There was a long , long time when I was not interested in Emerson Knives either.
Years long , like the whole last decade.
I went from brand to brand trying to find what I liked in a knife. I , like many of you , developed a set of standards that were my own personal standards as to what a good knife should consist of. Looking back on my collection it took me a lot of money to get to my conclusion.
I will not talk other brands names in this thread but , out of the "big three" there is only one that I really still respect as the most innovative , customer friendly knife company I have ever seen , but I stopped buying their folders as well. I actually rid of most of my overall collection this past year to cull out the knives I did not like enough to choose to carry , for whatever reason that may be.
Pardon my ramble
Then I notcied a customized Emerson. Finally. It sang to my soul to be, at the very least, payed attention to. That is what got me to this point here.
My first EKI was a customized Mini CQC7BW , when I got that knife I realized perfection in many areas. Overall size was perfect , ergos were PERFECT , blade size perfect. The chisel grind that I had not had experience with since my days with CRKT worked like EKI said it would - but that knife is too nice to carry , so I bought a CQC7BW full sized and a used SARK. The full CQC7BW is my EDC for over a month now and it is perfection
for me.
Bashing 154CM is ridiculous , doing so automatically excuses one from the conversation. It is still a perfectly viable steel and will remain so for some time to come.
Price point ? I see far lesser knives going for the same pricesor more. While they may be adorned with fancier steels their flimsy nature cannot be excused.
Fit and finish ? yea , can be rough on Emersons. There is no doubting that and I can see where many folks would use that as the means to against the higher price.
I'm one of those guy that likes to tinker and personalize his own tools , so making the fit and finish perfect on my Emersons is no big deal , I actually enjoy it.
Emersons are not for everyone , but I think I finally may have found a place to rest
my weary head.
Tostig