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They discontinued the M2 steel !!???!?!?!
Thats too bad, I love that steel,
I have an M2 Nimravus, and 710
Thats too bad, I love that steel,
I have an M2 Nimravus, and 710
Well said - I feel the same way. My large Presidio (pictured above), is my favorite EDC knife. The "only" reason I use the smaller BM (yellow one) as EDC during the week at work, is that at work they have a 3" knife rule so my Presidio at 3.4" is too largecbxer55 said:I do not agree that the only use for a big knife is to fight or kill someone with! You can do small things with a big knife, you cannot do big things with a small knife!
cbxer55 said:I do not agree that the only use for a big knife is to fight or kill someone with!
Exactly! I've never entertained the thought of carrying a knife, or knives, for the purpose of "self-defense" use. But primarily as a tool. The "neato" factor comes into play too!wquiles said:Well said - I feel the same way.
cbxer55 said:I do not agree that the only use for a big knife is to fight or kill someone with!
Why is unsuitable for utility use? Every knife has its own blade shape, grind, etc. There's plenty of knives that I can think of that have similar blades that don't have this "stabbing" stigma you've attatched to it. Plenty of knives that have a finger choil as well (the Spyderco UKPK comes to mind). God forbid that I cut myself because the knife I used to covertly deanimate some cardboard boxes because it would make a knife a "better stabber".SolarFlare said:I assume that's a reply to my post?. Well guess what? nor do I, and thats not what I said either. What I was trying to get at is that the AFCK wasn't a suitable edc IMO. The AFCK has "stab" written all over it, the slender tip and blade geometry screams penetration, the deep handle recess is there to stop your hand slipping up the blade when you use a stabbing motion. Chris Caracci (designer, and former seal) along with benchmade didn't name it the Advanced Folding Combat Knife for nothing. I carry larger heavier knives myself, but they aren't designed just to penetrate, as thats something I rarely do everyday and I would imagine most other people don't either.
SolarFlare said:My favourite is the 941 osborne combo (OD), used to be my EDC and its a really nice knife for dressing out small game (rabbits, birds) cause of the slender clip point and the serations for sinews etc. The AFCK in my opinion is waaay to big for EDC and since I bought it I've never carried it, unless you're planning on going out for a knife fight, or to just kill somene it's not a good knife.
I really, really like the Mayhem. It's just about everything I want in a EDC balisong. I switched it up often between the 42MC and a 31. The 31 is great too, if you want something smaller.CHC said:Hey that Bradley Mayhem balisong is something Planterz! I think that is one of the first of its kind to come with the S30V blade. Nice Ti handles. Way to go on that one :thumbsup:—I'm looking at the ones from 29 Knives!
SolarFlare said:My favourite is the 941 osborne combo (OD), used to be my EDC and its a really nice knife for dressing out small game (rabbits, birds) cause of the slender clip point and the serations for sinews etc. The AFCK in my opinion is waaay to big for EDC and since I bought it I've never carried it, unless you're planning on going out for a knife fight, or to just kill somene it's not a good knife.
I had it on a couple of Benchmades, so in my experience, it does wears out with use. It still protects the blade underneath (so it will not rust as long as there is some material covering the steel), but on the surface you can clearly see the scratches. If you "do" care about the looks of a knife, I would not get it. If you are using the knife, really using it so that you don't care about apearances, then it is a great protective coating.Trashman said:Rather than start another Benchmade thread for one question, let me ask it here: How well does the black color on the black bladed Benchmades hold up? (almost sounds like a toung twister, huh?)