I want to get one of these knives but I am having trouble deciding which is the best overall knife??ThanksSOG Trident tigerSOG Vulcan TantoSOG Bi-Polar (Serrated)Cold Steel ScimitarCold Steel Recon 1
Those are all excellent quality knives so if the style of knife that you want is available from several makers it comes down to personal preference. I would go with SOG myself but the others are real good too.
Look up a knife maker called Bench Made, the knife i recommend is the CQC7 its a tanto tip half serrated blade all low glare black folding with pocket clip. it has one of the hardest steel blades. You need to learn about steel hardness the harder the blade the sharper it can get and the harder the longer it will hold a edge. but hard steel can get brittle it can snap now as softer steel will bend and dull quick. the bench-made CQC7 goes for around $100 or that ball park...enjoy read some about the knife and think about what you want it for....my CQC7 can cut a coat hanger by pulling the serrate across the hanger!!
May be you'll find something amongst those. Again, CQC-7 is a tanto blade and you wont find much use for it for every day use. You can, if you try, but why bother. Also, they today use 154CM steel, pretty good, used to be the top stainless cutlery steel, but rather old now. Hardened to 59-61 HRC. It's not that hard in the end, but will hold considerably better edge than AUS8 steel knives. One thing about CQC-7 it's using liner lock, which is not as strong or convenient as benchmade Axis Lock. Another thing to consider about CQC-7 is it's chisel grind, or single bevel. One side of the blade is flat, the edge is ground only on the opposite side. While this is easier to sharpen, one side vs. 2 sides on conventional blades, it has disadvantages in terms of normal cutting. Takes time to get used to it and you can't use it in certain grips to cut in different direction etc...
