I'm feeling like a new knife, so I thought to ask for some advice.
Here's my situation:
My current EDC knife is a Manly Wasp in S90V. What I like about this knife is the clean look, the way it carries (deep carry clip to my right front pocket) and the length and shape of the blade - and of course the fact that it's made of S90V. I sharpen it about twice per year and the edge retention on it is just crazy.
Just to try something different, I bought a Civvi Elementum a while back. It also sports those clear lines, but where the Wasp is a slipjoint with nail nick, the Elementum is a flipper with a lock.
I liked that a lot, especially the locking blade. What I did not like very much is that it's made from D2. When I have a day where my knife sees a lot of use, it gets duller than I'd like before I get home to sharpen it, and sharpening knives is not really something I enjoy.
Another thing I kind of am on the fence about is that it is a flipper. While that is fun, this particular knife has no real option of opening it slowly. I would not really call that office friendly.
I thought about getting a OHO locking knife that sports clear, mostly straight lines and has a deep carry clip and better steel than D2. While looking around I found a few knives that kind of tickled my fancy.
Just from the looks of it, I like the James Brand The Carter very much, but I don't think that VG-10 is gonna cut it for me (pun intended).
The other one that probably ticks all the boxes is the Benchmade Bugout. I know about the issues, but with the help of the aftermarket, one can easily make that knife worth carrying, it seems.
However, If I bought the standard version, I'd have to replace the scales immediately, can't abide that blue - I'd go for the Flytanium micarta ones - and to match that, I'd need to get a silver thumb stud, too and probably a titanium back spacer, depending on how much flex the Flytanium scales have. While being able to customize the Bugout to my taste is a super nice thing, it is also costly. I'd land less than 50 bucks below the price for the Bugout with S90V blade and carbon fiber handles.
Now I've never owned a Benchmade and can't tell how good their S30V is.
I'd use it as an EDC. I cut boxes with it (on occasion I do that a LOT), do some woodworking stuff as well as your standard every day tasks.
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Recommend me a knife that checks the following boxes:
-Clear, straight, non tactical design (Manly Wasp, Benchmade Bugout, James Brand The Carter)
-Very, very good blade steel (edge retention)
-Deep carry pocket clip (the one where only the clip shows)
-OHO mechanism
-Solid Lock
-Not too big (not much more than a 3" blade)
I've not really thought about a budget.
I did own a Hinderer once but ended up not using it because it felt like too much money, getting scratches on that thing. I sold it again after holding on to it for a while - so $ 300+ is out of the question - if that kind of money was not an issue, I'd simply get a Sebenza.
Here's my situation:
My current EDC knife is a Manly Wasp in S90V. What I like about this knife is the clean look, the way it carries (deep carry clip to my right front pocket) and the length and shape of the blade - and of course the fact that it's made of S90V. I sharpen it about twice per year and the edge retention on it is just crazy.
Just to try something different, I bought a Civvi Elementum a while back. It also sports those clear lines, but where the Wasp is a slipjoint with nail nick, the Elementum is a flipper with a lock.
I liked that a lot, especially the locking blade. What I did not like very much is that it's made from D2. When I have a day where my knife sees a lot of use, it gets duller than I'd like before I get home to sharpen it, and sharpening knives is not really something I enjoy.
Another thing I kind of am on the fence about is that it is a flipper. While that is fun, this particular knife has no real option of opening it slowly. I would not really call that office friendly.
I thought about getting a OHO locking knife that sports clear, mostly straight lines and has a deep carry clip and better steel than D2. While looking around I found a few knives that kind of tickled my fancy.
Just from the looks of it, I like the James Brand The Carter very much, but I don't think that VG-10 is gonna cut it for me (pun intended).
The other one that probably ticks all the boxes is the Benchmade Bugout. I know about the issues, but with the help of the aftermarket, one can easily make that knife worth carrying, it seems.
However, If I bought the standard version, I'd have to replace the scales immediately, can't abide that blue - I'd go for the Flytanium micarta ones - and to match that, I'd need to get a silver thumb stud, too and probably a titanium back spacer, depending on how much flex the Flytanium scales have. While being able to customize the Bugout to my taste is a super nice thing, it is also costly. I'd land less than 50 bucks below the price for the Bugout with S90V blade and carbon fiber handles.
Now I've never owned a Benchmade and can't tell how good their S30V is.
I'd use it as an EDC. I cut boxes with it (on occasion I do that a LOT), do some woodworking stuff as well as your standard every day tasks.
----------=## TL/DR: ##=----------
Recommend me a knife that checks the following boxes:
-Clear, straight, non tactical design (Manly Wasp, Benchmade Bugout, James Brand The Carter)
-Very, very good blade steel (edge retention)
-Deep carry pocket clip (the one where only the clip shows)
-OHO mechanism
-Solid Lock
-Not too big (not much more than a 3" blade)
I've not really thought about a budget.
I did own a Hinderer once but ended up not using it because it felt like too much money, getting scratches on that thing. I sold it again after holding on to it for a while - so $ 300+ is out of the question - if that kind of money was not an issue, I'd simply get a Sebenza.
