Recommendation? Contemplating next knife(or knives)

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PirateSeulb

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Budget is a factor looking to stay around $100 or less but breaking out over $100 won't be a problem up to a point.

One of my conundrums is I have really avoiding buying China made knives and more on principle than on quality concerns. China has a history of poor labor practices and little to no regard for copyrights/patents/trademarks etc. So when there is a nice knife made in China I struggle and majority of the time I can find something else to scratch what ever itch the China knife would. I have been more receptive toward the makers like WE and Kizer who have come out and made a strong showing of originality and quality. So ranting aside I keep coming back to 2 Chinese made knives right now that are on my list the BlackFox Bean and the Boker Plus Wasabi. Looking for any input on those but also input on my list in general of what all I am eyeballing.

Kershaw Bareknuckle
Boker Plus Wasabi (Cocobolo)
BlackFox Bean (Zebra)
Maserin Plow v2 (CK Exclusive)
Swiza D06

Just over or right at the $100 I also have looked at the following
MKM Burnley Fara (Santos)
Viper DAN 2
LionSteel Bolus Clip Rams Horn (CK Exclusive)
 
PirateSeulb said:
Budget is a factor looking to stay around $100 or less but breaking out over $100 won't be a problem up to a point.

One of my conundrums is I have really avoiding buying China made knives and more on principle than on quality concerns. China has a history of poor labor practices and little to no regard for copyrights/patents/trademarks etc. So when there is a nice knife made in China I struggle and majority of the time I can find something else to scratch what ever itch the China knife would. I have been more receptive toward the makers like WE and Kizer who have come out and made a strong showing of originality and quality. So ranting aside I keep coming back to 2 Chinese made knives right now that are on my list the BlackFox Bean and the Boker Plus Wasabi. Looking for any input on those but also input on my list in general of what all I am eyeballing.

Kershaw Bareknuckle
Boker Plus Wasabi (Cocobolo)
BlackFox Bean (Zebra)
Maserin Plow v2 (CK Exclusive)
Swiza D06

Just over or right at the $100 I also have looked at the following
MKM Burnley Fara (Santos)
Viper DAN 2
LionSteel Bolus Clip Rams Horn (CK Exclusive)
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Check out the Para3 liteweight. What a great knife.

I find the system on the Viper Dan makes it feel a little funny. It’s a knife I really wanted to like tii.
 
@Odds I'm not worried about the pinned construction I just don't like it and want to be able to disassemble my knives is all.

Lapedog Lapedog I did check out the Para3 LW and as a lefty I have found that a compression lock doesn't work so far the compression lock is the only lock that to me is not ambidextrous. There are more locks out there for me to try but for now it is the only one on my list for not lefty friendly. For the DAN I am expecting it to be comparable to my CK Viper EZOpen detent system seeing as it is the same company and from what I can tell it is the same system.
 
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