What blade did you EDC today?

Abqjohnny · 2016-09-24T23:31:30.000Z

quetzalcoatl:

Is this the knife without a lock?

CheapThrills · 2016-09-25T00:04:23.000Z

Adahn:

CheapThrills:

I have tested at work one cheapo Boker clone (5USD) and my SanRenMu 763 for hardness.
Both of them were well over 500HBW. (If ya need testing, send them here )

To me that translate “well over 500 HBW” into “well over 50.8 HRC”.
I would hope no piece of steel sold as a knife to be softer than that, even a butter knife…

Well, I don´t know about you but I was expecting far less hardness for that price…
(555HBW to be precise, again that is still not a 60HRC knife, if you are after those).

But brittle it was. I took the test intentionally very close from the edge and the back of the blade chipped a piece off.
That was the Sanrenmu I´m talking about.

jack-bkk · 2016-09-25T07:15:50.000Z

some TRE i saw here owned by some of you guys i am also thinking of get one is it good overall still pricey for a clone right ?

quetzalcoatl · 2016-09-25T08:37:22.000Z

Abqjohnny:

quetzalcoatl:

Is this the knife without a lock?

Yep! The are very good… I just ordered another one in orange.

quetzalcoatl · 2016-09-25T07:58:36.000Z

jack-bkk:

some TRE i saw here owned by some of you guys i am also thinking of get one is it good overall still pricey for a clone right ?

You can get it for $59.50 here.

Adahn · 2016-09-25T08:07:03.000Z

CheapThrills:

Adahn:

CheapThrills:

I have tested at work one cheapo Boker clone (5USD) and my SanRenMu 763 for hardness.
Both of them were well over 500HBW. (If ya need testing, send them here )

To me that translate “well over 500 HBW” into “well over 50.8 HRC”.
I would hope no piece of steel sold as a knife to be softer than that, even a butter knife…

Well, I don´t know about you but I was expecting far less hardness for that price…
(555HBW to be precise, again that is still not a 60HRC knife, if you are after those).

But brittle it was. I took the test intentionally very close from the edge and the back of the blade chipped a piece off.
That was the Sanrenmu I´m talking about.

Well, 555HBW seems to be something around 55 HRC, that’s more acceptable on a blade and a good choice for bushcraft knives if you want to be able to hone it even on a stone. Also for a key knife or a fantasy knife mainly used as a letter opener that’s not bad at all.
I’m not a steel snob and don’t need HRC 60 if it’s not a Japanese kitchen knife.
I don’t have issues on sharpening though, my diamond stones or the diamond file take care of it.

I just wouldn’t sharpen ceramic knives.
There’s no burr created so I would have to check it with a magnifier instead of my fingers, that’s not my thing.

NuggetMcNugget · 2016-09-25T09:28:30.000Z

quetzalcoatl:

jack-bkk:

some TRE i saw here owned by some of you guys i am also thinking of get one is it good overall still pricey for a clone right ?

You can get it for $59.50 here.

… or here Best Friendship Trade Co@AliExpress

jack-bkk · 2016-09-25T12:45:19.000Z

thanks you

do you think its m390 ??

quetzalcoatl · 2016-09-26T09:15:11.000Z

jack-bkk:

thanks you

do you think its m390 ??

no!

quetzalcoatl · 2016-09-26T09:16:39.000Z

jealous57 · 2016-09-27T21:26:31.000Z

Emerson Patriot

When I got it the previous owner had already sanded the grips down, I smoothed them more and installed this spartan clip (from Pops Custom Clips).

strayz · 2016-09-28T03:31:38.000Z

DB Custom:

Titanium frame-lock with S35VN blade, flipper, with bronze bearings and a ceramic ball detent.

Very well made, one of the first from this company. Impressive!

Oh, and did I mention the blade is only 1.25” long?

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Dat thing is Tiny!!!

SO cool who is the maker?

BrightKen · 2016-09-28T15:41:08.000Z

My EDC today is the Benchmade 960 SLV.

DB_Custom · 2016-09-28T15:57:38.000Z

MecArmy is the maker of the tiny ti knife. It’s the EK33. Yes, they make flashlights. They also have several knives and a few EDC Ti components.
Been wanting an S35VN blade for a while, Been looking for a quite small pocket knife for the little tasks, seem to have found it.
I’ll warn ya that they’re proud of it though…

I’ve taken it apart, cleaned it, checked out all the inside details and it’s every bit as well made as any larger folder. Titanium frame lock with a replaceable steel insert that incorporates over-travel stop. Ceramic ball detent in the steel insert. The blade is well machined, finished properly, there doesn’t seem to be any difference in this and my Brous or a Spyderco or Benchmade, it’s just very small. The flipper only works sometimes… the ti framelock is strong and puts enough pressure on the ceramic ball that it creates drag on the blade and slows the opening. There’s not enough blade weight to get forward momentum going. I’m working on it, will probably thin the inside of the lock side of the Ti frame to lessen it’s strength slightly.

Torx screws are #15, very small. Don’t really care for the proprietary style heads on the main pivot but oh well. Little sucker shaves hair off the arm like any good straight edge.

quetzalcoatl · 2016-09-29T09:46:37.000Z

X31 · 2016-09-29T10:01:50.000Z

Brand new Seb 21 clone from Ali

BrightKen · 2016-09-29T15:51:47.000Z

The Reate Horizon D today.

isti242 · 2016-09-29T19:46:08.000Z

~~X3~~:

Brand new Seb 21 clone from Ali

It looks neat! :+1: Is the opening smooth enough? How is the lock-up?

I’ve stumbled upon one of my old favourites:

jealous57 · 2016-09-29T20:20:37.000Z

quetzalcoatl · 2016-10-01T17:14:59.000Z

Camo delica 4