Favorite 2017 Purchase?

My favourite? Just got this so it barely made it into 2017. I do love my Large Sebbie 21 I got earlier this year and it was a toss up between itnand my Feist for fav of the year.

Then this came in the mail today. Shivworks Clinch Pick!!!!! These were previously being made by Trace Rinaldi and impossible to get. They recently became available easily on Amazon, but they didn't ship to Canada. My friend in the states ordered me one

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I am so happy!
 
BilboBaggins said:
Me too.
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I heard the flipping action on those is amazing. The detent breaking is supposed to feel like snapping a glass rod. Then the Hawk Lock doesn't contact the tang unless it is fully locked or the blade is fully closed, so that way there is no friction during opening except the bearings.

Is it true that it has one of the best actions?
 
Lapedog said:
I heard the flipping action on those is amazing. The detent breaking is supposed to feel like snapping a glass rod. Then the Hawk Lock doesn't contact the tang unless it is fully locked or the blade is fully closed, so that way there is no friction during opening except the bearings.

Is it true that it has one of the best actions?
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Absolutely. It's like nothing else. It even sounds great. I think their toggle detent is a major innovation. It breaks so clean and keeps the blade strongly closed.
 
BilboBaggins said:
Absolutely. It's like nothing else. It even sounds great. I think their toggle detent is a major innovation. It breaks so clean and keeps the blade strongly closed.
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Nick Shabazz did a video about it. He often discusses which of his knives have the best actions. For the longest time the king of actions was supposedly the Grismo Norseman. When he got the Hawk Dauntless he spoke about the action glowingly. It left me wondering if the Hawk Dauntless maybe is even better than the Norseman. (I don't know

He claims the ZT0452 has the best action of a production knife.
 
91bravo said:
That knife sounds like you're racking a round into the chamber! How is the lockup when open? Rock solid?
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Yeah, it's a stupidly good knife. Action is very different from a Norseman (based on what I've seen, I've never actually handled one). The Hawk Lock is the perfect compliment to the detent. I think Gavin showed the internals of the toggle detent on instagram at one point.
 
Hmm, the toggle detent is new to me. Interesting enough to check it out further though! The knife itself ain't bad looking either!
 
I bought and sold quite a few knives since August as I was born-again into the hobby after a few years focusing on guns.

I'd have to go with my Zaan. When I got the scales back from cerakote it became an instant keeper.
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My favorite has been the Spyderco Slysz Bowie. Bought one back in January and it has been my most carried knife by far. It has ruined all my other knives for me. I recently picked up a sage 2 and it was disappointing because the Slysz set the bar so high. The only thing I don’t like is the blade shape. FC1ECC38-EADF-459C-97D1-4957EA556C86.jpeg
 
Oddly enough my favorite purchase of 2017 was a set of custom micarta scales from Igorded for my Doug Ritter Mini Grip. It pretty much became my perfect knife and my buying of new stuff has slowed way down. Spending a little extra to get the knife just the way I wanted it wound up saving me lots more in the long run.
 
Lapedog said:
Nick Shabazz did a video about it. He often discusses which of his knives have the best actions. For the longest time the king of actions was supposedly the Grismo Norseman. When he got the Hawk Dauntless he spoke about the action glowingly. It left me wondering if the Hawk Dauntless maybe is even better than the Norseman. (I don't know

He claims the ZT0452 has the best action of a production knife.
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My BM Mini Onslaught leaves the ZT0452 in the dust. The detent is too hard on the ZT and I've had 2 and they were both the same. My ZT 0562 has better action than the 0452. I never understood this idea that the 0452 was the flipping standard that all other knives should aspire to. I wish it did I would like it alot more.
 
firefighterguy said:
My favorite has been the Spyderco Slysz Bowie. Bought one back in January and it has been my most carried knife by far. It has ruined all my other knives for me. I recently picked up a sage 2 and it was disappointing because the Slysz set the bar so high. The only thing I don’t like is the blade shape. View attachment 815521
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If you like the Slysz you will love the Techno.
 
evilgreg said:
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If I had to pick the prettiest, it's the Buck 197 hands down for me. That said, these are the ones I carried most:

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That Benchmade has rapidly become my favorite Benchmade model of all time (eclipsing even my favorite slim and light trio of the 707/940/710). It's everything that was good about the 530, but better in all the ways the 530 had issues (blade shape, handle flimsiness, etcetera).
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Benchmade's Bugout may be my favorite as well. I am stunned at how much I am enjoying carrying and using it. I didn't expect that it would be my favorite purchase this year, but it's been a very happy surprise.
 
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