Titanium Folder Recommendation

David9032 said:
That looks like one tough knife. Had a look at Berg Blades the Iron Mutt seems good too for a flipper
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It is...and far more comfortable in hand than the small CRKs.
The Pup was available as a flipper also. (I ignored it until this version happened.) It looks like he combined features of different pups too make the mutt...and I love that he went that way with the name rather than calling it the Iron Pup II
 
LimpCroissant said:
You've got some very good recommendations. An iMamba, a CRK of your choice, or a SHF would be my recommendations to you, however looks like you've got the list of choices pretty much set. The three are all fantastic knives, and have their different strengths, and different things that I might change if I had the chance to design one. Just depends on what you like. The CRKs and the iMamba are pretty similar in their builds, blade stock thicknesses, top of the line fit and finish. The SHF is a fantastic knife also, however it's a much beefier tank like knife. My opinion is that the CRKs and Arno Bernards are a little bit more refined than the SHF, however the SHF makes up for it in being a tank, and in their super intricate lazer engravings and anodizations.
I've been a fan of Les George's work since I can remember. His knife career has been long. When I first got heavily into knives and the online knife community in about 07, I do believe he was still poppin. He's always kind of been a little more underground, being as he doesn't make as many knives as some of the rest. All that said, I have never owned one. It's kind of crazy too because he's always been on kind of my top 5 knife makers list since I can remember. One of these days I'll grab me one.
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I have gotta find me a watch handle, damn that's beautiful.
 
David9032 said:
Those SHF's look fantastic with the different engravings and artwork.
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This was the collection until a few days ago, the plague doctor didn't speak to me like the others, though it was beautiful. There is St. Michael handle out there with my name on it, and I need a watch handle as well. Who knows what they will come out with next that I will have to have!
 
norcalAF said:
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This was the collection until a few days ago, the plague doctor didn't speak to me like the others, though it was beautiful. There is St. Michael handle out there with my name on it, and I need a watch handle as well. Who knows what they will come out with next that I will have to have!
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All are nice but I think the watch clockwork handle is my favorite also.
 
mitchnola said:
That’s the first I’ve seen of the advocate! What beautiful blade! I’m gonna have to put it on my list! Are they hard to come by?
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They are around, and if you're a man who buys an AD20, you should be able to get a good one for within twenty bucks of $300 up or down, or a flipper one for maybe 400 on the big auction site. Come up occasionally on the exchange too.

But to speak to it's quality - I had a site that was full of low-key old new stock and have scored a ton of normally priced discontinued knives there (I bought that one purely to sell at first, ecause I thought "Framelocks, those make a few dollars" cause I am usually not a fan of the FL platform unless it fills a very specific niche like the Spyderco Cricket. Fell in love with it and made it my second user framelock, though, now a year-ish later. The texture of the handles also prevents scratches and oil finger marks from showing (peel ply Ti?) which prevents the use/carry fear of Ti so I do recommend as a mostly non framelock guy. :)
 
norcalAF said:
I have gotta find me a watch handle, damn that's beautiful.
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Thanks man. Yea they definitely know how to make a pretty knife! Anodized titanium is a weird animal though. I don't know if it's really possible to capture in a photo what it really looks like. The anodizations always have that nice shimmer and kind of pearlescent tones. You know because you have a few, but others who haven't seen one might think that it looks more like a solid flat color like a cerakote or something.
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mitchnola said:
Wow, never seen a sebbie with a opening hole. Very cool! Where did you get it done?
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That's a custom made opening hole. Funny thing on that Sebenza, I won it in a raffle and I bought 100 dollars worth of spots because I really wanted it. Usually I'll just buy one 10 dollar spot. But it came with a timascus show side scale also. The hole was there when I got it and I never knew who did it until a couple weeks ago someone messaged me on my instagram asking about it. Turns out that it used to be his Sebenza and he did it. The crazy thing is that he says he did it with no power equipment. As in popping the thumbstud out and going to town on the tiny hole with diamond files. He worked his way out with diamond files until he made that slot! Pretty crazy stuff. It made me appreciate it a lot more!
 
