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Strider AR Olive Drab Knife: Strider’s AR is probably one of the nicest balanced large tactical folders on the market, and that’s saying a lot. A lot of people consider Strider knives overpriced and underperforming, but I beg to differ. The AR might not be the best push-cut or slicing knife in the market, but it feels great in the hand, and like most Striders, allows you to choke up on it.

Spyderco Dodo C80 Folding Knife: The Spyderco Dodo is one of the more odd knives made by Spyderco in the last couple of years. and features their ball-lock, which was created in response to Benchmade’s Axis-Lock a few years ago. Its a great little cutter that has a wide blade, and very low blade to handle ratio typical of many Spydies.

Mike Obenauf Small Model 2 Carbon Fiber: I really like Mike Obenauf’s knife designs, and the Model 2 is probably my favourite, with the Model 4 Wharncliffe Knife coming in close second. The knife just has such wonderful flowing lines. This is the linerlock version of the knife, and is a better value I think in the long run over the framelock. A little bit more class, without too much sacrifice in performance.

Kershaw Blue Ti Bump Knife: Kershaw’s Bump knife was named so because of the hump that is in the middle of the cutting edge on the blade, designed by none other than Ken Onion. Ken has been designing knives for Kershaw for many years now, and his speed-safe mechanism has shot the company to the top of the sporting knife industry.

Greg Lightfoot Max Velocity Knife: This was the first Lightfoot knife I had every handled or owned, and I was really excited when I traded a fairly decent sized lot of 5 Spyderco knives to get this knife. Unfortunately, the spyderco knives went up in value, and this Lightfoot had some problems with it. These problems are not Greg’s fault, but occured during previous ownership.

Dalton Combat Bones Knife: This is the first Dalton knife review on here, though my Youtube Videos have a Dalton Dragon review. I really like Dalton blades. They are simple, well-made and machined tools with a slightly industrial look. The Bones was the first Dalton design that really caught my eye with its wide spearpoint blade and vented handle.

Zero Tolerance 302 Speed Assisted Folder: I picked up the ZT 302 folder not long ago from a local store. The first time i saw these folders I was very impressed by the design, looking very much like Ken Onion and Strider put it together – which is exactly what it is. I picked the Tan over the Olive Drab because I think it looks much better, but that’s subjective. I don’t think anyone can argue that this isn’t one of the nicest production tactical folders out there, however.

Microtech Amphibian Automatic Knife: More Microtech goodness. The Amphibian is my favourite of the Microtech side-opening automatics. Beautifully machined and finished hard annodized aluminum handles, with—4CrMo steel from Latrobe, which is similar to 154CM. I picked this one up a while ago and had drooled over one for a long time before actually getting it. It was one of those knives that caught my eye immediately, and upon receiveing, did not dissapoint. Not even a bit.

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