the sharpest thread on /k/chris reeve edition because everyone is buying sebenzaslast thread recap>anon pulls a knife from the ocean >>64815356>size doesnt matter >>64815450>microtech anons unemployment hobby >>64818204>nobody can decide if we like the livewire >>64822024>anon is very, very poor >>64834690
i forgot the title. this is the most embarrassing thing ive ever done. welcome to /kg/ i guess. fuck.
>>64862956Just a note, the knife forging isn't my hobby, I was looking to commission one of them. Would fucking love to get into knife-making...
looking for a fixed blade with 100% straight sheepsfoot and stainless steel. Basically a fixed blade version of pic related. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Seems like 99% of "sheepsfoot" blades on the market aren't real sheepsfoot and have a curve on them.
>>64863153QSP Baby Penguin should meet your requirements. I know CRKT had some cleaver-type thing but it's a bit goofy IMO.
>>64862956technically not a knife, but I bought a Wilkinson made presentation tulwar from my favorite dealer in the UK. For a police officer during the war (WWI) from another in the area, some sort of masonic connection, no real leads beyond that. It is almost an anti tulwar being narrow and proportionately thick to my eyes. Hilt was cast brass I believe, finely cast, almost as good as the hilt makers in Paris who are unparalleled (don't worry, the Brits tended towards silver, steel, and gilt brass generally with just as good skill). I am unsure if the black was a resin they filled in or simply chemically darkening the brass and polishing the raised elements. But either way, it is a sort of cool way to get a koftgari appearance the opposite direction. Blade is very strongly etched as well, 84cm blade which is also pretty long for a tulwar, really curious to see how it feels. Non-regulation/presentation swords like these used to be extremely common but almost none survived. You can find old-internet forums of black and white scans of even older Wilkinson and Mole and Reeves catalogs showing options to buyers in the British Empire including flammard blades and other things. And unfortunately that is all we will ever know of to prove their existence. Rare swords like presentation 100ukp swords given to sultans in India, custom gifts from future King George (V) or Edward (VII) written in ledgers, it's a bit like reading accounts of great monuments or fragments of Tolkien's notes that were never finished and I wish I could uncover some of the things lost to time.
>>64863381
Get a buck 119
>>64863153can't point you to anything but there's always chopping one down, I sheepsfooted a knife once with just a hacksaw and polished it out with sandpapers
>>64863153Damn yeah you werent kidding on few knives actually being straight. Do you not want the Baby Penguin? Toor has a really nice one but it slightly curves. Any length requirements? For shits and giggles get the medford balisong and just tape the grip open: https://eknives.com/medford-viceroy-balisong-butterfly-knife-antique-green-titanium-4-8-sheepsfoot-tumbled/Or this 'thing' https://eknives.com/medford-viceroy-balisong-butterfly-knife-antique-green-titanium-4-8-sheepsfoot-tumbled/
>>64863381Anon... they're junk.
>>64862956How about knives that you frankenstiened?This thing is a mix of Spyderco copper scales, standared G10 black scales, knockoff chink liners and a rex 45 blade
>>64863177>>64863509>qsp baby penguinthanks anon, this is exactly what I was looking for.
>>64863880Also I love this one. Scales are from Suingab. Bought many scales from him, great person
>>64863804Can you elaborate further? I focus in non-regulation British and French (with a smattering of Swiss, Swedish, and Italian as secondary) 19th century sabres. Most of what Wilkinson made at least prior to say 1930 was top quality shit. Not always the most martial like lots of levee swords, but this looks like a fairly pricey presentation sword. Yeah post WWII most swords are rubbish, but are you referring to the maker? The type of sword? What?
