I want to choose another budget knive: i'm thinking on these models:

Xatu, you’ve been contemplating that ~$16 folder for months as I see.
Be a man and buy it! :wink: If you don’t like it you can sell it any day…

I have bought some knives in that months. Now i’m asking for others models and others ideas. I never sell my knives. That inron was eliminated from my list and bought others but i saw a few days ago a video of inron and i will start to think again on it. But i think again that that 16$ (really 19$ or so) must be used in other better knives.

Those look rather big.. and I prefer a black one (blade also).. there are some, any hint?

I’m not sure what we are talking about now. The seat belt cutter knife or a small pocket carry?

I don’t know of any seat belt cutter type of knives with a black blade.

The SRM F1-723 has a black blade. I have a SRM GB9-707 that has a black body and a blade that is somewhere between shiny and and black.

About EDC. I'll order the one you guys recommended (the prettier :D).

Are SRM generally better than for example Ganzo? G702 looks decent.

The SRM F1-723 is the prettiest one I have.

I don’t know much about Ganzo knives. The 702 is an axis lock. I prefer liner or frame locks for the most part.

By the way I’m finding that the cheapest and faster way to get SRM knives is on ebay using “doingoutdoor”. This is for SRM knives that aren’t available in the U.S. of course.

I think I’m going to get a SRM PR-603 that way.

I like the ganzo 702, good looking with clip point blade but blade thickness is only 0.25cm for a 8.5 cm long blade, i prefer the ganzo 704 better.
I have SRMs, Enlans and one ganzo. In my opinion the quality of all is near in general.

The second is pretty stronger than first. It must be like the ganzo g704, it was 3.5 mm and now it’s 4 mm thickblade. I like the 702, remember me a bit to the cold steel recon 1 cut point.
It’s saddly that springs are weak, i know that if you can open the knife, it can be replaced with a guitar/piano string. I hope that my ganzo g710 don’t break in that way.
And yes, it’s very dangerous in a pocket.

I’m not a big fan of the axis lock either as opposed to the frame or liner lock.

If it’s too stiff then what’s the point? If it’s too loose then as you say it can be dangerous in your pocket.

The best compromise that I have is a frame lock that has a pattern on both sides rather than G10 on one side and metal on the other due to the frame lock.

Otherwise I have no problem with liner locks and you can have the same pattern/material on both sides.

The SRM F1-723 is a good example of a frame lock where both sides look good.

JonnyMac makes good sense in this post

If you want a framelock with g10, you must have different sides. Yes, it looks strange and less grippy on one side but a thick framelock is one of my favorite lock (saddly the inron my803 has a thin thin framelock, if it doesn’t i was buying it right now!!). You can’t have all!. I have an enlan el08 with framelock and g10 and i like very much, i could buy another framelock like inron my803 or navy k602.

The axis lock is one of the best locks around the world, it is one of the strongest, veery smooth deploy of the blade and you can extend the blade quickly pushing the thumbstud lock, you don’t touch the liner/frame using the knife etc. The only weak are the strings but no much people has broken it from forums that i can see.

By the way, the ganzo g702 seems to be a not very good knife: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qGqWW0oxZU

Enlan M016 has glass breaker, belt cutter and black blade. LINK

I think I will order the Enlan M016 and one of these:

SRM ZBT21

SRM B6T21

SRM B4T21

Is there any substantial difference between the last three? If not, I will order B4T21.

I don’t think so. I can’t really follow all of the Engrish but other than a black blade I think they are all about the same.

I’m not sure what the “improvement” are. I think it’s a non-serrated blade and perhaps removing the safety lock from the liner lock (which I did manually anyway). It’s hard to say however with all the talk about a bottle cutter and an autolocking cable lock and adding push buttons.

I ordered those now:

http://www.exduct.com/Chinese-Folding-Knives/SRM-Knife-Gifts/B4T21-SRM-Folding-Knife.html

http://www.exduct.com/Chinese-Folding-Knives/SRM-Knife-Gifts/F1723-SRM-Folding-Knife.html

I clicked through all those knives for hours and those are just.. for me. :D

Thanks for your help :)

I think you will be happy with those!

I am, I just received them today, removed the pin and played a little. The T21 with belt cutter and glass breaker is looking and feeling good, well built, pretty sharp but nothing I would carry with me..

The 723 on the other hand feels awesome. Its smooth but very "grippy", the blade and locking mechanism are well thought and just feel right. The clip is easy to remove but its so flat, I might even keep the clip.

Thank you guys! :)

I love the 723. That’s an odd feeling handle isn’t it! Or rather it’s surprising that for something that is so smooth that it can be so “grippy”.

Yes, its surprising. And the pics in the shop dont do it any justice at all. I'm glad I listened to you guys, bought what you said and be happy (who's got that sentence in his signature? :P)