Knife for girlfriend

I've been trying for a few years to find a knife that my wife likes. She always thinks pearl or wood handles are pretty, and she likes the look of damascus blades, but she won't carry anything over two inch blades. I finally found a Victorinox classic with translucent blue handles that she has carried on her keychain since Christmas. I'm thinking of getting her the little Titanium Spyderco police on the silver chain. I could get it anodized a nice deep purple, and I think she may like that.

My wife's favorite knife of mine, (she still won't carry it) is an A.G.Russell lockback with Damascus blade, and quince-burl handles. She does like the color of my BM 940 blue.

DD
 
I have way too many knives in my collection and the wife turns her nose up at most of them. The only few which elicited a positive response were:
- BM 850 Pardue (rainbow anodizing, ivory micarta scales)
- CRKT Mirage GG (very nice, elegant design that she currently carries in her handbag)
- CRKT Urban Shark

Andrew Limsk
 
WELL MY WOMEN CARRIES THE KNIVE SHE PICKED OUT FROM MY COLLECTION.
IT IS OR WAS MY MICROTECH VECTOR.
GAVE IT TO HER FOR HER BIRTHDAY THREE YEARS AGO AND SHE CARRIES IT EVERY DAY.. WHAT A GOOD WOMEN..
 
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This <a href="http://www.canoe.ca/LifewiseHomeYardDecor00/0812_hammer.html">column</a> on chicks and multis might offer come advice.


<b>The modern bride and her multi-tool

by Mag Ruffman</b>

In the midst of the summer wedding season, you have to wonder how many of the lace-festooned hopefuls in white stretch limos will one day wish they never got married.

With divorce rates flourishing, what the modern bride needs is something that makes married life splendid, fulfilling, permanent and rife with adventure. What the modern bride needs is a multi-tool.

Multi-tools are the grown-up version of the pocketknife you had when you were nine. You remember, you called yourself Vera, Queen of the Forest, and tied a towel around your neck for a cloak, and built forts and ran wild in the fields. Because you had special powers. You had a pocketknife.

With your pocketknife you could carve your initials on a fence-post, whittle a stick for toasting marshmallows, remove the wormy bits from wild apples, or free your brother's foot from a badly knotted PF Flyer. It didn't end there. A girl with a pocketknife knew no bounds to her abilities. She was daring, spirited and knew swordplay, several of the attributes needed for a successful marriage.

In adult life, finding a good multi-tool is akin to discovering love; your pulse quickens, your breathing becomes shallow, your palms dampen, a soulful glance means you don't sleep well, a warm touch means you don't sleep at all. Apply these exact physiological specifications to your selection of a multi-tool and you will behave oddly in the hardware store, but the euphoria is worth it.

There are many multi-tools to choose from but only one will suit you for life, unless you're a multi-multi-tool girl, in which case, you may also find monogamy challenging.

Most multi-tools have similar features: pliers with both wire-cutting and gripping surfaces, a selection of knife blades, several screw-drivers, a saw blade, ruler, metal file, and that critical life-enhancing tool, the bottle-opener.

Some multi-tools stand out from others. A superior tool has great action; you can whip it out with one hand in a single swift motion. Individual blades are easy to pull from their nested cradle, and the knives lock for safety. Good multi-tools also come with a sturdy belt-mounted case, which contributes swagger to your strut and sparkle to your eyes. Some multi-tool models have bonus implements like ice-picks, good for starting a screw, starting a cocktail in the arctic, or both, if you're that kind of roving adventuress.

Whether you're married or single, a multi-tool can make a sweet and subtle difference in the quality of your life. Share this pleasure with others; next time you're invited to a wedding, ensure that the bride is given a reasonable start in married life. Give her a multi-tool. Give the groom one too, if he's the sulky type. No point in clouding the wedding night with tool envy.

Multi-tool resources

Schrade (www.schradeknives.com)

Available at Home Depot, this is a densely packed multi-tool with 21 individual bits, blades and drivers. Great variety, but the tool is stiff. I know, I know, but you don't want that in this case. Approsimate price is $80.

Gerber (www.galeswholesale.com)

Gerber makes a range of multi-tools. Their unique feature is a cool flip-out pliers head that makes them fun to use, and good for impressing others at boring social functions. Plus you can accessorize them with interchangeable driver bits. Approsimate price is $80.

Leatherman (www.leatherman.com)

Leatherman produced the first multi-tool, so they've been innovating longer and they say that makes them better. One of their latest models, which I have yet to be given as a thoughtful surprise for being a nice wife, is the Flair. It encourages a rich and enigmatic lifestyle by providing a corkscrew, butter knife and cocktail fork in addition to all the usual stuff. Plus scissors. Very buff. You will produce additional saliva just looking at a picture of this one.Approsimate price is $120.

SOG

The SOG Power Plier is the preferred multi-tool of Canadian movie crews. It's my personal favourite at the moment. The action is unbelievably smooth for quick one-handed whip-outs. The hex nuts can be adjusted to make it even faster. This is the only multi-tool that has a Robertson (square-head) driver bit. Available in Canada from the people who supply lighting equipment to movie crews; William F. White (416)-239-5050. Approsimate price is $90.

<i>Mag Ruffman can be reached at tool.girl@home.com. Her new show Anything I Can Do debuts on WTN this fall.</i>
 
My advice is let her pick it, and what is she carrying it for? always look at that. me and my husband have very different taste, he would never pick a knife for me as i am almost certian not to like it, take her to the store with you, let her look at some and get the feel, in my case atlease my knives have to be like a part of me for me to be comfortable. and what ever you buy make sure she knows how to take care of it, or you will always be answering questions, and doing up keep. Show her how to research a knife and decide what she would use it for. all in all get her interested, she will find one eventually, some times it takes me over a year to pick a knife i like , and PLEASE, if she is getting it for protection make sure she has or gets some training, or it can just end up getting used aghanst her!
 
Well, i ordered 2 folders after doing some reasearch, so i knew both were good knives, i got a M16-03Z and a Vapor II, then i let her pick and i was going to keep the one she didnt want, she took the vapor II, she loved the way it looked plus she didnt trust the liner lock on the M16 as much as the frame lock on the kershaw.
 
Just bought my girlfriend a CRKT Kiss, the peck version. This was the only knife I could get my girlfriend to carry. She actually likes it, calls it cute! I really don't care what she calls it, I am just happy I finally found a knife for her :)

Ryan
 
Take her with you to the knife store. Even if you want it to be a surprise you can claim you're shopping for yourself but use the opportunity to see how she reacts to what. Not only do you know its a knife she likes, that it fits her hand (this is very important) AND you get bonus points for listening to her. :)
 
I agree that you need to get her input. I drag my friend with me to the knife shows down here (actually she drags me now), and she just loves to browse all the tables. At the last show, she picked out a CRKT Kasper/Crawford design that she carries with her. The "thumb scallop" allows for easier opening--especially for those new to one-hand openers. And what I especially like about the knife is that it has the "LAWKS" safety system which allows the blade to be locked into the open position so it doesn't close on her hand. Not the knife I would've picked myself but she loves it. Definitely take her somewhere with a large selection and have her pick one out.
 
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