I think it’s time for a McNees thread!

These are my two, and it will be a hot minute before I get any more, because these are just perfect knives. I've actually carried the Dixon literally every day since I bought it. It is one of my "final knives", and it actually makes me not need any more McNees knives, because they would just sit while this one gets carried, and being candid, McNees knives cost entirely too much new (bought both of these directly from them) to buy more to just have them sit around. Absolutely stellar knives.

The MAC2 is a favorite because of how much blade is stuffed in a VERY tight, lean handle.

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I sorta wish the Dixon had a swedge, but given that it's the beastier option, I'll let it slide. (I really like mine as well.)

I wonder if the relatively smaller size of the stop pin has ever been an actual issue as opposed to something one might simply notice in comparison to others with "beefier" pins.
 
Blues said:
I sorta wish the Dixon had a swedge, but given that it's the beastier option, I'll let it slide. (I really like mine as well.)

I wonder if the relatively smaller size of the stop pin has ever been an actual issue as opposed to something one might simply notice in comparison to others with "beefier" pins.
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thay tiny stop pin annoys me. im sure its fine and I haven't noticed it being a problem and dont expect it will be, but visually I just dont like it at all.....
 
jbmonkey said:
thay tiny stop pin annoys me. im sure its fine and I haven't noticed it being a problem and dont expect it will be, but visually I just dont like it at all.....
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I think it "looks" about the same size as what LG uses...but my eyes may have deceived me when I looked last night.
 
Quiet Quiet

Which of the two cuts better? I found that the hollow grind and thin edge on the Dixon went through phone book paper with a simple push cut for the most part.
 
Blues said:
I think it "looks" about the same size as what LG uses...but my eyes may have deceived me when I looked last night.
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you may be right. my memory has the McNees being super thin, but maybe its the bulk of the dixon in all other areas that is fooling me.

I don't have either with me today at work....


the Les vecp looks bit thicker, I think?
 
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Blues said:
Quiet Quiet

Which of the two cuts better? I found that the hollow grind and thin edge on the Dixon went through phone book paper with a simple push cut for the most part.
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Yessir, this. The Dixon's hollow grind makes it more "slicy", as the MAC2 is a full flat grind*. That said, I found the MAC to be entirely serviceable as well, and candidly, neither knife has needed a sharpening as yet and I HAVE used them both for various cutting chores. The Dixon is just...man, if I could only keep one knife, and it couldn't be one of my Cold Steels, it would have to be this Dixon. Fills the hand, impressive looking, perfectly built, large enough for larger cutting tasks, still good sized for small cutting tasks, it's just one of my favorites.


* norcalAF norcalAF reported that his MAC2 was hollow grind, however, so clearly some of those might be in the wild! However, this one, as well as all the MACs that were on the table this year at BLADE, all were FFG.
 
Quiet said:
Yessir, this. The Dixon's hollow grind makes it more "slicy", as the MAC2 is a full flat grind*. That said, I found the MAC to be entirely serviceable as well, and candidly, neither knife has needed a sharpening as yet and I HAVE used them both for various cutting chores. The Dixon is just...man, if I could only keep one knife, and it couldn't be one of my Cold Steels, it would have to be this Dixon. Fills the hand, impressive looking, perfectly built, large enough for larger cutting tasks, still good sized for small cutting tasks, it's just one of my favorites.


* norcalAF norcalAF reported that his MAC2 was hollow grind, however, so clearly some of those might be in the wild! However, this one, as well as all the MACs that were on the table this year at BLADE, all were FFG.
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My mac2 was a gen1 and was in fact hollow ground. After the Dixon landed, I moved the Mac. The Dixon is that good that I only need one McNees 😂
 
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