far more convenient to carry.

So now the Civivi Elementum is the best EDC knife money can buy.
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Oh, I love big blades like that as well. I pretty routinely carry a CS Immortal, Bushranger, SOG SEAL XR and Microtech Combat Troodon because chunky, tacitcool knives will always have a place in my collection for making me smile purposes.

ETA: (Not all at the same time) 😜
 
cmfkdragoon said:
This might not be new, but it is relatively new to me: the amount of excellent makers you will find on BF and the various social media platforms. I typically despise social media but am on Instagram ever day looking at knife porn.
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The butterfly knife community pretty much lives on instagram now unfortunately. Thats the only place I've been able to get custom work done on balisongs.
 
Cool so the CPK edc2 i carry everyday won't be giggled at lol.

I was seeing some of the prices lately for like mundane shit and im used to paying the great white north tax but I was shocked a spyderco that was 50 or 60 canadian bucks 5 years ago is 100 now.

Zirc seems to have fallen off the hype train at least lol.
 
I thought the AB iMamba was the sebenza killer? I cant keep up.

eta - meta hotness is going to be the microtech manual with its overly complex locking mech which is like crossbarredcompressedcagedshark or something
 
What is new...

In 2020. Cold steel became Sold Steel. And their customer service and QC apparently took a hit. But greed prevailed and now you have 4116 and 4043 for crazy high prices.

SOG was bought by same company soon after Cold Steel.

ZDP-189 was discontinued.

Spyderco now uses lots of K390.

Benchmade patent went out and well... now others make it better than they do, for better prices too.

Mike Stewart is as shady as ever.

Everyone is crazy for Magnacut steel and spending crazy money on it.
 
Shorttime said:
The majority of news has been on the metallurgy front. Larrin does a good job of being comprehensive, but reading his work puts you at risk of having your brain hurt from the amount of technical knowledge being stuffed into it. Generally, after a couple pages, I have to go eat a banana, and swing on the tire swing in my enclosure, for a while.
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I'm thankful for my padded room in these situations.

Russian knives are very popular now too. Custom Knife Factory, Shirogorov, Cheburkov, Biryukov... The latter two are excellent, I've yet to accumulate the funds to try the former two.
 
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