Bob Lum help

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"SC-106SD Little Encounter, Damascus 3-1/8" VG-10 core edge forged with 32 layered stainless Damascus blade and 4-1/8" Cocobolo/Stainless handle"

Opinions, experience? Specifically, "core edge"? Anyone know how far that extends -- enough to suffice for general sharpening over a period of years.

I'm an awful newbie looking for a good, solid, tough enough, interesting EDC.

Thanks.
 
It appears the knife you are asking about is made by Seki Cut. Seki Cut makes very nice knives however they are not very popular on this forum because they are kind of hard to come by in North America. As far as how long the blade will last, you definately don't have to worry about that. I have used knives everyday for the last ten years and have never had any of them wear down significantly even with regular honing. Also VG-10 is an excellent blade steel and holds an edge pretty darned good. The Vg-10 is laminated in between the damascus steel like a sandwich with the Vg-10 in the middle. Therefore even if you sharpened like a mad man and wore the edge all the way to the middle of the blade, you would still be cutting with the Vg-10. I love most anything made or designed by Bob Lum as he is definately in my top 5 favorite knife makers of all time.

On a side note you may want to check out Mcusta knives. They are around the same price range but are much more available and popular around here. Check out the selection that knifeworks has. The pictures really don't do these knives justice you really need to get one in hand to fully appreciate it. But check it out I think you'll really like what you see. They are like the Seki-Cuts you were looking at but with much fancier handles.
 
Thank you for a very detailed and articulate response. Japanese knives direct (or something like) has both Mcustas and the Bob Lums, with only $7.00 shipping. One of the Lum's has a cocobolo and stainless handle, so I'm leaning in that direction.

As I said, I'm new to knives -- branching out from pistols -- so will probably end up with a more "hard use" knife later. Right now I have some old boy scout type folders, an old Camillus bosun's knife (marked USN), and an old navy sword my granddad ground down to large knife size. I'll probably go with a more tactical "hard use" Emerson type for my next one, but I wanted to start out with something for daily care that wouldn't frighten the overly sensitive and be a little out of the ordinary.

BTW, what exactly makes a knife "hard use" v. just good and durable?

Again, thanks.
 
I have the aluminum handled version. It's excellent. :thumbup:

I also have a micarta handled version, the fit and finish isn't as good and the lock up isn't great either (lock bar has over travel). :grumpy:
 
A lot of different things combine to make a knife more "hard use" than others. When speaking of folding knives the biggest contributing factors are the type of lock used, the blade grind and thickness, the construction and size of the pivot, and the handle material and construction. Each of these different aspects could have pages written on them to fully describe everything but right now I'm feeling rather tired as its 1 am here. Use the search feature and type in phrases such as "lock strength", "hard use folders", "framelock vs. linerlock", "lockbar stabilizer", "blade geometry", "heat treat"... Good luck and ask more questions if needed. Thats what were here for.
 
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