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It doesn’t have to be your favorite knife to use, but what profile do you find most aesthetically pleasing, and why?
For me, it is the Hinderer XM-18 Harpoon spanto. I don’t really like framelocks, but the XM is the one that always stays in my collection.
When I first got into knives, the XM was my grail. I drooled over one for ages. They were going for $800-900 at the time. I did what I thought was completely insane at the time and shelled out $850 for one.
That was over ten years ago, and I’ve been through hundreds of knives since then. I prefer compression, axis, shark, and Triad locks now; but I still haven’t found anything that, to me, looks better than the XM.
I think the harpoon spanto just looks gorgeous, and well as Hinderer’s stonewashed. I also love the way the jimping on the flipper at looks in profile. The handle shape looks cool to me, and the texturing of the G10 just completes the package. Every time I look at the XM I just think “that’s what a knife should look like”. It looks rugged but elegant and there has clearly been years of evolution that went into the final design.
So, what folder just “does it” for you?
For me, it is the Hinderer XM-18 Harpoon spanto. I don’t really like framelocks, but the XM is the one that always stays in my collection.
When I first got into knives, the XM was my grail. I drooled over one for ages. They were going for $800-900 at the time. I did what I thought was completely insane at the time and shelled out $850 for one.
That was over ten years ago, and I’ve been through hundreds of knives since then. I prefer compression, axis, shark, and Triad locks now; but I still haven’t found anything that, to me, looks better than the XM.
I think the harpoon spanto just looks gorgeous, and well as Hinderer’s stonewashed. I also love the way the jimping on the flipper at looks in profile. The handle shape looks cool to me, and the texturing of the G10 just completes the package. Every time I look at the XM I just think “that’s what a knife should look like”. It looks rugged but elegant and there has clearly been years of evolution that went into the final design.
So, what folder just “does it” for you?
