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Need help finding woman friendly knives.

I sure like the CS Recons too. The knife I'd really recommend for your GF though would be the Spyderco Chaparral. It's very light (2.5 oz), classy (woven carbon fiber scales), non-aggressive (2.75" leaf blade), simple opening/unlocking (mid-backlock), great steel (flat ground CTS XHP), unobtrusive clip (deep-carry black wire), great ergo (truly useful choil and spine jimping), won't scare anyone incl your GF, the knife simply "disappears" until needed. A real step up from the truly classic Delica IMHO. And you might like the similar Sage (liner lock), or the little larger Caly for yourself!

Happy shopping,
J&H
 
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I'm about to take her to look at some stuff now. Won't purchase right there but I'll look around for the best deal on those items but it'll give me a starting point.
 
I hope this post doesn't go sexist on me...but here goes. A lot of females, having not grown up around knives as tools are a little afraid of closing them. My wife for example. Grew up on a farm...4H...showed hogs (her daddy's hogs of course) and also did the home-ec stuff. If she needs a knife and opens it, she's scared to death to close it for fear it will snap shut on her finger. My mother who grew up shooting guns, riding horses, living on a farm is the same way.

I say this in the context of the slip joint...or other back-spring knife. Something like a Mini-Grip might really fit the bill because it doesn't snap shut having no back spring. Also look at something like an Izula. Yes they come in pink but they also come in desert tan and green and with the little scales, would fit great in a purse, not need to be opened and closed, and would be, frankly, indestructible.
 
Hoosier,

Difficulty in closing is another strong point for Opinels. They are friction folders (with a lock) so there's no spring to deal with. I started my kids off with them for this exact reason.
 
My girl is horrid with locking systems, and does not trust them so I got her a pink Izula. She love it and uses it all the time.She has it mounted in a Purse pocket and just the ring sticks out. You can deploy it in seconds if needed. My girl is a born and raised SoCal Surfer girl ( lil crispy brah) and she never has had an issue or felt unsafe with it.
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I just bought my son's fiancée a Ontario Rat-1 which she really liked. A Model 2 might be a better choice for smaller hands. These are very functional/high value knives for well under your budget. In fact you could get the pair (one for you and one for her) for under $100. Spyderco Tenacious/Persistence would be another high value pair.
 
Another big & small choice would be the Spyderco Chaparral and Sage 1 (different locks but same materials) or the Chaparral and Caly 3/3.5 (same lock, same handle material but different steel). Or heck even the Caly 3 and larger Caly 3.5 (exactly the same just 1/2" difference).
 
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Paring knives are popular among women as they familiar with them. I have made leather slip on sheaths for them so they can carry them in their purse, and have also made sheaths for paring knives I made. Paring knives are nice small utilitarian fixed blades.
 
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She likes the sog mini vulcan and delica
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Both are good knives. I have both. The Mini-Vulcan is really a fun knife but it might be a little scary for the non-knife person.

The SOG Twitch XL is another fairly cool knife and about the same size as the Mini-Vulcan.
 
HoosierQ said:
I hope this post doesn't go sexist on me...but here goes. A lot of females, having not grown up around knives as tools are a little afraid of closing them. My wife for example. Grew up on a farm...4H...showed hogs (her daddy's hogs of course) and also did the home-ec stuff. If she needs a knife and opens it, she's scared to death to close it for fear it will snap shut on her finger. My mother who grew up shooting guns, riding horses, living on a farm is the same way.

I say this in the context of the slip joint...or other back-spring knife. Something like a Mini-Grip might really fit the bill because it doesn't snap shut having no back spring. Also look at something like an Izula. Yes they come in pink but they also come in desert tan and green and with the little scales, would fit great in a purse, not need to be opened and closed, and would be, frankly, indestructible.
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That's probably why I like Axis or Button locks more than liner or frame locks. I don't have long fingernails so axis-type locks work great for me. My fingers don't get near the blade when I'm closing the knife. I also carry an Izula II for backup to my Benchmade Emissary.
 
I have a number of different folders, and my wife "borrows" some, to the point where I just give her mine and then buy myself a replacement. So far, regardless of brand, she gravitates towards those that use either a flipper or a thumb bar/disc (on the spine) as opposed to thumb studs. For example, I had a little hardware store Guidesman folder that she really liked, which had a thumb disk on the spine and opened very easily. I wanted to get her something a little more suitable for self defense should the need arise, and set out several such knives for her to handle; she chose my Kershaw Drone.
 
Bufford said:
Paring knives are popular among women as they familiar with them. I have made leather slip on sheaths for them so they can carry them in their purse, and have also made sheaths for paring knives I made. Paring knives are nice small utilitarian fixed blades.
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Clever solution — and you're dead right about them being nice small fixed blades.
 
FYI for those that don't already know:

1. All knives are "women-friendly." There is not a single knife I've heard of that requires a Y chromosome to own or use...

2. Believe it or not, material goods owned by women can in fact be a different color than pink.

I know these revelations will be shocking to some. Suggestions for a knife that equates to possible use by ~50% of the population is extremely broad to say the least, but for the record my XX chromosome self EDCs a Kershaw Blackout that I love.
 
I think there is no such thing as a woman friendly knife but rather a knife friendly woman, but this statement applies to men as well.

That said, my wife carries a Spyderco Cricket daily in her purse for about 5 years or so and refuses to exchange it for anything else. What she loves about it is the styling, the fact that it is completely round when closed with no sharp edges to the handle. She thinks the stainless construction makes it look classy and she finds the blade shape very useful. Hers is serrated, which she also likes.
 
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