Salut, et bien venue a Bladeforums.com Mon francais est tres mal aussi, so I'll stick with english for now!
For talonite advice,
click here!
Rob Simonich is an amazing custommaker and is THE dealer of talonite in the U.S. Check his site out for any talonite info you need. Feel free to e-mail Rob as well. He'd be happy to answer your questions.
P.S.: Talonite CAN NOT RUST, as there isn't enough carbon in it to make it rust! And, Talonite is non-magentic, due to the very low amount of iron in it. Cool stuff for sure!
Here's some other general knife advice:
For folding knives, I prefer a tip down carry. I have had a tip down folder open in my pocket, and I am GLAD that it was tip down. If it was tip up, I could have sliced my hand pretty badly.
Some knife knuts here carry 2 knives at the same time. Though this sounds like too much steel to be packing, there are advantages. You can carry one plain edged blade and one serrated blade, thereby covering anything that the world will throw at you! Also, you can carry one on your strong side and one on your weak, which could be a benefit if your strong hand is busy, disabled, or whatever. Also, you can have one tactical cool knife, like a big SIFU or whatever you like, and have a smaller "people friendly" knife.
If you carry a knife with self defense in mind, please get some kind of training. An instructor would be best, and I can fully recommend Filipino knife arts. If anything, get a good book or video (Michael Janick's knife fighting book, or videos from James Keating, Paul Vunak, or others.
Be sure to check out oir own practical tactical forum for more self defense info.
If you ever get into knife making, starting with a kit is a great idea. You can get already made blades from places like
Jantz Supply or other knife making supply houses. Get a blade, some dymondwood or micarta, some pin material, epoxy, and have a blast.
If you want to make more knives (it is addicting!) get a drill press first, and a grinder second. Trust me on this! Drilling straight holes with a hand drill is almost impossible. And, a drill press can be used as a buffer until you get a buffer. A belt grinder in the 2x72" format is the most popular. I have a 2X42 that I am using for now, which works out fine for me because I have only made 4 knives in 2 years.
If I can thing of anything more, I'll add it!
You've come to the best place to talk about knives. One word of caution, no matter what anyone else tells you, a Sebenza IS worth the price. Enjoy.
