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Hey guys and gals.
Its rare that I ever make a thread in general. In fact I dont remember when besides a few give aways I did.
I want to share my two knives, my only two. I like to keep it simple. Plus when I work on knives I get to handle anything and everything out there, which is a big deal and saves me alot of $$.
I carry a Ti-lock. In addition I carry a more robust knife for hard work. Both knives are medium size. I say that mostly due to the blades about 3.125 each, plus belly. So for the size they are great.
I did carry an Emerson CQC 13, SNG, SMF, Sebbies , Spyderco lil temp, ATR and other classics and odd balls. I love them all. But I really like the cutting edge to be 3-3.5. Which in reality does most of everything besides cutting large fruit and veggies, but does fine over all.
Dont get me wrong all the knives I listed above the the other I carried in the past are all great. But when It comes to a liner/framelock I want something that with little maintenance will last a long time. And this falls into that category. I also like the Caged ball lock, compression, plunge, axis and Tri ad. But a good framelock is always number one.
The first time I handled a Burke Pro Rockstar was two years ago at NYCKS in Jersey. It was a well used rockstar that was about as old as mine . Im thinking around 2008. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This knife was clearly well used and still had rock solid lock up after years, settled at about 50%. The issue with it was the tip down only carry and the clip was about 3/4 of an inch wide it seemed. I simply did not do tip down and I did not feel like reworking the clip and tapping new holes at the time, plus I did not see any for sale anyhow.
Besides that it was tough, and about 4.6oz IIRC. And clearly had nice F and F.
The one I have below is the same. It came from poland from a great member. And it made it to me in exactly one week. Nice solid lock up, with plenty of pressure. Hard to release for now. The detent is also nice and firm. I dropped it a few times and the blade will not pop open. If opened slow it has the same feel as a sebbie which is nice. I also use the CRK grease so that plays in.
- The clip has been reshaped and set up for tip up carry. You cannot even feel it in hand. Because of the shape at the butt of the handle you can slip back to a nice 3 finger with your pinky on the rear ramp for leverage with lite chopping or whatever. I am currently making an aluminum geared back spacer for it . Not sure why.
Here are some pictures next to the Ti lock and what not.
-CPM-154 steel
-Ti-framelock
-Teflon washers with grease holes like CRK type holes.
Im hanging with the kids now so im sure I missed a few things.
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1. Can you please recommend a nice fixed blade with good carry options in the sub 100$ range. That would pair nicely with either of these two, but has enough blade to do bigger harder jobs. And no black coatings?
2. If you have any questions please ask away. And please let me know what info I can add to make this a better write up.
Its rare that I ever make a thread in general. In fact I dont remember when besides a few give aways I did.
I want to share my two knives, my only two. I like to keep it simple. Plus when I work on knives I get to handle anything and everything out there, which is a big deal and saves me alot of $$.
I carry a Ti-lock. In addition I carry a more robust knife for hard work. Both knives are medium size. I say that mostly due to the blades about 3.125 each, plus belly. So for the size they are great.
I did carry an Emerson CQC 13, SNG, SMF, Sebbies , Spyderco lil temp, ATR and other classics and odd balls. I love them all. But I really like the cutting edge to be 3-3.5. Which in reality does most of everything besides cutting large fruit and veggies, but does fine over all.
Dont get me wrong all the knives I listed above the the other I carried in the past are all great. But when It comes to a liner/framelock I want something that with little maintenance will last a long time. And this falls into that category. I also like the Caged ball lock, compression, plunge, axis and Tri ad. But a good framelock is always number one.
The first time I handled a Burke Pro Rockstar was two years ago at NYCKS in Jersey. It was a well used rockstar that was about as old as mine . Im thinking around 2008. Please correct me if I am wrong.
This knife was clearly well used and still had rock solid lock up after years, settled at about 50%. The issue with it was the tip down only carry and the clip was about 3/4 of an inch wide it seemed. I simply did not do tip down and I did not feel like reworking the clip and tapping new holes at the time, plus I did not see any for sale anyhow.
Besides that it was tough, and about 4.6oz IIRC. And clearly had nice F and F.
The one I have below is the same. It came from poland from a great member. And it made it to me in exactly one week. Nice solid lock up, with plenty of pressure. Hard to release for now. The detent is also nice and firm. I dropped it a few times and the blade will not pop open. If opened slow it has the same feel as a sebbie which is nice. I also use the CRK grease so that plays in.
- The clip has been reshaped and set up for tip up carry. You cannot even feel it in hand. Because of the shape at the butt of the handle you can slip back to a nice 3 finger with your pinky on the rear ramp for leverage with lite chopping or whatever. I am currently making an aluminum geared back spacer for it . Not sure why.
Here are some pictures next to the Ti lock and what not.
-CPM-154 steel
-Ti-framelock
-Teflon washers with grease holes like CRK type holes.
Im hanging with the kids now so im sure I missed a few things.
Last
1. Can you please recommend a nice fixed blade with good carry options in the sub 100$ range. That would pair nicely with either of these two, but has enough blade to do bigger harder jobs. And no black coatings?
2. If you have any questions please ask away. And please let me know what info I can add to make this a better write up.
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