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The holes are to facilitate one-hand opening: when holding the knife, you engage the hole with your thumb, push down and forward, and the blade swivels up into its locked position. The holes are an alternate opening method to thumb-studs, which are more common on locking folders, and function...

Something I just noticed about my collection is that there is a sub theme of miniature knives. These are definitely not what you would call tactical, more like everyday carry or utility: Extrema Ratio BF0. ~2.5" blade, N690 steel, Italian MKM Isonzo, 2.25" blade, M390 steel, Italian...

I collect them. I don't have any intention of using them as weapons. There's a lot of technology involved with some of them. They're interesting to me. I'm interested in watches and guitars for the same reason. And I have some that I do use for everyday tasks like opening things. If this thread...

Microtech MSI folder in Midnight Tiger Camo. 3.9" M390MK blade:

And pistol grips too.

A couple of new knives for the collection: Hogue Mysto, USA made MKM "Lov" lock back folder, Italian

@DaveT, If you can live without the day feature, there are a lot of automatic watches that are in the traditional "sweet spot" of 35mm to 38mm diameter. My Stowa Marine I showed earlier in the thread measures a very wearable 36mm, and my RGM model 107 Pilot watch (which I posted on the first...

^^^ Now that's a proper professional/first responder knife @rockandroller; strap cutter and glass breaker and everything!

Gotta show off my wife's new watch. I got her a nice Christophet Ward quartz watch ten or twelve years ago, and she's worn it every day since. A few days ago it went cuckoo; so she needed a replacement. I persuaded her to join the mechanical club, and spent some time online picking out a...

California-legal (under 2") auto. Sharp and snappy!

Very nice @mayfly. I l really like the rosewood handle and the engraving.

Many moons ago, I used to do advertising and artist relations for Thomastik-Infeld, and i can tell you that almost all of the top jazz guitarists used T-I Jazz Swings. Herb Ellis was one of my "client" artists, for example. That said; I've found a flatwound string I like better than the...

KnifeCenter got some more of my money a week or so ago, and now I'm the happy owner of a Demko model AD20.5 folding knife. it's a medium size knife, what is sometimes called a "goldilocks" size, because it is small enough for comfortable pocket carry, but big enough for using on relatively hard...

The word "Tactical" used in conjunction with "knives" usually refers to design and durability suitable for law enforcement and military applications. They tend to be on the large side, and heavy for their size, with little or no ornamentation. Of the knives I've posted so far in this thread...

My latest: a Zero Tolerance model 0235 Jens Anso design slipjoint folder. It has carbon fiber handles, and a 2.6" CPM-20CV blade. It doesn't have a lock, but has a ball assisted detention system, putting more resistance on the blade in the half open/closed position, making it more secure and...