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Howdy yall,
I posted something sort of similar in the general discussion forum yesterday, but I think its more appropriate here. I've always been a fan of bigger knives, thicker blades and less pointy designs. Even before I got into knives more extensively (a relatively recent thing), if you put two knives in front of me I would have always preferred that aesthetic. Now, after putting some middle of the road knives through their rotations, I know I prefer the utility of the bigger more durable blade shapes. All of that being said, I was never much of a spyderco guy. To me they ranged from impressive to less so, but for me my knife will always be my first available tool. If kindling needs hacked and I don't have a handy axe, my knife usually gets the task. Ditto most any other scenario that is within normal(ish) knife tasks. I really enjoy carrying a single folding knife and knowing that it can survive a wide range of uses.
I say all of the above to preface this- I think I may be in love with the sypderco TUFF. I sadly don't have the excessive income at the moment (think poor perpetual student) to indulge all of my knife desires, but I would like my next purchase to be heavy duty, durable, comfortable in large hands, from a reliable company, and something that I can EDC everyday (I don't mind size- even in a suit, but it can't be too obtrusive). Thanks to members of the forum here, I had ran down the lists and either included or excluded knifes, ranked them, read/watched countless reviews on them all, and I had finally settled on the zt300. Now, after discovering the TUFF, I think I may prefer it. Both seem to be great knives, and its rather likely over the next year I'll try to get both, but I would like to get one soon and which first is the question. I think I've seen all of the reviews around for both knives (including the spectacular review on the tuff by xavier), but I'd really like to hear about peoples experiences carrying the tuff both in hard use and EDC scenarios and especially from anyone who has and uses both the tuff and 300. Also, if anyone has both I would really really like to see them side by side!
I posted something sort of similar in the general discussion forum yesterday, but I think its more appropriate here. I've always been a fan of bigger knives, thicker blades and less pointy designs. Even before I got into knives more extensively (a relatively recent thing), if you put two knives in front of me I would have always preferred that aesthetic. Now, after putting some middle of the road knives through their rotations, I know I prefer the utility of the bigger more durable blade shapes. All of that being said, I was never much of a spyderco guy. To me they ranged from impressive to less so, but for me my knife will always be my first available tool. If kindling needs hacked and I don't have a handy axe, my knife usually gets the task. Ditto most any other scenario that is within normal(ish) knife tasks. I really enjoy carrying a single folding knife and knowing that it can survive a wide range of uses.
I say all of the above to preface this- I think I may be in love with the sypderco TUFF. I sadly don't have the excessive income at the moment (think poor perpetual student) to indulge all of my knife desires, but I would like my next purchase to be heavy duty, durable, comfortable in large hands, from a reliable company, and something that I can EDC everyday (I don't mind size- even in a suit, but it can't be too obtrusive). Thanks to members of the forum here, I had ran down the lists and either included or excluded knifes, ranked them, read/watched countless reviews on them all, and I had finally settled on the zt300. Now, after discovering the TUFF, I think I may prefer it. Both seem to be great knives, and its rather likely over the next year I'll try to get both, but I would like to get one soon and which first is the question. I think I've seen all of the reviews around for both knives (including the spectacular review on the tuff by xavier), but I'd really like to hear about peoples experiences carrying the tuff both in hard use and EDC scenarios and especially from anyone who has and uses both the tuff and 300. Also, if anyone has both I would really really like to see them side by side!
