Update. Still carrying a SOG but a Flare now instead of the Flash II. The Flash was a Christmas present from a good friend and I carried it for 15 years nearly losing it half a dozen times. Feeling like I was pressing my luck I decided to de-commision it and picked up the Flare at Uncle Wally's for $30 I think. I miss the serations but am making due. Feels the same in hand. If this one comes up missing I won't be out anything besides a $30 knife I got at Walmart.
Snagged a Spyderco Street Beat LW today. Stopped by an appliance shop for an igniter & saw the knife display. I was surprised to see that some are Made in the USA, Taiwan, Japan & China. I may go back & snag these 2 & maybe a smaller folding. He had about 15 of those.
The only Japan steel I really have experience with has made me a believer. (mower blades of all things) 2 seasons/110 hours of mowing without a sharpening. Need to do that this year.
My experience over the years with Japanese steel & knives has always been very good. Taiwanese steel has been good as well but steel from Japan seems to outshine it.
2 new knives today. Wife wanted one too, so his and hers. Mines a mini Taggedout, hers a mini Buggout
Ozark Trail at Wal Mart $9.97. Thought I’d take a chance for that. Nice feel, smooth hinge and solid top lock. Looks very much like a copy of Benchmade Bugout. It’s blade is D2 tool steel so if the heat treat is good it ought to a pretty decent knife.
Condor Swamp Romper Knife (4.75") for Sale $66.81 I ordered a couple of these since I like the larger condor low drag so well it's my favorite large knife. Only about 50.00 each shipped after discount.
The Ka-Bar Mark 1 has been my EDC for about 13 years, or so. Just bought a Buck Vanguard to work into the rotation; the middle one. The other two will just go into the collection.
I've wanted a 119 for many years, and just never got one bought, for whatever reason. When I think of iconic American knives, the 119, and the 120, are definitely towards the top of the list. Glad I finally picked one up. Now I want the one with a Cocobolo handle.
I have one of these BNIB. I had purchased one as a gift some years ago and it was BOGO during their holiday sale. Man I miss those days (pre-coovid). Yours looks well used. Nice work.
Thanks. I'm on my 3rd sheath. I have a leather handle Mark 1 new in box, in my collection. I need to buy another one of these and put it back into the "new" part of my collection . This one just felt too good in my hand. So, it became my EDC. It's been a solid knife.
Haven't been contributing to the thread so I thought I'd share today's carry. Sent from my motorola edge plus 5G UW (2022) using Tapatalk
I wanted a small 3" fixed blade and saw this Oddly named CCFFCC FF100 I was so impressed I tried to order 6 more as Christmas gifts for the Women I work with but they were sold out we exchange gifts and they always borrow my pocket knife to cut stuff But don't like opening and closing them. Really good metal in this knife and it was extremely sharp out of the box. I was able to order a different knife from the same company but it hasn't arrived yet The FF102 with a 30% off discount it's only 20.00 like the other one was.
I have mostly larger folders and wanted a gentleman sized flipper The m miguron knife line have some of the best looking knives I've seen so I ordered a perism 11 3.38 blade Very sleek and comfortable It was 28.00 but is sold out on Amazon my friend tried to order one for himself.
There's a YouTube channel called 704 gear that's where I found some good deals He has his own knife line I bought the 704 urban ranger It's a big but slender folder nearly a 4" blade 8.5 inches long It was only 20.00 on sale it's 38.00 now I'll gift it to one of my family this Christmas I already have plenty of large folders the price won me over.
