Folding knife suggestions

[OKWalker]

Well I'm 90% set on the Paramilitary 2. I'll sleep on it tonight, thanks for all of your help.

[OKWalker]

Well now I'm having a hard time finding the Paramilitary 2 in stock anywhere that has a good price.

[ez bake]

Well now I'm having a hard time finding the Paramilitary 2 in stock anywhere that has a good price.

Which model/finish are you wanting?

If you want to buy locally, Sooner State Knives (over in Konawa, OK) has them in-stock: http://www.soonerstateknives.com/spydercomilitary.htm

Wow - a quick check shows that it is out of stock at a lot of places. CutleryShoppe.com shows back-order, YourCornerStore.com doesn't even have any. RockyNational.com is out of stock.

You can go register on Blade Forums and watch the exchange - P2s come up for sale every so often.

You might have to pay a little more and go to KniveCenter.com - they've got every model in-stock (they're always my go-to store for sales, and out-of-stock items at other stores).

There's always:

NewGraham.com
MooreCutlery.com
GPKnives.com
HowesKnifeShop.com
KnivesPlus.com
KnifeWorks.com

Out of Canada (for hard to find stuff):
WarriorsAndWonders.com
SRknives.com

[OKWalker]

I see that Knifecenter has the PM2 plain-edge model with black G-10 handles that I was looking at in stock for a decent price. They also have a brown-handled model with S35V steel for a little more - tougher and doesn't chip as easily?

[ez bake]

I see that Knifecenter has the PM2 plain-edge model with black G-10 handles that I was looking at in stock for a decent price. They also have a brown-handled model with S35V steel for a little more - tougher and doesn't chip as easily?

Yeah - that's a pre-order for the S35VN version - I don't know if that's a Sprint Run or if it's going to be a regular offering, but it looks pretty cool (a lot of the knife makers have switched to S35VN over S30V - slightly better edge-retention and slightly easier to sharpen from what I've heard). If they're going to switch all of the Para's over to S35VN, then I hope they offer them in some different colors.

[OKWalker]

Yeah - that's a pre-order for the S35VN version - I don't know if that's a Sprint Run or if it's going to be a regular offering, but it looks pretty cool (a lot of the knife makers have switched to S35VN over S30V).

It is a Sprint Run, and I pre-ordered it! Done!

[ez bake]

It is a Sprint Run, and I pre-ordered it! Done!

Very cool man. In the Meantime, go get yourself a Tenacious or Persistence

[OKWalker]

Very cool man. In the Meantime, go get yourself a Tenacious or Persistence

I might just do that - the Ambitious looks like a nice small folder. Thanks for your help.

[dustingaunder]

Picked up a Benchmade Mini-Barrage this weekend with my BP gift cards. I'm really happy with it. I like it more than my native so far. Perfect size for me.

[ez bake]

Picked up a Benchmade Mini-Barrage this weekend with my BP gift cards. I'm really happy with it. I like it more than my native so far. Perfect size for me.

If you want to ditch that Native (its a 5 right?), shoot me a PM man.

[dustingaunder]

Nah, it is this one. http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Nativ.../dp/B0002IO16E

It was a gift from my lady friend so I gotta keep it anyway.

I really want your bone collector. I wish you would have listed it before i bought the barrage.

[ez bake]

Nah, it is this one. http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-Nativ.../dp/B0002IO16E

It was a gift from my lady friend so I gotta keep it anyway.

I really want your bone collector. I wish you would have listed it before i bought the barrage.

Yeah - it's by far my favorite knife benchmade makes. I wish it had a more traditional drop-point, but other than that - I had no complaints with it. I just rarely got it out - it had a Spyder-hole which made me want to choke up on it as if it had a choil (since all my Spyderco knives have a choil in the front of the blade's tang).

I've bought and sold a lot of Benchmade knives and there just really aren't a lot that do anything for me aside from one or two models (and several that they don't make anymore).

I've had a spring break on an Axis lock (great lock design, but held together with crappy little springs - it becomes very hard to use when you break a spring), and I've had several come from the factory with the worst edge I've ever seen on a factory knife. I've had a few with pretty bad fit/finish - which is inexcusable for the price (I've yet to buy anything from Benchmade that wasn't more expensive than its comparable Spyderco - often with the Benchmade having cheaper steel/materials). Not trying to start a brand-debate or knock Benchmade as a brand, but from some of their older knives I've handled (that belonged to friends) to the knives I've purchased new... there's a huge difference in quality (and bang-for-buck factor considering the price they used to sell for compared to today's prices).

That Bone Collector had the best edge of any Benchmade I've purchased and its fit/finish was great and I love D2 - I've gotten to handle an older 710 in D2 and it was pretty impressive. But I went to buy a new 710 at a gun-show a year ago and it was not the same knife at all - fit/finish was terrible and it had a very dull edge (and it was priced about three-times what my friend's 710 cost several years ago).

I hated to sell that Bone Collector, but I'm excited to get this ZT 0350 Composite/ZDP-189 in. I've got too many knives that I don't use and I think that 0350 is going to get some serious use. I've got a Blue Para-2 (M390 Steel) and an Orange Para-2 (CTS-XHP) coming in (and a ZT 0561 Rick Hinderer design in ELMAX), and if they don't stop putting out Sprint runs, I'm going to go broke in a hurry.

[TAPRACKFIRE]

Benchmade has always been a favorite for me.

[langston302]

Over 500 Spyderco knives have come and gone from my collection. I am left with my favorites. Ti military is my main carry.

[Smokin]

I love my CRK Umnumzaan, but the Para 2 is an awesome choice.