Lightbringer, why are you putting yourself through such tremendous agony while cutting frozen meat? 
Just buy the right tool for the job and be done with it. I own the 22” and it disassembles in 10 seconds for the dishwasher. Many people use a regular hacksaw with great success… after they have been through the dishwasher to sanitize.
or
Whoa… I could be like the Dexter with that thing. 
Mmmm, not quite “budget”, but…
Have we done a knife group buy on the forum? A BLF knife?
I misplaced my last Sanrenmu 763 G10 last week and would like to get another but wasn’t pleased with the replacement SRM has to offer. The old G10 763 was a favorite of mine for the build and the price I was getting it for. There was a rumor that there once was a orange G10 763. 
Thanks
I was very impressed.
I did some searching, and I found this knife for sale at a good price on amazon. (Link below.)
25$ prime shipped, Amazing price and quality. Thanks a lot for bringing this to my attention.
My only gripe is that I could not find this price in the Green color. 
Does anyone know if this is real D2? Lots of experience has me doubting the steel stamps on more obscure companies until we have confirmation, either through XRF or lots of use and sharpening. (The latter isn’t exact but can generally tell the difference between D2 at reasonable hardness and usual substitutes such as 8Cr13Mov, 5Cr15, etc.)
I just received mine and didn’t really care for it so I’m sending it back.
US $31.01 6%OFF | Cmbmadeknives CNC CMB-01 14C28N Steel Blade G10 Handle Camping Outdoors Folding Pocket Knife Hunting Knife EDC
Is this a copy, clone, fake?
Thoughts?
If you are looking for a good quality 14c28n knife.
Check out Harnds, i have the assassin, wind and giant silkworm.
They are al very good quality knives
regarding “budget”, do we also consider Craig’s List, eBay, etc.?
for example, i just bought one of these on CL for $70:
What do you need a machete for?
Gonna do some Friday the 13th roleplaying?
it is a Parang.
Machete is so
F13th 80’s.
lol.
Okay, so it's a parang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parang_(knife)
They're still pretty similar to a machete.
I am more interested in the was this knife opens, check out the video. Isti says there is a CRKT that opens the same way.
I was very happy to see the Harnds Talisman upgraded to 14C28N.
I have the older AUS-8 version. It’s a great knife for what it is but it never seemed to get the love it deserved. Some of that has to do with distribution and brand recognition in the United States. Some of it might have been the steel. At least when I discovered it, Civivi was already on the scene and AUS-8 just didn’t feel very exciting for the price. The edge retention was decent for AUS-8 but budget knives in better steels tended to push it out of my EDC rotation.
That seemed like a shame because it was otherwise a gem. It remained my go-to example for sweet action on a budget knife. I found myself wishing it was available in better steel… and now it is!
I also noticed this
along with the Time (what i think is a new model), also in 14C28N.
so… might add these 2 to the collection :innocent:
What was wrong with it ?
here is a $2.60 (free shipping) example from from Smith & Wesson using code Groundhog….
last time, these sold out fast.
