i'm a fan of the sculpted g10 that has a groove for the thumbstud

I had the gold one

that reminds me, you could always get one of those "edc coin knives"

can't say i'd recommend any of them, mostly unbranded with whoknowswhat steel

I've looked at them but passed
Don't remember why by now

Probably that

only used mine to open packages with anyway

i wouldn't even trust the fura ones, they've lied about the materials they use

@Comfy you still have yours?

But unless I get that ZDP dragonfly I don't care much about the steel

Ouch

all but that "folding knife" are pretty good tbh and steel is not total shit even tho "not as advertised

not that that steel is that far off...edit: well yes and no 2CR +- does not show anywhere in realworld usage for such knifes and extra vanadium and molybd gives it more corrosion resistance.

hell some could argue that the chinese steel is better too

unless you think CRKT and Benchmade (and to extent spyderco(8cr13mov = AUS8)) use shitty chinese steel

the two notable brands that lie about materials is fura, eafengrow and some of the early ystart knives

mainly just lying about d2 and instead using 8cr13mov instead

apparently some of the newest ganzo knives have super high HRC

Super high isn't really desirable either, it'll be a pain to sharpen and snap / crack easily?

ii mean super high in terms of their advertised range

i think most is 58-60 anyway

There were some Japs doing like HRC 63 kitchen knives

the main problem is when a manufactorer adverts 60-62 hrc for a $200 m390 blade and its 56

big oof

Well yeah that sucks
Get chinked

so basically the youtuber(s) that maintain this list of third-party hardness testing all collectively sperged out

if $200 can't guarantee you shit then why bother dealing with company x or y

Gotta be doing pretty well to have a Rockwell tester and dent your brand new $200 knife as well
What I they cheaped out on a chink tester

the main testing is done by luvthemknives, who sends them out to a company and i think sometimes to another company for testing

one knife had like 6 different hrcs depending on where you used the tester, had a crazy range like 54-60

Nearly seems like a faulty oven used for HT

idk how he has so many knives though, he's like a 50 y.o boomer and i think he buys a knife, uses it for a week and resells it for a slight loss

i wouldn't mind buying knives with a test mark, i think its cool

If I'd get a discount for it I wouldn't mind a bit <:alismirk:230784726615588865>

Wow

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