Faster than any switchblade.

[Owen Sparks]

I am absolutly sold on Emmerson knives. After a little bit of practice this thing comes out of my pocket faster than ANY other folding knife. The patented wave feature snags on your pocket and opens the knife for you. Even a fixed blade knife could not be much faster as it opens on the draw. Sure, they are expensive but you get what you pay for. I don't see any reason to carry any other folder unless you can not afford to spend $230 on a knife. This is not meant to be an advertisment, I am just impressed.

 

[JShirley]

Glad it's working for you.

I recently ordered another Waved Endura (Bayou Shooters version). Haven't had a chance to play with it much yet, but unfortunately, do find that drawing it while using a conventional grip causes me to have the blade open behind me. I seem to recall switching the clip will allow me to draw the knife with an inverted grip in front of me. I'll play with it when I get back to the rest of my luggage...currently in KAF.

John

 

[JAshley73]

I don't see any reason to carry any other folder unless you can not afford to spend $230 on a knife.

They seem to be fine knives, but I'm going to have to disagree with this small part. I have two folding knives above this price figure, that I have practiced with enough to feel comfortable using under stress. I am sold on the lock-up, so I pretty much wrote off liner-locks a few years ago. The only exceptions I'd be willing to make would be either a Chris Reeve, or an Emerson knife coincidentally enough, however I'm simply in love with what I have now.

Congradulations on your happy purchase, but I must argue that until we see pictures, surely this could not have happened. ;p

 

[JShirley]

I perhaps should point out that the WAVED Endura can be found for less than $100, and the Bayou Shooter's can be found for around that (with discount code- found on the Spyderco forums at BladeForums).

John

 

[Gordon]

I daily carry an Emerson Persian because it weighs 4oz for a 4" blade and it is scary sharp. With a reverse icepick grip it could effortlessly gut you like a fish.

 

[hso]

I don't see any reason to carry any other folder unless you can not afford to spend $230 on a knife.

Hyperbole or myopia?

There are plenty of folders that other folks would consider equal to or better than the Emmersons. That's why there's more than one company out there making high end knives.

I carry a Sebenza most of the time and while they've won the Blade quality award over and over and over again, something Emmerson hasn't done, I can't say that I don't see any reason to carry any other folder unless you can't afford to pay for a Sebenza.

 

[22-rimfire]

Deployment speed is not something that rings my bell. Glad it is working for you.

 

[dayhiker]

Even a fixed blade knife could not be much faster as it opens on the draw

Doubt it.

I can see the possible need to carry a fast opening folder if you can't carry a fixed.Thankfully I don't have that problem.

But like 22-rimfire speed of deployment isn't my concern. Comfort(ergonomics) and strength ring my bell.

 

[JimStC]

That Sebenza is a nice knife!
I have carried a Benchmade 9100 auto for longer than I can remember and it gets used multiple times a day. The knife is a solid value and it is nowhere near the Sebenza(drool) or the Emmerson. It just always does its job. Can't ask for much more.

Jim

 

[hso]

Even a fixed blade knife could not be much faster as it opens on the draw.

Yes, but a fixed blade is a sure thing to have the blade "locked open" and no folder can match that regardless of price or mechanism or operator.

Of course we're talking about a feature that is important to some and not as important to others.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Of course we're talking about a feature that is important to some and not as important to others.

The reason that I value speed is because the few times that I have needed a weapon I needed it in a hurry.

 

[Bobson]

How would you rate the build quality of your Emerson? Emerson claims his knives are perfectly suited for "heavy duty." Aside from outright abuse, would you say his statement is true?

 

[Gordon]

Not the Persian for sure! Although top quality materials is is so thin and lightly constructed as to be light duty ! This is OK for me for when and why I carry it. My son has an old CQC7 and it has seen 5 years of hard use and is loosening up like no Sebenza ever would FWIW.

 

[Owen Sparks]

My Emerson has held up just fine for the types of duties you would expect afrom a pocket folder. I don't abuse it but I do cut a lot of stuff and sharpen it periodically. The main reason that I am sold on this design is that it opens on the draw without any manual action required by the user. What would that be worth if you found yourself flat on your back under an attacker?

 

[hso]

What would that be worth if you found yourself flat on your back under an attacker?

The price of John's waved Endura or a "ghetto waved" Endura.

C'mon, you can get the same capability out of a far less expensive quality knife.

I don't "need" a Sebenza, but I carry one because I can (and because there's no higher quality production knife made and because I've abused it and it continues to gobble up what I throw at it).

This stuff is about what we WANT and not about what we need.

There's no need to try to rationalize it to anyone.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I don't see any reason to carry any other folder unless you can not afford to spend $230 on a knife.

I can afford to spend it, but boy would I be pissed when I lost it. I don't lose knives often, but it does happen, and usually in the field when hunting, so they're gone forever. That's why I carry Kershaws. Very good knives, but I won't cry myself to sleep in camp if I lose my $65 Blur. The one I usually carry is the Needs work, and it's an absolutely superb knife for under $50. I have really come to like the straight edge:

I have high-end stuff, some costing 5 and even 10 times what my Kershaws do, but the the Kershaws are what I carry 99% of the time.

 

[TimboKhan]

I won't cry myself to sleep in camp if I lose my $65 Blur

As it happens, I can't find my Blur right now, and I am not at all happy about it. I actually am getting sad, man.....

Anyway, sorry for the off topic commentary.

 

[Owen Sparks]

I have a Blur, GREAT knife for the money though it requires one additional step to open once you draw it from your pocket. It is still faster than most typical thumb openers like those from Spyderco and SOG.

 

[JShirley]

I wasn't happy when I lost a $95 Manix 2 XL, but better $95 than $250!

 

[Owen Sparks]

I lost a SOG Magnadot one Christmas. We guess it accidently got thrown away with all the wrapping paper as everyone was borrowing it and passing it around opening presents that morning.

 

[zhyla]

The main reason that I am sold on this design is that it opens on the draw without any manual action required by the user. What would that be worth if you found yourself flat on your back under an attacker?

The few times where I actually wanted a knife in my hand in hurry in a stressful situation (startled by something that turned out to be nothing) I found that what takes the most time is to actually decide to draw.

You may want to find a mellower place to hang out than wherever you keep getting attacked...

 

[DNS]

The fastest deploying knife i own is a Kershaw Chill.
Can't say i have ever used it in a situation but Fig Newton packages don't stand a chance.

 

[Bix]

What would that be worth if you found yourself flat on your back under an attacker?

That's actually the situation in which I've found my wave feature least reliable. The device seems to require a certain pressure/speed/range-of-motion combination to work properly, and I've often found that unavailable when I'm rolling with my waved endura trainer.

That really says more about my individual skill level than the tool - and I've seen plenty of folks navigate a writhing tangle of limbs to successfully snap out a waved trainer. I'm able to get it sometimes in practice, too, but it's often a challenge. The handful of times I manged to get my waved endura out during Shivworks ECQC evolutions, I actually used two hands to open the blade, as my draws had been fouled so badly.

 

[Owen Sparks]

With the wave feature you can actually open your knife on the bad guy by snagging it on his clothing. I recently demonstraited this in a recent class we did on knife fighting.

 

[JimStC]

Old dogs don't learn new tricks well. I still like my Benchmade 9100 auto.

Jim