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Fixed blade Lum and Perrin Street bowie - simply can't wait

Fixed blade
If folding is absolutely inevitable then:
1) Compression
2) Axis
3) Monolock (like Benchmade Pinnacle)
4) Strong back lock (like Chinook)
5) Spyderco made linerlock

IMHO Chinook is much better - it was created with selfdefence applications in mind. Chinook has much stronger lock and blade. One major drwaback is it's weight, but as for me it isn't so significant. If you nevertheless chose Police - take one with serrations cause plain edged Police is a pitty ...

I own Chinook. When I bought it I checked three Chinooks and only one hadn't any vertical or conventional bladeplay. Also it is a little bit tight to open and if you loosen a pivot you'll got bladeplay. Anyway great knife. I rate it to be best production folder.

For EDC - plain edge as mentioned above (serrations only if you are professional rope cutter :D )
Combo edge on average length folding knife isn't very useful IMHO. In combo edge serrated part of blade is to short to be useful. With serrated folder I'd go for full serrations. The only problem with ...

There were some rumors about modified Chinook later this year - major modification will be revrsable ambidextrous clip.

If I've understood clear you are using Fine grit stones (you've mentioned white ones). If I want my Civvie to be wickedly sharp I dont stop with Fine Grit sticks from Spyderco Pro-Set (great thing for sharpening serration by the way). After fine grit I apply thin steel rod (or back of another blade ...

Forgive me to be slightely off-topic, but...

I own already twoo Chinooks, love this knife and carry it with me some times <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

My question is what does it name - Chinook means? I know that it's name of American Indian tribe, also that it's a name of ...

There is Austrian cutlery company - Fortuna -specialising in rip-offs (Spyderco, Benchmade, Boker and Emerson).

Just check out web site of our local Fortuna dealer http://www.radius-h.ru/fortuna/1.shtml

(sorry all text in Russian, but pictures speack for themselves, and you can chose pages of ...