My Next EDC

[oldschool]

me has come for Oldschool to get a new EDC he is tired of touching up the edge on his serrated Red Blur in 440C. I have carried nothing but Kershaws for a looong time, well there was that one Gerber Gator.
The current front runners are;
Lone Wolf Harsey partial Serrated T1 (don’t know much about the company or the knife)
Kershaw Radom Leek (too light and too thin)
Kershaw Blur S30V straight edge (straight edge I need to cut data cable)
Benchmade D2 Steel Griptillian Knives
Here’s what it has to have;1) a very good blade steel my older ATS-34 blades took an edge and kept it well (I’ll never touch 440C again I’m just tired of sharpening it), 2) partially serrated blade 3) pocket/belt clip 4) 3”+ blade.
Here’s what I’d like to have;1) wood handles/scales if possible 2) design that won’t scare the sheeple.
Other options and thought will be appreciated
Thanks,

 

[Corndogg]

benchmades serrations are kinda meh.

as i recommended in the serrations thread, take a look at the spyderco knives with "spyderedge" in a better steel, like ATS-55, VG-10 or better yet S30V...

 

[oldschool]

Corndogg,
I looked but I just can't do Spyderco, I've never liked their feel and their combo edges have too much serration for my liking. I'm leaning real heavily towards the Harsey T1 but a Partial Serrated Blur in S30V or othere really good steel would picked up now. Thanks,

 

[Corndogg]

good, personally i hate spyderco

you might wanna look at the Kershaw Ken Onion Boa http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=KS1580ST

its in S30V, partially serrated, and about the same size as the Blur. plus is has the trigger assisted opening, which i love on kershaws. double the price, but for a good knife in S30V... plus not much more than the harsey

 

[whited]

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Does it have to be a folder ?

 

[hso]

The Lone Wolf will be head and shoulders over the others in fit, finish and quality. It will then be a question of whether you like the feel of it.

The company was started by some execs from companies that were bought by conglomerates. Their intent was to work with custom knife makers to bring their designs to the public in limited run very high quality production knives. Of the dozens of Lone Wolf knives that I've handled all of them were top notch.

 

[oldschool]

Winner

Benchmade D2 Nitrous Stryker Plain Tanto blade,

Kershaws are too loose (I own 5 so I know of what I say), Lone Wolf was too hard to open (could have been the example I held), the Benchmade Stryker unlike the Griptillian has controls identical to my Blur. Wit a very hard steel and not verly agressive grips I'll use it till I loose it or hand it down to my 20 month old son is a few decades.
Thanks,