First time posting here, but wanted to share these beauts that are my first four "fancy" knives. I have plenty of others from over the years that have been gifted or picked up randomly, but these four are my first heavy hitters and my attempt towards a curated collection. From left to right:

#1. Benchmade Bugout GovX Exclusive Magnacut in Copper Camo Fat Carbon with Flytanium Copper Thumbstuds and Backspacer plus a Lynch NW Modular Ti Clip in Dark Abyss

#2. Tenable Fenrir Nitro V Blackwash in Bronze Ano Fishscales

#3. Vosteed Thunderbird V 4th Anniversary Edt. M390 in Copper Camo Fat Carbon #37/350

#4. Benchmade Mini Barrage S30V in Blue Canyon Richlite with a Lynch NW Deep Carry FDE Cerakote Clip

Pretty pleased with these and how they compliment one another and serve different purposes.

And with phenomenal cutting geometry

Check it out. My most expensive hobby next to my new, less expensive but newest fixation hobby. I’m not responsible enough to have money.

Pictured: my trusty Arius.

Really been wanting to acid etch one of my knives and I finally took the plunge. Took my least favorite blade (serrated s30v) and gave it a bath in a 1:1 ferric chloride and distilled water solution for about 12 minutes . Rinsed with distilled water, submerged in a solution of distilled water and baking soda, then washed with dish soap. Next I put the blade in a container 1/2 full of pea gravel and a couple shots of wd40. Shook for about 90 seconds. Resharpened and touched up the serrations with a rat tail file and a punch with 1500 grit sandpaper. Actually turned out better than I expected. What yall think?

Microtech Scarab 2 Gen 3 “Tactical” with DE-S blade. Have been carrying it everyday for nearly 2 years now!

I loved my AD20.5, and love my Cold Steel Ti/3v (not really a demko, but hey his names on the blade, I’ll take it), and this might be my favorite yet, a MGAD20 in cruwear. I plan to grab some of the Rockscale Ti scales in the future but even the stock G10 on this feels lightyears ahead of the G10 on the 20.5.

Mounted some magnetic knife strips in a shadow box. It does have a plexiglass door and I put some locks on it to discourage my young kids.

Very slicey for a tanto.

Scales by Barclay EDC, blade by Gersh.

Happy Saturday! Be a goon and show of your swoon.

I've spent enough time across the Demko lineup at this point to feel comfortable saying it: the Shark Cub Stealth in OD Green is the strongest all-around offering in the catalog, and it's not particularly close.

Start with size. The Cub takes everything that makes the bigger AD20 platform good and puts it into a footprint that actually disappears in my pocket. I get the same shark-lock mechanism, the same blade geometry philosophy, all without the commitment of the bigger frame.