Cutco

Benchmade getting too pricey, esp for something I seem to lose way too often. Lost a black-on-black automatic Cashban Benchmade over the holidays and more recently a carbon fiber Mini Bugout mysteriously wasn't there when I wokeup one morning. Both were under 200 when I bought em. cost 200 to 300 now to replace. CIVIVI seem popular. Kershaw? Bear and Son? Anyone have a knife brand they like.

does a good electric knife sharpener exist?

Cutco

Go shankless.

Microtech seems to be a pretty respected brand. What do you want? An OTF? A fixed? An assisted?
I'm an OTF guy myself and I bought the Benchmade Infidel. I'm really happy with it. It's a very very nice knife. But it's not a workhorse. Its a defense knife. For workhorses, I'd buy an Osborne.

That Infidel looks sweet. The Benchmade Casbah's an automatic button flipper. Heavy ass knife with the flipper style auto release makes it a bit of hazard first-time someone messes with it. I like to have a fixed blade in sheath (horizontal across the belt line in back is a nice spot), an auto release in a jacket pocket, EDC wrist-flip style (like a Bugout or Griptilian style, mini or full-size) in a pants pocket and then a boot knife in my Blundstones when I'm hiking---or scoring dope on the west side of Detroit.

Knife people weird me out more than gun people.

They’re like the snakes-as-pets guys of the weaponry world.

I'm both. You must be super weirded out.

You also have no concept of how much electrical work costs, so three strikes there pal.

It's like you're right here on my solar powered couch.

Kershaw

CRKT--do they do white label production for other brands? There's one US brand that's huge in
the manufacturing for other brands. Can't recall right off which one.

I like their gear, a bit more pizzazz than Benchmade. First clicked on their website and saw the Facet
for $275 and I'm like, "oh, crap, these are all gonna be too pricey to buy and lose" but then looking through
their offerings it's mostly very reasonable priced. They even have mutil-tool blades, already got a Razel Nax in the basket , https://www.crkt.com/shop/whats-new/razel-nax.html , that'll be very useful out on the trails. gotta find a sheath or some shit to carry it, maybe just hang it off the pack. The M4-02 looks like a good candidate for an EDC pocket knife.


When buying knives, it's not what you need, it's what you want and can afford.

Knife people weird me out more than gun people.

They’re like the snakes-as-pets guys of the weaponry world.