Difference in Knife Manufacturers

[marcinek]

Didn't work. All I found was Lum's site, which uses a hideous green font. Is that what you meant?

I didn't see a knife there I'd buy. Thanks for your help, though, I would have found his site.

Yes. But its not Bob Lum's site, and what difference does the font color make?

The Lum Encounter damascus shown at the top of that page is made by a quality maker (Seki Cut), has a quality damsacus blade, and has a similar handle shape as the BM you are so desperate to replace.

If that isn't close enough, fine, and good luck with your search.

 

[KingMC]

A few years ago, we bought matching Spyderco Delicas in Damascus steel for EDC for my wife and I.

We sort of like them, but the grips are much thinner than the Benchmade was. And the Spyderco opens with a loud "thwack" when the Benchmade just silently snuck open and locked.

So are these the differences between manufacturers? I see that Spyderco doesn't make any knives with a fuller, rounded grip, and Benchmade only appears to make one knife with Damascus steel. I had a Buck 110 for twenty years, and gave it up for something lighter, which I promptly lost because it didn't have a sheath. Took me a while to get used to carrying a knife in my pocket. Buck appears to make knives at the other end of the spectrum: all handle, with a blade.

We like the Damascus steel purely for it's beauty, but the Spyderco scales feel like we're holding something that wasn't designed to be held.

Does Benchmade (which makes the good scales) put out a Damascus knife that I've missed?

How does one get the knife they want without buying a custom knife or becoming a knife maker?

Surprisingly, Spyderco and Benchmade are different companies that employ different designers to design different knives with different locks, so it makes perfect sense that 2 completely different knives feel quite different from each other and have notable differences in their operation and quality.

The Spyderco Delica and Benchmade Dejaovoo are two knives so different that comparing the two's features against each other seems irrational at best. Back-lock vs Liner lock, S30V vs. Damascus, Stainless (or FRN, you didn't say) scales vs. G10, the only similarity is the spydie-hole for opening.

Sometimes knives have features that don't appeal to us, the reasonable solution is to find a different knife to try until you find one you like, there are way too many knives out there to expect every one to be just right for you.

 

[Jammer Six]

Two Boker Gents are on their way.

 

[PURPLEDC]

OP - it is a weak argument to use cooking as an example of things some people are able to do while others can't. IMHO, any adult, male or female, can cook and cook well. It is just a matter of willingness to learn or task allocations between husband and wife in a family.

I would have to agree. Laziness, fear, ignorance and stubbornness aren't reasons for not being able to cook. But they are good reasons why someone might claim they cant without trying. And sometimes we have to try more than once to get something right. A lot of times even.

 

[Jammer Six]

Maybe in the first half century. Between husband and wife, when one has half a century experience and expertise at something, and the other has very little, and that half a century ago, I know how that task is going to go. It's why I get stuck with any little thing that happens on the roof.

 

[K.O.D.]

OP - it is a weak argument to use cooking as an example of things some people are able to do while others can't. IMHO, any adult, male or female, can cook and cook well. It is just a matter of willingness to learn or task allocations between husband and wife in a family.

I am absolutely amazing with a box of Kraft macaroni and cheese!

Maybe in the first half century. Between husband and wife, when one has half a century experience and expertise at something, and the other has very little, and that half a century ago, I know how that task is going to go. It's why I get stuck with any little thing that happens on the roof.

Not sure exactly what you are trying to say.

There are many, many knife manufacturers out there, and thousands of knives to choose from. Like many things, it is trial and error. That is the beauty of this forum; You can sell what doesn't work for you.

I've had knives ranging from $5 gas station jarbenzas to a $550 Brian Tighe custom. I still have yet find the perfect knife.

Sometimes you have to up your spending limit.

Best of luck in the eternal search.