Pick One Favorite.

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Re: Pick One Favorite.

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SE - Autonomy 1

PE - CruCarta Shaman
All SE all the time since 2017
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Red aluminum blade swap to Maxamet Image
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Lc200n, s90v, magnacut, 20v, 204p, cruwear, s110v, 15v, cts-xhp
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Re: Pick One Favorite.

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DLT CruWear/purple g10 pm2 with MXG clip.

Though the k390 pm2 in the mail may dethrone it, we’ll see.
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Junction fixed blade

GB1 folder

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I am surprised that no one has said anything about the Meerkat. I can’t pick only one so I will be heading out the back now.
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I'm also putting a vote in for the shaman zwear. Such a gorgeous knife. Once that micarta comes to life its a work of art. I get so many comments about it, even from non knife people. I also like that it's blade is zwear instead of cruwear. I realize it's essentially the same steel but since only a mule and the shaman (unless im mistaken) has used Zapp steels equivalent, it makes it a bit more unique. Cheers
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PE - Manix 2 lw salt with orange frcp and dlc mag… or what we’re gonna get - yellow w/satin mag👍

SE - Salt 2 wharnie H2 (when they become available)
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Stas wrote:
Sat Apr 15, 2023 4:21 am
kennethsime wrote:
Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:31 pm
This one.

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K390 Stretch, micarta scales + a Lynch clip.
Not only your photos and taste in blades lead me to several impulse purchases lately (no complains🤣) but also you teasing us showing K390 PM2 and saying you favorite is K390 Stretch 😁🤜
Hah! Hoisted with my own petard.

The K390 Stretch was in my pocket as I wrote that, must’ve been a Freudian slip.
I'm happiest with Micarta and Tool Steel.

Top four in rotation: K390 + GCM PM2, ZCarta Shaman, Crucarta PM2, K390 + GCM Straight Spine Stretch.
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Bare bones nothing fancy PM2. I keep going back to it.
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Shoot…

First it was the Cruwear Delica.
Then the Crucarta PM2.
Then it was the K390 Stretch.
Now it’s the DLT Cruwear Endela.
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ImageToday it is the P4 SE K390.
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Can´t

If my VG10 ffg Micarta-scale Endura had teeth: Most likely it would be "the one"
Since it does not have teeth: At this very moment the Stretch XL SE comes closest to be "the one favorite".
Could be my HAP40 Endura or the H1 Pac Salt SE or.... though if you ask me tomorrow...
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- EDC: Endura thin red line ffg combo edge (VG10); Wayne Goddard PE (4V), Endela SE (VG10)
-Mountains/outdoors: Pac.Salt 1 SE (H1), Salt 2 SE (LC200N), and also Wayne Goddard PE (4V)
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Re: Pick One Favorite.

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I used to think it was the Manix, but now I would say the Sage 5. Of all my Spydies, it's the most "transparent," by which I mean the way it carries, deploys, and closes. It's my "don't have to think about it, just use it" knife. Runners-up are the Watu and Kapara.
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C95 Original lockback Manix! :cheap-sunglasses
Nothing will ever beat this Champion!
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mongo1958 wrote:
Sat Apr 15, 2023 9:29 am
Today it is the...
probably the only real way to answer a question like this.
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C36MCW2, C258YL, C253GBBK, C258GFBL, C101GBBK2, C11GYW, C11FWNB20CV, C101GBN15V2, C101GODFDE2, C60GGY, C149G, C189, C101GBN2, MT35, C211TI, C242CF, C217GSSF, C101BN2, C85G2, C91BBK, C142G, C122GBBK, LBK, LYL3HB, C193, C28YL2, C11ZPGYD, C41YL5, C252G, C130G, PLKIT1
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I like big, USA made knives with exceptionally pointy tips. This makes the Military, Chief, and Siren the top contenders. The Military edges the other two out because how natural and fluid the action is and I find it more comfortable in use.

That is precisely why I’m hesitant on the Military 2; I’m concerned my perfect knife no longer will be. I’ll try it out of course and hope to be proven wrong. If I don’t like it, there’s a chance the Chief or Siren could claim the throne.
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G-10 Police 4 K390
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Hopsbreath wrote:
Sat Apr 15, 2023 10:38 am
I like big, USA made knives with exceptionally pointy tips. This makes the Military, Chief, and Siren the top contenders. The Military edges the other two out because how natural and fluid the action is and I find it more comfortable in use.

That is precisely why I’m hesitant on the Military 2; I’m concerned my perfect knife no longer will be. I’ll try it out of course and hope to be proven wrong. If I don’t like it, there’s a chance the Chief or Siren could claim the throne.
Could I ask what’s having you skeptical on the 2
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If I cheated and picked 3, K390 Urban, Stealth Ti Chaparral, Kapara.
1? Probably K390 Urban
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