Other American brands like Benchmade?

speedfan said:
I am kinda liking that Military, but, liner lock? How mundane. Plus, I don't see it doing anything the AFCK doesn't do.
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I haven't seen the Military get discontinued, so the Military must continue to sell very well. I guess it does something the AFCK didn't do.;)

If liner locks are too "mundane" for ya, there's always something like this:
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speedfan, by reading your collection, I suppose you like something more towards pointy blade, you may want to take a look at Spyderco Rookie.

strong lock-check
light weight for the size (whatever that size may be)-check
an efficient closed length (i.e. a close to 1:1 blade to handle ratio)-check
 
Military hits the nails on the head for strength and light weight. The liner lock is absolutely reliable. As you said, it does overlap with the AFCK though.

I'm not too familiar with labour and environmental laws, but you might want to try Spyderco's Taiwanese Gayle Bradley or Sages.
 
Bimmer1 said:
What about the new Military framelock edition? Have you seen that one yet?
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Isn't that only available in Titanium? 5.9oz seems a little silly when a knife with the same exact blade in another variation weighs 4.2oz.

3Guardsmen said:
I haven't seen the Military get discontinued, so the Military must continue to sell very well. I guess it does something the AFCK didn't do.;)

If liner locks are too "mundane" for ya, there's always something like this:
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Ha. BM does bring back the AFCK in limited runs periodically, and they all get bought up and then people try to sell them for more than BM's already inflated MSRP. I don't know why they don't bring it back into normal production

That Manix 2 has a neat locking mechanism, but 5oz for a 2.875" cutting edge? I wear wool dress slacks, and you really notice weight in those, especially dense weight.

LowTEC said:
speedfan, by reading your collection, I suppose you like something more towards pointy blade, you may want to take a look at Spyderco Rookie.

strong lock-check
light weight for the size (whatever that size may be)-check
an efficient closed length (i.e. a close to 1:1 blade to handle ratio)-check
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I do kinda like that Rookie, albeit made in Japan (which has employment laws - de jure and de facto - at least as strong as ours). Is the G10 smooth or is it a dress-pants-tearing texture?

I don't know why they couldn't have stuck another 1/4" of blade in the Military.
 
I got to handle a Police. How does the military compare in terms of handle thickness? Same question for a Police3.
 
speedfan said:
I got to handle a Police. How does the military compare in terms of handle thickness? Same question for a Police3.
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The Police is super slim. The Military is a good bit thicker. The Police 3 is only a tad bit thicker than the Police model. I'll see if I can find you a picture comparing the handle thickness of the three.:thumbup:
 
the closest line i've found to b.m. is sog. while construction is some models may not be quite as robust as b.m. the ones i've used are good quality. put a spec elite 1 in your hand & swich to your weak hand & you will be amazed at the ambidexiterity of this knife , it opens so well left handed that you wonder if you are'nt left handed to began with.the vg10 alloy is excellent.requires very little muscle memory adaptation after using the axis lock on b.m.
 
As long as the list includes companies that make at least some knives in the U.S., you can add these to the ones already mentioned:

5.11, American Tomahawk, Anza, ARS, Bark River, Bartos, Blackjack, Blade Tech, Browning, Burke, Cold Steel, Colonel Coon, Cripple Creek, Dark Ops, Entrek, Fehrman, Gerber, Great Eastern, GT, Kabar, Leatherman, Lone Wolf, Maxx Quality, Meyerco, Normark, Ontario, Outdoor Edge, Queen, RAT, Remington, Schrade, Silver Stag, SOG, TOPS, Underwater Kinetics, Wilson, Z Blade

I'm sure there are more. If the OP means companies that manufacture exclusively in the U.S. then the list would be much smaller.
 
Knife Outlet said:
As long as the list includes companies that make at least some knives in the U.S., you can add these to the ones already mentioned:

5.11, American Tomahawk, Anza, ARS, Bark River, Bartos, Blackjack, Blade Tech, Browning, Burke, Cold Steel, Colonel Coon, Cripple Creek, Dark Ops, Entrek, Fehrman, Gerber, Great Eastern, GT, Kabar, Leatherman, Lone Wolf, Maxx Quality, Meyerco, Normark, Ontario, Outdoor Edge, Queen, RAT, Remington, Schrade, Silver Stag, SOG, TOPS, Underwater Kinetics, Wilson, Z Blade

I'm sure there are more. If the OP means companies that manufacture exclusively in the U.S. then the list would be much smaller.
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I know it is part of Queen but you missed Schatt and Morgan.

