Recommendation? EDC folder

[David Mary]

which Spyderco models work for me

None work for me, until I work on them. Hot spots, weak detents, too thick behind the edge, 50/50 choils that are better for me as full length cutting edge, etc. Story of my knife life....

 

[David Mary]

The serrated, reground, crowned spine and thumb ramp resilience light weights in 8CR13MoV are my EDC blades. One for the homestead and one for the world.

 

[elevator man]

The serrated, reground, crowned spine and thumb ramp resilience light weights in 8CR13MoV are my EDC blades. One for the homestead and one for the world.

What'd you do to that PM2? I like the shape of it, looks like it has more blade even if it's just an illusion

 

[David Mary]

What'd you do to that PM2? I like the shape of it, looks like it has more blade even if it's just an illusion

I moved the choil into my shop vac.

 

[Chronovore]

None work for me, until I work on them. Hot spots, weak detents, too thick behind the edge, 50/50 choils that are better for me as full length cutting edge, etc. Story of my knife life....

I just happened to have a pic of my Sage 5 next to one of my favorites from you. I rounded off the thumb ramp, crowned the spine, chamfered the Spydie hole, deleted the scale nub that formed the bottom of the choil, and did some very minor sanding around the perimeter. Now it feels amazing!

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Love the reground tenacious. Need to put one of those next to my reground resilience I got from you. Super slicer that one. I like the pm2 with no choil. I have a love hate relationship with my Crucarta Pm2. I need to drop the point on it and maybe I'd like it more.

 

[ron finkbeiner jr]

Spyderco PM2 hard to beat and very customizable and in a variety of blade steels.

 

[chiefsmakahoe.]

The grips feel cheap and mine is older 154cm steel and I’ve used it quite a bit but just Benchmade in general isn’t my thing. There are a few I love like the crooked river and the Osborne but the griptilian feels cheap to me

What about an Emerson mini a100 or regular 100 also you could get a pretty good trm atom for around that price get some micarta scales the guys on fb forum for trm are an amazing bunch of ppl

 

[chiefsmakahoe.]

Yea that’s an option for sure. I was looking at an automatic version but not sure that is the most durable way to go. I have only 1 auto it’s a Boker strike. I’m pretty sure I bought it just to have an auto
The Deka is like a Benchmade but better?

Sorta and the Ritter hogue is basically a grip but better

 

[Stringjam7]

Since you're looking for a Wharncliffe in the 3-3.5" range, I would definitely put this on the radar. ZT doesn't make the 0808 anymore, but they are usually cheap enough on the used market. Easy to manipulate wearing leather gloves, too (I worked on a farm for 15 years, so that would definitely be criteria for me if I had to pick a knife going back).

 

[Kwon Kwang]

I think if the great knives you've already got don't do it for you, may as well sell them and get a CRK. Can't really do much better than a Sebenza or Inkosi.

Alternatively, I always recommend the Buck custom shoppe. There'll be something on there you most certainly will like, and you can truly make it yours for far less than a CRK.