Administrators Eric Posted December 28, 2019 Administrators Share Posted December 28, 2019 Well, I treated myself to a new knife for slightly-after-Christmas, anyway. It is a Benchmade Vector 496 Auto Assist knife. It saw me at a gun shop and followed me home. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2019 Here is a pic of my latest Benchmade (top), my first Benchmade (middle) and my current carry Benchmade. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Nice. I just got another Cutco knife in the mail today. I have almost everything they make, including the hunting knife, fishing knife, pocket knife (Copperhead I think) and the Salmon Slicer. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: Nice. I just got another Cutco knife in the mail today. I have almost everything they make, including the hunting knife, fishing knife, pocket knife (Copperhead I think) and the Salmon Slicer. Got a pic? I love looking at knives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: Nice. I just got another Cutco knife in the mail today. I have almost everything they make, including the hunting knife, fishing knife, pocket knife (Copperhead I think) and the Salmon Slicer. I went to their site and peaked. Nice knives. For all the nice knives I own, my kitchen knives are junk. I need to spend some money on some decent kitchen cutlery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Eric said: I went to their site and peaked. Nice knives. For all the nice knives I own, my kitchen knives are junk. I need to spend some money on some decent kitchen cutlery. I gave up on good cutlery for the kitchen. No matter the concern for the quality, they go into the dish washer, and get used on material and surfaces that ruin the edges. Then they are thrown into a "Knife and fork drawer", I gave up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, janice6 said: I gave up on good cutlery for the kitchen. No matter the concern for the quality, they go into the dish washer, and get used on material and surfaces that ruin the edges. Then they are thrown into a "Knife and fork drawer", I gave up! You might want to get a couple of Cutco knives and give them a try. My wife bought a set of them 3 or 4 years ago and they have held up great. Also, about every 6 months the Cutco rep calls and asks if we are ready for him to come out and freshen the edges up on all of them. Cool knife Eric. Thats an unusual blade. What do they call that type? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, jmohme said: You might want to get a couple of Cutco knives and give them a try. My wife bought a set of them 3 or 4 years ago and they have held up great. Also, about every 6 months the Cutco rep calls and asks if we are ready for him to come out and freshen the edges up on all of them. Cool knife Eric. Thats an unusual blade. What do they call that type? I’m not sure what they call that style. It is a new one for Benchmade. I’ve got a fixed blade with a similar shape. I like knives like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Eric said: I’m not sure what they call that style. It is a new one for Benchmade. I’ve got a fixed blade with a similar shape. I like knives like that. I just like knives. Different types just keep it more interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Handling high quality knives at a retailer is dangerous. I'm glad a good one came home with you. That looks like a nicely rounded and functional handle. I've got several Spyderco and Benchmade knives, but just for fun I picked up my first pure flipper knife, a Kershaw Skyline. It's just cool enough so that I wonder what a really fist rate flipper (like your Vector) would be like. Drool. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dric902 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Is it difficult to sharpen that blade profile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 hours ago, jmohme said: You might want to get a couple of Cutco knives and give them a try. My wife bought a set of them 3 or 4 years ago and they have held up great. Also, about every 6 months the Cutco rep calls and asks if we are ready for him to come out and freshen the edges up on all of them. Cool knife Eric. Thats an unusual blade. What do they call that type? Thanks for the suggestion, to have quality knives one has to care for them. MY wife does not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2019 32 minutes ago, Dric902 said: Is it difficult to sharpen that blade profile? Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Eric simply glares at the edge and it is a-skeered into sharpness. That is, if a knife owned by The Big Giant Head dares to dull . 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astepup Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I like knives but can't imagine spending more than $50 for one because if I did that'd be the one I'd lose. I rarely need more than a pocket knife but I must admit higher end blades look pretty damn tempting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinspeed Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, jmohme said: You might want to get a couple of Cutco knives and give them a try. My wife bought a set of them 3 or 4 years ago and they have held up great. Also, about every 6 months the Cutco rep calls and asks if we are ready for him to come out and freshen the edges up on all of them. Just my opinion but for what Cutco charges there are much better choices. Edited December 29, 2019 by Rinspeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Rinspeed said: Just my opinion but for what Cutco charges there are much better choices. I am sure that there are better choices, but I can only speak for what I find when I open my knife drawer. 5 minutes ago, astepup said: I like knives but can't imagine spending more than $50 for one because if I did that'd be the one I'd lose. I rarely need more than a pocket knife but I must admit higher end blades look pretty damn tempting. I used to think the same way, but then a few years back, I stumbled across a knife shop and bought my first ever $150 knife and it has not left my side since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 5 hours ago, janice6 said: I gave up on good cutlery for the kitchen. No matter the concern for the quality, they go into the dish washer, and get used on material and surfaces that ruin the edges. Then they are thrown into a "Knife and fork drawer", I gave up! Cutco knives and utensils are guaranteed for life and sharpened for free. Just send them in. They come back polished, sharp as hell, and if anything isn't just right, they replace them. I have had mine since the early 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Also today I put away some Buck knives. I counted 12 Buck 119. (there are more scattered around) Have a couple with stag handles. Also a 120 and 124, plus a bunch of 110's. I have boxes of collector knives stacked in my gun safe. Some worth many hundreds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 5 hours ago, Eric said: I went to their site and peaked. Nice knives. For all the nice knives I own, my kitchen knives are junk. I need to spend some money on some decent kitchen cutlery. I bought the 1738 for less than 1/2 the new price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Eric Posted December 29, 2019 Author Administrators Share Posted December 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: Also today I put away some Buck knives. I counted 12 Buck 119. (there are more scattered around) Have a couple with stag handles. Also a 120 and 124, plus a bunch of 110's. I have boxes of collector knives stacked in my gun safe. Some worth many hundreds. I bought my nephew a Buck 110 automatic knife. All the rest of his knives are Microtech OTF autos, but he loves that Buck too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrango Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 8 hours ago, janice6 said: I gave up on good cutlery for the kitchen. No matter the concern for the quality, they go into the dish washer, and get used on material and surfaces that ruin the edges. Then they are thrown into a "Knife and fork drawer", I gave up! Pretty much the same here. The one that grinds my gears is when "someone" uses the "sharp" edge to scrape stuff off into the pot. I give up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dragoon Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Very, very nice OP. Here are my three folders. You can tell the middle is my EDC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dragoon Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Note, I'm not sure what happened in my last post. These knives weren't upside down when I bought them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) A friend of mine gave me one of these for Christmas. I've never even seen such a weapon! An ICE PICK, with a Blood Groove??? Seriously??? When you hold it, it actually feels Scary!!! Made in Italy. Gotta love the Italians!!! https://www.tacticalelements.com/bastinelli-creations-ice-scream/ Edited December 29, 2019 by Swampfox762 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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