Impressions of Starmate?

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Beach Bum
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Impressions of Starmate?

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Post by Beach Bum »

What are your views of this knife? I understand they are now being discontinued. I have a chance to get one for $104 plus tax.
rico
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I have the Starmate and Terzuola's Star Fighter. The Starmate is an excellent knife and stays true to the Star Fighter wihich it was crafted after. rr
Blades
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I had one for alittle while. I liked it, but it was a combo edge. If it had been plain edge I would have kept it. It is a well made knife with good heft. It was lighter than I thought it would be, but it balanced well in my hand. I'm going to try and get a plain edge one sometime or another. Terzuola knows how to make a knife.


Blades
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I have both PE and SE. This knife, likeBlades says, is a keeper. It is an awesome MBC choice, and it has piercing power galore; 440V steel too!
sam the man..
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Dude ~ The Starmate is one AWESOME knife! <img src="smile.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle> Purely tactical! <img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>

Sam

have spydies will travel
gadfly
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#6

Post by gadfly »

Beach Bum,

Welcome to the Forum.

I love my Starmate. It is a regular in my knife rotation - that is I regularly carry the knife when its turn comes up. When it is not being carried, it is displayed on my fireplace mantle.

It's the prettiest of all my Spydies.

I generally carry my Military more, but that is a weight issue (the Millie is lighter).

You will not regret getting the Starmate!

One way or the other, you pay for your tools!
John Puckett
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Post by John Puckett »

I had a Starmate for a while and while it had excellent lock up and came razor sharp I just didn't like the feel of it. Something about the handle just didn't feel right to me.
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