AStone
Member
Well, I've done my homework.Thanks very much for your Spyderco recs and links.
I'm eager to check them out, and no doubt will over or after dinner tonight.
I not only checked them out, I studied them in detail.
The three that really stuck out: Chinook 3, Para-military & Manix 2.
Suffice to say for now - because it's late and I'm tired, ready to sleep -
the Manix 2 has my vote.
In getting to that conclusion, I read and watched youtube reviews,
learned about different knife grinds (FFG, hollow, etc), finally understood
the concept of Bowie (Chinook is a modification), and some other stuff.
But given the price, the size, the quality, the steel,
the shape of the blade - point, slash potential
(even if hollow, but my Sog SPE is hollow) -
the wide positive grips and gimps -
the Manix 2 gets the call.