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What tiz it?

Currently produced:

Benchmade Griptilian

Bench made Leopard Cub

Spyderco Moran drop point

And of all things, outdoor edge swingblaze

Gotta be my old North Woods B&T since this pic of it won me a Mike Miller custom a couple of weeks ago.



I'm pretty fond of this GeC B&T too but I like any B&T pattern made with 1095.
And yea,,,,I know,,,, 1095 rusts but so do firearms if you neglect em.

FG, 1095 is awesome stuff. My favorite for the last year of so is a esee izula II. its 1095 and holds a shaving edge very well. I'm jelous of the grouse you guys have. Havent killed/hunted them in 8 or 9 years. My friends pointer died and we haven't been since. Nice looking blade too in the bottom pick. The handle looks comfortable and kinda shaped like a barlow/sharpfinger cross. I can tell by looking at a knife if I would like it. And it looks like a knife I would use a lot.

Benchmade and spiderco seem to have a huge following but for a pocket knife can't bring myself to carry anything but my SAK Farmer. I crossed over from my 10+ years of sodbuster jr carry and haven't looked back for 2 or 3 years now. I have to strop it often though, doesn't hold an edge like the yellow handled crovan case.

I have been reading about elmax steel and would like to try a knife with that metal. Folks that have tried it rave about it but I'm sure any knife made with it will probably be more than I'm willing to pay for something I don't need but just want.

For pocket carry it's hard to beat the GEC sodbusters. Bullnose I think they call them.

Also the $20 Kabar dozier folders are great for working knife.

Yea,,, I really like bone scales and GEC did a great job on that one.
Here's a better pic.



I still love my old NW but I actually use it more for Deer than birds and fish these days.

Bark River Gunny Hunter.

Chris

+1

Straight edge or serrated?

Straight, though a serrated is on the list I gave to Santa this year.

I have an old case knife, one blade, an awl, a can opener, and a bottle opener.

It's on my last of favorites.

Well, I think the OP really wants to know your FIRST of favorites.

freaking spell check auto type crap.

"list" of favorites.

I like a case canoe for a pocket folder and a Benchmade Griptilian for a pocket clip folder. I will say that the Griptilian does not hold an edge as long as I would like it to.

What steel on the BM?

There may be variations in tempering among batches of steel, but for what it is worth I have 2 Benchmade Griptilians (one D2 and the other S30v steel).

I thought that the D2 was good -- until I got the one with the S30v steel! It holds an edge MUCH longer.

I would NOT want to sharpen the S30v blade with an Arkansas type stone though, it would take a long while. A DMT diamond stone works fine though.

I really like the locking mechanism of the Benchmade Griptilian knives -- nice and open and easy to clean.

By the way Steelhead, a number of years ago I had narrowed down a new knife buy to 1 of 2 models when you happened to post a picture of your everyday carry Benchmade Griptilian here.

Anyway, that was enough to tip the scales in favor of the Benchmade for me. Thanks -- I've been very happy!

John

154CM and is a mini griptilian. When I bought it I did not realize there were steel variants available. I may have to move it to the sock drawer and get one in D2 or S30V if I can source one.

Mine is D2 and it works well.