Scary screaming sharp, is there any other way?

I just picked up two pocket knives while at Fred Meyer.  I got them for about $40 each.










First I saw this buck knife.  Buck 110 Folding Hunter: http://www.buckknives.com/index.cfm?event=product.detail&productID=3044  I think it was already mentioned on this thread.  This is the only knife out of the two that I have actually used yet.  I want to use this one out of the two, primarily as a tool.  It seems like a really good camping knife.  I don't do any hunting.  I wouldn't leave it behind if I ever did go hunting.  It has a very solid feel.  As you hold it, open it, you feel the quality aging and polishing of the design style that it has aquired, endowed by Hoyt H Buck.















Then, after they opened the display case, I noticed this knife, hiding in plain sight.  Kershaw Ken Onion AO  http://www.amazon.com/Kershaw-Onion-Black-Scallion-Knife/dp/B002V7JOUM/ref=sr_1_8?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1289315017&sr=1-8  I couldn't find my exact knife anywhere, but this link appears to be the blacked out version of my knife.  Mine says "

       1620
KAI Patented
  MADE IN USA

"
on the blade.  The blade has three circles, of decreasing radii, as you travel from thumbstud to tip along the spine and in between the swedge and the primary grind.  The handle has a space etched out which says "Kershaw Ken Onion USA" if you look closely.  Mine doesn't have the white lettering as in the photo.  On my knife, the handle has texture, the handle is black, and the blade is metal-colored.  The knife has the assisted opening feature, which makes it fun to open.  Once I feel confident that I can maintain a killers grip on the knife at all times it will be badass to pull open it front of someone.  It's not quite like being spring-loaded, as there is no bounce and the movement feels more controlled than say, a switchblade.  You flick your thumb on the thumbstud and the blade launches out.  Or if you just grab it the right way, you can make the final knuckle of your index finger press the thumb-ramp in, and the blade will click out.  You really feel the stored energy in the Assisted Opening mechanism this way, so you have to have a firm grip around the handle of the knife with the rest of your fingers/your thumb.

Once open, I can put the butt of the knife handle resting in my palm over my carpals, where the palm of my hand folds together, and I can grip the knife with the tip hiding just tucked under my finger tip when my hand is held palm-facing-down.  I have to stretch my fingers a little bit to hide the tip.  The knife feels good.  My hands are not very large.

In short, this is the most sophisticated, the most practical, and the most usable street knife to carry on my person that I have every come across.  Tuck it in your left pants pocket, clip out, so the blade won't open.  You forget it's on you until you need it.  Like I said, I haven't actually used it yet.  I want to save the blade for when I really need it.  I am not comfortable sharpening or honing knives...

I used to have a partial-serrated Kershaw Leek with a black handle and a rainbow blade.  That was an awesome knife.  I miss it dearly.  I dumped it while riding the bus once.  I was tripping paranoid they were going to search us and take me in for carrying weapons across states.  I was not thinking straight.  I have kicked myself many times for that loss.  On the bright side, this is a better knife.



Next on my list of knives is a good all-around solid handle knife. ... about 1 foot in total length.  Suggestions?

I'm looking at the Zero Tolerance 301. Might fit the bill?

Quote from: aguacate on November 09, 2010, 08:02:40 AM






Then, after they opened the display case, I noticed this knife, hiding in plain sight.  Kershaw Ken Onion AO  http://www.amazon.com/Kershaw-Onion-Black-Scallion-Knife/dp/B002V7JOUM/ref=sr_1_8?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1289315017&sr=1-8 

Does your have a "cross point safety"?  My Ken Onion Chive has a small piece that slides in front of the tip to prevent accidental opening.  I am a big fan of those knives!

May sound silly, but the best way I have found to determine if a knife is "sharp" is if it will cleanly slice free hanging Bounty paper towel.  It takes a pretty darn sharp knive to slice it without tearing.  I will admit it does strain the relationship with my long suffering wife when she grabs a sheet of paper towel from the roller and finds that it has been "fringed"

Quote from: rgramjet on November 09, 2010, 12:53:11 PM
Does your have a "cross point safety"?  My Ken Onion Chive has a small piece that slides in front of the tip to prevent accidental opening.  I am a big fan of those knives!

No safety.  I am worried about it opening, so I keep the blade tucked against the back corner of my left pocket.

I've got a couple of scars on my thigh from my old school switchblade that had a habit of opening in my pocket.......that sucked!

I corked my khurkuri off a hearth stone today splitting kindling...

Quote from: WarrenJ on November 09, 2010, 01:29:55 PM
May sound silly, but the best way I have found to determine if a knife is "sharp" is if it will cleanly slice free hanging Bounty paper towel.  It takes a pretty darn sharp knive to slice it without tearing.  I will admit it does strain the relationship with my long suffering wife when she grabs a sheet of paper towel from the roller and finds that it has been "fringed"

Funny.  I do that too. 

My dad prefers see if he can shave the hair off his arm.   

I test with the hair on my arm too but when I am in knifemaking mode, the supply of forearm hair gets depleted pretty quickly. 

 

I got this a few weeks ago, just forgot to post a pic.   



Ontario RD9 w/orange micarta slabs

Nice!  Orange for a specific purpose?  It's not an underwater knife. 

I finally saw the Cold Steel Rajah knives at Shooter's Vault yesterday.  WOW!!  That's a folder..and sharp too!!

AUS8 blade.

Rajah II $125 and the new Rajah III only $60.  I'll take both!!   

BTW..Cold Steel marketing videos are LONG!!

http://www.coldsteel.com/rajahseries.html

Quote from: IZ on November 20, 2010, 10:38:57 PM
Nice!  Orange for a specific purpose?  It's not an underwater knife. 

I finally saw the Cold Steel Rajah knives at Shooter's Vault yesterday.  WOW!!  That's a folder..and sharp too!!

AUS8 blade.

Rajah II $125 and the new Rajah III only $60.  I'll take both!!   

BTW..Cold Steel marketing videos are LONG!!

http://www.coldsteel.com/rajahseries.html

Orange for visibility at night, in the off chance it leaves my hand.

I like that Rajah III. And I can only sit through a few minutes of their videos too!