Recommendation? New EDC Honey Badger Replacement

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SamKochel

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Hello all,

I normally carry a Mel Pardue Benchmade 530 and it's been great: I'm on my second one. However, I have been expanding into some heavier duty knives. I have an Emerson, it's o.k. I have a Cold Steel Lawman because I love a good choil, it's my garage knife along with a RAT 1. I have an old Spyderco Endura, etc...

However, I bought a large drop point Honey Badger and I was loving it! I love the Flat Ground Blade, I love the choil with the jimping on it and the spine. The handle is good and the deep carry clip is great. I also love the very smooth action. But, I found the pivot screw starts to back out on me and the blade gets some wobble in it. This is not cool of course.

I was wondering if any of your could give me some advice on something to replace it. Flat grind, useful blade with some belly, buttery action and a nice choil. I am looking at the PM2, which I am about ready to pull the trigger on. It looks a little big in the handle and the height at the hole though. Also something I could sharpen myself without wayyy too much effort and skill would be nice.

Thanks for your time!

Sam
 
Very easy fix, just use blue loctite on the pivot screw. Tighten it just enough so there’s no blade play, can literally be 1/32 of a turn of the screw and then let it sit over night.

Then you can continue your love affair 😉
 
SamKochel said:
Hello all,

I normally carry a Mel Pardue Benchmade 530 and it's been great: I'm on my second one. However, I have been expanding into some heavier duty knives. I have an Emerson, it's o.k. I have a Cold Steel Lawman because I love a good choil, it's my garage knife along with a RAT 1. I have an old Spyderco Endura, etc...

However, I bought a large drop point Honey Badger and I was loving it! I love the Flat Ground Blade, I love the choil with the jimping on it and the spine. The handle is good and the deep carry clip is great. I also love the very smooth action. But, I found the pivot screw starts to back out on me and the blade gets some wobble in it. This is not cool of course.

I was wondering if any of your could give me some advice on something to replace it. Flat grind, useful blade with some belly, buttery action and a nice choil. I am looking at the PM2, which I am about ready to pull the trigger on. It looks a little big in the handle and the height at the hole though. Also something I could sharpen myself without wayyy too much effort and skill would be nice.

Thanks for your time!

Sam
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What mitchnola mitchnola said. However, the PM2 is a great knife if you like a thin slicy blade and good fidget factor. It's also extremely customizable.

Here's mine. Ripps Garage Tech burlap micarta scales, MXG deep carry clip.

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I carried a large honey badger drop point at work till I lost it. Pm2 is smaller.
 
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