What I need most is a pocket razor.

I just saw the light on this issue after purchasing a CRKT M16-03 spear point. The blade is thinner than any other I own and man does this thing cut. The edge lasts reasonably well and is easy to bring back to scary sharp. This knife is one of the least expensive I have and easily gets the sharpest - really making me rethink what knife is "best" for my uses.
David
 
I'm starting to get some good ideas here.
db--Opinel is interesting, I'm not crazy about the design but I like French carbon steel in Sabatiers.
Chiro--What alloy is going into that knife you've got coming?
Costas--I'd forgotten about Joe's Calypso Jr. story. Thin AUS-8, maybe Spyderco, maybe Browning, maybe AG Russell.
Perhaps a Calypso Jr. Litweight with the VG-10 blade.

Now I have to go look for some of those Scandinavian folders.

Thanks gang, keep those cards and letters coming in.

 
Look into the laminated steel blades offered by Frost's of Mora, Sweden. The core is R62 and take (and hold) a fantastic shaving edge. Chai Cutlery has them, and you can get unmounted blades from about 2.5 to 4.25" from Lee Valley Tools (www.leevalley,com).
 
If you're looking into carbon steel lockblades there aren't many; Opinels, Cold Steel twist locks, Old Timer liner locks like the Gunstock Trapper, Mustang, etc., Case yellow handle Copperlocks, some balisongs, and a German Eye lockblade Sodbuster.
 
I have months I have sold 5 or 6 thousand dollars worth of knives, so I have looked at quite a few of them. The sharpest I have seen, from what I have tested, are Spyderco, Kershaw has a lever knife with a very sharp hollow ground blade, for about 10 bucks, and some of the German made, Computer designed, lazor cut blades are very sharp. They have one they send to Taiwan to put in a body, that is not a bad knife and it sells for about $10. The Kershaw and a lot of Spyderco's are made in Japan, from Philippine steel.
 
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