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Can anyone recommend some quality fruit/sampler knives or sources? TIA

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No more fast food for me except for an occasional dog at Costco and the rare stop at Der Wiener Schnitzel. No more Micky D's. My first job was at Micky D's as a fry man back in 1969 when fries were properly made from scratch with real fresh Idaho russets and blanched and fried in tallow.

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The top priority above all else is functional purpose. All else is simplistic refinement of various degrees. I wouldn't choose a $400 custom fillet knife to skin a wild hog or elk. I would rather use a $15.00 1095 carbon steel Old Hickory 6" skinner every time. Aesthetic beauty comes from the design ...

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Everyone's knife journey began somewhere. Where did yours begin? As a kid with no money, mine began with free giveaway fruit samplers as was common in the 1960's. Used 'em for cleaning fish and mushroom hunting. To this day I still use 'em for reaming assholes when field dressing deer and wild pigs ...

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One of my biggest regrets is not buying a backup Mantra 2 when they were discontinued.

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No fan of the CCP, either, but if the knife carries the stamp of approval of an American icon like Spyderco, then that means a lot. Same with liner locks. Heard a lot of horror stories about cheap liner locks, but none regarding Bradley's or Militaries or any other Spyderco liner lock for that ...

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I think the most surprising knife of the year has been the UKPK Salt in SE. I love this thing. In pocket now.

Just don’t need a lock.

So so true and underappreciated in most everyday use. I'm a surf fisherman and have enough serrated LC200N to last the rest of my life. A serrated LC200N ...

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I've always been a bit leary or cautious of high carbide and high rockwell steels for serrations and especially toothy serrations. I'm much more comfortable with the balance of properties of LC200N for serrations. While not quite as tough as H1/H2 it has better edge retention without resorting ...

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I, too am a big fan of the bolt action lock. IMHO much superior to the axis lock. Less spring tension to release than the CBBL, too. Inflation has more or less stopped most Spyderco purchases of late, but Spydercos with a bolt action would definitely cause me to reverse that trend.😉

Yes ...

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I've always been a bit leary or cautious of high carbide and high rockwell steels for serrations and especially toothy serrations. I'm much more comfortable with the balance of properties of LC200N for serrations. While not quite as tough as H1/H2 it has better edge retention without resorting to ...

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I have 6 Spyderco salt knives. 1 MagnaCut PE, 2 LC200N PE, and 3 LC200N Serrated. Love them all, but I LUV LUV LUV Serrated LC200N.

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I, too am a big fan of the bolt action lock. IMHO much superior to the axis lock. Less spring tension to release than the CBBL, too. Inflation has more or less stopped most Spyderco purchases of late, but Spydercos with a bolt action would definitely cause me to reverse that trend.😉

Yes. A ...

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I, too am a big fan of the bolt action lock. IMHO much superior to the axis lock. Less spring tension to release than the CBBL, too. Inflation has more or less stopped most Spyderco purchases of late, but Spydercos with a bolt action would definitely cause me to reverse that trend.

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jmj3esq wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 12, 2026 1:55 pm

Such a pristine example. I've beat the crap out of mine

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I don't think that the LC200N SE UKPK ever hit the market. I love the green and I've been pinin' for that one for years. I may have to break down and get the Magnacut.

The LC200N SE UKPK did hit the market. At least the yellow one did. This is mine (photo was taken in 2021).

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cjk wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:26 am

Evil D wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:05 am

Even though the K390 Ladybug is near the top, I haven't been convinced to actually buy one. I'd prefer to have a K390 Dragonfly.

K390 Ladybug makes an excellent keychain knife. Key ring and keys make for a larger hand filling handle. Highly recommend it.

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M4 is so easy to sharpen and maintain. Edge retention of K390 May be ever so slightly better, but it's so easy to get a sticky grabby edge on M4 that I prefer it over K390 a bit.

M4 Mantra 2 is my favorite EDC and a K390 Ladybug is on my keychain.

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Plenty of knives in our history with little or no point..... especially when it was acceptable to carry a knife everywhere as it was considered an everyday common tool. Some jobs required not poking holes in things.

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I didn't get a pointy SE Z cut when they were available and it kinda ticks me off that they're no longer available.

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