Posted: 9/29/2011 2:12:19 PM EDT
| I'm thinking about changing my EDC knife from an old kershaw ken onion to some kind of automatic. How much should I spend on an auto to get a blade equivalent to the kershaw? The kershaw's been great but I thought an auto could be fun. Also what are the pro's and con's of traditional opening or out the front? |
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I would suspect you will be looking in the neighborhood of 100 to 140.00 for one with a good blade. I just got a Gerber 7157, with a 154 cm blade for 160.00. This seems like good steel. Most of the benchmades use this steel. The knife I got is bigger than what you are replacing. The smaller knives seem to be a little cheaper than what i paid for mine. Check out this page for some comparisons. http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/index/autos.html |
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I would suspect you will be looking in the neighborhood of 100 to 140.00 for one with a good blade. I just got a Gerber 7157, with a 154 cm blade for 160.00. This seems like good steel. Most of the benchmades use this steel. The knife I got is bigger than what you are replacing. The smaller knives seem to be a little cheaper than what i paid for mine. Check out this page for some comparisons. http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/index/autos.html some good stuff there, thanks. I guess they won't ship to me since I'm not LE, even though it's perfectly legal to carry them in AZ. |