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This thread is about where I started and where I am now. Please excuse the grammar mistakes, I will try my best and just share my thoughts.
My first blade that got me hooked was a Kershaw, the model is no longer made i believe and it was lost long ago. That knife was the big bang tho and for that i owe Kershaw a thanks. A couple Kershaws later and Youtube opened up a whole new world, im sure this could be the case for many of us. Hours and hours of watching, listing looking for that perfect shot that answered my question that would make or break the knife for myself. Then came the Benchmade rift, wow! The flood gates opened for sharping, blade steels, grinds, locks, handle material, tip strength and probably some aspects I've forgotten. Then after blade shows, bladeforums, magazines ect. I realized there are really very few knifes made that the 1%er's that we've all grown into such as ourselves, each different in our own way, like.
Then I turned my attention to fixed blades. Things got a little simpler but, also added a few different aspects. A few custom fixed blades later and i came to the conclusion, I've got alot more knives than I can carry. I have a Rubber Made container that I keep them in, and i always reached for the same two. A Rift with 154cm when the pistol came along for the day, and a Entrek Jag when it didn't. I waited with anticipation for this or that coming out, sometimes to be disappointed.
Then about a year ago, on a job site with my dad, he asked for a utility knife out of his tool box. Instead of walking through the house and getting it, i reached in my pocket like an extension of my body. BAM, an old hair popping Rift into action. My dad paused looking at me said "no i need my utility knife". With a smile on my face i went and got it. I don't know what his reasoning was, probably the unfamiliarity of it, I don't know. That, being the blade guy I am, got me thinking.
You might see where this is going. Hit the Youtube, forums, ect. This is where I am at now. After many bought and tried. I have been carrying a Lenox lockback utility blade for some time. Please don't throw stones. Just being honest. I don't know how to pin point it. It just works for me. The biggest thing I've learned from it is, I completely forgot how a thin blade cuts! There are other plus's and minuses, "that needs cut but is going to mess up the edge". (I do enjoy hand sharping, took a long time to get where I'm at with it) No problem just pop another blade in. But, food prep, forget about it. Fixed blade, please.
Im sure you can see where this is going.
After years, of looking for that perfect one..... I can almost assure you, this is not it. Likes and dislikes come and go for me. Im sure I'll circle back around at some point. I just wanted to share my experience.
As an aside note, there does not seem to be a maker of utility blades that tells you the exact steel used. Bugs me. Speaking of bugs, would it be cool if spiderco or someone came out with decent blade steel utility blades? I think so.
Thanks for your time.
My first blade that got me hooked was a Kershaw, the model is no longer made i believe and it was lost long ago. That knife was the big bang tho and for that i owe Kershaw a thanks. A couple Kershaws later and Youtube opened up a whole new world, im sure this could be the case for many of us. Hours and hours of watching, listing looking for that perfect shot that answered my question that would make or break the knife for myself. Then came the Benchmade rift, wow! The flood gates opened for sharping, blade steels, grinds, locks, handle material, tip strength and probably some aspects I've forgotten. Then after blade shows, bladeforums, magazines ect. I realized there are really very few knifes made that the 1%er's that we've all grown into such as ourselves, each different in our own way, like.
Then I turned my attention to fixed blades. Things got a little simpler but, also added a few different aspects. A few custom fixed blades later and i came to the conclusion, I've got alot more knives than I can carry. I have a Rubber Made container that I keep them in, and i always reached for the same two. A Rift with 154cm when the pistol came along for the day, and a Entrek Jag when it didn't. I waited with anticipation for this or that coming out, sometimes to be disappointed.
Then about a year ago, on a job site with my dad, he asked for a utility knife out of his tool box. Instead of walking through the house and getting it, i reached in my pocket like an extension of my body. BAM, an old hair popping Rift into action. My dad paused looking at me said "no i need my utility knife". With a smile on my face i went and got it. I don't know what his reasoning was, probably the unfamiliarity of it, I don't know. That, being the blade guy I am, got me thinking.
You might see where this is going. Hit the Youtube, forums, ect. This is where I am at now. After many bought and tried. I have been carrying a Lenox lockback utility blade for some time. Please don't throw stones. Just being honest. I don't know how to pin point it. It just works for me. The biggest thing I've learned from it is, I completely forgot how a thin blade cuts! There are other plus's and minuses, "that needs cut but is going to mess up the edge". (I do enjoy hand sharping, took a long time to get where I'm at with it) No problem just pop another blade in. But, food prep, forget about it. Fixed blade, please.
Im sure you can see where this is going.
After years, of looking for that perfect one..... I can almost assure you, this is not it. Likes and dislikes come and go for me. Im sure I'll circle back around at some point. I just wanted to share my experience.
As an aside note, there does not seem to be a maker of utility blades that tells you the exact steel used. Bugs me. Speaking of bugs, would it be cool if spiderco or someone came out with decent blade steel utility blades? I think so.
Thanks for your time.