tldr; The Hinderer XM-18 is a highly desired 'grail' knife, frequently mentioned in discussions about top-tier collections and sought-after models.
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“I have never purchased a Vero knife because I think they are far too expensive for what they are but to the point of your post: Unfortunately there are owners of several knife companies that are shitty like Mick from Strider. Medford, Hinderer and so on. The best thread on Reddit that I could pull up real quick that gets into it is [https://www.reddit.com/r/knifeclub/comments/xrd0bu/can\_someone\_explain\_to\_me\_why\_mick\_strider\_gets\_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/knifeclub/comments/xrd0bu/can_someone_explain_to_me_why_mick_strider_gets_a/) for anyone that wants to read into it. There are many threads off of Reddit that also go into stuff like this that would probably make people change their mind about certain knife makers/company owners. Some people don't really care about that stuff and that's fine but for those of us that do I like staying in the know so thanks for the info about Vero.”
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