Hey, this is my first post here. I've lurked a fair bit, but never posted. I'm looking to get a knife (overdue replacement for my mini Gerber Applegate, which I embarrassingly lost), but I'm not sure which.
I've been looking at Emerson and Benchmade, primarily. More specifically, I'm looking for a tanto style blade, half serration, black (tacticalol ^_^) folder. Specifically, I've narrowed it down to these four:
http://www.emersonknives.com/Specwar_B_SFS_GH.html
http://www.emersonknives.com/CQC7BW_BTS.html
http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=722
http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=942
I really like the Specwar B's handle shape, especially the finger guard at the top. However, it doesn't have the wave feature as the CQC 7B. Of course, I am worried that the wave will damage my precious designer denim couture, so I don't know about that.
The 722 looks ok, but possibly chunkier than I'd prefer for something I'd carry around everywhere. There is also this, which is ugly, I'm assuming functional, and still in production.
I like the Osborne design a lot more, but I'm really unsure of the blade design. It looks like an attempt to retain the aesthetics of the tanto design with none of the functionality. That may be completely wrong, however. I'm also quite interested in the Axis lock, which is one of the reasons I'm unsure about going with an Emerson. Well, that and Benchmade's lifetime sharpening program, which seem quite nice to me. My budget is a little over a hundred, and with some quick Googling, all of these seem to be attainable for about that much (I think the SPecwar B came out cheapest at 104). Any suggestions/advice would be appreciated.
I've been looking at Emerson and Benchmade, primarily. More specifically, I'm looking for a tanto style blade, half serration, black (tacticalol ^_^) folder. Specifically, I've narrowed it down to these four:
http://www.emersonknives.com/Specwar_B_SFS_GH.html
http://www.emersonknives.com/CQC7BW_BTS.html
http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=722
http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=942
I really like the Specwar B's handle shape, especially the finger guard at the top. However, it doesn't have the wave feature as the CQC 7B. Of course, I am worried that the wave will damage my precious designer denim couture, so I don't know about that.
The 722 looks ok, but possibly chunkier than I'd prefer for something I'd carry around everywhere. There is also this, which is ugly, I'm assuming functional, and still in production.
I like the Osborne design a lot more, but I'm really unsure of the blade design. It looks like an attempt to retain the aesthetics of the tanto design with none of the functionality. That may be completely wrong, however. I'm also quite interested in the Axis lock, which is one of the reasons I'm unsure about going with an Emerson. Well, that and Benchmade's lifetime sharpening program, which seem quite nice to me. My budget is a little over a hundred, and with some quick Googling, all of these seem to be attainable for about that much (I think the SPecwar B came out cheapest at 104). Any suggestions/advice would be appreciated.