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Prices are PP G&S, shipped CONUS. Will ship elsewhere as long as we can come to an agreement about shipping costs). First definite claim takes precedence. Prefer to sell, but it can't hurt to offer a trade, worst I can say is no.
Chavez Ultramar Redencion Street Tanto (Black PVD S35VN, Ti w/ Black Canvas Micarta inlay) - Catch-and-release, but also LNIB. This one is as yet uncarried and unused. I picked it up just to see what the default detent & action on one of these was like, to see whether a modified one I picked up as a project would be worth the trouble of fixing (spoiler: yes.) The skull clip isn't my thing, but I'm in agreement with Slicey Dicey's (YouTube) review of the custom version... the rest of the knife is so good I don't care. Fit & finish are excellent, it looks great, and the blade slices better than it looks like it will (I haven't used this one, but I have used my project knife), and I haven't met have another folder that fills my hand as comfortably and authoritatively as this one does. The only thing I can say that isn't entirely positive (besides the clip, depending on your taste) is that the initial opening detent does start out relatively stiff. The problem with my project knife is that someone ground down the detent ball... way too much, so that it can now easily just drop open. But I can see why they might have thought trying that was a good idea when they first got the knife. By all accounts they quickly wear in, to a not only reasonable, but excellent release, but this one still takes a heavy thumb to pop open, and if you can finger-flick it, I'm not sure I am man enough to shake your hand. - $265
Spyderco Para 3 Lightweight (BD-1N, FRN) - Purchased new, carried off and on for perhaps a week in total. Has opened a few packages. Might be a little tape schmutz on the blade that I missed, otherwise you would be hard-pressed to find any clue that it isn't brand new (FRN doesn't exactly pick up snail-trails the way Ti does). Good compression-lock action, flickable with the best of them. Blade slightly favors the clip side (not something I had even noticed until I specifically looked before writing this up.) I like it a lot, I just have no good reason to keep both this and the Bugout around, and for me the Bugout wins out mainly because it can do a bit better impression of 'just a normal pocket-knife' in situations where that matters. Functionally, it's a toss-up. - $75
Chavez Ultramar Redencion Street Tanto (Black PVD S35VN, Ti w/ Black Canvas Micarta inlay) - Catch-and-release, but also LNIB. This one is as yet uncarried and unused. I picked it up just to see what the default detent & action on one of these was like, to see whether a modified one I picked up as a project would be worth the trouble of fixing (spoiler: yes.) The skull clip isn't my thing, but I'm in agreement with Slicey Dicey's (YouTube) review of the custom version... the rest of the knife is so good I don't care. Fit & finish are excellent, it looks great, and the blade slices better than it looks like it will (I haven't used this one, but I have used my project knife), and I haven't met have another folder that fills my hand as comfortably and authoritatively as this one does. The only thing I can say that isn't entirely positive (besides the clip, depending on your taste) is that the initial opening detent does start out relatively stiff. The problem with my project knife is that someone ground down the detent ball... way too much, so that it can now easily just drop open. But I can see why they might have thought trying that was a good idea when they first got the knife. By all accounts they quickly wear in, to a not only reasonable, but excellent release, but this one still takes a heavy thumb to pop open, and if you can finger-flick it, I'm not sure I am man enough to shake your hand. - $265
Spyderco Para 3 Lightweight (BD-1N, FRN) - Purchased new, carried off and on for perhaps a week in total. Has opened a few packages. Might be a little tape schmutz on the blade that I missed, otherwise you would be hard-pressed to find any clue that it isn't brand new (FRN doesn't exactly pick up snail-trails the way Ti does). Good compression-lock action, flickable with the best of them. Blade slightly favors the clip side (not something I had even noticed until I specifically looked before writing this up.) I like it a lot, I just have no good reason to keep both this and the Bugout around, and for me the Bugout wins out mainly because it can do a bit better impression of 'just a normal pocket-knife' in situations where that matters. Functionally, it's a toss-up. - $75
