Most Comfortable Knife...Ergonomics and Piece of Mind...

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There are a lot of comfotable knives around today. My question is rather, which knife do you feel most comforable using?

I have mostly Spydies, BM's, and CS's in folding configuration. My most comfie knife is either my Mel Pardue 350 Semi-Serr. or my REKAT Pioneer II Tanto Style.

BM 350 I carried everyday for a year, growing familiar with every intricate little detail of the knife. I have carried the Rekat for a few months, and have grown to appreciate the lock and the security it offers.

These two pieces are clearly not my favorite knives, but I feel almost totally comfortable using both. In that I mean not worried about size/intimidation factor should I need to use them.

What knife do you feel most comfortable USING. Not necessarily you Fav piece...just one you trust the most, as well as consider more of an extension of an extremity than a tool?

Thanks...
Steve in NYC
 
For folders this would be the Spyderco Wegner. I know what you are thinking "but its a liner lock!". True, but it is rock solid and the liner is recessed to discourage accidental closings. This is one solid knife and very comfortable to use. It actually becomes an extension of your hand. I trust it implicitly. Coming in a close second would be the Rekat Carnivore.

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Dennis Bible
 
I have a good number of folders and make an effort to rotate them in use, so this question is more difficult than you might think.

Current: Full size Wegner

First: AFCK

Oldest: AFCK

Up And Comers: Benchmade Axis (710 705 730)
Spyderco Delica
Benchmade Mini Stryker
Spyderco Calypso


Mike
 
A couple of pieces come to mind immediately. My Battle Mistress from Busse Combat, my AK's from HI, a custom hunter from Phil Wilson and a MNK from Lynn Griffith.

-Cliff
 
Chiro,

Are you beginning to like the looks of it yet?
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Mike
 
I would have to say that my most comfortable knife and the one upon which I feel that I could most completely rely would have to be my StarMate followed very closely by my Military. I rate them above the Carnivour for two reasons: lighter weight and their 440V steel. Yes, rockspyder, I have found 440V to give excellent service.

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Walk in the Light,
Hugh Fuller
 
Delica2 (Stainless, with serrations). Use it all the time, and as for comfort, I'm comfortable cutting cardboard, pruning trees, slicing an apple or using it as a trim saw. Heavy, easy to hone, bash the hell out of it... can't go wrong.

As an office user, I've fallen in love with the Buck Lightning (small, plain edge). It holds a decent edge, feels as though it was carved out of aluminum for my hand, is user serviceable and does what a pocket knife should do.

See, it doesn't have to be high end to be "the one."

Cheers,

RLR
 
Has anyone said WEGNER yet?

Oh. They have. Well, it IS.

I've been carrying it for 2 years now, and nothing within $150 comes close.

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AKTI Member #A000832

"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, the bear eats you."
 
Spyderco Native is what I like to have on me at all times, I just about died when I had to leave it home for a trip to England last fall. It's small and unobtrusive enough that I can clip it to my shirt without much comment, and opening/closing is fast and safe. I love the handle on this model, because when they guys at work take it off my desk and play with it (as they inevitably do) and the blade falls onto their finger as they are closing it, the integrated choil keeps them from cutting themselves. Also, I got one of my non-knife-fanatic friends to consider carrying one this weekend when I demonstrated that it could be easily converted for left-handed carry. It's a really nice, comfortable knife. Though I do wish they made a swedge-less model as it tends to put people off.
 
I shamelessly admit to buying a Wegner folder on Brian Turner's recommendation about 1.5 years ago. THEN, I again followed his lead and tracked down a Tim Wegner designed fixed blade by Phil Boguszewski.
Hey, "Ergonomics works for me!"
I also like the in-hand properties of my Madpoet fixed blades. oh, and a good ol' Martinni filet knife has a great handle design too.
Link to pic of both Wegners> http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=269728&a=2006217&p=19563800&Sequence=0

[This message has been edited by JW (edited 05-15-2000).]
 
The Spyderco Wegner knife is great but I don't think any of you guys have tried the SpeedTech Synergy.As far as ergonomics or just plain being comfortable nothing beats this folder.The Wegner(large)comes closer than any other folder except the Sebenza.I would give the Wegner and the Sebenza a tie.But both are still a DISTANT second to the Speedtech
 
Of the knives in my modest collection I carry and use my plain edge Military the most.It`s slim profile and light weight make it easy to carry,the handle fits my hand and the 440V blade has superior edge holding and a versatile shape.I also have confidence in the lock.Everything I could ask for in a daily carry knife.

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~Gordon~
 
I used to be a Sebenza freak, then I got a TNT (Titanium and Talonite) from Tom Mayo http://www.mayoknives.com and that has been my daily carry... bummer too, they are almost too pretty to carry...
 
Best Fixed Blade--Rick Dunkerley 10V 4" drop point hunter he built for himself, used for a season of elk hunting, then I talked him out of it. Incredibly smooth, sure grip of highly figured desert ironwood, full hidden tang--all the strength and sure grip with no metal touching your hand on those frosty mornings. Not a corner anywhere to bite or blister, and bulges in exactly the right places.

Best Folder--David Boye "Eagle Wing" customized for me by David with african blackwood scales. Nothing protrudes through the smooth wood surface but the pivot pin--no clip or other nonsense. Curves into my palm like it was made for me--I guess it was!

Best Production Folder w/clip--Kershaw Random Task is the most comfortable I've tried with a clip so far.



[This message has been edited by WILL YORK (edited 05-15-2000).]
 
ROBB -

In my post, I said nothing within $150 - and for the extra $150, it's the SpeedTech I was referring to.

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AKTI Member #A000832

"Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, the bear eats you."
 
I have to wholeheartedly agree with Shooter 16's choices.

I would like to add however, that IMO the most comfortable handle on any folding knife is the one found on the Gerber Gators. It fills my hand like no other folder. No gaps, no spaces. And has a very ergonomic bend to it. It's not my favorite using knife because it has no pocket clip and has no thumb stud/hole. It's also a bit thick to ride in the pocket. Too bad. A great handle though.


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The individualist without strategy who takes opponents lightly will inevitably become the captive of others.
Sun Tzu
 
When I think of what is comfortable in a knife, I don't just think of the handle. I also think of the knife's cutting ability. How easily it cuts and keeps on cutting give me a kind of comfort. So a comfortable knife to me is not only a knife that feels comfortable in the hand but feels comfortable and pleasurable when I slice through something with very little effort.

I have some very nice whittling knives that are razor sharp and a comfort to use. But in the realm of well-known types, I find the Marble Fieldcraft for a fixed blade and a Spydie Wenger Jr. for a folder to be wonderfully "comfortable" using knives.

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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman
 
Steve,

The most comfortable hunting knife I have ever held is one made by Tom Mayo...it is one of his standard hunting models.
The second most comfortable knife I've ever held is the "Lil Rank" made by Ray Kirk of Raker Knives.
These knives are amazing in their simplicity of use!!
 
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