Best all around real pocket knife benchmade 940 or spyderco pm2???

XJ-linux said:
I quit buying PM2’s and 3’s after breaking a few tips off. No, not every tip broke, but enough did for the tasks I perform to move me away. They make great scalpels and certainly slice well! That’s been my experience with a few and as such they’re just collectibles to me. I’d go with any number of Benchmade designs over a PM2 if it were for using. I’ve damaged BM’s as well, but those were well deserved breaks.
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The waved PM2 fixed that problem 😁

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PM2 is my vote, but if you don't mind Chinese made knives the Kunwu Django is my preference for an ambidextrous hyper-functional EDC folder. The tolerances and quality are so much better than either BM or Spyderco (at least the models in question).
 
DMG said:
Why, specifically?
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No politics allowed in this particular sub forum - but the simple answer without any politics is they used their shop tools to cut up guns during a 2019 buyback program in their home state.

In other news, the regular, non-lefty compression lock is the most left handed-friendly knife lock on the planet I say. I’m an ambidextrous dummy and it’s incredibly handy and quick to shut one of those with a left hand.
 
scoobtay said:
No politics allowed in this particular sub forum - but the simple answer without any politics is they used their shop tools to cut up guns during a 2019 buyback program in their home state.

In other news, the regular, non-lefty compression lock is the most left handed-friendly knife lock on the planet I say. I’m an ambidextrous dummy and it’s incredibly handy and quick to shut one of those with a left hand.
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Some do Remember...!
 
mommaslittlehelper1985 said:
Just a tad off the top carving a branch but enough to bum me out got me thinking what my next knife would be...something light with a strong tip easy to carry...I was messing around with the axis lock it was stiff I was opening closeing until I broke one omega in the 940
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From those two knives, I'm guessing your preferences are U.S.-made folders in the $200-300 range.

I love PM2s, and I've never had issues with durability. If you're looking for a stronger tip, a few folks mentioned the Gayle Bradley 2 - it's a personal favorite, but I hardly ever recommend it blindly because it has quirks that can polarize users (lockbar access, non-stainless, steel liners extend from the grip material). It's a desert island knife for me, but it's not for everyone.

ZT0452 is a great knife. It carries really well for a blade that large and it's pretty much flawless for me in action, feel, and execution. I just wish it cut better. If ZT would make this knife hollow-ground and/or just thin up the BTE thickness I would love it a lot more.

ProTech Mordax is really light - the lightest of this group, carries superbly, cuts better than the 0452 but not as well as a GB2. I love this one and carry it a lot. The flipping action is not as confident as the ZT, but it's solid, and I really like the button lock.

If you really like the Axis lock thing (I don't) and want a tough US-made knife - check out a Hogue RSK. It doesn't carry as light as the others listed, but it still fits your criteria.
 
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These two knives are worlds apart, I own both. The Spyderco is for pure cutting. Just cut and slice. One trick pony, but good at what that horse can do. Cut. The Osborne was designed by a rancher. It's purpose built to scrape crap out of a horse's hoof, open a can of Copenhagen, pry a toolbox lid open, and spread peanut butter. It cuts like, well, a pocketknife. The Spydie cuts like a freakshow laser beam. But I don't recommend digging into a horse's hoof with it. Two different knives, two radically different approaches to being knives.
 
Leo Greer said:
PM2 is my vote, but if you don't mind Chinese made knives the Kunwu Django is my preference for an ambidextrous hyper-functional EDC folder. The tolerances and quality are so much better than either BM or Spyderco (at least the models in question).
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Could you quantify this? How did you measure the tolerances? How is quality better? How did you verify the steel and check the RC?
 
A comparison photo for the op if they are still watching. I don’t know why I included the Starmate other than I found it while I was going through my pile of knives and forgot how cool it is. Order top to bottom and right to left is Starmate, GB2, Firetac, PM2, 940-1, small Sebenza. The Firetac doesn’t get enough credit in the big knife that pockets like a small knife discussion. Also probably in the top 2 strongest built knives in this group.IMG_0265.jpegIMG_0272.jpegIMG_0271.jpeg
 
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