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    New to picking knives

    Wow, a lot of information. Again, I'd like to thank you for all your help so far, and I ask you to bear with my indecisiveness. I found a Buck Bantam BLW (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000EHUYP0/?tag=cpf0b6-20 ) that I'm loving. Also, i found an Ontario RAT 1,(...
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    New to picking knives

    I love the look of the cold steel recon I style and all of it. As you were saying that the normal clip points are weaker, I try to take care of my knives so I shouldn't have a problem there. THANK YOU for posting this, I think I've found my knife. I'm still going to wait and see what else comes...
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    New to picking knives

    Thank you for the knives you suggested. I don't really like the Spyderco style of knife, the style of knife I really like is Benchmade 556 mini-gripitillian but the problems I have with it are the price of course and the mini. Like I've said I want a regular sized knife. Gerber had some...
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    New to picking knives

    I tried to answer some of your questions already, but I still missed some. I don't have a fancy sharpener, my mother has a kitchen knife sharpener, I don't know the name but it's got two round sharpening stones the overlap a little that you pull the knife through inbetween the two stones...
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    New to picking knives

    thanks all for your replies, I know that i haven't been replying very well (or at all) until now, that's because I was busy yesterday. I will attempt to make this all in one post but I will probably end up having to make another. After reading your posts, Tanto does not seem the tip for me. I...
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    New to picking knives

    Ok, well I've done some research and I feel sooo overwhelmed. I can't decide if I want a Tanto tip blade or not, my cousin said it causes weak points in the tip but I'm not really sure. I want an EDC black, no serrated and something that's sturdy, folds, has a clip, and possibly even spring...
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