The very first knife I bought for myself back when I was in high school was a Gerber Ridge with the partial serration that I kept on my key ring. Obviously not the best knife in the world, but I did everything with that knife. It felt good just being prepared for the myriad of situations that a knife can assist in. I'm sure everyone here knows that feeling.
Well, since that time I've had scads of knives from modern to traditional styles. Just recently I bought a knife that has been in the back of my mind for a while. A Kershaw Random Task II.
One of main draws to this knife for me was that the blade shape has the same reverse tanto point of the Gerber ridge. I guess I tend to associate this blade shape with the partial serration as a very utilitarian design (perhaps Kershaw thinks so too given the name of this model).
A caveat of this knife is that it is assisted opening. This is actually the first assisted opening knife I've owned, but I've handled a number of them. I don't hate assisted opening, but I really prefer just a regular manual one-handed open. Although I had this knife oiled up and ready to go, the assisted opening mechanism wasn't really working as well as I feel it should. Often times it wouldn't open the whole way. I adjusted the pivot screw, but by the time it was loose enough to deploy the blade smoothly, there was an unacceptable amount of side-to-side blade play. Perhaps there was some way to tinker with the mechanism to get it working better, but my solution was just to open it up and remove the torsion bar.
Now I have a knife I really enjoy that lets me reminisce a little about that "first knife" whenever it's in my pocket.
Well, since that time I've had scads of knives from modern to traditional styles. Just recently I bought a knife that has been in the back of my mind for a while. A Kershaw Random Task II.
One of main draws to this knife for me was that the blade shape has the same reverse tanto point of the Gerber ridge. I guess I tend to associate this blade shape with the partial serration as a very utilitarian design (perhaps Kershaw thinks so too given the name of this model).
A caveat of this knife is that it is assisted opening. This is actually the first assisted opening knife I've owned, but I've handled a number of them. I don't hate assisted opening, but I really prefer just a regular manual one-handed open. Although I had this knife oiled up and ready to go, the assisted opening mechanism wasn't really working as well as I feel it should. Often times it wouldn't open the whole way. I adjusted the pivot screw, but by the time it was loose enough to deploy the blade smoothly, there was an unacceptable amount of side-to-side blade play. Perhaps there was some way to tinker with the mechanism to get it working better, but my solution was just to open it up and remove the torsion bar.
Now I have a knife I really enjoy that lets me reminisce a little about that "first knife" whenever it's in my pocket.