Generally I like SR101 for knives 5" and under and INFI for knives 6" and up. The 5" to 6" range is "no man's land" where I have to decide what I'm going to do with the knife before I choose a material. As a knife that is more geared toward "light duty" (it'll be supplemented with a larger fixed blade in the field and I don't need a pry bar strength EDC) I'd prefer the cost and slicing ability of SR101.

I'd hate to be $500 in a skeleton necker when Dan could certainly make them for under $100.


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I am now a fictional British television police officer (currently a Detective Sgt) at Thames Valley Station. My governor is Detective Inspector Fred Thursday and it’s 1969.