Hey guys,
So I've been on this forum for quite a while, around 2016 I think, mostly to find some precious information (thank you very much to this awesome community for providing). I've been carrying knives for EDC tasks for several years, but sticking to pretty budget stuff. I've recently started to move toward higher priced products, but very task oriented, my latest aquisition being a spyderco carribean for my outdoor/fishing trips (really needed that awesome stainless quality, I live in Belgium and even if I'm not fishing the outdoor is always wet here).
Thing is, now that I've got a taste of this quality level, I can't go back and end up carrying the carribean for my edc as well, which is really not ideal. So I'm looking for a new, quality EDC knife. I work behind a bar, and mostly use my knife at work for quick food prep (lemon, grapefruit, packages - the knives at work are crappy and dull) or at home for regular tasks. So the stainless quality still has to be there (bye bye M4), but not to to an extreme level. I also need a pretty good slicers with relatively thin stock. I like sharpening, I do it by hand on wetstones and kinda suck at it but I can get a pretty good edge non the less.
I've narrowed my search to three knives that (I think) would match my need :
-TRM Atom
-Protech Malibu
-WE kitefin
Given that I live in Belgium, the US made aspect of the first two don't really matter to me (if anything, it makes them a bit harder to get).
I was hoping some of you could help me narrow it down to one final winner (one those three or another one I haven't thought about).
Thank you very much !
So I've been on this forum for quite a while, around 2016 I think, mostly to find some precious information (thank you very much to this awesome community for providing). I've been carrying knives for EDC tasks for several years, but sticking to pretty budget stuff. I've recently started to move toward higher priced products, but very task oriented, my latest aquisition being a spyderco carribean for my outdoor/fishing trips (really needed that awesome stainless quality, I live in Belgium and even if I'm not fishing the outdoor is always wet here).
Thing is, now that I've got a taste of this quality level, I can't go back and end up carrying the carribean for my edc as well, which is really not ideal. So I'm looking for a new, quality EDC knife. I work behind a bar, and mostly use my knife at work for quick food prep (lemon, grapefruit, packages - the knives at work are crappy and dull) or at home for regular tasks. So the stainless quality still has to be there (bye bye M4), but not to to an extreme level. I also need a pretty good slicers with relatively thin stock. I like sharpening, I do it by hand on wetstones and kinda suck at it but I can get a pretty good edge non the less.
I've narrowed my search to three knives that (I think) would match my need :
-TRM Atom
-Protech Malibu
-WE kitefin
Given that I live in Belgium, the US made aspect of the first two don't really matter to me (if anything, it makes them a bit harder to get).
I was hoping some of you could help me narrow it down to one final winner (one those three or another one I haven't thought about).
Thank you very much !
