Chris reeve, strider, hinderer?

I've owned all the knives mentioned and ALL of them are top quality. The only one I still own is the Hinderer but I regret gifting the Sebenza so I'm going to eventually get another. The strider just didn't do it for me. This is not to say it wasn't a heck of a knife, it just wasn't for me.
 
Lycosa said:
Let's add the Para Military to this group of fine knives.
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I agree. Especially if you can get one of the upgraded steel versions. I would love to see another carbon fiber run. The fit, finish on the green one I received was excellent. No play, centered, smooth as silk out if the box.
 
mjolnir74 said:
I agree. Especially if you can get one of the upgraded steel versions. I would love to see another carbon fiber run. The fit, finish on the green one I received was excellent. No play, centered, smooth as silk out if the box.
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With the price of those sprint runs are going for you can get a Strider or CR on the secondary market and have superior materials like Ti and still have the super steels. At $100 the para 2 is a awesome buy. Anything over that not so much, IMO.
 
ti or g10 is just preference....I payed 215$ for my m390 pm2 and i use the crap out of it even with 500+$ knives it gets pocket time and thats saying something absolutely worth 300$ for me

xICEMANx said:
With the price of those sprint runs are going for you can get a Strider or CR on the secondary market and have superior materials like Ti and still have the super steels. At $100 the para 2 is a awesome buy. Anything over that not so much, IMO.
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I've always marveled at the Sebenzas I've owned yet always trade them off. Not a darn thing wrong with them but good trade bait for other knives that I'm curious about. I will say that I use my SnG for tasks that I absolutely wouldn't with my Sebenza and yes I wouldn't slice sushi with the SnG!

I almost traded my SnG DGG and Southard for an XM-18, but got cold feet. Nice they are, but giving up a little over $700 for a $400 knife brought me to my senses. If any knife should be added it should be the Southard. One helluva a flipper/frame lock.
 
I just got my para military 2 yesterday, not sure if I like the lock thou?
I'll give it more time.
Thanks for all your responses
 
i cant speak to hinderers and striders, but as for CRK, its about feel to me. I have only handled a plain small and large 21, but the feel of them is so much different than any of the other 50 to 200 dollar knives I've owned. I have cheaper knives that cut as well or better, but non of them are such a joy to handle. The sound the lock makes and the buttery smoothness of the pivot, immaculate finish of the whole thing, just rubs me the right way. It feels like fine cutlery to me.

All that being said, it's not likely ill buy another one. I still don't feel that its worth 370 bucks to me (used, ebay), yet still i like it enough to hold on to it and carry it most days. I am curious about the 25 and the umnum, so i may pick one up just to play with for a while then sell whatever i like less. One CRK is enough for me.

I would consider getting a hinderer if i could at normal price, but i cant so i wont.

Strider i have a hard time with, after many hours of seeing the knives, the designs slowly grew on me enough to have some desire for an SNG, but they seem over priced to me so its pretty low on my list
 
Krav said:
I just got my para military 2 yesterday, not sure if I like the lock thou?
I'll give it more time.
Thanks for all your responses
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Krav, your knife is still new and perhaps not broken it.
I absolutely LOVE that compression lock on the PM2. When you press the lock and the opened blade just floats smoothly back into the grip...all by itself...that's like MUSIC.
 
I almost traded my SnG DGG and Southard for an XM-18, but got cold feet. Nice they are, but giving up a little over $700 for a $400 knife brought me to my senses. If any knife should be added it should be the Southard. One helluva a flipper/frame lock.[/QUOTE]


I have been trying to find a decent price on the southard, I really like flippers, and that seems to be a great knife
 
Sonnydaze said:
Krav, your knife is still new and perhaps not broken it.
I absolutely LOVE that compression lock on the PM2. When you press the lock and the opened blade just floats smoothly back into the grip...all by itself...that's like MUSIC.
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What it is, when I open it, with my thumb, my index finger is resting on the back of the knife, then the compression lock snaps into place giving me a pinch to my finger. I have to open the knife a lil different so my finger doesn't rest on the back of The knife.
 
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Scurvy092 said:
I believe Sal himself has said that if they were to build the Southard in the US instead of Taiwan, it would cost $400+
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So why can Kershaw do a high end larger flipper with a bearing system and actually might have a one up because it's got a 3D machined frame lock and G10 for a similar price?
 
I just got a zt 0561, and I was just looking at 0550.

I really like the 0561, nice and solid, only down side is it's a little rough on the hand if you flip a lot.
The lock out blade has Jimping on it
 
If the argument against the more expensive knives runs like "you can get knives that cut as well for less money, " then we'd all be carrying snap off razor blades or box cutters. There's something more to hinderers and crks (can't speak for striders) that make them worth having and carrying. Maybe it's intangible, but when I have them in my pocket they just satisfy something that has to do with my love of knives.
 
I see me having a sebenza 25 in my front pocket sometime before Christmas, or a hinderer.
Part of the fun is researching, dreaming, watching videos, reading, asking questions,
The fights over when I get it, but I like to have it in my pocket, or just around the house,
That feels good..
 
I don't think you can add the Paramilitary or most ZTs to this group, to be honest. The Paramilitary, like many of Spyderco's knives, are fantastic and more than worth the price you pay, but I think considering them a cut above is untrue. There are many things you can improve on the Paramilitary, for example. With a Sebenza, you're getting the RIL/framelock from the person who's name is in the design, a level of accuracy with parts that is to the extreme, a blade made of steel co-developed by the guy selling the knife, you get a built in secondary market, the history behind the company (just like in the high-end watch world), and you ultimately get a knife that will last you a lifetime. Send it in, for next to nothing you can have it sent back in pristine condition. Now, I don't own any CRKs, but I do see why they're a 'cut above' in a category with mostly custom knives.

ZT offers great value, as well, but they have had a lot of flaws. Messing up the Elmax steel, lock issues with a few models, poor finish and jimping, etc. They do sell a good product and cheaper versions of high-end customs that are fantastic (plus they are really good about warranty work), but they're definitely a notch below the top.

CRK's prestige and the services they offer are two great reasons to buy from them, but that doesn't mean they make the best cutting tools. It's the same reason Rolex and Omega are great...nobody really cares that quartz watches are more accurate than the high end automatic movements they use.

Custom knives are great because the person who designed it is making the one you're using...and that's really nice especially when it's someone well known. I guess that is part of why CRK is similar to them, too. Owning a piece of history, in a way. Just my .02
 
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