Civivi Baby Banter or CJRB Maileah. Fantastic 5th pocket carry knives.
cetan
joined 1 year ago
Very rarely do I find myself needing a serrated blade. Every once in a while, when cutting cordage, a serrated blade works a bit better, but with the right grind and a well sharpened knife, a plain edge works for my needs. If I was to get a serrated blade, it would be 100% as a partially serrated blade fails on most tasks.
My youngest and I built the CRKT "Nathan's Knife" a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. A really good Saturday project. We stained it, built it, and then sharpened the blade before sealing the wood. For quite a while he used it to open amazon boxes before graduating to "real" knives. It held up well. He still shows it off to people as he put a lot of work into making it.
For me there are a couple reasons to collect knifes:
- Utility: I find myself using a knife somewhat regularly beyond just opening Amazon boxes. My kids are all in Scouts, I'm a Scout leader and routinely teach knife safety.
- Design: there are people who turn steel, wood, synthetic materials, etc. into tools. They are talented and the end result is not something you put on a shelf or hang on a wall to look at but to use!
- Variety: All cars get you from A to B but some do it differently than others. All knives will cut things but some do it differently than others. Plus knives are less expensive than cars :)
- Technology: I have a background in science. I find the science of the steels used to make blades fascinating and I enjoy learning about them. And all of that learning can be put to practical real-world use by buying one of those knives.
Knives are tools with personality and I like that.
So which is worse: this or the BaliYo?
this has real "from the heart of my mom's basement i stab at thee" vibes to it.
I know, I know, it seems like pure madness. But I did already have 2 fixed blades, 4 folders, and 2 multitools packed!
Oh yes. I'm taking this show on the road for sure. :)
Not sure if you're familiar at all with the CRKT Piet, a great little inexpensive EDC that came out a couple years ago. I managed to cut myself while it was closed and the knife hidden by the scales by gripping it, accidently mind you, in such a way that the fat of my palm, below my thumb, squished into the knife where the heel of the blade is just ever so slightly closer to the edge of the scales.
Where there's an unintentional will, there's a way.
The exposed edge just gives me the willies. If there's a way to accidentally cut oneself with a knife you can guarantee I'm going to find it. For sure I would reach into a pocket and somehow get bit.
A brand name trainer knife would definitely be a nicer experience, albeit much tougher to eat with…
I double-dog dare you! 😂
I did not know they had this but that sounds great. Maybe a better choice than the Sandrin knife I really want to get but cannot possibly justify. :)