Help me decide on a knife? Or sway my interest?

[irsh]

Knife Exchange here always has good options.

 

[ADBrown]

I like your way of thinking. Next time, though, do not post before I do. 'preciate it, bro.

My bad TC! My telepathy’s been running slow!

 

[ADBrown]

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[TC]

My bad TC! My telepathy’s been running slow!

Never saw the posts as they happened, but I think I could piece it all together...sorry for the ambush. We're good here, right? Just nod, no need to reply and clutter the thread up any further.

 

[W4NDERX]

Wouldn't buy anything Benchmade these days. Out of moral and quality concerns.

Can't go wrong with Kershaw/ZT although I'm not personally a fan of their recent designs. I handled a Livewire and it honestly put my Ultratech to shame, incredible action. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the pocket clip, but again, that's my own personal subjective opinion.

If you're looking for a bali, check out Maxace. I can't judge much on how they flip as I'm an amateur at best, but they're very well built, come with a trainer blade and come with all the spare hardware you could need. Tolerances are pretty tight, there's no wiggle at all, while having smooth action. To be honest I got it just to have a bali in my collection, but ended up liking it a lot, even carried it a bit as an EDC, it's such a damn shame they're illegal to carry in most countries. They're such a good design.

I think I've decided to go for a Livewire I found locally, factory blem new for $150 seems like a good price. I haven't seen much from Maxace but I'll keep a lookout, think I'll get a bali in addition. yeah it combines dope knives with a fun toy, it's exactly what I want! haha, thankfully my state allows it.

Agreed on all of these. The 0452 and 0562 are both such great designs. The 0562 carries so light and slim despite how long it is, and the action on both are perfect. One thing ZT always seems to get right is the feel in-hand and balance.

I also have a Blur in M4. It's a great knife, it's just a bit trickier for me to sharpen with that recurve. It and the ZT0770 are my only assisted knives. I still carry the Blur a lot - it's a good one.

I'll be honest, I don't really see the difference between a lot of knives, that's just my ignorance. I'm still working on not thinking of knives as strictly utility tools. Seems like the only way to really know if you like a knife is to hold it.

One criterion you mentioned was “…to buy from an Oregon knife company…”, however if you’d expand your market east a bit (into Idaho) you might find a real gem, (pun of course) i.e. CRK for example.

I would love to add Idaho to the collection, these CRK look really well done. A bit out of my range right now, but it's impressive.

 

[W4NDERX]

Get a Freeman!

Very badass and great price. I really like the looks of this, would have to go fixed though.

You could move over to Idaho and get some really nice knives. I mean, you do have to prioritize. This is the place to help you with that.

I'm open to getting additional knives, and would certainly shop with my brothers to the east. Idaho has the goods huh? The CRKs seem pretty good quality

 

[Boattale]

Thought about a 940? It's my favorite BM.