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What one thing does your folder gotta have?
- Thread starter Frag
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One Thing??
Talk about mission impossible.
Hmmmmmm
Got It!!!!
It MUST say SPYDERCO on the blade.
Locking, sharp blade of quality steel in a well-thought out package.
Works for me.
Chris
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Stay Sharp!
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AKTI Member A000987
Talk about mission impossible.
Hmmmmmm
Got It!!!!
It MUST say SPYDERCO on the blade.
Locking, sharp blade of quality steel in a well-thought out package.
Works for me.
Chris
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Stay Sharp!
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AKTI Member A000987
- Joined
- May 31, 2000
- Messages
- 173
I absotively, posilutely, WON'T buy a folder without one-handed opening capability. Spyderco-hole, thumb-stud, auto, wave, whatever, but it HAS to be easily openable with one hand.
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Just because the river is still doesn't mean that the alligators have gone.
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Just because the river is still doesn't mean that the alligators have gone.
I first look for an ambidextrous lock. If I can't open and close the thing lefthanded I don't even consider the knife. After that I'll notice the quality and other features. Then I'll wonder if the blade is long enough to slice spam in the can (I camp a lot) without too much fuss. As far as price goes: it's not too hard to make up all sorts of justifications and well reasoned excuses.
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A blade that can cut well, stay keen, and not break when doing some half decent work.
Penknives will do 98% of the work. Anything bigger or more complicated is an edge carrying tool.
Two handed openning is the time taken to think of how to tackle the job without cutting yourself.
I live with a penknife; I work with a whole selection of tools.
Penknives will do 98% of the work. Anything bigger or more complicated is an edge carrying tool.
Two handed openning is the time taken to think of how to tackle the job without cutting yourself.
I live with a penknife; I work with a whole selection of tools.
I have to have a blade that will resharpen with a couple of licks of my dimond rod, nothing worse then haveing to spend a lot of time in the field resharping a knife. For that reason my favorite carry was a old timer with a brass liner lock and for my fixed blade it was an air force survival knife both served me well and always easy to resharpen.
Good manufacturer w/warranty
high quality blade steel
durable handle material such as titanium, g-10, carbon fiber, micarta, etc.
lightweight
one hand opening AND closing
must fit the size of my hand
COMFORTABLE
competitively priced
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You could put nacho cheese sauce on it...
high quality blade steel
durable handle material such as titanium, g-10, carbon fiber, micarta, etc.
lightweight
one hand opening AND closing
must fit the size of my hand
COMFORTABLE
competitively priced
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You could put nacho cheese sauce on it...
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It must feel good in my hand and have a lock of some type. I'm starting to want a higher performance steel. I have a bunch of ATS-34 knives but I always go back to my M2 AFCK. I use it and use and then use it some more and it stays sharp.
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Shawn R Sullivan
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Shawn R Sullivan
