{"id":209,"date":"2003-12-09T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2003-12-09T05:47:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-12-14T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T21:36:27","slug":"myerchin-lightk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/myerchin-lightk\/","title":{"rendered":"Myerchin Lightknife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bring up the subject of favorite pocketknives with outdoorsmen and you’re sure to instigate a passionate discussion. Knives are potent symbols of power and utility; most men I know have deep paternal (or in my case, grandpaternal) associations with them from their youth. After 35 years of pocketknife buying and using, I have settled on California-based Myerchin as my folding knife maker of choice.<\/p>\n

My daily driver is the Lightknife Crew Pro L377P. It uses a featherweight Zytel body (same material that’s used in many modern handguns) surrounding a securely locking Japanese 440 stainless blade and a marlinspike (knot untangler). The 3\/4 serrated, 1\/4 straight edge, 2.25-inch blade is designed to please anyone who works regularly with line. (On a sailboat, I insist that a serrated blade is a mandatory safety tool.) The body has a unique clip that turns your pocket into a secure sheath. Mine has never fallen in years of regular use. Inside the water-resistant shell is an industrial red LED that’s perfect for reading maps and charts without sacrificing your night vision. I’ve immersed my Lightknife many times without any problems. At 3.8-inches when closed and a mere 2.75 ounces, you won’t even notice it’s there, and the lack of an obvious sheath eliminates unwanted attention.<\/p>\n

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The small Sebenza knife reviewed in Cool Tools, like Reeve’s other folders, is a gorgeous piece, but they start at six times the price of a Myerchin. Imagine how you’d feel watching one of those go over overboard! The Boye sailing knives are getting rave reviews but to my eye lack the timeless aesthetics of Myerchins — particularly the B300. You simply must hold one of these Myerchins in your hand to appreciate the gravitas they generate — and they cost under US$100 and can be found in any West Marine store.<\/p>\n

Need something more substantial? Check out their flagship, the B300 Offshore Folder. If they’re good enough for the US Navy and Coast Guard, they’re good enough for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Affordable highly-evolved pocketknife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[41],"tags":[1350],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8035,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/8035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}