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Welcome to the forum. I live in Switzerland, just a few minutes from the Austrian border. In addition to the excellent advice other forum members have already given you, I might also suggest the Byrd line, which is less expensive than Spyderco, but still of excellent quality. They are ideal for tryi...

I've never owned or held the Kapara in hand, so I'm not sure what design restraints we're up against. And even if I had I'm not a knife designer, so I'd still be talking out of my behind. But here's what I wonder, could it be a candidate for a button lock/button operated compression lock ? Seems li...

Victorinox uses X55CrMo14 (1.4110) steel. It can be seen in a National Geographic documentary.
A screen shot of a metal analyzer is shown at minute 6.38. Here is the link.
https://youtu.be/76VagpmUroE

https://www.polizeibedarf.ch/pi/NEU-NEU ... M-15V.html


In Switzerland they have arrived and some manix are still in stock.
It costs 248.50 Swiss francs, and if you calculate shipping and customs clearance it's not so bad.

Greetings. I was lucky enough to find an ATS-34 military in excellent condition on an online auction site for a ridiculous price, and I couldn't stop myself from buying it. (58 Swiss francs, which is currently about $60)... Now knowing the steel and the fact that it already has the 3 bolt clip I pre...

https://i.postimg.cc/L62mX2yP/20211203-221739.jpg With a little work and some materials you can make some interesting hybrids. This one came from a victorinox with a broken blade and a meadowlark (about the same blade size as the delica). And now it's always in my backpack as a backup knife... Wher...

With a little work and some materials you can make some interesting hybrids.
This one came from a victorinox with a broken blade and a meadowlark (about the same blade size as the delica).
And now it's always in my backpack as a backup knife...

What do you think about a button lock?
I mean a true button lock like some pro-tech or klötzli swiss border guards. With the smooth opening that the sage 5 has, it would be a really fun lock.

Thanks for the responses!

Someday I will upgrade my kitchen knife set with an itamae knife, because they are really attractive.
Or, if I get really crazy, create a similar one by forging a sanmai with an Aogami core.

What ghost do you see here? Is it this one? The Itamae Petty. I was hoping my suggestion about cutting boards would lead someone to guess. 😁 So now I can ask if you've ever had problems with super blue core, because maintenance and possible rust issues have always stopped me from using non-stainles...

Kevinim82 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 09, 2022 9:25 am

What ghost do you see here?

my guess is that knife has seen more cutting boards, than pockets or sock drawers....

I might recommend the Sage 5. It has all the features you're looking for, (and in my opinion is more playful and solid than the para3) except that it's made in Taiwan. There is, however, the fact that a portion of the price will be donated to the National Alzheimer's Association Denver, which is a n...

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Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:45 pm

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Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:25 pm

Mushroom wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:57 pm

Here’s one I took a few months ago. Shouldn’t be too difficult.

If that's a Roc, you'll have to explain the trick to keeping it so close to the edge of the pocket...

Oh, nice guess. Is that a collab?

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Mushroom wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 07, 2022 7:57 pm

Here’s one I took a few months ago. Shouldn’t be too difficult.

If that's a Roc, you'll have to explain the trick to keeping it so close to the edge of the pocket...

Manixguy guessed the amalgam.

The top one is a byrd harrier 2

Unfortunately, the top one is not an endura.
And the other one is not a military or even a smock.
But yes, it is made in Taiwan.

https://i.postimg.cc/QCMvk5Q4/20220307-224527-remastered.jpg Searching through my sock drawer I found an original knife, so I decided to put that in there too (the top one). In my dirty playing I wanted to be good and put my less custom spyderco.... Whoever recognizes one will get their turn to pla...