What blade did you EDC today?

What I carried today is about as far from budget as production knives get…

https://images.knifecenter.com/thumb/1500x1500/knifecenter/liongmah/images/LMDLANNYBRDAMSn.jpg

How much was it?

https://www.knifecenter.com/item/LMDLANNYBRDAMS/liong-mah-designs-lanny-flipper-folding-knife-hand-ground-damasteel-blade-brown-canvas-micarta-handles-with-titanium-bolsters

700…

Jeez, guess that is Canadian dollars. My neighbor has a Lanny, different handle look. It’s like a black or really dark blue I think. Think I remember him giving about $400 US for it. It’s been a while back. He’s crazy as hell though, he paid $800 and some change for a William Henry of some sort. Nice looking blade with Mokume handle. He is out of control on pocket knives. He never carries them though. He carries $20 Kershaws and CRKTs and just collects the expensive ones. He’s shown me knives that I am pretty sure cost more than any car or truck I’ve owned. He told me if his house ever caught on fire while he wasn’t home to make sure the firefighters didn’t take off with his knife safe.

Nope that is USD. But, it is only semi production….the blades are hand ground. The handles and hardware are production. So the important part of the knife is custom…
I have a few that are high cost, and with a couple exceptions, I carry them. They don’t get heavy use, if I carry something expensive I usually carry a small fixed blade or a slip joint if something so that if something is really dirty or needs more abuse than I want to give to a $700 knife, I can use one of them.

I am not a fan of damask, as i see it there are not really any practical gains for doing that, so as a hard core Dane that kind of clash with our design philosophy.
I also spoke to a Danish knife maker ( no not one of the flashy ones ) and he laughed his ass off and said O hell no to damask.

BTW a few days during digging to make / fix sewers a nice sword from the 1300 or so was found.
The 93 CM ( 112 CM OA ) dual edge blade are still sharp they say, though i would like to feel that before believing it

Unfortunately we lost the knowledge of making real Damascus steel (Wootz steel). It was apparently a super steel, maybe even better than current steel. This may explain the legends about magical swords.
The current Damascus pattern is primarily for the look but still have interesting mechanical advantages.

$500 for a pocket knife?

LOLOLoLoLol

If using the right steels, Damascus has huge advantages.

It is true that damascus has no physical benefits, in fact it has some drawbacks, and is purely aesthetic. However, a company like Damasteel makes a very good steel for knife use being made of 2 modern steels that both have fairly good edge retention. One being RWL-34 which is more or less the same as CPM-154 and the second being an equivalent to 12C27.

It is actually a pattern welded steel, not technically damascus, which is a traditional steel making method that the Nordic people have been using for centuries.

Zero Tolerance Sinkevich ZT0456

Are you Paulie Teutul or something?

Sebertool M6 —- no longer made.
There’s a cheap Chinese ripoff copy for sale — one -sided wedge blade rather than two-sided concave edge, etc.

I have one of these that I’ve never even effing used. Why do I spend my money so?

More about cars, but yes, i dabble in bikes…

Sorry, previous post was to you…

Like what? Cosmetic advantage? :person_facepalming:

That is just getting started. 20,000 to 50,000 is expensive. LOL.

I beat my 500 to 1000 dollar knives but Busse Combat knives are made for it as are Hinderers, for folders. Chris Reeve knives just can’t handle that abuse though. I was a Chris Reeve dealer so I know.

Kizer Velox is a very nice knife!