Seeking Opinions - My first knife

[FireInvestigator]

I like Turtles.

 

[Torm]

You will get the hall of shame for that one Spaz.

What the FUC....k is it your business wether I like CRKT. I carried some of them for 5 plus years. I also carry Bucks, Schrades, Cold Steel, KBAR, on and on.

The original poster asked for a knife that could do double duty as an outdoors SD blade. The Hissatsu would be useless for the outdoors in my opinion (and, by the looks of the writeup on CKRT's site, theirs as well). Then there is the length factor to worry about at 7.25" which is well above what many countries would consider a weapon for urban carry.

There have been many good knives mentioned in this thread but the Hissatsu (which is clearly not a utilitarian blade) wasn't one of them for the purposes yomama asked about.

Your ignorant statement about serrated carry betrays your inexperince about rescue.

When exactly did serrations become an essential part of a utility or rescue knife? If thats your preference then fine, but serrations are by no means a "must have". A decently sharpened plain edge will cut through rope, seatbelts, wood, or whatever else you throw at it just as quickly, if not more quickly, than a half serrated edge.

Yoyoma1: The BM and Spyderco you are picking up are both excellent choices and should serve you well.

 

[znode]

Spaznode,Your post is the most posssible most stupid of all time. About knives.
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Hardly. Buying a knife that even the manufactures say is "designed only for combat", or is named "CQC" or "assault", is one of the worst ways you can go for a self-defense tool.

You will get the hall of shame for that one Spaz.
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YOU F***ING IDIOT!!

I'm not even going to bother with that one, who is either an uninformed teenager or a troll.

But what I said does require re-emphasis for anyone who is looking for new knives to buy. And I quote STR in another thread:

I was recently contacted by a defense attorney about a case I fortunately don't have to worry about now but it scared me for a few because someone was being prosecuted for slashing another man with a weapon and the prosecution was trying to nail him for the knife he carried which all I'll say is that it began with CQC if you catch my drift.

Now this defense lawyer wanted me as an expert witness to try to defend his client and I'm like man, if they call me in I'll go but the last thing you want me to say on the stand is the answer to the question from the prosecutor for what CQC stands for. They'll turn me into their witness for their case in a heartbeat with that.

In other words some of the guys carrying around these knives called combat, or fighters, or MBC rated or whatever have probably never given any thought to what a prosecutor will do with it in the event that you ever did put it to use to defend yourself. Personally in my opinion you are probably much better off to have a whittler, or a hunter or some other name on the blade but rest assured they'll still try to nail you.

So if you're not military or LEO, do not carry a knife that has any notion that it was designed for "assault" or "combat"! If, God forbid you ever used it in your self defense, the prosecution will love it!

 

[znode]

The Hissatsu would be useless for the outdoors in my opinion (and, by the looks of the writeup on CKRT's site, theirs as well).

If you were entertained by that, this is what A.G. Russell had on his site in addition to the standard marketing blurb:

This is a one-purpose blade with great slashing ability and exceptional penetration. Do not expect to be able to convince a judge or prosecutor that you were carrying this knife for hunting and skinning or for cutting carpet.

 

[Confederate]

Benchmade is a manufacturer of outstanding knives. They're not tactical knives, however. (If you're going to stab Luca Brasi through the hand, Benchmades aren't the ones to go with!) Spyderco also makes excellent knives, but their blades are a bit small for my taste. Byrd knives also are of exceptional quality, but many are stainless and are very slippery and unmanagable when wet. CRKT makes a number of very attractive and highly functional knives, the M21 line being one of my favorites. (I don't like the serrations and would go for a plain edge, but that's me.) Cold Steel also makes a number of very good knives, such as their Voyagers, Vaqueros and Gunsites. Many blade types are available and their locks are solid. The 4-inch plain Voyager is very nice.

If I had to go with only one, it'd be the 4-inch CRKT 21-04.

If you're completely uninterested in tactical applications, I'd recommend a Benchmade, hands down.

As Luca Brasi would say, "I shuda gone wid a Benchmade!"