Carry one for a day and you will understand the hype. Start out with a tenacious and you will get hooked. I hated Spyderco and a friend gave me one to try out. Well I am here one year later and a few thousand dollars poorer but happy. I am now up to about 30 not including my other knives, I still usually leave the house carrying two Spyderco's. Once you get bit it's all over. As a Suggestion for the money and American Kershaw Link S35VN. I believe it only comes in blue only and it a store exclusive. If you google it it will come up. I can't say enough good things about it. I have the regular one and the S35VN it is a tank.
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Cheapest legit S35VN knife?
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Think about this question with a different alloy, Maxamet.
ZT tried making knives with it (888MAX), and with the ones they "okay'd" for release by QC, 50% had a bad HT.
That is a $600+ knife and it can only be bought second hand. If you chance a NIB model, you have a 50/50 shot of having a $600+ cost for a non-optimally performing knife.
Now, take Spyderco (the only other major company working with Maxamet). They have three models in the alloy, and are planning two more...
ETA: Spyderco does Maxamet right.
The companies that take the time to get things right is where your money should go. Not who has it cheapest, mostly because you can probably find a faulty 888MAX for fairly cheap (comparatively speaking).
I am not saying I don't shop around for the best price, but I do shop wisely. And buying a lower end, lesser performing knife to save $20 is trivial...
Can that $20 buy you a second knife that will perform equally? No?
Then spend it on the better quality knife.
Want to make up for the bump in cost?
Eat a PB&J for lunch and dinner tomorrow and you saved enough coin to get the better knife.
ZT tried making knives with it (888MAX), and with the ones they "okay'd" for release by QC, 50% had a bad HT.
That is a $600+ knife and it can only be bought second hand. If you chance a NIB model, you have a 50/50 shot of having a $600+ cost for a non-optimally performing knife.
Now, take Spyderco (the only other major company working with Maxamet). They have three models in the alloy, and are planning two more...
ETA: Spyderco does Maxamet right.
The companies that take the time to get things right is where your money should go. Not who has it cheapest, mostly because you can probably find a faulty 888MAX for fairly cheap (comparatively speaking).
I am not saying I don't shop around for the best price, but I do shop wisely. And buying a lower end, lesser performing knife to save $20 is trivial...
Can that $20 buy you a second knife that will perform equally? No?
Then spend it on the better quality knife.
Want to make up for the bump in cost?
Eat a PB&J for lunch and dinner tomorrow and you saved enough coin to get the better knife.
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Why exactly do you want an S35VN knife? There are tons of knives just as good at much lower prices.
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I am the guy who recommended the FRN Native 5, but I think Kizers are fine. I have owned a few, but the only one I currently have is VG10. Kizer is a quality operation.
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i dont think many mass produced knives use cryo on s35vn, do they?
in any case, kizer has proven to be similar in testing to CRK and some ZT's in Cedric Ada outdoors & gear testing.
he even tested the LA police gear s35vn of which turned out to be similar result if not a rockwell lower than them (besides that, its a really bad design that will probably bite you since its only one way clip design, watch his review on it).
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yea, LAPG is low hrc and possibly even 440c
not worth it. actual cardboard testing shows low performance.
kizer also low hrc
performs different than C&A also in cardboard testing.
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Absolutely Anthony!
I have a Corto and a Nomad. Both are quality pieces that I really enjoy!
Both s35vn with really nice grinds that slice beautifully!
Joe
I have a Corto and a Nomad. Both are quality pieces that I really enjoy!
Both s35vn with really nice grinds that slice beautifully!
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my immediate reaction is the Spyderco native 5 lw as well. but, was curious what else was out there so i filtered one of the major sites (folders only)
they only thing below the native 5 lw, i'd cautiously call "legit" are the cold steel lucky one (you'd have to be ok slipjoints) and the kizer t6. honestly you'd probably be fine with any of these. i'm a fan of spyderco qc in general, so my answer is the native.
they only thing below the native 5 lw, i'd cautiously call "legit" are the cold steel lucky one (you'd have to be ok slipjoints) and the kizer t6. honestly you'd probably be fine with any of these. i'm a fan of spyderco qc in general, so my answer is the native.