Knives similar to the Emerson A100

Some of the old Emerson models had titanium liner locks and they were wearing out faster, resulting in late lockup. Carbidizing the face of the lockbar helps a lot.
Mine is one of those but nothing drastic, its about 60%. Centering, G10 not flush with the liners, sharp G10 edges, none of those were issues for me,
I just don't pay attention to this kind of stuff if my priority is design, wave opening and good HT of the steel. Generally, I'm happy with Emerson.
They are few more I'd like to get, specifically Colonel Grossman's colab looks appealing, also some of the wharinie models I'm eyeballing but will see... :cool:
 
gooeytek said:
The reason for having a left-handed grind is because it looks good when the presentation side is photographed.
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Could be, I'm the last person to argue about it gooeytek. And, I agree with the rest of your post - I use few chisel grinds and there is specifics as you mentioned,
like the featherstick case. I also have Japanese chisel grind type kitchen knives and absolutely love them, never had any issues with them, but again - as you said, they are right hand grinds...
 
POCEH KOCEB said:
Some of the old Emerson models had titanium liner locks and they were wearing out faster, resulting in late lockup. Carbidizing the face of the lockbar helps a lot.
Mine is one of those but nothing drastic, its about 60%. Centering, G10 not flush with the liners, sharp G10 edges, none of those were issues for me,
I just don't pay attention to this kind of stuff if my priority is design, wave opening and good HT of the steel. Generally, I'm happy with Emerson.
They are few more I'd like to get, specifically Colonel Grossman's colab looks appealing, also some of the wharinie models I'm eyeballing but will see... :cool:
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gooeytek said:
The reason for having a left-handed grind is because it looks good when the presentation side is photographed. That's it. It's just a matter of adapting to it when it comes to actually using it, but it's just not convenient in many situations when you're right-handed. Try making feather sticks with a left-hand chisel grind when you're right-handed, for example. I have a right-hand chisel chopper that works amazing since I'm right-handed, but when I have to switch to my left, there is clearly a disconnect in the efficiency of the design. I have a Japanese kitchen knife that's right-side ground and is excellent for slicing sashimi, but only if you're right-handed. My sister who is left-handed finds it very awkward to use.

Sharpening is not an issue since we're all used to sharpening both sides of a conventional edge.
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I agree and always thought he should grind on the other side so it would be right handed. Doing it for the looks is against his whole mission statement but I’ve adapted to it. I also think it really wouldn’t be negative as far as the look of the presentation side.
 
POCEH KOCEB said:
Some of the old Emerson models had titanium liner locks and they were wearing out faster, resulting in late lockup. Carbidizing the face of the lockbar helps a lot.
Mine is one of those but nothing drastic, its about 60%. Centering, G10 not flush with the liners, sharp G10 edges, none of those were issues for me,
I just don't pay attention to this kind of stuff if my priority is design, wave opening and good HT of the steel. Generally, I'm happy with Emerson.
They are few more I'd like to get, specifically Colonel Grossman's colab looks appealing, also some of the wharinie models I'm eyeballing but will see... :cool:
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All Emersons have titanium lock springs. They used to have titanium show side liners too, but started switching over to stainless non-lock liners around 2007ish. At first they were thinner than the titanium lock side liner, but several years later they started making the ss-side as thick as the ti-side.
 
Yo Mama said:
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😍... Yeah, keep teasing me... I think this is very well put together knife, all three ways of opening presented for whoever prefer each one of those.
Nice all purpose blade, enough size for edc and good pointy tip, suited for penetration or just a regular tasks. Solid blade, functional guard and finger choil,
don't remember the steel, I assume 154cm but I'm not a huge steel nazi, I'm happy with any well treated steel, even I prefer the modern powder steels.
I love this knife. When on the SHOT few years back, I tried to get Mr Grossman to sign a particular book for me, unfortunately missed him in the crowd, but this is easy in that show... :cool:
 
Officer's Match said:
All Emersons have titanium lock springs. They used to have titanium show side liners too, but started switching over to stainless non-lock liners around 2007ish. At first they were thinner than the titanium lock side liner, but several years later they started making the ss-side as thick as the ti-side.
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Thanks for the info, I thought past 2007 they had only few models with one ss side and lockup titanium models, mine is like this.
Again, I learned something today, cheers ! :cool::thumbsup:
 
I’ve long moved on from Emerson, but they are still fantastic knives. It’s hard to beat an A100. The 10 has a taller but similar blade shape.

I want an Elvia for some odd reason, I’ll never carry it.
 
ibute21 said:
I’ve long moved on from Emerson, but they are still fantastic knives. It’s hard to beat an A100. The 10 has a taller but similar blade shape.

I want an Elvia for some odd reason, I’ll never carry it.
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The CQC-10 has long been one of my most trusted and used knives. Lot's of love on this one.

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