Six High-End Production Titanium Folders in Six Weeks

[UmnumMAN]

Awesome! How do you like the Olamic? That was definitely under consideration but no current plans to pick one up. I’m open to having my mind changed though =)

I grabbed a rainmaker.

Its pretty nice, I like it. The action on it is really good, nice flipperonis.

Only problem is it was shipped to me withna couple mangled torx.screws in the handle, so I cant disassemble. Wish tbey used.bigger hardware

 

[marchone]

Stellar lineup, but you didn't mention the most appealing one (to me), the Cheburkov.

The Cheburkov is a solid knife. But it simply doesn’t have the tank-like feel of a few of the others. It’s all perception I think. If it were the only folder I had I’d be happy with it. But I dove in deep and came up with others I prefer.

I also learned that I really don’t care for thumb studs.

 

[Grandmaster]

Last six weeks I’ve gotten
Holt V4
Holt V4 I modded it
Brown LHC-X
Skiff Accomplice is on the way
Todd Fischer Launch is on the way
Once you go in, it will be tough to buy cheaper knives

 

[Jacobkg]

Holt Specter is definitely on the wish list, but of course it's not so much up to me when/if that happens.

Another challenge is that on the higher end it seems like folks generally prefer 3.5" blade length and up. I'm happy to grab some of these for the collection but as far as something to carry around town I really need it to be 3" and down.

 

[Cowboyfromhell666]

Tell me about the hinderer. How is the action and do you like half titanium and half g10 or do you wish it was all titanium?....Hinderer or chaves will be my next....

 

[gazz98]

1. Beautiful knives!
2. Week 7, apply for 2nd mortgage on the house.
3. Spend more $.

 

[Jacobkg]

Well...I didn’t stop =). Just received the A6 Midi by A2. This knife is smooooooth: The surfaces and the action. Check out the engraved “m390” inside the liner. Just a beautiful knife. There were a few available when I purchased, PM me if you want to know where (but warning these are $$$)

 

[UmnumMAN]

Tell me about the hinderer. How is the action and do you like half titanium and half g10 or do you wish it was all titanium?....Hinderer or chaves will be my next....

You can buy titanium scale for the showside, in many different flavors. Stonewashed, working finish, black dlc, and various anodizing. And you can buy hardware to match
The scales are expensive, an extra $200, but I feel it was well worth it. I bought a working finish titanium scale, and I love this knife. It has knocked all others out of my pocket for over a month now.
It is a very thick, overbuilt substantial knife, and I appreciate that. Was never a fan of ultra thin knives

Action? I only have a couple good flippers: the xm18, and an Olamic rainmaker. I've reallllllly broken in the hinderer, and feel like it has surpassed the more expensive Olamic(it took a short break-in time)

I briefly tried the phosphor bronze, and it wasn't as good as the bearings. Have not bothered to try the teflon. The knife is so perfect I have no need to mess with it further

End of rant. I have officially become a hinderer fanboy, after questioning them just a couple months ago.

 

[JAB]

You can buy titanium scale for the showside, in many different flavors. Stonewashed, working finish, black dlc, and various anodizing. And you can buy hardware to match
The scales are expensive, an extra $200, but I feel it was well worth it. I bought a working finish titanium scale, and I love this knife. It has knocked all others out of my pocket for over a month now.
It is a very thick, overbuilt substantial knife, and I appreciate that. Was never a fan of ultra thin knives

Action? I only have a couple good flippers: the xm18, and an Olamic rainmaker. I've reallllllly broken in the hinderer, and feel like it has surpassed the more expensive Olamic(it took a short break-in time)

I briefly tried the phosphor bronze, and it wasn't as good as the bearings. Have not bothered to try the teflon. The knife is so perfect I have no need to mess with it further

End of rant. I have officially become a hinderer fanboy, after questioning them just a couple months ago.

There is a nite and day difference between the Gen 6 Xms on bearings and previous versions. My 3.5” stonewashed no choil spanto is one of the fastest/smoothest flippers I own and that chunky blade just drops shut with the best of them.

 

[UmnumMAN]

There is a nite and day difference between the Gen 6 Xms on bearings and previous versions. My 3.5” stonewashed no choil spanto is one of the fastest/smoothest flippers I own and that chunky blade just drops shut with the best of them.

Yet even with our hinderers, everyone who has ever owned a Shiro says the action completely eclipses the hinderers.

Need to get one this year and see for myself

 

[Mako109]

Do you know what the official state vegetable of Oklahoma is?

