What blade did you EDC today?

How do you like that titanium 710? I was about to pull a trigger on one of those but I realized that the normal 710 / 7010 was a bit too small for me.

It’s becoming one of my favorites, it a great slicer

I’m sure Raccoon City will be along momentarily for the milestone…. take it away, RC!

Beautiful pics, BTW and cool knives.

Chris

Thanks a lot!

Oops...

I was asleep and missed it!

Love Kizer too, my new pocket friend

And its little brother

@kayasse:

Those images are way too big in file size.

2.8MB to 3.3MB per images is ridiculous.

You really should use a program to resize them before you upload them and share them on BLF.

I use a free program called IrfanView.

I typically make the largest dimension 1600 pixels or less, and I save it as a jpg with a 90% quality.

That will make each image about 800 kilobytes or less, which looks fantastic on most monitors.

You don't have to do exactly as I do, but you really should resize those images.

Not everyone has fast internet, and it's a waste of bandwidth to boot.

I really like that top knife, what model is it??
The blade shape is nice!! :white_check_mark:

“Infinity”?

@ShyOne yes the model is the "Infinity" :)

@raccoon city ok I understand no problem, I will resize the photos

Edit : photos resized

See? I put my vast sleuthing skills to use.

Thanks for the info Lightbringer & kayasse. :white_check_mark:

That Infinity looks sweet. Love micarta scales. Have you seen the KIZER VANGUARD QUATCH ?

… Except that the “ZDP-189” is probably 3Cr13. :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s worth spending another ten bucks to get a Ganzo. Their 440C is usually 440C and tends to outperform 8Cr13Mov.

I’m not sure if you’re joking but: ZDP-189 and Cowry-X - Super Steel or Overrated? - Knife Steel Nerds

Thank you for that link.
Not so much for the ZDP189 text, I’m quite happy with my Spyderco Caly 3, it’s simply the sharpest stainless (?) knife I own with the best initial sharpness, the best wear resistance and the slimmest blade beside my carbon steel work knives. I use it to cut off soles as an orthopedic shoemaker and as long as there’s no metal chips or such in the material this knife cuts like through hot butter (and is extremely good to control, just like cutting with your fingertip).
Anyways, the text about Sandrin knives is even more interesting for me, someday I’ll get myself such a tungsten blade if I can get it for the same price as their red gas station knife :wink:

Orange Civivi Odium

The point is that a “$5 Delica” is almost certainly not a real Delica. You are not going to find ZDP-189 on a $5 knife.

What you are likely to find on a $5 knife is 3Cr13. I tend to be forgiving of knives like the CRK-inspired Land knives from Sanrenmu. Those are available in 12C27, which is a decent steel. They say what they are on the blade. What really bugs me is straight-up counterfeits that purport to be made by another company and stamp the names of higher-quality steels like D2, ZDP-189, M390, etc. on bottom-tier steels like 420 or 3Cr13.