Reddit reviews Spyderco para Military 2 Signature Folding Knife with 3.42" CPM S30V Steel Blade and Black G-10 Handle - PlainEdge - C81GPBK2

in my opinion, once you get above like ~$250, you arent really getting any better in quality. just different designs, brand names, etc.

my advice is get him a benchmade 940 and be done with it. thats easily the nicest and most popular "expensive, but worth it because its actually really really nice" pocket knife. that company has great customer service and warrenty as well - part of that price tag is the fact that at any point for the rest of his life, if anything goes wrong with it, he can just ship it off to benchmade HQ and they will take care of it and send it back for free. it's a great high quality pocket knife that he will have forever, unless he sells it.

if you think he might like something a little smaller and dressier, the north fork is the same caliber.

another option that's ridiculously popular is the spyderco paramilitary 2

these are all equally high quality knives that are great for every day carry. choosing between them is just personal preference really

I strongly believe if you are serious in becoming a knife collector - you should start low and gradually advance till you reach the peak.

Saying that because I've known a lot of guys that went for the CRK Sebenza as their first knife, didn't understand why the hell it costs so much and burned themselves out of the hobby.

I usually recommend getting the OKC RAT 1/Spyderco Tenacious as a first knife, but in this case I'd say go for the US made Spyderco Paramilitary 2 (was voted the best overall knife in the recent poll) or if you like something Japanese - the Mcusta Katana is a great option.

What are you basing that on, your meticulous tracking of Amazon prices?

https://camelcamelcamel.com/Spyderco-Paramilitary2-Black-Blade-Plainedge/product/B004TXMFQQ

Some pretty big deltas there. It reached $99 a few months ago, almost exactly $40 less than the typical $138 MAP. Did their inventory turn into fakes that day? Who said this guy didn't buy it in a matter of minutes? You sure are backpedaling on your guarantee that they are all fakes at that price.

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Haha, awesome! Where do you recommend getting one? Is this alright?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004TXMFQQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Spyderco Paramilitary2 Black G-10 Black Blade Plainedge https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TXMFQQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_vCBGzbS5H4NT4


Well check that out. Why is the price significantly cheaper than the spyderco website?

That sells and ships from amazon.com, would you get that?

I'm going to recommend a folder just b/c he'll probably carry it more than a fixed blade. If he's going to use it for cleaning game, I would recommend something with pillar construction (two slabs for the handle, spacers in between) so that he can easily rinse out the mess. If you want a quality knife, it should have quality steel and quality handle materials. G10 is great, Titanium is great, and Bone is really expensive with those prerequisites. With that in mind, I offer spyerco sage 1, spyderco sage 2, spyderco paramilitary 2, DPX HEST, zero tolerance 0200, and the spyderco military. The military is slightly over budget but it's pretty sexy.

My comment was written with most everyday people in mind. They're mostly sharpening bad 440C kitchen knives and don't want to spend a lot of money. Another big thing is that your average person in the kitchen doesn't even know just how sharp a knife can get. The average guy is usually okay with a good working edge. I was recommending the honing rod and the Lansky system because they're inexpensive, easy-to-use, and they last a long time. Plus, most people are never even going to need a Lansky. That's already more advanced than most want to get.

If you have good knives though, everything changes. If you're a knife guy, then yeah absolutely you need to have a more sophisticated sharpening system.

We're both knife guys, so you'll probably agree that it all really depends on which knife you're using.

There are so many factors that go into it.

How thick is the knife?
What's the blade length/shape?
What's the steel?
What's the grind? Convex? Hollow? Full-Flat Grind? Scandi? Sabre?
What's the angle on that grind?
What type of knife is this?
What kind of edge do I want to put on it?

I personally just put a convex edge on most of my knives, so all I really use is a strop and a handful of compounds. For everything else I just use an Apex Edge Pro.

I recently bought a PM2 from Amazon. One thing I noticed was multiple listings for it and at different prices.

I got the all black. http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-ParaMilitary2-Black-Blade-PlainEdge/dp/B004TXMFQQ?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00

Here it is for $30 more.
http://www.amazon.com/Spyderco-ParaMilitary2-Camo-PlainEdge-Knife/dp/B004VZVI88?ie=UTF8&keywords=spyderco%20paramilitary%202&qid=1464034297&ref_=sr_1_1&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-1

Pretty sure mine is legit and I will compare g10 scales tonight.

Warriors and wonders has PM2's in stock

Amazon.ca has a few as well : Camo/Satin, Black/Satin, Black/Black