Commander or Super Commander for EDC

Akapennypincher · Apr 10, 2014

Got some unexpected funds today, and can not decide if I want a 4" Blade, or 3.4" Blade for a EDC. Leaning toward the Standard Commander.

Lycosa · Apr 10, 2014

The Commander is all you need. If not, go Uber.

cevtv · Apr 10, 2014

The regular Commander is NOT 3.4". That is a typo on the Emerson website. It's 3.75".

Rugger · Apr 10, 2014

Check your local laws concerning blade length. A 4" blade is right on the line in many places.

OnionPoptarts · Apr 10, 2014

Yeah don't go by the emerson website for blade lengths on the commander there's all kinds of crazy info. The jungle commander is shorter than a regular commander on the site, stuff like that. You don't gain much blade length with the super, but you do gain some sizable handle, to me that's the deciding factor.

crystalEyes · Apr 11, 2014

Regular commander is almost too big. All the knife you need.

Esav Benyamin · Apr 11, 2014

crystalEyes said:
Regular commander is almost too big. All the knife you need.

Big handle, big blade. Great hard use knife. It looks huge even in my fat hand. But the ergonomics are excellent.

jmorton10 · Apr 11, 2014

I have a Super Commander and it is HUGE.

~John

dman62 · Apr 11, 2014

Mini Commander is a great EDC knife. What size knife do you EDC now?

RiverRat84 · Apr 11, 2014

I vote mini. Super is great, but mini is a fantastic edc. Having said that I plan on getting a micro, regular, and uber at some point, but the mini does just great all on its own.

(Super & mini commander)

RevDevil · Apr 12, 2014

Esav Benyamin said:
Big handle, big blade. Great hard use knife. It looks huge even in my fat hand. But the ergonomics are excellent.

I agree, I picked one up(regular Commander) from a member here on the Exchange and it's one of the best as far as ergos and of course it's sharp as hell. Did you hear that? Damn that Super Commander is calling to me...

MrPocketsOfSteel · Apr 12, 2014

RiverRat84 said:
I vote mini. Super is great, but mini is a fantastic edc. Having said that I plan on getting a micro, regular, and uber at some point, but the mini does just great all on its own.

(Super & mini commander)9

Yeah - I never realized till this thread the actual sizes of the Commander. The mini FWIW is actually noticeably bigger than the HEST from DPx....so even the mini is a good chunk of blade and handle. No doubt the Commander will be my next piece of steel, hopefully I can swing a good deal for it.

HARDBALL · Apr 12, 2014

Ummmm......I clicked on this thread thinking we were talking 1911's.

HARDBALL

Badhammer · Apr 12, 2014

I own and carry a Commander. It does what I need it to do, when I need to do it.

Akapennypincher · Apr 12, 2014

I have settled on Commander, now I am still vacillating on Serrated, or NO Serration's? Leaning toward NO Serration's!

ibute21 · Apr 12, 2014

I say get the serrations if you're going to be utilizing the recurve a lot.

Officer's Match · Apr 12, 2014

Akapennypincher said:
I have settled on Commander, now I am still vacillating on Serrated, or NO Serration's? Leaning toward NO Serration's!

The Commander may very well be the only knife I've seen that "looks right" with serrations. Haven't had a serrated one yet, but am tempted...

OnionPoptarts · Apr 12, 2014

I would suggest no serrations, I personally don't like them. Now having that said I should also mention that serrations work better than normal on a knife with a recurve like this. My suggestion is get the knife without them, than latter if you decide that serrations are something you want you can always have them installed, but you can't have them removed without looking like crap.

Akapennypincher · Apr 13, 2014

OnionPoptarts said:
I would suggest no serrations, I personally don't like them. Now having that said I should also mention that serrations work better than normal on a knife with a recurve like this. My suggestion is get the knife without them, than latter if you decide that serrations are something you want you can always have them installed, but you can't have them removed without looking like crap.

Are you saying I can send the knife in to Emerson Company after the fact for SERRATION upgrade?

jmorton10 · Apr 13, 2014

Akapennypincher said:
Are you saying I can send the knife in to Emerson Company after the fact for SERRATION upgrade?

You can do that at anytime. Personally, I love the serrations on my Super Commander and EDC it quite a bit.

On the other hand, my other EDC is a Super 7 black tanto that I purposefully bought as a plain blade to make it easier to sharpen.

~John

Commander or Super Commander for EDC

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