Knife Acronyms Sticky?

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dejard

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For you veterans, all the various knife acronyms come second nature. But for newbies like me, I think it would be helpful to have a list of commonly and not so commonly used acronyms at our disposal. I'm always Googling when I come across one I don't know and feel a bit reluctant to interrupt a forum conversation with such questions.

Is there such a list here on BF (Blade Forums)? If not, do you think a list would be a good idea? The following are a few that I've been able to figure out (I think):

Please add to the list and/or make corrections. Thanks!


BF - Blade Forums
BKT - Becker Knife & Tool
BM - Benchmade
BRK - Blue Ridge Knives or Bark River Knives
BRKT - Bark River Knife & Tool
CPM - Crucible Particle Metallurgy
CRKT - Columbia River Knife & Tool
CS - Cold Steel
CV - Chrome Vanadium
DLC - Diamond Like Carbon
EDC - Everyday Carry
F&F - Fit and Finish
FFG - Full Flat Ground
FRN - Fiberglass Reinforced Nylon
GEC - Great Eastern Cutlery
HC - High Carbon (steel)
HG - Hollow Ground
Ikoma - Korth Bearing System
IMP - In My Pocket
KAI - Kershaw, Zero Tolerance, and Shun cutlery brands
KSF - KnivesShipFree
KVT - Kershaw Velocity Technology
LNIB - Like New In Box
NCR - Neveryday Carry
NIB - New In Box
NIP - New In Package
OHO - One Hand Opener
OTF - Out the Front
PM2 - Spyderco Para Military 2
RC - Rockwell (hardness scale)
RCR - Regular Carry Rotation
SAK - Swiss Army Knife
SFO - Special Factory Orders or Spyderco Factory Outlet
SPF - Sold Pending Funds
SS - Stainless Steel
SYKCO - Scrap Yard Knife Company
TGLB - Team Gemini Light Brigade
Ti - Titanium
WIP - Work In Progress
ZT - Zero Tolerance
 
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CPM is definitely not crunchy puffy marshmallows, it's Crucible Particle Metallurgy.
DLC is Diamond Like Carbon
 
While you are at it how about definitions for the various versions of "NIB" / New In Box. Etc?
There are a few I am sketchy on.
 
Pages and pages. You would need separate categories like: knife companies, common internet abbreviations, steel designations, sales jargon.

Nothing wrong with interrupting a thread with a question. Sometimes people just make up their own abbreviations and no one else really knows or cares what they mean.

When in doubt, spell it out.
 
Thanks everyone! If nothing else, the list might prove helpful for searches despite its shortcomings.
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Pages and pages. You would need separate categories like: knife companies, common internet abbreviations, steel designations, sales jargon.

Nothing wrong with interrupting a thread with a question. Sometimes people just make up their own abbreviations and no one else really knows or cares what they mean.

When in doubt, spell it out.
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Good points, Esav. I probably should have asked first before starting the list - sorry. Please lock the thread if you think it'll become unwieldy.
 
Not a bad list of TLA's (three letter acronyms)

In my company we have a measurement program called OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), another TLA.

I have proposed a program called Employee Involvement Equals Interest in the Organization, or EIEIO.

(with a quack quack here)
 
Tribial said:
SFO is the one I can't figure out:)
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Spyderco Factory Outlet.

A few more:
LNIB: Like New In Box
NIP: New In Package
Types of Steel: 440C, S30V, S90V, S110V, S125V, S35VN, D2, 1095, 1085, 1075, ELMAX, 154CM, CPM 154, AUS8, ATS-34, M390, 3V, 20CV, CTS-XHP, M4, ZDP-189, 8Cr13MoV, VG-10, CTS-BD1, and so on.
 
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