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SW-EDC

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My Special Ops spring assist has been a great knife!
Strong snap upon opening, great locking mechanism, and tip down carry which I prefer.
I've had this knife for about 7 years and it's never failed me.






Let's hear your stories on your not so talked about knives :)
 
Well I really love my buck 482 ( most people only seem to care about ultra fast, ultra modern knives with fancy materials now days ) that has never fails me in the 2 yrs of constant carry I had gotten out of it until recently deciding to carry some neglected knives.
And I really love my buck 283 ,my only problem is the fact that they call it a Nani bantam when it looks nothing like a bantam but 1000X better.
I guess it's sorta not talked about, because the spiderco ladybug is what most people go for ( I'll get one when I find one in a store ) and this little buck as well as my 425 minibuck or my 482 doesn't seem to see much recognition.
 
I've had the S&W 3.1 inch in silver for several years and love it. Fine knife, well made.
Rich
 
Buck Metro. Showed up in my stocking one Christmas probably 15 years ago. Just enough blade to get a bit done, but also one of the easiest and best bottle openers I've ever used. Very comfortable, one pull every time. It ain't a lot of knife, but it's honestly very well designed.
 
There's a D. A.'s investigator in my Tuesday night Bible Study that carries a S&W auto on duty. I gave him a BM 585 (SHOT Show version) last year that he carries off-duty, but he swears by the S&W for on-duty carry.
 
How can anyone make a argument against a knife that has been working well for so long and has met your needs. Nice knife!! :thumbup:
 
MTURBO said:
How can anyone make a argument against a knife that has been working well for so long and has met your needs. Nice knife!! :thumbup:
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Exactly!!! All the money I've spent over the years on knives, my SAK's are still my favorites.

Nice looking knife!
 
I have several I use for beater knives I carry where I may loose them. Like one I lost riding my ATV around a corn field,, found it a year later,, knocked the dirt out of it and it's same as it was! Otherwise I carry my good ones!
 
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This is not my photo nor my knife, but I have one exactly like this. I got the one I have now on eBay a few years ago, but it was a replacement for the exact same knife which I bought sometime in the 1990s. That was my first knife. I don't know what happened to the original; I had a chaotic period of life in the 2000s, moved a few times and lost a lot of stuff. But I liked it so much that I had to replace it, and I did. Although I now carry an Emerson for EDC, this is still one of my favorites.
 
I still have one of these as well, but I finally had to take it out of use because I was no longer confident in the liner lock. Never had a failure and once the blade was thinned down a little it wasn't a terrible beater knife for the field. I carried and used mine a ton as a teen.
 
I have an S&W folding Karambit.
It's a solid framelock knife, with a blade that holds an edge reasonably well.
 
Isn't the S&W brand made by Colonial, under a license agreement, or something?
I know Colonial makes good knives.
 
afishhunter said:
Isn't the S&W brand made by Colonial, under a license agreement, or something?
I know Colonial makes good knives.
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S&W branded knives are made by Taylor (Schrade, S&W, Old Timer, Uncle Henry, etc). They aren't made out of super high end materials, but most are pretty decent Chinese made. There are a few models that are made to sell in gas stations for under $10...these I've found very lacking in quality. But there are many that are worth every bit of their moderate prices. Taylor has been trying to up their game quality wise with Schrade, and some S&W's.

I have a bunch. A few are rattle traps, but most I actually like and have carried some in the past.
 
If it works, it works. I have been carrying SAK's for years. The simplest designs are the ones that last. Long after the springs wear out on the assisted knives or some button lock knives, the old school knives will be operating as good as the day they came off the factory line.
 
I still have my Gerber Multitool I was issued back in 1991. It has been with me to SEVERAL countries and is one of the best tools I had in the ARMY.
 
Monofletch said:
I still have my Gerber Multitool I was issued back in 1991. It has been with me to SEVERAL countries and is one of the best tools I had in the ARMY.
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Which model?

I used to have a Gerber Diesel. It was my first multi tool and I got it solely on a coworkers suggestion. I've since become a bit of a Leatherman loyalist, but I still have respect for the Gerbers. One nice thing about the Diesel was it could be deployed one-handed much more easily than a Leatherman.
 
This one. Other than the Philips driver being a little messed up it is still going strong!

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