Important knife Traits

The most important thing to me is a good design that is well executed.

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ZT 350-favorite thing about this on is that I've made it my own. Slight modifications made it feel better in my hand and perform better imo.
G10 Dragonfly- its an unobtrusive, public friendly, lazer beam of a knife.
 
jdm61 said:
First, it must cut.
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Ha ha! Thats the first thing that popped into my head reading the title.

A knife... what must a knife do.. whats important... ah


Hmm. I'd say the most important trait of a knife is which one makes me stare at internet pictures of it while at work the most.
 
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FortyTwoBlades said:
Good design is most important to me.
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Me too. Good design with mediocre materials, I can deal with that. Top of the line materials designed by an idiot, I want nothing to do with it.

Good design to me means steel, handle, blade geometry, grind, etc all are optimized towards the same goal, whether that is thin slicer, or big chopper
 
CWL said:
What do you mean by "razor sharp"? Do you really want a shaving edge that sharp & thin for EDC? I think of this as more of a sales term than fact.

(Sales) people use the term "razor sharp" all the time when alluding to knives, but most of them are far from being close to a "razor" in sharpness & performance. Many of these knives can barely pop hair off your arm, no way you'd want to drag that across your face.
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It was meant to be a comparison. I didn't say "like a razor blade" or Gillette Track II or performs like a razor or anything relating to the design and materials of an actual blade that I shave my face with. It was merely a description of how sharp I like my knife blades to be and stay that way as long as they can while I am out hunting and fishing and have to do all the things I need a knife to do without having to repeatedly sharpen it out in the middle of nowhere.
 
I hate the bearer of bad news but "made in America" doesn't mean anything re. quality....

Ben
 
Tip up carry. Seriously I won't even consider a knife that's not tip up just a very strong personal preference. After that it just needs to be attractive to me.
 
For a folder, I think a flipper is where it's at. You have a guard, and quick deployment.
 
My hierarchy of knife needs (Folders):
1.) cutting ability
2.) durability
3.) ergonomics
4.) ease of opening
5.) aesthetics
6.) Made in USA
 
Good, attractive design

Decent steel

Adjustable pivot

Thumb studs or thumb hole on one-handed openers

No assisted mechanism

Strong detent
 
I really have to like design to buy. I strongly prefer polished blades and easy one-hand openers. Made in US preferred, but some other countries are fine. Than to make it into EDC the knife must have very good ergos, decent steel, good slicing abilities, easy lock operation, prefer knives with FFG blade 3 -3.5" and 50/50 choil.
 
00max00 said:
Then you are missing a lot of top quality knives at reasonable prices.
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just wondering what are these top quality knives at reasonable prices?
Last time I checked Sebenza still was US made.
 
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