A new knife

Post by **Sam** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:22 pm

Murray, I do need better kitchen knives. Ill just keeo the blue knives since that is all I really use them for is opening packages. Ill get some hunter friend to sharpen them sometime down the road.

Reed2600 · Post by **Reed2600** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:16 pm

Sam really if all your doing is opening a few boxes every now and then I would keep the blue knife and get it sharpened every 6 - 12 months. The knife from your first post is a decent knife the steel is an upper end low level steel that will be a little better than the blue one. Personally I think a benchmade or even a spyderco is gonna be a little overkill for opening boxes. As far as needing just a straight edge with a hard enough steel and yea they work great but start at around $150. This guy makes really good high end custom knives http://www.rockriveriron.com/ if that is what your wanting.

tonyespo · Post by **tonyespo** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:04 pm

Sam, I suggest Case. They make all levels of knives and prices. The best part is they come with a life time guarantee. I have about 20 pocket knives, from my pocket knife AD days. If you just want something sharp to open boxes I'm sure I can set you up.

Post by **ichabod** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:08 pm

For opening boxes, (even the volume of boxes going through Sam's hands containing Feather AC razors to be bought, sold, rebought and resold) I'd just go with one of those folding Husky box cutters.

Post by **Sam** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:33 pm

As much as I would like a new knife, Ill use the funds on shave stuff and cologne. Im gonna have a hunter friend try to sharpen up the two blue ones

Cigar Dan · Post by **Cigar Dan** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:30 pm

MadAussie wrote:I have a CRKT edc (every day carry) style knife (old m16, tanto style blade for easy sharpening, non serrated).

When I upgrade it (its been through the washing machine 10 times and keeps going), I'd go for a reverse tanto, most likely the benchmade 940 or 950.

My Benchmade 940 was delivered to my office today. I went with the plain (non serrated) edge. I think it is exactly what I was looking for. I expect that we will become very good friends.

wenestvedt · Post by **wenestvedt** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:53 pm

Bwaaaaa, I love Benchmades. *pats Griptilian*

Hraefn · Post by **Hraefn** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:04 pm

Have you hunter friend show you how to sharpen your knife i feel it is a skill everyone one should know how to do. Then you can get by with less than stellar knives.

MadAussie · Post by **MadAussie** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:26 pm

Cigar Dan wrote:My Benchmade 940 was delivered to my office today. I went with the plain (non serrated) edge. I think it is exactly what I was looking for. I expect that we will become very good friends.

nice choice! I've hinted to my wife but I dont know If I'll get one.

Cigar Dan · Post by **Cigar Dan** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:52 pm

wenestvedt wrote:Bwaaaaa, I love Benchmades. *pats Griptilian*

The 940 is a replacement for a Griptilian which I somehow misplaced...

Cigar Dan · Post by **Cigar Dan** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:00 pm

MadAussie wrote:nice choice! I've hinted to my wife but I dont know If I'll get one.

Thanks. Good luck, I hope you get one. The best price I found was on a site called moontrail.com for $125 delivered. Oops--I just checked and saw that the plain edge is out of stock.

Blades · Post by **Blades** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:03 am

If you buy quality shaving supplies, then you need to buy a quality knife.
Why skimp on something as important as a pocket knife? There are thousands of choices-- Case, Spyderco, Benchmade, Emerson, CRK&T, William Henry, Bryd, Gerber, Kershaw, Swiss Army...the list goes on and on. Buy a nice knife and it will last you a lifetime.
Whatever you spent on a nice shaving brush($30 or $300) spend the same on a quality pocket knife.

greenman · Post by **greenman** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:41 pm

I've always enjoyed Spyderco knives. Whenever mine gets the slightest bit dull (it takes a full fishing season or two of me mercilessly hacking through piles of trout bones to reach that point), I just send the knife in to Spyderco and they resharpen, clean, and lube it up like new for $5.

I used to own some great Spyderco's, but I seem to misplace them, so my last purchase was a Byrd Cara-Cara knife (made by Spyderco). It's supposed to be a "poor man's" version of a proper Spyderco, but for $30 shipped, I've never had a better knife. To be honest, I'm not exactly sure what differentiates it from some of the "real" Spyders I've owned; it must be the type of steel they use.

I'd rather use this knife to gut a fish or field dress an elk, rather than risk breaking the tip off of a $200 knife, but that's just me.

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:46 pm

I just bought my first pocketknife.

(The one I've had for a long time (forever) was a freebie from some machinery company, so I had it without buying it.)

The new one is a Swiss army knife, a little bit like the one Sam just decided to part with.

Just for laughs this evening, even though I was at home in the kitchen, I used the knife's can opener. Never having used one of those little can opener blades, I was pleasantly surprised that it's easy to use and works just fine.

Bowcephalus · Post by **Bowcephalus** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:35 am

"I'd rather use this knife to gut a fish or field dress an elk, rather than risk breaking the tip off of a $200 knife, but that's just me.".....Wow man them's some tough fishes and elkses you're cleaning there....How's your teeth holdin' up?

.....As for a great pocket knife any stockman by Buck or Case works great for the money. The old stock Bucks on E-Bay are the best Bucks these days. You can get them small enough for a lawyer's pocket.

greenman · Post by **greenman** » Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:17 pm

Bowcephalus:

Teeth? A REAL man doesn't need teeth to chew!

Admittedly, I am a brute when it comes to knives. I have no pity on my tools, and I inevitably end of jamming my knife into sand, ground, bones, trees, et cetera when I use it. (... that reminds me, I have a few sockets I need to replace, as I broke them wrenching on my car a few weeks ago...)

When I served as an airborne infantryman, my unit would sometimes get the new equipment that was being tested for production. The brass figured if it can survive a month with the grunts in the field, surely it can survive in any environment. We would often TRY to break things, just to see how far we could push it - better tested in the field than in war we always thought!

southpaw · Post by **southpaw** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:33 pm

My personal favorites are the Kershaw Ken Onion Leek and the CRK&T M16-13. I've got two of each.

mmack66 · Post by **mmack66** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:47 pm

If you are just opening boxes, I would just get a box cutter or a utility knife.

Adeptus_Minor · Post by **Adeptus_Minor** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:25 pm

southpaw wrote:My personal favorites are the Kershaw Ken Onion Leek and the CRK&T M16-13. I've got two of each.

I had a CRKT M16 for a while but it was, unfortunately, lost.
It was replaced by a Kershaw - Ken Onion "Vapor"
And yes, it goes everywhere with me.
Gibbs' rule #9 "Never go anywhere without a knife."

(except airports... *sigh*)

Blades · Post by **Blades** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:48 am

Adeptus_Minor wrote:
southpaw wrote:My personal favorites are the Kershaw Ken Onion Leek and the CRK&T M16-13. I've got two of each.
I had a CRKT M16 for a while but it was, unfortunately, lost.
It was replaced by a Kershaw - Ken Onion "Vapor"
And yes, it goes everywhere with me.
Gibbs' rule #9 "Never go anywhere without a knife."

(except airports... *sigh*)

I read on another forum that Ken Onion is suppose to be coming out with his own brand of knives. Looking forward to seeing those, the Kershaw's he has designed have always been nice.
I wonder if Kershaw will still have the assisted opening knives.

I just received a Benchmade Gaucho with M4 blade steel, and a Spyderco Paramilitary with black blade and S30v steel in a trade. Both excellent blade steels, but I think M4 might be the tougher of the two. I'll have to do some research.