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I had one of those as my first knife/knives, when I was a wee little Wolf scout. Ah the memories of whittling bars of soap.CampBuddy
I would be embarrassed to take it to camp and I would not be mean enough to lend it to a buddy.
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Ditto; I've had several Gerber folders that simply came apart just sitting in my pocket. The screws holding the things together would back themselves out and next thing you know, the pocket clip has come off or the blade is out or the grip panels have detached. I respect Gerber as being a local company with a long history of great knives (I carried a Gerber LMF II with me in Iraq), but I refuse to carry a Gerber folding knife.My gerber folders were all pieces of crap, with almost Bakelite esque brittle plastic handles that got loose and eventually broke around the axle ... That was 20 years ago, but it turned me off of gerber and I never went back. I see they've since improved the design... Or at least it looks like it. But still - when you make a customer regret giving you money, it's gonna be hard to get that guy back.
Benchmade black continues to put out the best functional knives on the market, in my opinion. You can certainly spend more, and you can certainly spend a lot less... But for a product that is worth equitably more or less? Top o the value curve in my opinion.
Had a 9050AFO my father gave me (he worked at Benchmade at the time - may have even machined it or part of it himself, don't remember), which took 4-5 years of daily abuse wonderfully, until I lost it. Course they'd just discontinued the line, for some reason.. But my wife scoured the Internet and found one in a gun shop in Tennessee she had em Mail her to give me for Father's Day in 2006.... Still have it, still swings out smartly and sharpens up nicely.
Great knives
My favorite EDC knife is the Kershaw Blur, with the tanto point. Love those knives! The take a beatin' and keep on flippin'! I've never liked cheap knives! If I can't bring it back to razor sharpness in short order, can't use them! I have five knives that I do carry, running from $280-$50. Oddly, my favorite, Blur, is the inexpensive one!
I buy a large, cheap, Chinese, spring assist knife after I fly into a destination, first thing! A pepper spray too. Actually like them, they're beefy, come sharp and cost around $12.00. I dispose of them before entering the airport to fly out.