Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with either knife. I would think the Karve would be the best all-around choice though of those two. AUS-10 is a decent steel.
In terms of lock strength, Cold Steel is known to have some of the most sturdy locks in the business. For filtering/searching look for the Atlas Lock, the Tri-Ad lock (or Triad lock) and the Scorpion Lock. In terms of blade shapes, they've got anything and everything, Some crazy ones as well LOL.
Yeah, for the price it's a no-brainer to buy the Pyrite just to see what it's like. I have a Manix 2 Salt and it's not my style. Too big in the hand and the pocket for me but I know it's a big seller for them. Sucks not having a local knife shop anymore to test these things out.
For Spyderco either the Sage 5 or the Pacific Salt 2 are my most often carried.
You might like the CJRB Pyrite Lite. It's really inexpensive (~$30 US) and has a nice wharncliffe blade so it's not a big hit to the wallet to see if it's something you like. They have a version with a 3 inch blade and a version with a 3.7 inch blade.
Not all lock backs are stiff, but they are going to be more difficult to close one handed. Depending on how the detent is set up, you can get a lock back to close part way without slamming into your fingers. Spyderco lock backs are known for that, so you can do a one hand close (and a one hand open) with a lot of theirs.
The nail nick opener on the blade does require some extra dexterity for sure. Some companies have thumbstuds or thumb disks on their lockback knives and I find they're various degrees of "less" difficult than a two handed nail nick opener.
I think what's most appealing about the lock back is the simplicity. It's a proven design and therefore easy to implement (and not expensive). You also don't have to use the nail nick. You can grasp the knife at the spine between two fingers.
There are some areas where knifes laws are such that if you own a locking knife it must be a 2 hand opener. This is a good way to meet that requirement.
I apologize, I had moved over to a different lemmy instance and I don't get notifications here for older posts. I currently own 5 different knives from Knafs. They are all great. Highly recommend any of the Lander series.
@dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world this is really weird but this entire post just showed up on piefed.world yesterday as a new post. I didn't recognize that it was 2 years old until I re-logged into lemmy.world today. I was curious because I didn't see any other comments on the piefed side of things. There's some weirdness going on between the two instances for sure.
I have a Rebel-series DSLR so no concerns about the crop factor. I have a mix of EF and EF-S lenses (a couple 3rd party so not sure about support there). I started with the Canon Elan 7 film camera as well as the older Canon FD-mount AE1 before moving to digital.
Did you come from the Canon EF/EF-S world prior to the R10 or is this your first DSLR? If you've migrated to RF did you bring any EF/EF-S lenses with you and if so, how do they fair with the adapter?
I'm a Canon guy sitting with a very old (at this point) but still capable DSLR that only gets hauled out occasionally. I really would like a new camera but the thought of having to buy all new lenses (EF or EF-S) causes my wallet to run and hide under the dresser.
JFC I'm old. I understood about 1/3 of the words in this post. I gather this is some sort of knife and it is of poor quality and after that I black out. Later, I awake from my stupor to find that I'm on a porch yelling at kids to get off my lawn.
For longer exposures it will double your exposure time because it'll do the dark frame right after the normal frame. I think Canon doesn't want to confuse people ("my 2 second exposure takes 4 seconds?!") right off the bat.
Digging up this post to say that I finally got one and, for now at least, they're still $10 amazingly. The design has changed a bit since the first release. The knife now has 2 positions for the pocket clip (left and right) and the orange seems less orange? They've also released an all-black and OD green version but those seem to be out-of-stock regularly.
Mine came out of the box nice and sharp but poorly painted on one side of the blade. If I can get it apart I might just strip the paint entirely.
Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with either knife. I would think the Karve would be the best all-around choice though of those two. AUS-10 is a decent steel.
In terms of lock strength, Cold Steel is known to have some of the most sturdy locks in the business. For filtering/searching look for the Atlas Lock, the Tri-Ad lock (or Triad lock) and the Scorpion Lock. In terms of blade shapes, they've got anything and everything, Some crazy ones as well LOL.