>>64863880Not really frankenstein yet and it's still unfinished but I got myself a Tod Workshop Rothenburg Ballock dagger for my birthday in 2024. I didn't like the grip being slightly off so I sanded the absolute fuck out of the ebony. It is just like 500x ren wax'd right now but I should probably remove that and try and BLO the ebony a few times. Really want as glass smooth a grip as possible. Img 1 was from the listing (dead link)
>>64864017And this is what it looks like now. All the parts on the cap are slightly raised out so I could get the ebony underneath that. Just a simple matter of using the flat of a screwdriver to press them down when the time comes. I got the horn eating knife and prick and am going to make a fur lined wood core sheath for the set as was period. Polished the fuck out of the horn on the knife so it's just as smooth and glossy.
Page 9 bumpI'd hoped the M4 blade would take a patina after I sandblasted the low quality coating (really thick and easily damaged compared to my S30V 940's coating) but all I get is some surface rust if I work outdoors and get really sweaty. I like the monotone look, though.
my new knoif
my current knive collection. What do you guys think? Just got the Buick 110 recently, what knife should i get next. I want a military survival knive like the Ka-bar. any suggestions?
>>64869165https://ragweedforgestore.com/collections/peltonenPeltonen M07 or M95 depending on how long you want. Not a bad start.
>>64867121monochrome is the way
>>64869357I really prefer plain slab-like knives. So many designs are just completely over the top.
>>64869165Gerber Strongarm or Cold Steel SRK.
two recent purchases for my collection, plus an alox victorinox for scale.both have an outwardly button locking mechanism, however mechanically they function quite different from another.up top is a Herbertz with a central lock mechanism, designed by Wolf Borger. made around 1999. shape-wise it takes heavily from Terzuola's Starfighter design. All stainless steel, and unlike most of Herbertz' lineup, it's not made in China but in Solingen by an unknown company. The locking utilizes a ball bearing, this video details it quite well. no need to speak the language. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-GajeDMRtQLocks both open and closed, but relying on a small bearing as only surface the locking mechanism isn't particularly great; it easily develops play and can fail a spinewhack test.Below it is an Explorer. Also made in Solingen, but in the 80s. Sort of Buck 110 style, but smaller and with stag scales. Nicely finished (as is the Herbertz).Its locking mechanism, designed by Frank Boyd, works very differently, and is way more solid, with a square locking piece. This also gives it a locking 90° halfstop, but with a bit of play unlike the open and closed positions which are rock-solid. On the other side of the blade it says the US patent number: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4750267A/en which explains clearly how it works. I'd much rather trust this one than the Herbertz, but I worry what would happen if the internal mechanism gunked up over time because unlike the Herbertz, where the locking axis unscrews allowing cleaning, you can't disassemble the Explorer in any way that doesnt involve unpinning.I found that there's actually a 3-pack of these Explorers for $330 on Arizona Custom Knives right now if you're interested. https://www.arizonacustomknives.com/products/1118501/
>>64867295Kind of neat. I have my Terava Tiny Knife in my pocket right now, kind of similar. A prying edge ground onto the back of the handle would be helpful.
CRKT pilar III?
>>64869165Nice choices. The Ka-Bar is a fighting knife you can use for utility tasks, not so much something to baton with. It's fine for the fighting/utility role.
>>64869165>SurvivalYou should probably list out the specific tasks you expect the knife to handle if you're going to actually use it for that.
What would be some candidates for a folding lunch box steak knife?>Straight point or very minimal drop>3 to 4 inches blade length>no embellishments / crevices for bacteria to get stuck in>easy to take apart and throw inna dishwasher once a week>stainless blade, stainless handles>washer pivot
>>64871691https://www.knifecenter.com/item/KS5700/kai-5700-personal-folding-steak-knife-satin-blade-zytel-handles-leather-sheath
you guys aren't catching your katanas are you?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwMI6sznc1Q
In!
>>64872825Never catch a falling blade. I made that mistake 2 or 3 times and each time I needed stitches. I read an account of a woman who dropped a scientific cutting instrument and tried to catch it, and it was basically nano-meter sharp. Cut straight through her skin, vessels, nerves, muscle, the whole nine yards. The only reason she didn't die was there was a professor or scientist of human anatomy that pinched her brachial artery within seconds.