LimpCroissant said:
Thanks man. Yea they definitely know how to make a pretty knife! Anodized titanium is a weird animal though. I don't know if it's really possible to capture in a photo what it really looks like. The anodizations always have that nice shimmer and kind of pearlescent tones. You know because you have a few, but others who haven't seen one might think that it looks more like a solid flat color like a cerakote or something.
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Completely agree, even the MEFP one I have has a shimmer depending on viewing angle even though it is one color throughout.
 
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mitchnola said:
That’s the first I’ve seen of the advocate! What beautiful blade! I’m gonna have to put it on my list! Are they hard to come by?
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Well, since this thread has turned more into a Ti "show & tell" rather than one where people are making buy recs based on the OP's specified criteria . . .

Here are a couple of pics that I recently posted on the "What are you carrying" thread in the General Discussion & Spyderco forums, to compare which knives I was considering to carry next.

Just a coincidence that most of these knives are Ti's but none of them would meet the OP's criteria because none of them have blades under 3.3" but here they are anyway.

I decided to switch from the Spyderco Swayback (which I had been carrying for months) to the Spyderco Advocate (which I've been carrying for the past 3 wks) and the knives that I chose from are listed & identified in the 2nd pic. Only the Shallot & Police do not come w/Ti bodies/frames/scales.

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1) Spyderco Swayback
2) Kershaw Shallot 1840
3) Spyderco Advocate
4) Spydero Lum Tanto Ti
5) Real Steel Megalodon
6) Spyderco Police 2
7) Spyderco Military Ti

Apologies for the poor pic quality. Just used my phone cam & don't have the necessary lighting equipment to shoot better pics.
 
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Just a curiosity and not to derail the thread, but does Arno Bernard do a lefty friendly or fully left-handed iMamba?
 
sgt1372 said:
Well, since this thread has turned more into a Ti "show & tell" than one where people are making specific recs based on the OP's specified criteria . . .

Here are a couple of pics that I recently posted on the "What are you carrying" thread in the General Discussion & Spyderco forums, to compare which knives I was considering to carry next.

Just a coincidence that most of these knives are Ti's but none of them would meet the OP's criteria because none of them have blades under 3.3" but here they are anyway.

I decided to switch from the Spyderco Swayback (which I had been carrying for months) to the Spyderco Advocate (which I've been carrying for the past 3 wks) and the knives that I chose from are listed & identified in the 2nd pic. Only the Shallot & Police do not come w/Ti bodies/frames/scales.

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1) Spyderco Swayback
2) Kershaw Shallot 1840
3) Spyderco Advocate
4) Spydero Lum Tanto Ti
5) Real Steel Megalodon
6) Spyderco Police 2
7) Spyderco Military Ti

Apologies for the poor pic quality. Just used my phone cam & don't have the necessary lighting equipment to shoot better pics.
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Man, i need that lum tanto! That and the advocate are going on my list for sure!
 
norcalAF said:
Now here's a man after my own heart!
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This is the way!

If you order from the A.B Mothership you can even choose between caged ball bearings and phosphor bronze washers.

The iMambas action is extraordinary smooth, very solid build and lockup. It rides well in the pocket too.

With the PJ version you definitely gets your moneys worth and maybe some more.
 
mitchnola said:
Man, i need that lum tanto! That and the advocate are going on my list for sure!
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Advocates are fairly easy to come by but you'll have a harder time finding a Ti Lum Tanto.

I searched for long time for a PE Ti Lum Tanto to find one LNIB but failing that I bought the best one I could find w/o a box. It's not "perfect" as I'd prefer but I got tired of looking. Besides, "perfect" would have cost a lot more.

However, I did find a LNIB PS Ti Lum Tanto (not pictured) and if I ever see a comparable PE version, for a decent price, I'd buy it to replace the one I've got.
 
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sgt1372 said:
Advocates are easy to come buy but you'll have a harder time finding a Ti Lum Tanto.

I searched for long time for a PE Ti Lum Tanto to find one LNIB but failing that I bought the best one I could find w/o a box. It's not "perfect" as I'd prefer but I got tired of looking. Besides, "perfect" would have cost a lot more.

However, I did find a LNIB PS Ti Lum Tanto (not pictured) and if I ever see a comparable PE version, for a decent price, I'd buy it to replace the one I've got.
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I’ve seen maybe one or two on the exchange over the past yr but was buying other knives so I passed. Will keep my eye out for one next year.
 
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