Favorite WE Knife?

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Fletcher Hartwick

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So I've been growing my collection and i'm buying one knife every two weeks. I am collecting one of each popular brand. So far I have Spyderco, Benchmade, ZT and Protech. Next I am looking to acquire a WE knife and i'm looking for some help as im not super familiar with the brand and I don't know which knife I want. I want it to have a good smooth action and I want a more sought after knife in the WE knives lineup. I want to buy it new in the $150-$280 range. Any suggestions would be amazing! Thanks you knife nuts!
 
Just so ya know, there's a WE knife subforum. Not a lot of action there but at least your thread wouldn't disappear.
The Massdrop (WE made) Keen is very popular for good reason.
WEs almost all have great action. They're very consistent. What size knife do you want? Do you like some heft or a thin slicey blade?
What are the knives you've already acquired from the other brands? That will help with recommendations.
 
Best to look through their catalogs as they have a lot.
I've handled about 7 different ones and found the 601 to have the best action, snappy/fall shut.
Recently got the Deacon and its now one of my favorite light weights.
Most are around 250 new and can sell 100-200 used market. I like to wait for deals :)
 
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I'll bump the thread to the top by saying they arrrrrre beautiful !
Oh and this thread is crying for some photos.
Anyone ?
I know Blues Bender takes fantastically great photos of WE knives !
 
My favorite WE is actually a Civivi. The Civivi Mckenna Damascus. Such a sweet little knife. I wish I’d bought two!
 
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My purple Deacon is flawless. Normally I don't like framelocks but the carbon fiber over titanium sub frame lock is perfect. I believe it's $250, can't remember. M390 steel.

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The Massdrop FF Gent is nice. CPM-S35VN, bearings. $100. I have the carbon fiber version, called the gent select. It's $120.

The Gent Select is the top one. This gives some size reference.

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I say go for it and spend to the top of your range. WE Knife 910 "037" Bogardus. It has a novel screw assembly, recessed clip and lots of internal milling.
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WE 605 Limited Edition Damasteel folder. I just received mine a week ago and it’s a marvelous EDC folder size.

Extremely pretty knife. They really did a good job with the damasteel pattern.
 
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A couple that I have had and enjoyed. The first one is the Nitida 707, and the second is the 806 Bullit.

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