>>64872825EEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!That's a big bandage.
>>64872825The bigger the blade, the more respect it needs. Deadly weapons.
>>64872825Finally a queen worthy of this King.
Apex is the first otf i have that doesn't seem like the manufacturer is assuming I'm a retard who is going to stab it into tree stumps and pry on it sideways all day. Love the thin needle-like point it comes to and the deep, thin hollow grind. I'm sure that kind of design choice comes with a higher RMA rate which is why i haven't seen it elsewhere but it's still nice to be trusted to be a sane adult in 2026.
>>64873716kek
>>64873143real rolex?
>>64876214Of course.
>>64872825i saw my roommate successfully catch a big kitchen knife he knocked off the counter. then it happened a second time later on and he was unsuccessful and needed stitches
Bought a cheap otf knife.
>>64867295please tell me you paid more than 50 bucks for that, i need the laugh.
>>64877182I got a lightning. It's as bad as I expected but it werks.
>>64877182this looks neat, nice and slim
>>64862962I for one, think it looks better without the title
>>64877584I have one as well. It rattles way too much to be a pocket knife but it works well cutting up boxes and opening packages.
>>64878725most otfs i have rattle a lot, it doesn't bother me nor does it affect its cutting performance. The ones with the least/no rattle in my collection are Axial Shift V3's if you want a suggestion. Little to no button play as well.
>>64862956>SEBENZA!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3-5lbzaQdU
I have an Italian otf knife and the spring seems to be broken, any clue where I can find a replacement because the only ones I see commonly available are for like microtechs or other tacticool knives
>>64880302i own two sebenzas and this is a good video
>>64880302I have a locking knife, a flashlight, and a sak on me usually. I dont believe that is excessive since I use them often.>>64880591You're probably going to need to buy from a spring maker
>>64880302EDCsisters... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAD0a6wWFrI
>>64869357Based.>>64869399Same here. The Seb in particular does it really well, super slim and minimal but still manages to be ergonomic. I also recently got a CRKT Overland and it's obviously a budget knife but I think it's a pretty nice design, and I really like the combo of G10 on the left scale but a metal framelock slab on the right.
Best poop knife?
>>64882126Whatever makes the "HURR OZ ROZIE 4/100 SUPER SPECIAL EDITION" tards scream and cry and shit their pants the hardest.
>>64881834Imagine getting a dry handjob from her with those calloused old man hands she has. God.
>>64882126Buck 120
>>64882126
>>64882107love your little micro collection. all you could ever need. maybe ill pair down my box even more
>>64881834I hate this whore so much. A personification of the “girls picture vs boys picture” meme.
>>64882060I am torn on this subject. My shift starts well before sunup, but I might be the only one that carries a flashlight. Sometimes I actually need a small prybar, though I have yet to find the right one. I need to grind my Gerber Shard to a finer point. Knives are one of man’s oldest tools, so I give a lot of leeway for refined “pocket jewelry,” and pushing the envelope with new materials. All this to say, you should be prepared, and people who aren’t disgust me.On the other hand, spending $300 on Chinese knives for reddit updoots should land you on oil rigs for reeducation.
>>64883911Part of the issue is that the internet is so fucking poor now. Between thirdies and zoomers who've been screwed over it's really hard to explain that $300 is not that much money without sounding like an asshole. But $300 is not a lot of money. $10k really isn't either.Knives are a pretty endgame point of 'quality of life', obviously fund your retirement, have a car that runs, have a nice place to live, etc. before dumping cash into knives. But the world runs on commerce, wealth flows around in cardboard boxes. A knife that takes a long time to dull is legitimately nice if you do anything commerce related or receive shipments. Do I need three CRK's? No, but it is nice.
