

And, if you haven't yet guessed, I'm not a fan. Ernie Emerson is not quite the Mick (Burger) Strider of the pocket knife world but is damn near as polarizing. So naturally people will have a perception of superior quality.Įmerson waves.ugh. Seki does a ton of the flagship, mid-line offerings while Taichung was setup do to a lot of the upper end stuff. Also, Sal has always kind of had a focus for the factories. but none of those differences are bad, just different. You will notice some difference in Golden, Seki, Taichung, etc. Here's what I can say with complete confidence, they're all good. In fact, a lot of folks prefer the other factories over Taichung because they feel the lines are too sharp. When reading about all things Spyderco, remember folks often have very strong feelings. i'm pretty good about not losing things, but it needs to be something i don't mind beating up. i currently use that lanyard hole thing on the utility knife to open bottles via the "leverage trick" (same way as using a bic lighter). a way to open a beer bottle would be a bonus, too. fast-opening would be nice (flick-open or something via a finger catch?). I want something with a nice pocket clip and locking mechanism. for reference, this utility knife is about 9x2x1 cm (folded) and weighs 80 g. a little smaller or larger is probably OK, but i don't like feeling like my pockets are loaded down with crap.

I want something similar in size to these knives. i'll read this thread over again, but does anyone have any suggestions? Now that i'm comfortable with hand sharpening, i'm actually in the market for a new pocket knife. but the pocket clip is total sһit, and its flip-open action is just OK. it's got a liner lock and looks and feels fine. It's actually not a terrible utility razor holder. It's also sold on amazon as "exceed tirant titanium" for $60 (!!!), lol.
