The Night Rider
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What is your criteria for a POCKET knife? What things are deal breakers for you?
I don't know if I have any ONE thing that's the most important but if any of the following are absent I won't buy or carry the knife.
1. Has to be a lock blade and the lock has to engage automatically. If I have to do ANYTHING to lock the blade it's a NOGO. No Opinels
2. I have to be able to open and close it with one hand.
3. It has to be ambidextrous or left handed. A pocket clip isn't a requirement but if there is one it has to be ambidextrous or removable
4. I want something I can sharpen at home. No "super steels"
Everything else is negotiable.
I INSIST on back locks or Axis locks. I don't like liner/frame locks because they don't seem sturdy to me.
I prefer made in the USA.
I don't like assisted openers. It's not a deal breaker but I have to pick between 2 identical knives and one is assisted and the other is manual I'll pick the manual.
I don't know if I have any ONE thing that's the most important but if any of the following are absent I won't buy or carry the knife.
1. Has to be a lock blade and the lock has to engage automatically. If I have to do ANYTHING to lock the blade it's a NOGO. No Opinels
2. I have to be able to open and close it with one hand.
3. It has to be ambidextrous or left handed. A pocket clip isn't a requirement but if there is one it has to be ambidextrous or removable
4. I want something I can sharpen at home. No "super steels"
Everything else is negotiable.
I INSIST on back locks or Axis locks. I don't like liner/frame locks because they don't seem sturdy to me.
I prefer made in the USA.
I don't like assisted openers. It's not a deal breaker but I have to pick between 2 identical knives and one is assisted and the other is manual I'll pick the manual.