>>64882168EK had a drop of the Nemesis IV and the Halo...missed both. Hate to say it but it looks like Tony is aping more off of Heretic than the other way around. Especially the new Halo. There was actually 1 in stock linked here: https://eknives.com/microtech-marfione-select-halo-iv-otf-3-8-m390-clip-point-stonewash-1150-10ms1/ (sold now) and it just looked too ugly to me. I get it, the old narrowbody otfs needed some more texture but it was that slick machined action that was always the appeal to me. Way too organic of a shape now and doesnt have the same appeal. Especially the sides holy shit that is ass fucking ugly who told him to make knives for the Dark Eldar?Still want a Nemesis although that one feels like Tony trying to fight Heretic's Cleric II in some ways while also still being a straight body. https://eknives.com/microtech-marfione-select-nemesis-iv-otf-black-aluminum-4-4-m390-dagger-stonewash-1152-10ms1 looks closer to the old Halo than the current halo does
>>64884477If he really wanted to fight the Cleric... he'd bring the Venomtech back. Yeah... I'd buy a Halo if I still had the employee discount just for the giggle factor, but god damn is it an ugly fucker. Semi-related news, I picked up an Exodus the other day from a pawn shop.
>>64883953Trying to tell boomers that a shitty 3bed2bath house is $300k minimum and in order to afford that you'd have to work for 5+ years without taxes, food, gas, or any other expenses just to buy the house, and they think you're trying to buy a fucking mansion in Beverly Hills. So you try to explain how much they fucked the economy by letting all of our jobs go overseas while importing a couple million Mexicans so local jobs pay fuck-all, and then they enacted draconian zoning laws and a byzantine permitting / code scheme in order to increase the value of their $5000 house so it's now $2.5 million, and they scream at you and call you coddled and snobby, and refuse to help you because you're clearly lazy and useless.Oh and don't forget they swallowed the propaganda of "only white people are racist" and ignore the trend of abusing H1B visas, Indians only hiring Indians as soon as they get in management, welfare fraud, and the ever-increasing requirements of management / corporate, requiring a masters degree to even apply, so you get outside hires from Harvard with a fresh MBA that tell your bosses to do stupid shit to make 5% more profit this quarter, but then you lose half your customers because you fucked them over on something. Then they sell all their shit to BlackRock and go on a cruise for 30 years wasting all the money, leaving you to rent a shitty 1 bedroom apartment 2 hours away from your job that pays nothing, and then they die and leave you no house, no money, a crumbling economy and a country that's being taken advantage of by shitstains who come from a culture where "honor" and "morals" are things to exploit rather than things to aspire to and hold on a pedestal.Yes, I'm fucking mad.
>>64884939https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e29RiBUvTxwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxh5oRrjUwPosting the old venomtech videos BladeHQ made that made me get mine as a retarded 20 something in college winter 2014. I really want a good stiletto but for some fucking reason Italy loves 440c blades or they are too ugly and fat. I just want brass caps, a nice walnut or ebony scale, and fuck even 154cm would be good enough for me.
>>64883522I actually have a lot more, those are just the ones that matched stuff in the other pic. Absolutely ancient pic but it's got most of the interesting stuff, the only real highlights in the last few years are a couple of Case traditional folder.
>>64884992Wow what the hell is this. How does that blade fit in that handle? Does it even..?
>>64884992i feel like boomers were spending $70 on restaurant dinners a couple times a month back in the day. but, its treated as """ludicrous""" to spend the equivalent of that on a decent pocket knife once or twice a year. and, from what i see stat wise it's only getting worse... the handful of wealthy millenials minted by tech/ecomm/crypto/etc. just doesn't exist for the younger gen, and the 45+% un/under employment stat for college grads wise only getting worse. its weird being 26 and /not/ being fucked. meanwhile 90% of people I know are so ungodly fucked i can barely wrap my head around how they exist. all because im entry level white collarish and dont have debt
>>64882580don't bash the cold steel garden machete, it was one of my best ever purchases
>>64863153tkell makes a ton of those
>>64885301Oh I see how it worksWow.What a truly dog shit design
>>64885343Government inflation rates are the most zoged thing on earth. You have to control it to the historic price of gold.
