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So ok, one more question. What's the law on auto or assisted opening and butterfly knifes in Texas?

Event y'all I will purchase a BM

I like the Osborne and Seibert models.

Autos and assisted ok. Not sure on Balisong. You need to read up on length and double-edged statutes. San Antonio has some of their own knife laws. Not sure if they have been "pre-empted" by the state.

They stay tight.


Dave

I only obey laws is agree with.



Dave

I've only carried my Benchmade Barrage for maybe 6-7 years now. Carried every day, used every day, it is still perfect.

A buddy bought a benchmade 25 years ago, and he is rough on stuff. His is still perfect, but he has replaced the pocket clip a couple of times.

Edit; I see my buddies knife at least a couple of times a year now to sharpen it. He carried it for several years before it ever got sharpened.

I wouldn't expect anything less. Lol

These are now legal to carry



although I generally don't carry it, because it's collectible, and people pizz their pants when you fire it. There's actually a couple of Microtech OTF's that are larger, and presumably more intimidating...

I like this one to carry as a heavy duty user:

Nor mine and I've been carrying them and using them hard for a long time.

Ed

https://www.fallkniven.com/en/


dave

I was in REI and a Benchmade Bushcrafter caught my eye. Mind you, I think that whole thing is goofy, but the knife itself felt so damn good in my hand that I ended up buying it a few days later. I don't know if it'll function any better than my Buck Vanguard for dismantling animals but it'll have more class doing so. At least I hope so, for what I paid for the damn thing.

Also, my daily carry knife is a Benchmade Vex... made in China. Yeah, they did that briefly. Best $40 I ever spent. I abuse is mercilessly- it's why I bought it; didn't want to do that to my more expensive Benchmade folder. Takes an edge, holds an edge, locks up tight, the handle is some indestructible composite material... great value.

If I lost it I'd buy another on eBay (it's discontinued).

A few years back I decided to take a VG-10 paring knife blank and make new hunting knife out of it. Last year I sharpened it for the first time. I had used it for 3 years. It had gutted, skinned, quartered and deboned 9 deer plus the usual random jobs a hunting knife does. It was still sharp. Just not like fresh off the stone sharp, I could notice it wasn't the razor it started out as.

I have yet to see anything hold an edge like VG-10.

I have an oversize Santoku Dale Atkerson made out of very thick D2 for me that he had Rick Menefee harden and temper. That knife is a slicing SOB. I have cut up a bunch of deer on formica with it and it doesn't get dull. Not quite so easy to sharpen as the VG-10, but not bad at all.

Well made knives out of the best steels are well worth whatever they cost.