Best Recon1 version

[EatingSarma]

What is the best version in your opinion?

AUS8 ultra lock version?
AUS8 triad lock version?
CTS-XHP version?
CPM S35VN version?
MagnaCut version?

It's not just steel, it's about fit and finish and other factors too.
If you had to buy and use one of these now - which one would you pick?

 

[jbmonkey]

I liked the aus8 versions due to the low costs and cold steels Taiwan maker did a great heat treat on it.

my second pick would be the xhps. I just like that steel.

 

[rycen]

CTS XHP hard to find
S35VN with the glossy DLC easy to find

 

[MolokaiRider]

Hard to beat good old S35VN in the current lineup.

100 bucks gets you a good folder.

 

[EatingSarma]

CTS XHP hard to find
S35VN with the glossy DLC easy to find

I feel lucky I found one.

 

[oldmanwilly]

The coolest is the old Ultralock model in AUS-8. When I was a kid, my older cousin had an Ultralock model that he used for everything and I swear it was the coolest folding knife my 12 year old self had ever seen.

The best is the G10/Triad Lock version in CTS-XHP.

 

[DangerZone98]

S35VN cuz that’s my knife.

 

[el gigantor]

I gifted a clip point AUS-8 to a friend who needed a good knife. He still carries it every day. We both agree it’s great.

 

[EatingSarma]

I gifted a clip point AUS-8 to a friend who needed a good knife. He still carries it every day. We both agree it’s great.

You are an awesomd friend man.

 

[DocJD]

CTS-XHP version

...with a Snaggletooth wave opener .

Because, I have one !

 

[Zephyr One/Zero]

I would probably elect any of the variants featuring the 'triad lock'. The CTS-XHP version would definitely be a collection-gem. I have an S35VN edition, a Magnacut would be nice, but the price-point is a little high.