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The following is a quote of my post in a different thread which was about advise for purchasing a folder; i posted this after the OP in that thread made a decision. The title of this thread says it all, should I spring for a 4-Max if I already have an Adamas or two? BTW, please avoid the standard BF response of "Get Both!" as I am weak and cannot take too much temptation int his regard. Would especially like to hear fromt hose who have one or the other and why they made their decision - ideally would like to hear from those that have both.
Here's what I posted in the other thread:
Seeing as the OP has already made a selection, I feel less guilty about thread drift with this post. Moreover, I am not ... AM NOT trying to get a flame going about Cold Steel, Lynn Thompson, Proof videos or anything of the sort. However, I will say that I like Cold Steel products, own a bunch of them and have been more than satisfied with their performance and extremely satisfied with their performance : price/value ratio. I also do like the triad lock and always wonder about those little springs in the Axis lock - I've already had a failure on one.
All that being said, I want to get a 4 Max. I like the style, the execution, the company, the lock ... I like the knife. So why don't I just pull the trigger? Because I have two BM Adamas knives, a user (freshly tuned, sharpened and a spring replaced by BM's wonderful customer service) and a back-up/Safe Queen. By being patient and waiting for deals to come up on the exchange I've got about $300, maybe just a tad more into both of them combined especially after figuring in shipping one to BM and their very fair fee for sharpening, etc.
For me to get a 4 Max I will have to spend about $300 +/- for just one. Will I like it better? Yes. Will I get more pride of ownership out of it? Yes. Is it a better knife? Probably. None of these factors are 200%; none of them justify twice the price - at least not for me. Will I succumb to weak moment one evening after a second cocktail and click the BUY IT NOW icon? Probably ... I just need a weak moment and a couple of cocktails to justify twice the price.
Here's what I posted in the other thread:
Seeing as the OP has already made a selection, I feel less guilty about thread drift with this post. Moreover, I am not ... AM NOT trying to get a flame going about Cold Steel, Lynn Thompson, Proof videos or anything of the sort. However, I will say that I like Cold Steel products, own a bunch of them and have been more than satisfied with their performance and extremely satisfied with their performance : price/value ratio. I also do like the triad lock and always wonder about those little springs in the Axis lock - I've already had a failure on one.
All that being said, I want to get a 4 Max. I like the style, the execution, the company, the lock ... I like the knife. So why don't I just pull the trigger? Because I have two BM Adamas knives, a user (freshly tuned, sharpened and a spring replaced by BM's wonderful customer service) and a back-up/Safe Queen. By being patient and waiting for deals to come up on the exchange I've got about $300, maybe just a tad more into both of them combined especially after figuring in shipping one to BM and their very fair fee for sharpening, etc.
For me to get a 4 Max I will have to spend about $300 +/- for just one. Will I like it better? Yes. Will I get more pride of ownership out of it? Yes. Is it a better knife? Probably. None of these factors are 200%; none of them justify twice the price - at least not for me. Will I succumb to weak moment one evening after a second cocktail and click the BUY IT NOW icon? Probably ... I just need a weak moment and a couple of cocktails to justify twice the price.