OK knives?

[seanc]

Kind of got the bug for something new… and came across OK knives.

Looking a the Emerson and benchmade autos.. any experiences? Not into them enough to justify spending a lot.
Looks like I could get several for $100 and get a feel for if that model would make m want to pay the money for the real deal.


Not. Any hard use… the occasional carry, box open and sandwich.

Thanks!

 

[cams]

Link? Don’t think I ever heard of them. A BM auto for 100.00 is highly suspect IMO.

 

[whatluck]

Don't buy a fake. An Emerson is absolutely worth the money, especially that V-grind CQC7. Infinite utility and will last multiple lifetimes.

 

[Kamadojefe]

I don’t know much about ok knives. But I know something about Emerson. There are a few groups on fb decent second hand prices on them. EKOG Emerson knife owners group is where I got most of mine.
Just got an Emerson wild horse this week.

 

[whatluck]

Be warned: If you buy an Emerson you'll stop buying other brands.

 

[seanc]

I have spent the money on a few Emerson’s in the past. But all turned out to not be practical keepers for me. And I ended up selling.

With the cqc7s. And maybe a microtech clone. It is cheap money to see if either would be a viable carry piece. And if so. Then I’d feel less bad spending the money.

Example

https://ok-knives.net/products/emerson-cqc-7-n690-steel-folding-knifei

 

[Kamadojefe]

I have spent the money on a few Emerson’s in the past. But all turned out to not be practical keepers for me. And I ended up selling.

With the cqc7s. And maybe a microtech clone. It is cheap money to see if either would be a viable carry piece. And if so. Then I’d feel less bad spending the money.

Example

https://ok-knives.net/products/emerson-cqc-7-n690-steel-folding-knifei

I didn’t know these were a thing. I would buy one for sure. I bought my first Emerson 6 years ago. Before that I carried a kershaw Emerson cqc-6 for close to 15 years

 

[cams]

I have spent the money on a few Emerson’s in the past. But all turned out to not be practical keepers for me. And I ended up selling.

With the cqc7s. And maybe a microtech clone. It is cheap money to see if either would be a viable carry piece. And if so. Then I’d feel less bad spending the money.

Example

https://ok-knives.net/products/emerson-cqc-7-n690-steel-folding-knifei

Lot of guys have bought Chinese clones from diff sites, some are terrible and some are ok for beating on and not caring that it stopped working a week later because you only lost ~$40.00.

IMO you can’t honestly compare the two as being the same knife. My brain sees this as “I really want a corvette so I’ll get a Hyundai and see how it drives.”

I can only add that if they weren’t “viable carry pieces”, they wouldn’t be so popular all these years.

 

[FalArAk]

Lot of guys have bought Chinese clones from diff sites, some are terrible and some are ok for beating on and not caring that it stopped working a week later because you only lost ~$40.00.

IMO you can’t honestly compare the two as being the same knife. My brain sees this as “I really want a corvette so I’ll get a Hyundai and see how it drives.”

I can only add that if they weren’t “viable carry pieces”, they wouldn’t be so popular all these years.

Some clones nowadays are like buying a Toyota made in Texas vs made in Japan.

 

[seanc]

Some clones nowadays are like buying a Toyota made in Texas vs made in Japan.

They see, to be getttimg really good reviews..

But I bought an Emerson Persian… then a Karambit.. thought they’d be EDC… wrong.. they were huge.

Looking at a cqc7… the specs all seem good.. but is that ridiculous one sided knife something I’d be able to deal with? Not sure.
And what for me would just be a toy like a trodoon, infadel or halo? $60 vs 300+?

If I get a clone, knock off and like it.. makes spending that 250+ a lot easier to “rationalize”.. obviously not the correct word here…