You guys are all off. Oklahoma's official vegetable is chicken fried steak.

 

[evilgreg]

Yet even with our hinderers, everyone who has ever owned a Shiro says the action completely eclipses the hinderers.

Need to get one this year and see for myself

I've owned multiple Shiros and all of them had better action than the Hinderers I've handled (though I haven't handled the latest generation, so who knows).

That said, I've handled plenty of other knives that had similar action to the Shirogorovs I've owned. Beyond a point there is no way to improve; if it hammers open and falls shut there's no place left to improve and there are a lot of knives that get there nowadays. The days of only Shiro/Thorburn/etc. getting there are long gone; I've got some cheap CRKT folders running on IKBS that get there and CRKT isn't exactly known for being a paragon of manufacturing excellence.

I'm not even a fan of the absolute free fall on close, though some of knives I carry and like (e.g. Seraphim Korsar, Jason Clark custom, CKF Milk, etc.) do operate that way. I think my happy place is "snaps open but takes a wiggle or two to close". Free fall on big blades like the Korsar, the JC and the Milk has never bit me but I've surprised myself a few times closing them one handed when my usual motion ends up with the blade falling closed a step before I expect it. I've almost tagged my thumb that way with all three of those knives, as my thumb is pulling away from the lockbar and my index is lifting the blade as normal it just flies up and over because it's so smooth and down comes the blade. No big deal on a thin little 3" blade, but the weight of a thicker 4" blade brings it down quick.

I look at "perfect action" as being like a mirror polished edge, something that's neat to have/do just to see it, but after the novelty wears off it's counterproductive. Polishing edges through ten progressively finer grits because you enjoy doing it is fine, but a polished edges always seem to lose cutting performances faster than a gritty edge does. Similarly, a knife that takes a wiggle to close will never try to take a bite out of my right thumb.

 

[Peakbagger46]

Do you know what the official state vegetable of Oklahoma is?

Road apples.

 

[UmnumMAN]

I've owned multiple Shiros and all of them had better action than the Hinderers I've handled (though I haven't handled the latest generation, so who knows).

That said, I've handled plenty of other knives that had similar action to the Shirogorovs I've owned. Beyond a point there is no way to improve; if it hammers open and falls shut there's no place left to improve and there are a lot of knives that get there nowadays. The days of only Shiro/Thorburn/etc. getting there are long gone; I've got some cheap CRKT folders running on IKBS that get there and CRKT isn't exactly known for being a paragon of manufacturing excellence.

I'm not even a fan of the absolute free fall on close, though some of knives I carry and like (e.g. Seraphim Korsar, Jason Clark custom, CKF Milk, etc.) do operate that way. I think my happy place is "snaps open but takes a wiggle or two to close". Free fall on big blades like the Korsar, the JC and the Milk has never bit me but I've surprised myself a few times closing them one handed when my usual motion ends up with the blade falling closed a step before I expect it. I've almost tagged my thumb that way with all three of those knives, as my thumb is pulling away from the lockbar and my index is lifting the blade as normal it just flies up and over because it's so smooth and down comes the blade. No big deal on a thin little 3" blade, but the weight of a thicker 4" blade brings it down quick.

I look at "perfect action" as being like a mirror polished edge, something that's neat to have/do just to see it, but after the novelty wears off it's counterproductive. Polishing edges through ten progressively finer grits because you enjoy doing it is fine, but a polished edges always seem to lose cutting performances faster than a gritty edge does. Similarly, a knife that takes a wiggle to close will never try to take a bite out of my right thumb.

Yeah my hinderer rips open, falls to around 40-80% closed when tilted after moving my thumb, and one light shake gets it shut.

Honestly, it would bug me for it to fall shut with absolute 0 resistance. Makes me constantly wondering if it has loosened a c-hair or not.

 

[Jacobkg]

Update: Some more buying and selling. Collection currently stands at 8 high end folders. A few more are on their way and one or two might head the door soon:

Left:

• Koenig Mini Goblin
• Shirogorov Neon Zero
• Brown LHC-X
• Holt Specter

Right:

• Chris Reeve Mnandi
• Olamic Whippersnapper
• A2 A6 Middi
• Spyderco Fluted Titanium Native 5

 

[ALXE90]

Is the fluted Spyderco still available??

 

[Danke42]

Is the fluted Spyderco still available??

It's not in stock most places but it's not officially discontinued.

Best thing to do is tag a bunch of stores with it in their listings for restock emails.