It's been a while since I bought a knife and a long time since I've been on this forum. I was thinking of buying a large sebenza to break the drought. I figured I might as well ask the experts since I'm sure some interesting stuff has come out in my absence.
I currently have mostly spydercos and benchmades which make up my EDC. They're mostly D2, M2, ZDP and H1. What I'm looking for would be not an every day knife. I'm not looking for something flashy, just something a little higher quality. It needs to be a folder that is not obnoxiously big. It has to be a high quality tool steel. A liner lock would be Ok but I'd prefer something more modern. I don't really have a task list for it. It could be anything from cutting boxes to stripping wire to cutting an eggroll in half. I'd say William Henry style blades would be too thin for what I'm looking for. I don't need any special corrosion resistance like a stainless. If I'm doing anything near water I usually just grab something I already have in H1. I'm looking to get something that I can put a super sharp edge on. I've never owned anything in fully hardened M2 or BG42.
I was looking at the large sebenza. I'm sure it's a great knife. I'm open to semi-customs and customs too. If someone is a sight sponsor or a member here I'd love to take a look. I'm obviously not trying to spend a lot of money. I'd say a soft budget of $500. If it's super cool and less that's a plus. It would really have to blow my socks off to go much higher than $500. I'm generally a utility over looks kind of guy but when I'm going to lay down this kind of cash it needs to look nice. That being said, I generally like the way the rugged, no-nonsense knives look.
I currently have mostly spydercos and benchmades which make up my EDC. They're mostly D2, M2, ZDP and H1. What I'm looking for would be not an every day knife. I'm not looking for something flashy, just something a little higher quality. It needs to be a folder that is not obnoxiously big. It has to be a high quality tool steel. A liner lock would be Ok but I'd prefer something more modern. I don't really have a task list for it. It could be anything from cutting boxes to stripping wire to cutting an eggroll in half. I'd say William Henry style blades would be too thin for what I'm looking for. I don't need any special corrosion resistance like a stainless. If I'm doing anything near water I usually just grab something I already have in H1. I'm looking to get something that I can put a super sharp edge on. I've never owned anything in fully hardened M2 or BG42.
I was looking at the large sebenza. I'm sure it's a great knife. I'm open to semi-customs and customs too. If someone is a sight sponsor or a member here I'd love to take a look. I'm obviously not trying to spend a lot of money. I'd say a soft budget of $500. If it's super cool and less that's a plus. It would really have to blow my socks off to go much higher than $500. I'm generally a utility over looks kind of guy but when I'm going to lay down this kind of cash it needs to look nice. That being said, I generally like the way the rugged, no-nonsense knives look.
