Have a couple ideas.
The Cryo II from kershaw is not bad for a sub 50 dollar knife and I think there are some special runs that have a decent tool steel in them Vs the standard 440stainless that I am not a fan of at all.. CRKT has some new interesting stuff out here recently but they are more of thinner profile Vs the heavy thick profiles of the most of the ZT flipper variants. Emerson has some good options out there around the 100 dollar price point. But I would tend to agree with infernal up there that putting a bit more in the budget for a ZT would get you closer to what you are after and serve you a bit better.
Also as a personal note from a guy thats carried around a 400 dollar Spartan Blades for the last 4+ years almost daily. When you pay for a very high quality knife, you dont lose them nearly as often, for 2 reasons. 1: The shear cost of replacement since they cost a lot so there is some additional incentive to keep track of it. 2: You dont loan it out EVER
The Cryo II from kershaw is not bad for a sub 50 dollar knife and I think there are some special runs that have a decent tool steel in them Vs the standard 440stainless that I am not a fan of at all.. CRKT has some new interesting stuff out here recently but they are more of thinner profile Vs the heavy thick profiles of the most of the ZT flipper variants. Emerson has some good options out there around the 100 dollar price point. But I would tend to agree with infernal up there that putting a bit more in the budget for a ZT would get you closer to what you are after and serve you a bit better.
Also as a personal note from a guy thats carried around a 400 dollar Spartan Blades for the last 4+ years almost daily. When you pay for a very high quality knife, you dont lose them nearly as often, for 2 reasons. 1: The shear cost of replacement since they cost a lot so there is some additional incentive to keep track of it. 2: You dont loan it out EVER
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