Knives

[~Brian~]

So I'm looking for a new pocket knife and I have narrowed my selection to two choices:

First- the Benchmade 523 Presidio Tanto

Second- the Cold Steel Recon 1

For the Cold Steel, I am looking at the Tanto version. Pretty sure that I want the straight blade because it will be easier to sharpen.

Thoughts?

[2001teg]

Benchmade is a much better blade.

[djb5118]

I have had two benchmade mini griptillians and I love them! Plus, you can't beat their blade refinishing program.

[05Accent]

benchmade's are sick!

[~Brian~]

As much as I like the Benchmade, I don't really want to spend $200 on a knife. I'd rather put that money towards school or a new scope for my rifle.

Going with the Cold Steel with the straight edge. Thanks for the input!

[Munky]

Kershaw Leek for under $50 @ Wally World and under $40 on eGay...then use the rest of that $100-200 and get a scope = PROFIT!!!

[cmr076]

Originally Posted by Munky

Kershaw Leek for under $50 @ Wally World and under $40 on eGay...then use the rest of that $100-200 and get a scope = PROFIT!!!

beat me to it. /thread.

[Munky]

Originally Posted by cmr076

beat me to it. /thread.

Great minds have good cheap knives and dope optics!!!

[~Brian~]

Originally Posted by Munky

Kershaw Leek for under $50 @ Wally World and under $40 on eGay...then use the rest of that $100-200 and get a scope = PROFIT!!!

What is Wally World? lol

[DPancoast]

... Wal-Mart

[djb5118]

I use this place: http://www.soonerstateknives.com/

great selection and pretty good prices

[DC2.2GSR]

Cold Steel Recon 1 > Benchmade of any kind if you're actually going to use it. First, they're much cheaper, which is key if you're going to be using the knife hard. Benchmade makes very nice blades, but none are as genuinely tough and badass as the Recon 1. Cold Steel makes working blades, whereas Benchmade makes refined 'pretty' tools with high end steel.

I'm a big fan of the Kershaw Leek or SOG Twitch 2 as a general EDC pocketknife - sort of the whole 'a gentleman always carries a blade' thing, but I haven't found a better EDC blade than my Recon 1 and my SOG Aegis. Both were shaving sharp right out of the box and remained that way no matter what I threw at them. Friday night I had to cut an old junk tire off of a trailer wheel (glued bead ) and my Aegis cut it like it was paper. I gave it a 1 minute touch up with a fine stone and it's a shaver again.

btw - it's my opinion that Tanto blade shapes are complete junk. It's rare that you'll ever need to cut something by pushing straight and not using a rockered 'slice', so that makes a tanto pretty much useless. I had a wal-mart Kershaw Blur in tanto and I reprofiled the blade to make it a drop point because it was useless. Plus it's annoying to sharpen, bellied blades are much easier and smoother to sharpen.

[~Brian~]

^Thanks for the review!

Next question- do you suggest the straight blade or the blade with a partial serration?

[sleeper15]

i got one benchmade and one spyderco knife

but, mine arn't flip outs...

[DC2.2GSR]

Originally Posted by ~Brian~

^Thanks for the review!

Next question- do you suggest the straight blade or the blade with a partial serration?

Straight or "plain" blades always. I can't stand serrations. Unless you have a job which requires a lot of rip-cutting and almost hacking, I can't imagine you'd ever use the serrations. I sure don't. I prefer as much cutting surface as possible. I used to buy partially serrated knives because I thought they looked cool and because I always thought "yeah but I can always use the serrations for when I need to cut/hack through something and the blade won't cut it". Realistically all serrations to is reduce cutting area and just get in the way. Plus, they're nearly impossible to sharpen properly once they get dull.

[~Brian~]

Alright, thanks. I've always had partially serrated blades but for the Recon 1 G-10, I was leaning towards the straight blade. I still like the tanto tho, not just because it looks badass (yeah, I'm a noob haha) but also because in my work, I know I will find a use for the second point. Not so much for pushing straight down into things, but rather as a second point for when I'm opening up boxes and such.

[HatchSurfer3]

Originally Posted by sleeper15

i got one benchmade and one spyderco knife

but, mine arn't flip outs...

Now those are my kind of knives. I much prefer balisongs over any other. I'm much faster with them. I'm in need of one or two new ones. Where do you get yours?

[~Brian~]

Ordered the Recon 1 G-10 last night.... can't wait until it gets here!