Hello there, my first post here
So here is the thing : until about a month ago, i, like 99% of the population, couldn't care less about knives and blades in general. My interest came out of the observation all the knives i own are pretty much as sharp as a bloody leaf.
So here i am : i want/need a good knife, but just one, at least for the moment. I have absolutely no interest in beginning a collection, and i just want something that works properly.
I'll use the knife mostly for light jobs, like opening letters or boxes, cutting food and such. I don't know about you, but using the para to cut food, open letters or boxes, is much easier then with the obtuse tip on the ZT's. Light EDC use what not what the ZT's were designed for. You're talking about buying a tank to use as a city car.
Considering this, the knife has to be :
-crazy sharp. This is an absolute must for me; as ridiculous as this may sound, a knife is supposed to cut stuff, and there's absolutely no way that the sharpness of the blade comes after anything.
-edge retention is important too, but i'd life either
*a very hard steel ( ZDP 189 comes to mind), that stays sharp very long. The sharpening is absolutely not a problem considering the fact that if the blade is actually tricky to sharpen, i'll make it sharpen by a professionnal once in a while.
*a reasonnably hard steel, that is both easy to sharpen and cut very well, even if the edge retention is not as good as harder steels. In that case i'll try to sharpen it myself.
-a folder knife, that feels and is very well built
-the size must be moderate ( although for this particular matter i'm way too much of a newbie to pop an actual lenght ). Let's say that the blade must be around 3"/8cm and i can go up to 4"/10cm
-the grip of the handle is not that important, although a nice looking handle is an obvious plus
-it must be easy to open, so either an assisted opening, or an automatic ( that are legal to buy where i live )
-finally, the budget is not really relevant, meaning i have not problem in putting 200/300$/€ if i think the knife is actually worth it, the exact same way that i have absolutely no problem with the idea of buying a knife cheap. No snobbery here, i want a tool that works very well, not an object to show off.
Considering all that ( god, you're still reading ?
), and after some day of research ( keep in mind that until recently, my knowledge about knives was absolutely non existant, and it's not that easy to make yourself an idea of what's what, who's making proper stuff, who tends to make overpriced stuff etc ... ) 4 models come to mind, and i'd be ready to buy at least 2 of them with the feeling i'd do the right choice :
-Caly 3 - ZDP-189 : everything in this knife seems to match the idea of the the tool i need : the size, the sharpness, the build quality ... I think that would be my n°1 choice.
-Benchmade Torrent : i heard very good things about this knife as well. It seems it's actually way easier to sharpen than the spyderco. The build quality seems exellent as well.
-benchmade 760 lfti : i think it looks very nice, although i don't know what to think about that tanto blade in everyday use. I appears to be pretty big as well. The biggest upside would be for me the CPM-M4 steel, supposed to be both easy to sharpen, and keeping its sharpness pretty long.
-finally, considering that i could buy an automatic knife, i could get a benchmade 2550 mini reflex. I like this knife, but i don't think an auto knife would be useful to me.
So, and i'll finish with this ( finally, i know !
) i don't want the perfect knife. I just, for this, like for all the stuff that i buy, like to think about what i'm doing, and to buy the right piece of material for the job.
So, what do you think ?