Does 5.11 make knives in the US? All I see on their site is that they use US steel. Kind of like of like Spyderco with the Sage and CAT.

SOG is another "ify " one because the only one they have that is made in the US is the multi tool. I could be wrong but the last I saw all of the rest were just "assembled in the US" of parts made who knows where.
 
presz said:
I know it is part of Queen but you missed Schatt and Morgan.

Does 5.11 make knives in the US? All I see on their site is that they use US steel. Kind of like of like Spyderco with the Sage and CAT.

SOG is another "ify " one because the only one they have that is made in the US is the multi tool. I could be wrong but the last I saw all of the rest were just "assembled in the US" of parts made who knows where.
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IIRC 5.11 did have knives made in the US, but, not so much anymore. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they had a manufacturing relationship with BladeTech early on.... could be recalling it incorrectly though.
 
Knife Outlet said:
As long as the list includes companies that make at least some knives in the U.S., you can add these to the ones already mentioned:

5.11, American Tomahawk, Anza, ARS, Bark River, Bartos, Blackjack, Blade Tech, Browning, Burke, Cold Steel, Colonel Coon, Cripple Creek, Dark Ops, Entrek, Fehrman, Gerber, Great Eastern, GT, Kabar, Leatherman, Lone Wolf, Maxx Quality, Meyerco, Normark, Ontario, Outdoor Edge, Queen, RAT, Remington, Schrade, Silver Stag, SOG, TOPS, Underwater Kinetics, Wilson, Z Blade

I'm sure there are more. If the OP means companies that manufacture exclusively in the U.S. then the list would be much smaller.
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Fixed blades...but you could add Busse, ESSE, and shop made customs like Dozier...Randall. Are Knives of Alaska US made?
 
DennisStrickland said:
the closest line i've found to b.m. is sog. while construction is some models may not be quite as robust as b.m. the ones i've used are good quality. put a spec elite 1 in your hand & swich to your weak hand & you will be amazed at the ambidexiterity of this knife , it opens so well left handed that you wonder if you are'nt left handed to began with.the vg10 alloy is excellent.requires very little muscle memory adaptation after using the axis lock on b.m.
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I've owned plenty of BMs and SOGs and they aren't in the same class. I'd say the old Red Class BMs were a good comparison to SOG but those are long gone.
 
presz said:
I know it is part of Queen but you missed Schatt and Morgan.
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It is just one of the Queen brands. I left out Northfield and Tidioute because they are Great Eastern Brands and a whole bunch of Case brands, as an example. But you can add it if you like.

Does 5.11 make knives in the US? All I see on their site is that they use US steel. Kind of like of like Spyderco with the Sage and CAT.
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I agree, we need to remove 5.11 from the list. Their U.S. made stuff isn't knives.

SOG is another "ify " one because the only one they have that is made in the US is the multi tool. I could be wrong but the last I saw all of the rest were just "assembled in the US" of parts made who knows where.
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I agree again. All the current multi tools are imports so SOG has left the domestic list. Good catch.
 
Busse, Swamp Rat, Scrapyard, Fehrman, Grayman, Crusader Forge, Mercworx, Wilson, Strider, ESEE... I think all of these are 100% made in America.
 
Modoc ED said:
I don't know about all of them but I just checked and the Kershaw Nakamura 1480 in my pocket is made in Japan.
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Good eye! You can read the print! :D
I have over 150 Kershaw's and while most of them are made in the USA some are were made in Japan, Italy, Spain, Germany, and even China.
Kershaw is an international company with headquaters in the US, it's owned by KAI a Japanese company.
With that said, I must ask you a question. What was the point of your post?
I did say in my original post that most Kershaw's are made in the US, not all of them. Did you care to read the thread before posting?
 
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