In the pursuit of perfection finding what was in front of me all along

Aronb said:
View attachment 1929033my Medford arrived today I traded away a Heretic wraith integral cf for it both are nib I'm happy with the trade so far. Cant wait to break it in
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Of all my Medfords, Marauder, DP187, Infraction, On Belay, I just keep falling in love with my DP187, with Ti on one scale and G-10 on the other. Just an amazing piece of work.
 
Niall88 said:
Of all my Medfords, Marauder, DP187, Infraction, On Belay, I just keep falling in love with my DP187, with Ti on one scale and G-10 on the other. Just an amazing piece of work.
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Glad to hear I feel like I would enjoy it but dang she is big one of the medfords I never held is a Pretorian ti I always wanted a folding shovel I think it would be a cool peice to have
 
Aronb said:
As for sak I want to get one but I'm never sure on the model I want
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My 2 personal favorites by far; the Huntsman. Great size/weight, and outside of pliers, pretty much everything you need from a multitool (unless you really really need a nail file)...

And the classic, a great little keychain knife available in so many patterns and colors you can almost certainly find one that fits you. (And it has a nail file!)
 
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Aronb said:
Hi, I am a small user/ collector who enjoys well made products and enjoys knives. About 2 years ago I started getting more involved in the knife community as I saw what I had was not the best, now after 2 years I feel like I have seen and handled most common and some very rare knives it feels as if my pursuit has ended and finally I have it (till the next knife comes out lol).
I will try to go through some of the knives I have handled or owned and give some of my feedback and ultimately why I choose my current knife as well as my collection.

I'll try to organize them by company. Here goes nothing

Cold steel
As a new guy to the knife world durability and lock strength seem to be the only important factor and if you can't dangle your car on the lock it's to dangerous to use.
Models I have owned or borrowed
American lawman
American lawman stainless liners
Recon 1
Recon 1 xl
Code 4
Ak47
Ak47 axis style lock
San mai lockback
Espada
Espada xl
Ti lite
Ad 10
Ad15
Ad15 lite
4 max
4 max scout
Comes to think of it I can't remember all the names but hopefully you get the point.
Some of the most usable knives with my favorite being the recon1 it was lite, strong, and cut what else can you ask for? And now we can delve into what makes the knife community and user tick. The recon1 amazed me by how it handled it was comfortable balanced and out worked me everyday but something was missing it was... just not "it" the ergonomics were great for me but i couldn't put it into my pocket or take it out I couldn't close it and it had a very specific grip so on I went....

Spyderco
I really like spyderco even though I can't keep up with all the various steels and exclusives but the ones I tried were

Pm2
Pm3
Military
Police
Yojumbo
Yojimbo
Shaman
Edura
Endela
K2
Smock
Tenacious
And many more

Over all I have to say the shaman came quite close to the win its strong very ergonomic has a nice edge (I had 3 different ones) but again there where issues the back spacer isn't flush the lanyard hole the clip ...... sharp edges the choil nubbin..... I can go on so off we went toooooooo

Benchmade some of my favorite knives with no qc to speak of my experience with them includes
Bugout
Super freek
Anthem
Bailout
Shootout
Grip
Mini grip
Adamas
Mini adamas
Turrent
And many more the standout for me is a tie between the bailout and shootout humpf hard choice either one doesn't make the cut so I'll skip them (both in my current collection) but wait let me not forget the anthem the perfect axis lock but it's a lil slippy and discontinued so don't want to work it to hard.

Next stop

Microtech
I still own a bunch and I can honestly say it will last you a life time plus and will serve you well the models I own are
Socom elite
Socom bravo
Stitch
Utx 70
85
Ultratech
Combat troodon
Scarab 2

I'm torn between the scarab and the stitch ... if only they made a manual stitch. But I have to say I put the scarab through hell it's amazing what they accomplished its razer sharp yet freaky durable but I hat the glass breaker it just ruins most otfs for me.
so on i went to

Chris reeve
Wow great f and f my zaan was perfect but the lockbar was a lil stiff and the lickbar wasn't perfect ..... then came along a sebenza 31 micarta (magnacut) and melted into my hand this was a no nonsense knife works hard and looks amazing doing it not a deep carry clip but... I can't get everything the ergonomics fit me perfectly edge is thin and sharp I think I finally found perfection and it was here all along.


Other knives I tried
Olamics
Henry Williams
Giant mouse
Civivi
We
Kershaw
Schrade
Terra mundi
Heretic
Protech
Guardian tactical
Twosun
And so many others
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That sounds lile quite a lot to me. Your attempt at modesty is kind of spoiled by your line-item listing, which you know is in excess of most users here. But aside from that, thanks for sharng. I'd really lile to see some pictures. I don't know what many of those are.
 
awesome14 said:
That sounds lile quite a lot to me. Your attempt at modesty is kind of spoiled by your line-item listing, which you know is in excess of most users here. But aside from that, thanks for sharng. I'd really lile to see some pictures. I don't know what many of those
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This was a few years in the making and I did very good on a lot of my knives for example my william henry was bought here in the forum for 450 its worth many times that and I just realized the sng was in the pics I traded that away and so was the olamic custom I also happen to have gotten some very good trades I got a reate exo when it first came out and people offered me good knives for it i wish I can remember all my trades to post some of the highlights but as you can ask some of my trading friends I can turn over 10 knives a month so it gives me a lot of knives to handle there are many I didn't try yet and a bunch I forgot to mention for example my lion steels wich to be honest is almost perfect
 
a1b2c3 said:
Nice collection of folders but what about fixed?
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I have a few
Socp
Socp mini
Creely mako traded away
Coldsteel drop forged
I'm having a custom made for me I traded a ad20.5 ti 3v for it
Benchmade azeria
Gryphon m10
Gerber strong-arm
Crkt don't remember name some big karambit style
A few I don't know the names of
Landil
To tell you the truth the fixed blades I carry the most are socp, socp mini, and gryphon m10
 
Boattale said:
The perfect pocketknife has a blade, scissors, a caplifter/screwdriver, a corkscrew, an eye glass screwdriver stored in the corkscrew, a toothpick, tweezers and an ink pen that is pressurized.
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Lol what about a fork pliers hammer drill extra underwear and shampoo and bodywash and don't forget it also has a folding bike
 
Boattale said:
The perfect pocketknife has a blade, scissors, a caplifter/screwdriver, a corkscrew, an eye glass screwdriver stored in the corkscrew, a toothpick, tweezers and an ink pen that is pressurized.
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And a partridge in a pear tree...
 
Lee D said:
Imperfections are what make us unique, and lovable.
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Thank you for a welcome piece of wisdom. Each person's value is that (s)he is unique. There will never be one like her again, nor has there ever been before. So, when a girl says, "I wish I looked like this other girl", that's like telling God, "I wish you would have made 2 of 'her' and none of me!"

That is so sad, and women say and think that all the time. This world really needs some priorities straightened out. It's like my mind just opened up all of a sudden!
 
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