Underrated CS products

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The more I use the Kiridashi the more I am liking it.
I’ve had this a little over a month now and it is small enough to carry in the mesh pocket of my phone case so I can still carry something bigger in my pocket.

At first it was not so impressive but after I thinned the edge out a bit it really is a solid performer.
The steel is 4034SS which I actually know nothing about atm but it seems to be on par with my 4116 CS knives.

My only issue with it is the clip is on the wrong side.
 
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The Kudu gets discounted because of its low, low price. It's a good general purpose blade that is made is decent steel, has a strong lockup, cuts like the dickens. If this was the only folding knife I could use, I'd be OK with that.
 
jlauffer said:
Don't think the original Bush Ranger ever got enough credit. Can kind of think of it as a Recon Scout Lite, but with a more comfortable handle.


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neat blade shape! personally though, i
thought it would have helped had it
come with a better looking handle :)
so wasn't its design elements supposedly based upon or inspired at least by some sheffield. knife design of old?
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The American Lawman is also ounce for ounce one of the strongest knife. I've been batoning this XHP lawman regularly for firewood since 2015. It's still going strong. "Right tool for the right job", well in this case the lawman is the right tool for this job.

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Meneldor said:
How about the Tanto Lite? I find it an excellent outdoors knife.
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It's kinda overshadowed by it's bigger brother Recon Tanto for like just 15€ more in SK-5 steel. Thicker blade, better handle... SK-5 might not be corrosion resistant but it'll outperform stainless steel in toughness.

Tanto Lite is excellent, but so is Recon Tanto... however if you want a cheap stainless tanto blade then Tanto Lite might be the one for you.
 
Smiling said:
It's kinda overshadowed by it's bigger brother Recon Tanto for like just 15€ more in SK-5 steel. Thicker blade, better handle... SK-5 might not be corrosion resistant but it'll outperform stainless steel in toughness.

Tanto Lite is excellent, but so is Recon Tanto... however if you want a cheap stainless tanto blade then Tanto Lite might be the one for you.
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Just my two cents, but I’m not too crazy about 4116 steel. Cedric and Ada’s tests show poor edge retention. Aus8a is probably the cheapest budget steel I’ll roll with. In that case, the Kobun’s got you covered.

I agree that SK5 is perhaps the more useful steel compared to 4116. That bad boy will take a beating before breaking.
 
DangerZone98 said:
Just my two cents, but I’m not too crazy about 4116 steel. Cedric and Ada’s tests show poor edge retention. Aus8a is probably the cheapest budget steel I’ll roll with. In that case, the Kobun’s got you covered.

I agree that SK5 is perhaps the more useful steel compared to 4116. That bad boy will take a beating before breaking.
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In terms of 4116 on its own, Cedric and Ada did a video on the Prolite, which he did not like based on general use. A year later, he did his standard rope cutting test on a pocket Bushman, which performed on par with Bos 420HC, Aus8, 440C.

This video by Hilltop knives and gear tested three prolites. One had poor heat treat at 52HRC, while the other two were 56 HRC. The ones with proper heat treat worked on par with Cedric's test of the Pocket Bushman. There are a handful of other cutting tests with 4116 that all indicate it is a solid performer commensurate with 56 HRC. I have 4 blades in 4116; they all live up to my expectations.

Now, if you want to compare it with a carbon steel, I would hope the carbon steel gets a little harder, but the 4116 is no slouch.
 
insta9ves said:
The American Lawman is also ounce for ounce one of the strongest knife. I've been batoning this XHP lawman regularly for firewood since 2015. It's still going strong. "Right tool for the right job", well in this case the lawman is the right tool for this job.

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Before I discovered the Lawman, I considered my Pm 2 my best edc for all around use. Now I consider my PM 2 my light use edc, and my American Lawman my heavy use edc.
 
Josephldoyle said:
The Bush Ranger doesn't get a lot of attention, but it is an absolutely amazing blade.

The only thing that I would change about it is make the blade slightly bigger... bring it up to 4 inches.
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I'm also interested in the Bush Ranger. As far as I remember there was a problem with the screws on the clip. Is this (still) true?
 
DangerZone98 said:
I agree that SK5 is perhaps the more useful steel compared to 4116. That bad boy will take a beating before breaking.
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I have SK-5 Recon Tanto and can confirm it. It holds solid edge, and it takes beating like a champ. I never experienced any rolling or chipping yet I even used it trying to chop through a log on place directly under V fork of dry wood. I swung that thing like a madman on many occassions and I never experienced any damage.
 
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