What is your favorite left hand knife?

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Permalink Reply by Brady Townsend on May 12, 2009 at 20:45

alright i have two favorites, one the spyderco byrd crossbill and two the Benchmade Grip 551 they are both very affordable (knife BM 551 is around $60 and Crossbill around $30) and they both are completely ambidextrous knives meaning that you can switch the pocket clip from left to right and they are fast to open fast to close with either hand you want

Permalink Reply by Matt Sherman on May 13, 2009 at 15:23

on my Cold Steel American Lawman I switched the pocket clip and thumb stud so that I can use it left handed, and it is great i have no problems using it one handed

Permalink Reply by Eric J. Montford on May 14, 2009 at 6:46

So far it's my Spyderco Endura 4. I am hoping to buy a Sog Spec-Elite II in a few weeks and give that a try. I'll update with my results.

Permalink Reply by Edwin Meijer on May 16, 2009 at 6:07

At this point I'm having a Spyderco Byrd Flight as my EDC-blade, and its doing such a great job. Its my favorite left-handed knife at this moment. No trouble opening/close it with only my left hand. The overall quality you get for the price of these Byrd knives is unbelieveble.

Permalink Reply by Edwin Meijer on May 16, 2009 at 6:12

Hey Brady, is there a big diference in the quality of the steel between the Byrd and the Benchmade? Great idea to set up a group for us lefties.

Permalink Reply by Brady Townsend on May 16, 2009 at 14:27

that is a good question and to be honest i don't rely know a lot about steel however, i can tell you that 8CrMov which is the steel the byrd line use is ,and I'm quoting cutlerylover on this, its the Preferred low end quality steel but if you rely want to learn about the steel go to benchmade or spyderco's web site and click on steel's or watch cutlerylover's vid on steel also my BM grip has 154 cm steel which is a very good steel better then the byrd line

Permalink Reply by Edwin Meijer on May 18, 2009 at 7:06

What I understood of the 8Cr13Mov is that is simular to AUS8, that Iknow from other knives. Bit on the softer side. But easy to keep sharp. Think your BM won't loose its edge as fast as one of the Byrdknives. Don't know that much of all these kinds of steel either.....

Permalink Reply by Roger LeBlond on May 21, 2009 at 14:22

Definately the Chris Reeve Left Hand Sebenza

Permalink Reply by kage on September 11, 2010 at 16:12

Right now it's the Benchmade 580 Barrage. However, I have fitted out some others for left-hand use. The CS Spartan and Recon 1, both of which have the left and right hand clips attached. I keep the Recon 1 thumb stub geared for right hand deployment, but I'm able to easily open it left-handed using the screw on the opposite side of the thumb stud. I've added the clip from the Kershaw Whirlwind to my Kershaw BOA so I can have both clips on it. I've also removed the BOA's thumb stud, as I could not get any decent purchase from it for deployment. So it's a flipper only deployment now.

Permalink Reply by D ale on September 11, 2010 at 16:47

.. JJ & I put together some links to steel information here ..

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Knifeology101/links/Steel_Info_001273...

.. a nice general/intro/comparison type article here .. http://zknives.com/knives/articles/knifesteelfaq.shtml

.. comprehensive database here .. http://www.kaker.com/std/ctt/list/steel_index.html

Have fun !!!