Knife Superlatives

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misterjuiceman

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I thought this might be an interesting thread.

I'll start with a few:

Smoothest Opening: Tom Mayo folder or Lochsa
Loudest lock-up sound: Scott Cook Locsha
Best Detent: Tim Galyean
Best Thumb-jimping: Galyean Pro-Series Lahar, and I love the jimping on my flat TNT, though it's on the handle.
 
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Best cutter-Opinel.
Best piercer-not sure
Best flipper-BM42
Best weight-to-strength-not sure, but I'd sure like to know. Izula?
Best value: Millions of threads started on this, so I won't speculate.
Best handle material-Spyderco's FRN.
Best lock-Axis is probably a strong runner. Framelock too though I personally hate them.
 
Best knife in the world - the one at your disposal when you need it.
 
Best theoretical knife---the one that you DON'T have when you need it and are yearning for while you're making do with the best knife in the world. :cool:
 
Best overall EDC for features, price, feel, quality, warranty = Benchmade Mini Griptilian.
 
wongKI said:
Best weight-to-strength-not sure, but I'd sure like to know. Izula?
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I've read about folk saying that the humble Old Hickory blades have done surprisingly well in Noss' destruction tests. Given their thinness, they might be a candidate for this category.
 
The most recognized folder IMHO... Buck 110....

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misterjuiceman said:
I thought this might be an interesting thread.

I'll start with a few:


Best lock-up sound: Scott Cook Locsha...
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Given that I and many others will never hear this firsthand, how about someone with a Lochsa and a microphone post a .wav or .mp3 file of this? I would love to hear it.

I don't know if it'll top the tuh-clack of my small classic locking up, but would love the opportunity to judge for myself.

And how about "Easiest to disassemble/clean/reassemble?": Sebenza
 
fionafa said:
Given that I and many others will never hear this firsthand, how about someone with a Lochsa and a microphone post a .wav or .mp3 file of this? I would love to hear it.

I don't know if it'll top the tuh-clack of my small classic locking up, but would love the opportunity to judge for myself.

And how about "Easiest to disassemble/clean/reassemble?": Sebenza
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I found this on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ33lLwFIVM

The videos don't really do it justice at all. I just did one of mine, and it doesn't really sound like anything special, so I won't post it.
 
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I'm gonna go ahead and say it, even though a million people will tell me I'm wrong.

Best universally useful knife: SAK
 
misterjuiceman said:
I found this on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ33lLwFIVM

The videos don't really do it justice at all. I just did one of mine, and it doesn't really sound like anything special, so I won't post it.
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Hey, thanks misterjuiceman. I appreciate the link. You're right... I imagine the video doesn't do it justice. Was expecting more of a ka-chunk instead of that cli-click. Still.... thanks.
 
fionafa said:
Hey, thanks misterjuiceman. I appreciate the link. You're right... I imagine the video doesn't do it justice. Was expecting more of a ka-chunk instead of that cli-click. Still.... thanks.
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no problem. it's a click but it's a really loud and sharp click. it's unlike any other framelock I've had. actually most of my framelocks are very quiet (Mayos and Umnums), but it's much louder than the XM-18, Pro-Series Lahar or any other linerlock or framelock I've ever encountered.

Poorest quality knife:
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The picture doesn't do justice to how cheap this knife seems. The liner is thinner than the tolerances on the Sebenza :eek: it's unbelievable that it's almost the same price as a Spyderco Persistence
 
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