Ask the Nick - On knife designers, "bottle openers", Hinderer, exotic materials, and Chinese food

Published: 8 years ago

Today, volume 8 in the "Ask the Nick" series. Questions answered, with timestamps, are listed below...

* Who is your favorite knife designer? (0:26)
* What's your opinion on Hinderer knives in general? (2:14)
* What's the best hard use knife that can actually still cut well? (5:10)
* What's your favorite steel? (5:59)
* What's your opinion on exotic metals (damascus, timascus, mokuti)? (7:29)
* What's your take on the high end bottle opener and knuck phase running rampant in the edc world? (9:09)
* What's up with the ridiculous number of keychain tools flooding the EDC market? (12:28)
* What knife were you expecting to be crappy but you actually loved? (13:54)
* Which knives are next on your personal purchase horizon? (16:13)
* What're your most favorite least popular knives? (18:43)
* If you could be any knife, which knife would you be? (20:17)
* Which knife designer would you most like to have dinner with and what would you eat? (21:26)

Best Steel for a Pocketknife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_scXk2JAZc
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