Help me choose a knife under $150!!!

Take a strong look at the Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter and the American Lawman. Both are 3.5" in blade, and are smooootthh as can be. Both are in CTS-XHP and the UH is run very hard; around 64 hrc, I seem to recall.
 
Surfingringo said:
Spyderco Sharpmaker. I sharpen all my recurves, hawkbills and reverse "s" blades with the SM and it works great. Given how slight the recurve is on the 710 you should be able to use either the corners or the flats of the rods. As Lee48 said, regular maintenance will make your life much easier. Give your knife a quick touchup every now and then on the sharpmaker. This will take about 30 seconds (on any steel) and you will always have a screaming sharp knife in your pocket.
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I will probably end up buying the sharp maker when I'm in SMKW, just because of all the great reviews I've seen (and bc you can get razor sharp edges), but I think I'm going to go for something with a steel thats not that hard, I might go for a Manix 2, probably in S30v (one of my all time favorite steels). Thanks for your help!
 
Yup...get the Sharpmaker. Great tool for keeping all knives sharp and it doesn't cost nearly as much as some of the more elaborate sharpening systems. I also use the ceramic rods freehand. Works great with recurve blades.
 
Lee48 said:
Yup...get the Sharpmaker. Great tool for keeping all knives sharp and it doesn't cost nearly as much as some of the more elaborate sharpening systems. I also use the ceramic rods freehand. Works great with recurve blades.
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I will! I'm going to buy the sharp maker and the Manix 2! I will probably make another post about it, if I like it (and I'm 100% sure I will)
 
take a look at some of the Kizer knives, they are high quality knives made in china with all the features that knifelovers are into for great prices. they have a variety of titanium framelocks and flippers for under $150

the kizer splinter seems to be popular on these forums and i see it on the smokey mountain website, the splinter is just one example of the many nice knives that kizer offers.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1299757-Kizer-Splinter-Initial-Impressions

[video=youtube;BO0RVgneWX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0RVgneWX4[/video]
 
Just got a 450 last week from Scott at usamadeblade.....it is nothing short of amazing!!!
You will LOVE it!!
He has a bunch already annodized.....mine is blue and bad a$$!!!
Good luck!
 
JeremiahWeaver09 said:
take a look at some of the Kizer knives, they are high quality knives made in china with all the features that knifelovers are into for great prices. they have a variety of titanium framelocks and flippers for under $150

the kizer splinter seems to be popular on these forums and i see it on the smokey mountain website, the splinter is just one example of the many nice knives that kizer offers.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1299757-Kizer-Splinter-Initial-Impressions

[video=youtube;BO0RVgneWX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO0RVgneWX4[/video]
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This is the Kizer Ki423, one of my favorites. $139 on BladeHQ



 
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