u/Dogenator71

I always here people talk about how Spyderco has the best ergos, and I agree they are great, but for my money I think the Hogue K320 is better. It is very similar to the Manix 2 in size and style, but I think the Hogue has the edge (pun intended) in ergos due to the contoured scales. Action is excellent in both but again I give the edge to Hogue. The Manix is slicier if that is your thing, and the Hogue is beefier. The only I don't love on the Hogue is the thumb hole, which I fixed with a clamp on thumb stud from Amazon that actually works great.

This is my first Hogue, I've been wanting one for a while and just found out about this model. Really good action and super ergonomic handle.

I picked up a full size manual Adamas about 6 months ago, I use it as a large hard use work knife. I really wanted the auto at the time, but couldn't justify the extra cost. Now with magnacut coming out there are some killer deals on the cruwear versions, which I am good with. In particular I found a great deal on a mini manual Adamas or the full size auto, looking for recommendations from folks who have either.

What is your best/most satisfying action on an American made knife?

* This is a repost without a goofy AI picture as apparently thats a big deal and I'd actually like to get some feedback to my question*

I'm planning on getting a Worksharp Mk.2 and I'm looking for opinions on the standard vs Ken Onion Elite. With my military discount (Expert Voice)I can get the standard Mk. 2 for $81 or the Ken Onion Elite for $192.

My use case would be for sharpening Rada kitchen knives, medium to large size fixed blade knives, mower blades, and hatchets. The fixed blades would include Buck 119, BPS Adventurer, Mora Companion, Gerber Strongarm, as well as some beater Walmart specials.

I use my fixed blades for camping, field dressing 3-4 whitetail per year, as well as processing meat chickens, turkeys, and meat rabbits.

I have a Xarilk Gen 3 for sharpening my edc knives, I'm mostly just looking for something faster to do all of my kitchen and fixed blades before processing a bunch of meat birds and also I'd really like something fast and easy for mower blades.

The picture is just one that I got from Google, as far as I know it's not AI!

Hi, I am just learning how to strop, and I bought the Bacher strop that comes with 5 different grit compounds. So far it is going ok (I was able to whittle a beard hair) using the white and black compound. I am changing over to the red and green now to try something different, and I scraped with a razor and sanded following an Outdoors55 video.

My question is can you change grit/micron size the same way with diamond emulsion or paste? To me it makes sense with the wax based compounds that you can scrape them off and get most of the grit with it, but I would think the diamond based compounds would be more likely to be stuck in the leather pores so you can't really change micron size, is that correct?

Looking for recommendations for a largish (3.5" or more) crossbar knife with a wide blade, thin and slicy would also be a bonus. I know those probably don't normally go together. I'm thinking something similar to the kershaw broadside pictures, but under $60.

I've got a PM2 Salt that I only had a few weeks. It's fine, but I think I prefer the Manix 2, so I'm thinking I want to sell it and pick up the Manix 2. I've carried it a few times but it is still in excellent condition, where is the best place to sell it?