I don’t let it get really dull and use diamond stones so it’s not all that bad. Definitely longer than more mainstream steel but nothing that decent stones can’t fix.
Why don’t you add a link to your “Anso Monte Carlo style titanium ”slip joint” with S35VN blade”?
A bit more in the budget range of knives, even though I’d prefer one with a 7-8 cm blade, maybe full flat clip point.
I wish the Fura “Monte Carlo” was bigger too.
The HX Outdoors Bastardhalibut is still available on Aliexpress here. It’s a decent sized folder with D2 blade and a tricky “fixed blade” conversion.
SOLD I just wanted to give this forum a heads-up that I am selling my Boker Kwaiken clone, and you can see it here: SOLD FS: Boker Kwaiken Clone - SOLD SOLD
Sanrenmu will be releasing titanium knifes with VG10 steel in the near future. (insider info)
Although they are already using 14C28N which is almost the same steel.
Hopefully those will make their way to the Chinese market so we can get them for a decent price.
So far, all the Ti Sanrenmu have only been available to the Western market, using lower steels and have been therefore overpriced.
A Ti 910 with 14C28N at around $40 would be sweet… at least one can hope
For me whether this is good news or not depends on availability.
Most of the new(ish) Sanrenmu models which I am interested in - I simply can’t find them via the usual channels (Gearbest, Fasttech, Exduct etc).
I don’t want to buy from an expensive German store because the price includes VAT, sometimes shipping can be €10 per item…
For example Land 910 Ti is like €80 shipped from Germany. It’s nice but not that nice. Its not like 5x nicer than my €15 9103 from GB. Pretty sure the blade and much of the hardware are identical!
This is the downside of Sanrenmu trying to make their brand more upmarket. It seems they are not willing to provide knives to the stores (and thus customers!) which helped them become so popular in past 10 years. Buying cheap 710 from China is the reason why 90% of people know about Sanrenmu.