Knife talk

[TRD270]

Been carrying one of these for about 8 years. Though I'm pretty sure that's 4x what I paid for it back then

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[Gravy]

I love knives, my favorite one is my Benchmade 940, quality knife!

I love it.
My EDC is a Benchmade 940-1.
The S90v is insanely sharp and because its only 2.4 oz it absolutely disappears in the pocket once I added a deep carry clip.

 

[glockman]

For the last year I've carried this Benchmade Osborne.

Prior to that I carried a boker mini kalashnickov which is a fantastic knife for the money, I also have a few Kershaw leaks and a few gerbers that get thrown into rotation. This Benchmade is my favorite though.

 

[nnnnnate]

I've been carrying an Emerson A-100 and a Back Country Scalpel.

I've got nice stones I use to sharpen chisels and hand planes and other woodworking stuff but I keep getting nervous about trying to sharpen my knives on them. I don't want to ruin them. I was on /r/knives in their weekly sharpening thread a few months back asking about jigs or something to help myself out and they basically called me out for being and sissy and not just figuring it out freehand. I specifically asked about the lansky system and they told me essentially my shapton stones were like a ferrari and going to lansky would be like driving a pinto. I still haven't tried to sharpen them since that good pep talk. lol.

 

[glockman]

My dad has a ceramic brick from a blast furnace at Geneva Steel that is the best sharpening stone I've ever used. I thought about jumping the fence when they were tearing that place down to recycle one.

Having used a Lansky quite a bit, I'm now curious about these belt sanders
I've actually put a decent edge back on a knife with the bottom ring on a coffee mug while camping.

 

[Troop92]

I've been running a Kershaw Kuro the past few years. For being a relatively lightweight and inexpensive knife, it has been extremely durable. Flip action is quick, feels good in the hand and pocket.

$20 or so on Amazon. I have and have had more expensive knives, but for the day to day, this one had been hard to beat.

 

[The_Lobbster]

My dad has a ceramic brick from a blast furnace at Geneva Steel that is the best sharpening stone I've ever used. I thought about jumping the fence when they were tearing that place down to recycle one.

Having used a Lansky quite a bit, I'm now curious about these belt sanders
I've actually put a decent edge back on a knife with the bottom ring on a coffee mug while camping.

There’s a TON of bricks out on the old Geneva property still.

 

[jsudar]

One upon a time I bought a bunch of D2 tool steel from McMaster Carr and made a few knives. I never figured out a good way to reliably heat treat them, so they ended up be being ornamental knives. It sure was fun to make them though. I had a blast filing and grinding those things out. I still have a pile of stainless steel heat treating bags laying around my garage...

 

[UNSTUCK]

Not sure if this counts, but I gotta keep whats left looking good all the time!

 

[Brad]

I picked up a Summit Half Dome Titanium a few weeks ago. Really like it despite a few flaws. It needed fully disassembled, cleaned and oiled and a bit of polishing on the lock face and the thumb hole. Once that was done, it has become one of my favorites.

 

[SAMI]

I've been stuck on my Boker Urban Trapper since last summer. The VG-10 blade holds it's edge incredibly well, and overall it's lightweight and easy to carry.

 

[glockman]

I've been stuck on my Boker Urban Trapper since last summer. The VG-10 blade holds it's edge incredibly well, and overall it's lightweight and easy to carry.

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Boker makes some nice knives.

 

[SAMI]

Boker makes some nice knives.

Yes they do. I watched the video from BladeHQ's tour of Boker and it sold me even more just on the heritage alone, but also the town they are crafted in.

I also daily carry a Boker bolt action pen and love it; very nice quality.

 

[Gravy]

Built a new knife this week.
Calling this model "Janus."
Went a little more in depth on this one. I love this layered G10 handle material. (White, Grey, Black) It kinda looks like a topo map.


I did the sheath so I could run it right hand or cross carry

 

[Marsh99]

Just ordered a Benchmade 3400 autocrat... GOVX had them on sale and I needed to stimulate the economy 😁

 

[Johnny Quest]

been carrying this Gerber Paraframe for the past few months; been pretty happy with it so far.

 

[muleskinner]

Sheffield supply is going out of business and they're blowing out their 440C. I ordered 20 sticks of 1''x1/8''x36'' last week. I hope to have some time next week and grind out a knife or two. I've been busy building fences, re plumbing the garden water system, yard sprinkler system, grass seed and general yard work lately but hopefully I can set aside a couple hours and knock out some knives.

I'll post up some pics if I get time to grind.

 

[benjy]

But last year, I wanted something to sharpen kitchen knives. The Lansky can do them, but it's a PITA. So I got a little minature belt sander meant for knife sharpening. A Worksharp Ken Onion edition. This one:

I recently picked up a benchmade bugout. I've never really carried a knife, so this was more an experiment to see if I found it useful. Apparently I have because it's time to sharpen... I was planning to pickup this Worksharp, but the bugout came with a warning label to not sharpen with a belt sander. Should I disregard their warning and go for it?

 

[Gravy]

I recently picked up a benchmade bugout. I've never really carried a knife, so this was more an experiment to see if I found it useful. Apparently I have because it's time to sharpen... I was planning to pickup this Worksharp, but the bugout came with a warning label to not sharpen with a belt sander. Should I disregard their warning and go for it?

Ignore it.
Or send it to Benchmade and they'll sharpen it for free.

 

[DAA]

What Stratton said.

I just sharpened a fairly new Benchmade Osborne with it a couple days ago.

- DAA