>>64885301It came with a sheath. Yes it was goofy. I still like it. >>64885343Dude I can't even imagine spending more than 30 bucks on a dinner for myself, let alone 75. I basically don't eat out at all, haven't gone to the range in ages, buy cheap cuts of meat in bulk, even sometimes buying food stamps. I'm lucky enough to have a job where I don't pay for the gas and I'm paid well above minimum wage, but it's not a white collar office job so people look down their nose at me. It's super frustrating now my especially when you watch any classic movies and somebody is talking about buying a new car for their son with a entry level job essentially. It's sincerely makes one understand why exactly the funny mustache man got elected.
pic found on an ebay listing. i find it funny>hmm, what background should I choose for this rusted, somewhat dubious looking knife>ah yes, perfect
>>64885429I legit have 3 of them. Spray paint em orange and tie some reflective Paracord on the handle so I don't lose em . They ride on the quad and lawnmower everytime. So useful and cheap
>>64885429I wasn’t. I was thinking the length and curvature would be perfect for cutting turds in both the field and toilet bowls.
>>64870392Fuck I want that explorer
>>64886098the fuck is that klingon?
>>64886282that Arizona custom knives listing is your best bet. there's some ebay listings too, but they want 500€ for one.or visit a bunch of fleamarkets and have impossible luck
Pic related; the best pocket knife for people who actually use a pocket knife daily
>>64887193have fun dressing a deer with that
>>64887193I've carried variants of that Milwaukee knife for years, not the screwdriver one though. Keeps the big knife sharp when all the hard shit is done with them
>>64887437Have fun not being any fun.
>>64887193Hate to admit it but mine gets carried more than any other knife these days too.
>>64887193Too big. I carry an EAB everyday, does not need to be bigger for the tasks a utility blade usually does. Unless your job is actually using a utility blade 1000 times a day, in that case I'd hope you would have something more specialized.
that screwdriver bit on the fastback looks like it'll dig into your palms if you have to spend a lot of time scoring and cutting materials, like for a construction job. a more rounded and softer handle would be better.
>>64887193If all you do is open up boxes, sure.I like my wave+.
>>64888139Check out the chewed up blade. Definitely not cutting boxing all day, bud. I can't stand using a leatherman as a daily pocket tool for work. Takes too long to get to any of tools and I have a pair of pliers in my back pocket anyway. I just need a blade, screwdriver and channellocks on my person. Everything else is in the toolbag or a quick walk to the truck. But to each their own.
MagnaMax
I’m not sure why I resisted the Eldris so much, going to pick one or two up with my next order. I fear the new line of moras are going to be overpriced.
waiting on a grimsmo rask in green or bronze to pop up and genuinely plan on carrying it nearly ever day. gifted most of the knives i had that i didn't have a use for but still have a couple nicer folders and couple low-mid range stuff to beat on. picrel is exactly what i want
>>64888894why though? never understood why grimsmo nerfs their knives with rule34 steel. even if the action is mechanical perfect and the thing is crafted by the gods, this design choice seems like its intended to be a show piece not carry.
>>64888929i grew up half an hour from where they operate and aside from grimsmo, there's only really north arm that makes a modern folder in canada.
>>64888962i just think if bm gets shit for using s30v at their prices, grimsmo should get shit for rwl at their price. the quality is higher and so is the pricetag. and rwl is not much better than s30v.
>>64887193For me it's the hawkbill.
>>64888985yeah agreed, it's embarrassing that they use it at the price point they ask but the design, green/bronze anodizing, action, and largely the fact they're making them near my hometown suckers me in. if they were anywhere else or there were more manufacturers in this country i probably wouldn't care unless i could get one for 30-50% off.
