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I have read so many reviews of Emerson Knives that have been saying that Emerson's are garbage. I want to tell the truth. This is the deal with an emerson knife. The knife is excellent in robustness; horrible with finish, period.
First let us define knives in general, at one end we have Spyderco. The design of a Spyderco is excellent, the fit and finnish is par to none; this can not be argued. Now when we question the durability of a knife, Sypderco is on the loosing end. Why? Simply because Spyderco Knives are designed to cut, not to act as a pry-bar or hammer. We will call this #10 on a scale from 1 - 10. Spydercos are meant for pure cutting performance, not for abuse. Now on the other end of the abuse scale are the fixed blade knives; #1. Obvioulsy the fixed blade knives are on an entirely different level than folders, but semi-recently Cold Steel with their "Trid-Ad Lock" (This I know by experience) is the best you can get to a fixed blade, and are good enough to compare.
The truth of the deal is this:
Emerson: These knives from what I have seen owning a few, is this, bad finish with a lot of durability and robustness.
Spyderco: Excellent fit and finnish with beyond excellent cutting performance, will fail in robust usage.
Simply that the Emerson will hold up to abuse that will make any other tactical folder of similar spec fail. However the spyderco will out cut the Emerson @ 57-59 RC. in many tasks.
I must admit I am a bit drunk when writing this. However my point remains valid.
Spyderco is about the best knife you can buy for pure cutting performance.
Emerson Knives are the kind of tactical folder you buy to keep a decent edge and abuse like it is going out of style.
Simply put, if my job asked me to cut things every single day I would totally get a simple Endura 4 by Spyderco in ZDP-189, but if I had to survive in the wilderness for 10 days I would certainly opt for the Emerson. This is due to the the materials and Design. I have server in the military and have had many different folders. The emerson is the one I would take on a long mission where I have no idea what will happen. The spyderco is the knife I would take If I was planning on pure cutting needs.
Spyderco = best folding knife for using as a knife, hands down.
Emerson = best knife for suing as whatever tool you lack, but need.
This is what it is, sure am emerson out of the box will not look nearly as nice as many of your other knives; but it will out perform them all when the situation calls for it.
First let us define knives in general, at one end we have Spyderco. The design of a Spyderco is excellent, the fit and finnish is par to none; this can not be argued. Now when we question the durability of a knife, Sypderco is on the loosing end. Why? Simply because Spyderco Knives are designed to cut, not to act as a pry-bar or hammer. We will call this #10 on a scale from 1 - 10. Spydercos are meant for pure cutting performance, not for abuse. Now on the other end of the abuse scale are the fixed blade knives; #1. Obvioulsy the fixed blade knives are on an entirely different level than folders, but semi-recently Cold Steel with their "Trid-Ad Lock" (This I know by experience) is the best you can get to a fixed blade, and are good enough to compare.
The truth of the deal is this:
Emerson: These knives from what I have seen owning a few, is this, bad finish with a lot of durability and robustness.
Spyderco: Excellent fit and finnish with beyond excellent cutting performance, will fail in robust usage.
Simply that the Emerson will hold up to abuse that will make any other tactical folder of similar spec fail. However the spyderco will out cut the Emerson @ 57-59 RC. in many tasks.
I must admit I am a bit drunk when writing this. However my point remains valid.
Spyderco is about the best knife you can buy for pure cutting performance.
Emerson Knives are the kind of tactical folder you buy to keep a decent edge and abuse like it is going out of style.
Simply put, if my job asked me to cut things every single day I would totally get a simple Endura 4 by Spyderco in ZDP-189, but if I had to survive in the wilderness for 10 days I would certainly opt for the Emerson. This is due to the the materials and Design. I have server in the military and have had many different folders. The emerson is the one I would take on a long mission where I have no idea what will happen. The spyderco is the knife I would take If I was planning on pure cutting needs.
Spyderco = best folding knife for using as a knife, hands down.
Emerson = best knife for suing as whatever tool you lack, but need.
This is what it is, sure am emerson out of the box will not look nearly as nice as many of your other knives; but it will out perform them all when the situation calls for it.
