Can't decide on my next knife!

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f250

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In the last year I've been exposed to a lot of new knives and my collection has grown quite a bit. I've gotten opinels, a svord, 2 spydercos, several Beckers, and a nice GEC #42, and I'm growing a small SAK collection. Before this, I only bought kershaws, so the quality of my knives as well the variability of my collection has grown a LOT.

I've got about $150 to spend on a knife in the next month or so and I can't decide what to go with next!

Currently want a folder that's light, slicy, and not so nice or delicate I will be afraid to put it through its paces. I'm also enjoying trying out some different steels, so anything other than aus8, D2, 1095, etc is a plus. My only flipper is a Kershaw oso sweet, so I'm thinking a nicer flipper might be a good addition. Can't be too heavy duty, must be light enough to carry in lighter weight pants/shorts.

Knives I'm interested in but don't quite hit the mark for me right at this moment:

Manix 2 lightweight
Delica
Native full serrated
Police
Victorinox Pioneer
GEC #15
Damascus peanut (probably wont find that one for a long time)
Still have yet to own a benchmade, ZT, or Emerson, haven't seen a model for any of those brands that really caught my eye.
Any suggestions? Any budget folders I have yet to experience? Brands I'm missing and need to try out?
 
Cold Steel American Lawman. Don't let all the silly, cheesy Cold Steel "tactical" stuff keep you from owning one. It is by far one of most useful/functional knives I own. It is very tough yet still lightweight and an excellent slicer due to the high hollow grind. I use mine all the time in the garden, in the kitchen, camping, and at work. I use this knife harder than I would similar knives because I know it can handle it.
 
Colt liner lock in D2. I know you said "other than D2", but it's a great knife, razor edge, sturdy; one you will use forever. Along with my SAK Tinker, it's my EDC.
Rich
 
Get yourself a Emerson Roadhouse and enjoy the wave feature, flicking it open from your pocket hundreds of times or thousands of times in my case...:D
 
You might want to take a look at the Kizer Ki3404A3
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f250 said:
In the last year I've been exposed to a lot of new knives and my collection has grown quite a bit. I've gotten opinels, a svord, 2 spydercos, several Beckers, and a nice GEC #42, and I'm growing a small SAK collection. Before this, I only bought kershaws, so the quality of my knives as well the variability of my collection has grown a LOT.

I've got about $150 to spend on a knife in the next month or so and I can't decide what to go with next!

Currently want a folder that's light, slicy, and not so nice or delicate I will be afraid to put it through its paces. I'm also enjoying trying out some different steels, so anything other than aus8, D2, 1095, etc is a plus. My only flipper is a Kershaw oso sweet, so I'm thinking a nicer flipper might be a good addition. Can't be too heavy duty, must be light enough to carry in lighter weight pants/shorts.

Knives I'm interested in but don't quite hit the mark for me right at this moment:

Manix 2 lightweight
Delica
Native full serrated
Police
Victorinox Pioneer
GEC #15
Damascus peanut (probably wont find that one for a long time)
Still have yet to own a benchmade, ZT, or Emerson, haven't seen a model for any of those brands that really caught my eye.
Any suggestions? Any budget folders I have yet to experience? Brands I'm missing and need to try out?
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Not a flipper but as a Millie-fanboy I always say every knife nut needs to own at least one Spyderco Military...



 
You need:
A Spyderco Delica (light and easy)
A Spyderco Endura
A Spyderco Caly3 ZDP-189
A Cold Steel Mini Recon 1
A Cold Steel American Lawman
A Buck 110
 
Kizer Ki423
One of the Cold Steel's in CTS-XHP
Spyderco Manix 2 G10
Spyderco Gayle Bradley
 
A Buck 110? Really?

How about a Benchmade 531. Very slim and light with a slicy .090 thick 154CM blade. Not a flipper, though.

The Boker Urban Trapper is a flipper, is only slightly thicker at .100 and comes in VG-10.

The CRKT Ripple is another flipper in .100 thick Acuto 440. The Eros is another lightweight flipper from CRKT in Acuto+ and only .090 thick.

The quintessential lightweight flipper is the Kershaw Leek. You can find them in several different steels, most commonly a Sandvik 14C28N and it's .090 thick.
 
Great suggestions thanks!

I'm going to have to try the military for sure, but I think that's one I will buy used whenever I can find one at a good price.

So far I'm really liking the boker urban trapper and I'm still stuck on the manix.

I think for now it might come down to the boker trapper or the crkt ripple. I want to try that ball bearing pivot out.
 
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