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As you may have guessed, this is a discussion post for small, unique, fixed blades! : )
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reswright
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Feb 28, 2021
Small Blade:
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reswright
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Nov 20, 2020
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reswright
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Feb 19, 2020
Bradford G-Necker I thought long and hard about getting a Massdrop Guardian, and ended up passing after reading about the heat treat getting backed off on the Nitro V, but it always looked like a good design so I kept thinking about checking out the company. Saw this necker and it was too good to pass up. And it came today. Drop should source some of these!
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specs said 6 1/8" long, but to me it's closer to 6 on the dot. Fairly close.
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That's a full flat grind on that Elmax. It's kind of hard to appreciate the beefiness of this little neck blade unless you see it spine on:
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For reference that handle is 1/4 inch thick. Just the steel, but unlike a lot of all steel necker blades, there's nothing wrong with the ergos. Fits the hand like a glove. So yeah, it's a pretty beefy little blade. It's not refined like a Spydie or stylized like an Extrema Ratio -- but you can see the work that's gone into it, they've just chosen to keep things kinda rough. Someone might see the girth of it and wonder if it can slice. Fair question to ask whenever you see blades this chunky. Turns out it can!
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Is there anything wrong with it? $99 for a neck knife with a blade under 3 inches and a kydex sheath is a bold ask in some ways, in a world where the ESEE Izula already exists, is also US made, and costs half as much. You're paying $99 because of the Elmax -- but it turns out that's a decent price for Elmax, so it's hard to say that the cost is 'wrong'. And that's all I can come up with. If you're in the market for a neck knife, the G-Necker should be on your radar.
marcusboy1
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Jul 5, 2020
reswrighthow has it held up? sharpens well? thinking of getting one .... seems like a lot of money to me but i've been wanting to try elmax... thanks for the post
reswright
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Jul 5, 2020
marcusboy1All it’s needed so far is a strop. Haven’t used it very hard, mind, but it hasn’t needed sharpened yet. Elmax is lovely knife steel. Funny thing about knife steels; a lot of them weren’t initially intended for use in knives. A lot of good knife steels like ATS-34, and steels that custom knife makers worked with, started out as bearing steels. A lot of common numbered steel and stuff like D2 was originally tapped as factory tooling. 12C27 Sandvik was for razor blades, as was 13C26 (also known as Sandvik, indistinguishable from AEB-L). Many people like all these steels better than they like a lot of very common knife steels designed for knives. S30V and S35VN were designed for knives and are truly premium steels... but most would say M390 beats either and it comes from the plastic industry. Elmax has always been seen as a knife steel and some serious knife steel folks even argue it’s a fraction better than M390. But people clamor for M390.
reswright
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Feb 13, 2020
Kizer Twoze Kizer released two fixed blades recently that I picked up -- the Butcher, a collaboration with Macho Blades, and the Harpoon, a collaboration with Maverick Customs. The Butcher:

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It doesn't come with a lanyard but y'all know how it works around here.
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Decent steel and lovely Micarta:
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It's got a great grip:
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but if I were going to ding it, I'd say 'how can you make the handle that ergonomic and not jimp the choil and spine? Feet of clay for an otherwise nice blade that a lot of people will prolly pick up. Still, I'm happy with it. It has a little character and that goes a long way. The Harpoon:

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so this obviously is going to remind many people of several knives by TOPS, with that coloration, the black stucco blade finish, and the general lines of the knife.
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And, yeah, the steel too -- TOPS is well known for working with 1095.
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It seems kind of intentional, because the original Harpoon knife by Maverick Customs has a much more neutral look, and used stainless steel instead of a high carbon steel like 1095.
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Is it as good as the TOPS knives it's meant to look like? Mmmmno. The ergonomics are fairly generic by comparison, and the handle has no sculpting to it at all, no liner either. And there's no jimping on the steel. I'm kinda Johnny One Note when it comes to jimping, but I don't understand how you put that thumb scoop on the spine of the blade without giving it some additional traction. On the other hand, it's about half the price of what you'd pay for a TOPS knife of the same size, so the comparison isn't 100% fair despite the fact that they themselves were obviously going for it. And the grip is still ok -- just not as good as that you find on the knives they're clearly trying to emulate with this build:
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Of the two, the Harpoon is probably more practical, but I'd rather have the Butcher.
reswright
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Feb 8, 2020
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LT Wright, Lil' Muk A2 steel and Micarta.
reswright
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Apr 13, 2020
Btw, that’s the Goldberg.
reswright
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Jan 21, 2021
reswrightComing up on a year of owning this and it's become a favorite. Just a lovely feel in the hand. I ended up getting the full sized Muk in G10 too and honestly I was surprised by how much more I prefer the Micarta.
reswright
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Dec 24, 2019
TS-170 Jester

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D2, can be had for around $40 from reliable sellers on eBay, looks like it's got slots for tritium rods. A little small for my grip but I can make it work. The sheath is fine, maybe a little too grippy. It'll wear in a bit -- grippy kydex wears down with use, some, but I might make a new sheath anyway. Sharp enough to cleanly push cut note paper at a 10% angle to the edge.
reswright
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Dec 26, 2019
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reswright
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Apr 13, 2020
reswrightThat's the X-Cord.
reswright
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Oct 25, 2019
TwoSun TS61 in Sandvik Not A Folder :)
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One of Night Morning's earlier designs. Decent milling, decent ergos, fits my hand - my finger's right up on the choil, tho.
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Posh Sandvik.
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I'll want to ease the shoulders a bit and put a honed edge on it, but it doesn't look bad for OOTB. Will push cut post-its. That's acceptable.
reswright
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Oct 19, 2019
Real Steel Connector in D2
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Badass little neck knife, collaboration with Poltergeist Works.
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Great balance! But you know what I like the best is the machining. They didn't overly round off the jimping. You can get grip on the spine like a gecko.
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Think I paid $44 or so for this. Real Steel has real chops.
DougFLA123
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Oct 20, 2019
reswrightHmmm...at first glance I thought it was a folder! : )
reswright
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Sep 21, 2019
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Sanrenmu S718 In Sandvik. $40.
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nice little blade, nice balance. Good steel, nice bit of jimping on it. I like SRM’s folders quite a bit. This is promising as a fixed blade.
reswright
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Sep 21, 2019
The 'Zon :)
reswright
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Dec 26, 2019
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Handmade lanyard
Kavik
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Aug 27, 2019
Got another one that might not be as small as some that started this discussion, but it's definitely not big lol
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Just a hair over 7.5" overall D2 and G10 with Kydex sheath w/a locking belt clip, all for under $45 (with LTK coupon at white mountain. Or like $48 at Amazon) Kubey KU230A Never heard of this brand till last week, thought I'd give them a shot. Can't find a single flaw in the fit and finish of the handle or the grinding, and this is probably one of the top 3 sharpest factory edges I've ever received. Only complaint is that I had to buy the polished version, because they were out of the stonewashed, and it's got that orange peel looking finish to it. Going to have to tumble or sand it at some point.
Kavik
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Aug 28, 2019
Maybe if, instead of grinding further into the blade, if it cut further back into that guard that looks way too much like a flipper tab? lol I'll have to play with a sharpie and see if any modding would look good, then mock it up in cardboard or something to see how it would feel
DougFLA123
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Aug 28, 2019
KavikYes, grinding away at the “flipper tab” seems like the way to go.
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