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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Esav Benyamin
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Paul, welcome to Bladeforums! 
I've got the MOD CQD, CQD Mark II, and the Extrema Ratio Nemesis, which is exactly like the MPC but with a narrower blade. In a class with those would be the original Buck/Strider folder or a real Strider folder: SnG, SMF, or AR. For most purposes, a large Sebenza is real tough, also.
What are you looking fro specifically, in terms of what the knife would have to do for you?
I've got the MOD CQD, CQD Mark II, and the Extrema Ratio Nemesis, which is exactly like the MPC but with a narrower blade. In a class with those would be the original Buck/Strider folder or a real Strider folder: SnG, SMF, or AR. For most purposes, a large Sebenza is real tough, also.
What are you looking fro specifically, in terms of what the knife would have to do for you?
Esav Benyamin
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I also should have asked how big your hand is. The CQD handle is huge and the CQD Mark II is much easier to hold and not much shorter a blade. Same goes for the Buck/Strider large and mini. While the Striders are supposed to be as tough as knives can be, I'd say the ER MPC is right up there with them, and a few dollars less.
All of them have nonslip grips designed into the handle shape. One thing I like about the MOD knives is, when I'm in the mood to carry the CQD, I can switch to the Mark II when I only want a smaller knife and back to the big one for heavier use, and I'm still using the same basic design.
Just going by the three knives you asked about, I would recommend the MPC over the other two for outdoors use. They all have great lock-up and strong blades and pivots. They all have secondary locks, too, to make sure the primary doesn't fail. Folding fixed blades.
The MOD have specialized butts, for cutting seatbelts or breaking glass, which you really don't need. The MPC butt is a hammer, for real. The MPC is fine for a big hand and no trouble for a smaller hand, too.
All of them have nonslip grips designed into the handle shape. One thing I like about the MOD knives is, when I'm in the mood to carry the CQD, I can switch to the Mark II when I only want a smaller knife and back to the big one for heavier use, and I'm still using the same basic design.
Just going by the three knives you asked about, I would recommend the MPC over the other two for outdoors use. They all have great lock-up and strong blades and pivots. They all have secondary locks, too, to make sure the primary doesn't fail. Folding fixed blades.
The MOD have specialized butts, for cutting seatbelts or breaking glass, which you really don't need. The MPC butt is a hammer, for real. The MPC is fine for a big hand and no trouble for a smaller hand, too.
Esav Benyamin
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Ouch. You guys get killed on prices over there. At least $100 too much each. I know you can't get shipping from a lot of companies here, and the euro has got to come down a bit, too.
You might check out our Exchange forums for sales or trades at a much better price. All these knives do come up from time to time. I got my Mark I for $100, Mark II for a $125 trade, and Nemesis for $265.
You might check out our Exchange forums for sales or trades at a much better price. All these knives do come up from time to time. I got my Mark I for $100, Mark II for a $125 trade, and Nemesis for $265.
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Strider AR...$350.00...worth every penny..