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#121
I guess I'll add my three most-used lock-blades.
Top is a Kershaw Liner Action 2420 I bought about 25 years ago (around 1995...wow that's 25 years already!?!?). This is one of the quick-open knives before they started adding the spring-assist feature.
The black rubber in the handle is starting to get soft and tacky. I guess I should contact Kershaw about what to do about it...

next is a utility knife I bought at work and was pleasantly surprised that it's a Schrade

then another utility by Klein. The early models of this knife had the same KAI Japanese steel as my Kershaw, but now they only say Japan on them...
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#122
eastcoasteddie said:
I guess I'll add my three most-used lock-blades.
Top is a Kershaw I bought about 25 years ago (around 1995...wow that's 25 years already!?!?). This is one of the quick-open knives before they started adding the spring-assist feature.
The black rubber in the handle is starting to get soft and tacky. I guess I should contact Kershaw about what to do about it...

next is a utility knife I bought at work and was pleasantly surprised that it's a Schrade

then another utility by Klein. The early models of this knife had the same KAI Japanese steel as my Kershaw, but now they only say Japan on them...
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That particular Kershaw came with AUS-8 steel, a very popular Japanese steel that sharpens easily and is very rust resistant, but does not hold an edge as long as bearing steel like 154cm or powder metallurgy steels like S35vn or CTS204P.
 
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One of my earliest memories is of my dad giving me a fillet knife. It would be several years before he would let me use it however as I was very young, about 4 or 5. I think he secretly wanted it for himself. I was about 7 or 8 when I got my first pocket knife, bought by my dad with his "camel cash". Every fish/ deer I processed for years was done with that first fillet knife. I have since collected quite a few knives and am rarely without one. That said, I'm quite fond of Spyderco knives and Bark River small fixed blades. Thanks for reading.
 
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Electricalbass said:
View attachment 3684717 View attachment 3684722 View attachment 3684723 One of my earliest memories is of my dad giving me a fillet knife. It would be several years before he would let me use it however as I was very young, about 4 or 5. I think he secretly wanted it for himself. I was about 7 or 8 when I got my first pocket knife, bought by my dad with his "camel cash". Every fish/ deer I processed for years was done with that first fillet knife. I have since collected quite a few knives and am rarely without one. That said, I'm quite fond of Spyderco knives and Bark River small fixed blades. Thanks for reading.
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I'm a big fan of Spyderco knives. I discovered them when a friend of mine was trading in a pair of boots at an Army surplus store. He was interested in what turned out to be a Spyderco Native (this was 20 years ago) and wanted to know if I thought it was a worthy trade. I checked it out and was instantly impressed. He had that knife for about 15 years until it vanished at his work one day. I have three of them today.
 
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#128
Can't say I have any expensive knives. I like looking though :)

Honestly, the stuff I have is of the sort where if I were to lose it in a bout of sleep deprived extreme backpacking, I wouldn't mind too much. I've got a Grohmann para knife, but it goes absolutely nowhere with me for that reason.
 
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PWRL said:
I'm a big fan of Spyderco knives. I discovered them when a friend of mine was trading in a pair of boots at an Army surplus store. He was interested in what turned out to be a Spyderco Native (this was 20 years ago) and wanted to know if I thought it was a worthy trade. I checked it out and was instantly impressed. He had that knife for about 15 years until it vanished at his work one day. I have three of them today.
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I carried the 1st generation native for many years- love those knives. I carry a Buck small Vantage Pro now so the natives live in the safe these days.
 
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#135
Last one I got, to replace an ageing Buck mini, is one of these little charmers,

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It's a step up really, with the bottle-opener ;) But I still love the little Buck — wore the lanyard hole down to a hair's breadth, before I had to park it. Still has a lot of life in it, otherwise.
 
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Electricalbass said:
Looks nice and clean. If it's thin enough I'd carry it even tho I dislike sharpening D2.
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How come you don't like sharpening the D2s?
This will be my first D2, so not sure what to look for, my guess is it's hard to get an edge on it.
It does seem like it was the thing a few years ago, everyone had to have the Ontario R2D2, not so much now.
 
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XXL said:
How come you don't like sharpening the D2s?
This will be my first D2, so not sure what to look for, my guess is it's hard to get an edge on it.
It does seem like it was the thing a few years ago, everyone had to have the Ontario R2D2, not so much now.
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It takes me a lot longer to sharpen my D2 steel knives than say my S30v knives. D2 is typically very very hard (something like 61+ Rockwell)which is good and bad. It is a tough steel that stays sharp for a long time but with my sharpening systems it just takes a while to sharpen compared to other steel. It is also a semi stainless steel so it can rust but that doesn't bother me since I'm quite fond of carbon steel.
 
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