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Help me choose a knife for my wife
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You can get a ZT 0920 right now for 189 shipped. A bit more than you want to spend but if she likes a large pretty knife, I'm not sure you will do better for the money and reg price is 240.
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Gentleman's folders aren't large.
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Kizer River Cat with the blue multi color ano.
I think she may have meant long instead of large
She liked this one a lotKizer River Cat with the blue multi color ano.
Get her a Spyderco Mantra. It is basically the same size as a Delica 4, and, per Sal, the delica was ergonomically designed for women.
Source:
https://www.spyderco.com/forumII/vi...lit=Delica+name+Delica+name+delicate#p1222263
Source:
https://www.spyderco.com/forumII/vi...lit=Delica+name+Delica+name+delicate#p1222263
I gave my wife a delica about 2 years ago. It's very easy for her to manipulate the lock and she likes the size. I may order her some new scales and a custom pocket clip to give it a more interesting or custom look. They actually make some pretty awesome scales from what I've seen. Knife, custom scales and an aftermarket clip and you're still under $200. Might be a good path for you to take based on budget requirements.
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If my wife suddenly wanted a one-off custom folder such as that one (currently available on the exchange, I'll note)...I think I would feel obligated to get it for her. No way could she ever complain about one of my knife purchases after that. It's a license to buy for the rest of eternity. A small price to pay.Not sure why my I age isn't working
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A thousand bucks? He posted a knife with a asking price of 7500 dollars. It's a little weird to me, no offense, that his wife would even know about it unless he showed it to her. Especially if she would have had to see it on the Exchange (everything else feels too coincidental) and then she would have noticed the idiotic price (11k $ apparently originally asking price). Sorry but, it seems fishy to me, especially at a ~150$ budget range.
As for a knife for your wife, as mentioned before Kizer has a lot of options in that range, if you're comfortable with paying more as some people have suggested, check out the Liong Mah GSD Tuxedo, Liong Mah Endeavor, the Reate Crossroads. About 3 times your budget but not 50 times what she supposedly asked for.
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Judging by the knife she said she likes, I can divine a few things she might appreciate:
- Aesthetically pleasing curvature of a knife
- Color /pattern combinations that compliment each other
- Exacting machine finishes
I don't know if you'll find all three of these combined in the sub-$300 range. I'm afraid that your lowest-cost matching choice will either be notably over budget or will drastically fall short of what she might have in mind as "the knife." Reate's price range of ~$300 is where you are most likely to find the most economical knives that start to tic all the boxes - and you only start to see any real contenders in the Olamic price range of about $500.
The most inexpensive knife I have seen that apes the design elements of the OP's knife is the Arcform Catalyst, at ~280:
A Benchmade Crooked River gets very close, though, at ~200
Your hands are tied by the price range. Inlays, color coordination, pivot collars, etc are features that require a higher degree of precision design than is typically extant in the sub-$300 range.
You might look at the Katsu knives, as they fall within your price range and are aesthetically pleasing:
Edit: Perhaps also the Kizer Megatherium:
- Aesthetically pleasing curvature of a knife
- Color /pattern combinations that compliment each other
- Exacting machine finishes
I don't know if you'll find all three of these combined in the sub-$300 range. I'm afraid that your lowest-cost matching choice will either be notably over budget or will drastically fall short of what she might have in mind as "the knife." Reate's price range of ~$300 is where you are most likely to find the most economical knives that start to tic all the boxes - and you only start to see any real contenders in the Olamic price range of about $500.
The most inexpensive knife I have seen that apes the design elements of the OP's knife is the Arcform Catalyst, at ~280:
A Benchmade Crooked River gets very close, though, at ~200
Your hands are tied by the price range. Inlays, color coordination, pivot collars, etc are features that require a higher degree of precision design than is typically extant in the sub-$300 range.
You might look at the Katsu knives, as they fall within your price range and are aesthetically pleasing:
Edit: Perhaps also the Kizer Megatherium:
