What is the most recent knife you bought?

Griptillian on sale. Not terribly impressed.

I think I've gone backward as a knife snob. The Adamas. The micro tech, the griptillian, the Leatherman charge+ titanium....all let downs. I carry a sog trident, some random Kershaw i forgot the name of (breeze/blaze..idk. 1670 steel assisted open and says oct. 06 on it, or a buck 284 if I don't want a clip showing.

Growing up id look at the smkw magazine and pick out the knives I wanted. Camillus, Henkel, ka bar, bear and son... etc etc. Then id go to the flea market and buy the 10 dollar piece of junk I could afford. Lol. Jaguar or something. Lol. I would think they were super awesome until they got dull using them to dig ginseng or the tip broke off using it for a screwdriver. Or they just went dull in my pocket. Never could sharpen a knife. Can hand build a 1911 or an 800 HP coyote, Jz, or small block. So its not that I lack attention to detail. I just nail a couple knives and then the next one gets duller and duller. Lol.

Now I go in smkw which is about 1.5-2 hrs away from me, and buy something new after reading about the new super duper steel that never dulls and and has 4 life time guarantees. I swear they get dull just as fast as the junk "stainless" or 440 I bought years ago. Crucible, d2, 154cm, M4, 8cr13, magnacut, Cruwear.... can't tell much difference.

And I use a worksharp on all my knives except zt and benchmade. I send those in. They come back about half as sharp as I can get them with the worksharp. I just ruin the tips on them all with my worksharp. Shaving sharp in about 1 minute. Ugly tip. Plus I can un-tonto a Tonto blade in about 3 seconds. Lol

I think I'm to the point id rather have an American made knife with crap steel than a Chinese knife with great steel.

Guns im probably more snob today than ever. Watches too. Motorcycles and knives I think I'm the opposite of a snob. Lol
 
The best Kabar were made 30-40 years ago. All steels will dull using any mechanical sharpener removes too much metal. Hand sharpening by someone who knows how will make a knife last almost forever.
 
hso said:
The instructional video from Work Sharp will help you not make that mistake.
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I've tried. Letting of before the tip and all. On a round profile blade like a sog vulcan I do fine. Even a kitchen knife or ka-bar or similar i do fine. But any spear point or small clip point or similar and I round it. Same for Tonto. Be hard to keep the profile. Don't bother me though. No sharper than the experts at benchmade or zt do with those id rather have a clean shaving ugly blade than their mediocre sharp blades in my pocket.

I did forget an m16 from crkt. I carry those some too. Small and handy. Made in China though
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
I got a couple in D2 for pack knives and another in AUS8 for EDC. That one could stand to be sharper, probably work on it this weekend. Not sure if it'll be a permanent replacement for my Buck, but Ill give it a trial period.
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Many knives have tried to replace my buck 110 but ultimately all failed for various reasons. It doesn’t hold an edge as well as others but it hones to a razor sharp and handles most tasks with aplomb.
hso said:
Sorry, but at $20 at SMKW that will be an etched damascus pattern instead of actual layered steel.
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glad I only paid $10 for it. After examining the top of the blade I saw that you are correct it is acid etched. Still a nice light pocket knife. We shall see how the edge holds up after a couple of weeks.
 
hso said:
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Box o $15 D2 BK42s
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I bought 2 of them when I saw your post on the sale, as well as a multi tool/bit driver for common gun screws. I really like the size and design of this knife, would be cool if they offered one in better materials. A Ti frame lock would be sweet. I carried it the last couple days at this weeks horse show, at $15 I don't worry about loaning it to somebody but its still nice enough I can use it.
 
I gotta stop looking at knives so I can stop buying knives, but it's from my buddy Kim Breed and I think out of his first billet of feather.

www.instagram.com

Kim Breed on Instagram: "AVAILABLE, triple Damascus twist feather blade, birch burl from @mikey20049 , red G10 liners. Sacarii style. dm me if your interested. #damascus #featherdamascus #specialforces #specops #edc #edcgear #edccommunity #badasskn

171 likes, 25 comments - kimbreed1911 on May 6, 2024: "AVAILABLE, triple Damascus twist feather blade, birch burl from @mikey20049 , red G10 liners. Sacarii style. dm me if your interested. ...".
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For folks curious how many steps are needed to make feather damascus.
youtu.be

Knife Making | Making a feather damascus knife billet

Part one of making a feather damascus knife. In this video I make a billet of feather damascus steel. We start with two four-foot pieces of 1084 and 15n20 ...
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First you make a billet of W pattern damascus. o_O
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