Who is the greatest knife steel metallurgist of all time?

Re:Who is the greatest knife steel metallurgist of all time? by jeffbee on Thursday July 16, 2020 @04:16PM (#23863353)

I carry a benchmade knife everywhere. Why? Because all hell breaks loose if you have three kids and only one nectarine. Not that you need a fancy-ass knife for such work.

Other field-knife activities include “what does the inside of this seed look like?” and “I got a splinter!”

The only issue is even though the state of California permits them, the university of California forbids carrying knives, and there is one of those right in the middle of my city.

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Re:Who is the greatest knife steel metallurgist of all time? by vvanders on Thursday July 16, 2020 @08:15PM (#23865450)

Yup, +100 on Benchmade. Their locking mechanism is the best I've ever used(strong, can be used single handed with gloves on, and doesn't put your fingers in the path of the blade). We've got a small farm and put their blades through a workout, really a fan of the 535 as a non-flashy, lightweight EDC knife.

Toured their factory pre-covid and it was pretty darn cool.

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Re:Who is the greatest knife steel metallurgist of all time? by User23 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:27PM (#23865992)

Last I knew, in California you can legally walk around with a sword, so long it’s in a sheath hanging from your waist and not concealed.

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Re:Who is the greatest knife steel metallurgist of all time? by jeffbee on Thursday July 16, 2020 @10:57PM (#23866520)

I believe that's true. You can openly carry anything. The University system claims to forbid any folding knife with a blade that locks open (i.e. most any pocketknife) and any blade longer than 2.5 inches, carried openly or concealed.

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Re:Who is the greatest knife steel metallurgist of all time? by eeperson on Friday July 17, 2020 @02:58AM (#23867908)

That's why I like to carry a Spyderco Dragonfly. A small (<2.5in) knife that is legal pretty much anywhere but feels like a much bigger knife when you use it.

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