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#107005 - 09/25/07 07:35 PM Re: Looking for a good tanto-style folding knife [Re: Interest]
Ors Offline
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I love all my DR RSK Benchmades...although no tanto...excellent, excellent knives.

I've had my eye on the Cold Steel AK-47 for a while. Something to look into.
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#107006 - 09/25/07 07:46 PM Re: Looking for a good tanto-style folding knife [Re: neus_bloeier]
Andy Offline
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Registered: 09/13/07
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Originally Posted By: neus_bloeier
On the subject of good folding knives why not try the good ole' South African Okapi knife.

http://www.worldknives.com/manufacturers/okapi-5.html?PHPSESSID=6245954f92e27e70aea82b3d491654c5



I went to this site and am now more flabbergasted than ever over the numbers and variety of knives produced all over the world. Might be a bad thing to start a collection, might end up needing a 12-step program. This site had 8 different knives just for cutting mushrooms! (I live in the Mushroom Capital of the World, at least according to the local Chamber of Commerce.)
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#107435 - 10/01/07 04:17 AM Re: Looking for a good tanto-style folding knife [Re: Andy]
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Registered: 01/08/07
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I have 2 Strykers (small and large, both first production runs from several years ago) and a Voyager clip point. If price is no object, the Benchmade is simply a far better-built knife. In my opinion, it's not even a contest.

And now for the dissenting opinion! After carrying a medium or large folder every day for the last 15 years, I keep coming back to the tanto as the most useful everyday knife. It's not because it "looks neat", but because I find a surprising number of tasks that a drop point or clip point can't do. Anything that requires scraping, for instance, is simply better accomplished with the front bevel of a tanto.

I've got quite a few knives, including a few customs from well-known makers, and most of them are drop points. The knives that end up in my pocket about 80% of the time, though, are the Benchmade Strykers.

As to sharpening, I have no problems - I use a Lansky sharpener and it's relatively easy to put a shaving edge on both bevels.

-=[ Grant ]=-

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