Have you looked at Cold Steel at all? Overbuilt and rugged is their default. :)
Yeah, for the price it's a no-brainer to buy the Pyrite just to see what it's like. I have a Manix 2 Salt and it's not my style. Too big in the hand and the pocket for me but I know it's a big seller for them. Sucks not having a local knife shop anymore to test these things out.
For Spyderco either the Sage 5 or the Pacific Salt 2 are my most often carried.
You might like the CJRB Pyrite Lite. It's really inexpensive (~$30 US) and has a nice wharncliffe blade so it's not a big hit to the wallet to see if it's something you like. They have a version with a 3 inch blade and a version with a 3.7 inch blade.
Not all lock backs are stiff, but they are going to be more difficult to close one handed. Depending on how the detent is set up, you can get a lock back to close part way without slamming into your fingers. Spyderco lock backs are known for that, so you can do a one hand close (and a one hand open) with a lot of theirs.
The nail nick opener on the blade does require some extra dexterity for sure. Some companies have thumbstuds or thumb disks on their lockback knives and I find they're various degrees of "less" difficult than a two handed nail nick opener.
I think what's most appealing about the lock back is the simplicity. It's a proven design and therefore easy to implement (and not expensive). You also don't have to use the nail nick. You can grasp the knife at the spine between two fingers.
There are some areas where knifes laws are such that if you own a locking knife it must be a 2 hand opener. This is a good way to meet that requirement.
I apologize, I had moved over to a different lemmy instance and I don't get notifications here for older posts. I currently own 5 different knives from Knafs. They are all great. Highly recommend any of the Lander series.
It must be something weird then with editing old posts.
@dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world this is really weird but this entire post just showed up on piefed.world yesterday as a new post. I didn't recognize that it was 2 years old until I re-logged into lemmy.world today. I was curious because I didn't see any other comments on the piefed side of things. There's some weirdness going on between the two instances for sure.
Looks like there's no way to include a thumbnail when posting from piefed.world. That's a bummer.
Wow the one you're retiring has seen some things for sure! Another great example of quality not needing to cost a lot.
Hey, I got those games in my cracker jack's too!
Silly penguin, you're supposed to attach it to your keys in the open position!
I have a Rebel-series DSLR so no concerns about the crop factor. I have a mix of EF and EF-S lenses (a couple 3rd party so not sure about support there). I started with the Canon Elan 7 film camera as well as the older Canon FD-mount AE1 before moving to digital.
Thank you for the insights!
Did you come from the Canon EF/EF-S world prior to the R10 or is this your first DSLR? If you've migrated to RF did you bring any EF/EF-S lenses with you and if so, how do they fair with the adapter?
I'm a Canon guy sitting with a very old (at this point) but still capable DSLR that only gets hauled out occasionally. I really would like a new camera but the thought of having to buy all new lenses (EF or EF-S) causes my wallet to run and hide under the dresser.
JFC I'm old. I understood about 1/3 of the words in this post. I gather this is some sort of knife and it is of poor quality and after that I black out. Later, I awake from my stupor to find that I'm on a porch yelling at kids to get off my lawn.
I love the internet so much.
For longer exposures it will double your exposure time because it'll do the dark frame right after the normal frame. I think Canon doesn't want to confuse people ("my 2 second exposure takes 4 seconds?!") right off the bat.
I'm assuming you're doing a dark frame subtraction as a part of the long exposure?
Digging up this post to say that I finally got one and, for now at least, they're still $10 amazingly. The design has changed a bit since the first release. The knife now has 2 positions for the pocket clip (left and right) and the orange seems less orange? They've also released an all-black and OD green version but those seem to be out-of-stock regularly.
Mine came out of the box nice and sharp but poorly painted on one side of the blade. If I can get it apart I might just strip the paint entirely.
The whole time "The Choice Is Yours" is running through my head. I am a product of the my youth for sure.