That translates to less maintenance required on your end (sharpening, tuning-up, etc.) but remember a budget knife can perform just as well as a pricier blade if it's well maintained. Don't feel you need to splash out more than $200 on your first EDC pocket knife. Start low and ...
Benchmade has also been known to refinish or completely replace a worn out knife for a user who sends it in for sharpening or service. Conclusion To summarize, for this Benchmade Bailout review: The Bailout is a great knife. It has a style all it’s own, using quality materials and ...
Two things I would like to see, the knives to be properly sharp out of the box, other companies can manage it, I wish Chris Reeve would do it too. Not a huge deal, it took me 10 mins to get it proper sharp but only because I?m confident at sharpening. It?s a $375 knife, it...
It’s a drop point design for ease of sharpening, with 20-degree edge angles on a flat grind. The blade holds an edge quite nicely, and it sharpens easily. The handle is constructed from Zytel, a Dupont-made glass-reinforced nylon which is damn-near indestructible. What I really love ...
The Sebenza blade, whether it’s a small or large, tanto, drop point or insingo, is an eye-pleasing piece of steel. It possesses a well rounded formula of toughness, ease of sharpening, stainless properties, and edge retention. Is it yesterday’s “super steel”? Definitely. S35VN was...
Sharpening the knife was a breeze, using the KME sharpening system. I had a great, hair whittling edge back on the knife in about 20 minutes, and other than the blade coating wear, the knife felt and looked new. This is a knife that can be trusted, carries well, can go to work ...
Kershaw has gotten creative with the grinds on these newn Dura-Lock knives, and the intersection of the plunge grind with the swedge and its straight diagonal drop towards the sharpening choil gives the surface of the blade some depth. The sharpening choil is slightly too far back, leaving ...
The sharpening choil – if it can be called that – is quite odd, the plunge line from the flats curving down to intersect the steeply rising choil. There’s absolutely no beard or unsharpened steel on the edge of this blade, which you love to see, but also that basically 90 degree ...
The knife has a high flat grind and a diagonal plunge line that terminates behind a small sharpening choil, leaving just the tiniest little “beard” at the leading edge of the choil jutting downward. The drop point shape leaves the tip of the knife almost perfectly level with the pivot and...
Sharpening the Bugout was easy. I’m a KME user lately, so some may call it cheating, but when you get into the 66-67 HRC range of some modern knives, it’s nice to have a guided system take care of the angles for you, while you knock off the dull steel from your folder. S30V...