>>64888929The same reason other small-production and custom makers use it, it's much easier to work with and finish than the really exotic supersteels while still being a very good steel. Acting like it's somehow not a carry-worthy knife because of RWL35 is wild considering it's a better steel than what you get with 99.9% of knives that actually get carried and used in the real world, and in some ways it could actually be considered a better choice since it's tougher and much easier to maintain and sharpen than the more exotic options.
>>64888929What's wrong with s30v tier steel? That's really good steel. I bet most steel snobs would daily carry 420hc with a proper heat treat and not know the difference between it and their precious magnacut... geometry and heat treat are most important.
>>64888985>>64889003It's different with a huge knife company like Benchmade vs. a small semi-custom maker like Grimsmo, though. Benchmade has a lot of economy of scale so expectations for pricing are totally different. Ease of manufacturing and finishing also matters a lot more to a company like Grimsmo than one of the big mass producers, Benchmade or Spyderco or whoever can basically laser a chunk of steel out, run it through a surface grinder and a tumbler, and call it a day, and people will just be happy they've got Magnacut or whatever, but the expectations for finish quality on a Grimsmo are much higher and it means they have to consider aesthetics in their steel choice as much as performance. Grimsmo in particular also have the extra handicap of wrapping their whole brand image up in the fact that their knives are totally CNC machined so they have to choose steels that suit that process too.
>>64889006i didnt say its not carry worthy but for a grimsmo knife ($700? $1000?) i would want super steel. thats a super price. theyre supposed to be the greatest craftsman, why am i accepting a steel that's 'easier to work with' than one thats superior to carry.>>64889008again, s30v is fine, but theres a price point at which its sub optimal. when decent memenacut is $120, and benchmade is still selling s30 knives for $300+, there's an imbalance. i literally own a benchmade s30v knife, i like it a lot, but it is not a value proposition.>magnacut... geometry and heat treatyou can have all of these things actually. and above $300 or so dollarydoos i pretty much expect all three.
>>64889023It's really funny how fast knife steels change relatively speaking. I remember about a decade ago now the generalish tier list was 440<1080<154cm<S30 where 1080 was like BCM, 154cm was equivalent to DD, and S30V+ was into the "high end" bracket for knives. Like for benchmade 154cm was most common with S30/35V being on a few models. I had one of the OG Infidels in D2 steel and got a replacement with the S30v blade and that was like "wow"Even the meme Venomtech I got was Elmax and that was the top of the top of the top of the end back then. Now even the bespoke super steels have a year or 2 of rarity before they filter down and if your $50 knife doesn't have Magnacut, you got ripped off. Not even complaining or anything, just like AR15s, we are living in a relative golden age of absurdly good price-to-performance wrt steels and I wonder what if improvements are going to start slowing down?
I wonder what if improvements are going to start slowing down?Even s30v was a bit too chippy by some accounts, and some found magnacut didnt hold an edge as well as they would like and even fewer users benefitted from the huge edge stability. There's been a lot of great steels coming out but nothing to me has felt as "endgame" as magnamax. I think this will rule the roost for years on all under 5" edc pocket knives. It's as close to "perfect" as we've ever seen.
>>64889292>what if improvements are going to start slowing down?Even s30v was a bit too chippy by some accounts, and some found magnacut didnt hold an edge as well as they would like and even fewer users benefitted from the huge edge stability. There's been a lot of great steels coming out but nothing to me has felt as "endgame" as magnamax. I think this will rule the roost for years on all under 5" edc pocket knives. It's as close to "perfect" as we've ever seen.
>>64882580>26 inch blade>for cutting grasshuh? why couldn't they make it a little bit longer so you don't fuck up your back bending over.
>>64889023Because the scale of what's practical for a small-scale custom knifemaker to do, and what's practical for a huge factory, is different. "Harder to work with" doesn't just mean it's more skill/effort either, it means that some manufacturing processes simply aren't feasible (or even possible at all in some cases) so by using those supersteels you're actually limiting what the maker can do in terms of design or how nice they can make it look. CPM 154 and RWL34 are good compromise steels that perform well while still making that nice custom look and finish practical.
