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Rockwell 15 year moneyclip knife1/7/2024 You can make do with a Ryobi drill, or you can buy a Hilti that costs 5 times more. My most expensive knives are in my kitchen (and in my reenactor scabbards), but those need to be really babied to appreciate the difference in price.Įven tools come in different price categories. I am a surgeon by profession and I know a sharp knife and I know an over priced knife. Needless to say that after this test by fire I bought a second one that permanently resides in my sweaty jeans pockets. Not so for my “cheap knife.” Despite several dunkings in the Atlantic Ocean and being carelessly left in the pocket of a briny PFD, my first CRKT has no signs of corrosion and is still sharp enough to shave with (my favorite thing to do to freak out friends). Any type of sailing mandates carrying a very sharp knife for emergencies and anything carried on a small sailboat in the ocean means that it wasn’t that valuable, because eventually everything carried on a small boat, especially sailing, will either end up at the bottom of the ocean or will be rendered more than useless by the exposure to the salt and environmental extremes. It cost me less that $30 and the original purpose was as an emergency knife to carry in my PFD while Kayak Sailing. The most versatile and indestructible pocket knife I have ever owned is a CRKT M16-10KZ by Carson Design. Still, the carbon fiber TCK is a joy to own and carry, an elegant pocket folder that definitely does not suck. The new TCK 2.0 is more affordable ( $229) and looks to be more practical. Most will sniff and call it an expensive fashion item or an odd, if high performing curiosity. You’ll be using this mostly to open packages, cut cord, and maybe tuck into a tomahawk ribeye when the restaurant’s steak knife isn’t up to the job (no restaurant utensil will even come close). Don’t expect to deploy it in a defensive situation. No, this isn’t necessarily the most practical knife in the world. Most importantly, Sandrin has used the same tungsten carbide blade, giving it what they call a black diamond-like-carbon finish that looks like it won’t show fingerprints nearly as easily as the TCK’s mirror-like finish. The 2.0 is a less flashy, more understated slipjoint version with black stainless scales and a smaller, more proportional pocket clip. (The original carbon fiber/titanium version is still out there and available through some retailers). Sandrin seems to have taken the lessons it learned in building the TCK and applied them to the latest iteration of the knife, the TCK 2.0. That’s not something you’d expect in a knife in this price range. There are a few rough spots and machine marks here and there. I got an early model and while it’s exceptionally attractive - at least to me - not all of the edges were finished perfectly. The TCK is ultra thin and light, virtually disappearing in your pocket. That’s good, because being that hard, putting a new edge on it, if I ever have to, could be a project. It could shave the hairs on my arm right out of the box and it still can. What does that mean practically? It means that in the 10 months that I’ve owned and used the TCK, I’ve never had to sharpen it. For reference, a premium blade steel such as S35VN has a Rockwell score of 58-61. That makes it one of the hardest materials you’ll find in a pocket knife. The TCK’s blade has a Rockwell score of 71. Tungsten carbide has the benefit of being shockingly hard.
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