I see the Proper as an everyday, yard, garden, workshop user and the Lionsteel as an EDC Gentleman's knife for opening packages, cutting apples, and daily tasks. Both great choices

I have both and the Proper gets the most carry simply because it has a lanyard hole for me to attach a suspension clip.

Love that Roundhead. Just love the more traditional look. I am glad to see tradition knives making a comeback. Just something about the simplicity of the old traditional. Threw your channel a shout out on one of my latest videos. Good video thanks man👍

Wow this is literally the exact video I was looking for, thanks for always lookin out for me haha!

Great video. I have to go with the Proper. The Micarta just looks too good to me. I also gave you a shout-out in my newest video.

Great review I still have no idea which one I'd like,I to love the handle on the benchmade and the take down ability .but I also like the traditional look of the lion steel.nice problem to have.atb paddy🤔👍☘

First time I have viewed one of your videos and found it very enjoyable! I believe the proper is actually based on the canoe pattern of traditional knives though the edges around the proper seem to be more linear compared to a more rounded traditional canoe. I’ve recently gotten a proper with the sheepsfoot blade and luckily my hands fit perfectly for it though I can see how the more straight design of the lion steel can accommodate multiple hand sizes. Good to know where I can get a lion steel too should they come out with one that has a lanyard hole!

...lucky enough to grab a Shuffler/CF, a day before they were gone...excellent knife...have a great week

Great video!

The ApostleP did the Roundhead and Shuffler comparison video . Besides blade shape there are two differences , the Shuffler is thinner behind the edge , and it has an improved sharpening choil . New Roundheads also have the improved sharpening choil .

I prefer the BM Proper, for two reasons. Firstly, while I prefer the Barlow pattern from a distance, I hate that LS covered the Roundhead/Shuffler with those hideous screws, then didn’t even bother to allow disassembly, and for that I prefer the BM aesthetically (wish it had wood handles though). Secondly, LS has a tendency to run their M390 way too soft, whereas BM has probably the best commercially available S30v treatment available. As a result, actual edge retention and blade performance on the Proper is way better than the Roundhead, despite being “inferior steel”. This shifts the blade category towards the Proper, instead of a tie, personally. Honestly, it’s mostly the first point on aesthetics and disassembly that pushes it over (the lanyard hole is also handy), but the better overall blade doesn’t hurt. I’m hoping to get this exact version of the Proper before long, and the Shuffler was it’s only real competition, so I’m glad to see this comparison.

Great review! Love my Roundhead (but I wish I had waited for the Shuffler).

I thought the F&F would be much better on the LS.. I'm near 3 stores plus an REI that are big BM dealers.. If I had a $1 for every bad BM I've handled, I could at least buy another damn 940...But, BM did to a good job with the Proper... I stupidly sold my micarta but have the G10 I got at REI for $60..I'm sure the G10 didn't sell nearly as well..

Beautiful knives!

Really like the Lionhead. There's a guy on Instagram that works on traditional pocket knives and some of the micarta scales he has done are amazing.

I can’t choose which blade type I want on the proper. Any advantages and disadvantages to ether?

I've got a Proper and a Shuffler, honestly even though the Shuffler is thinner behind the edge I still prefer the blade on the Proper. For some reason the M390 on the Shuffler doesn't hold its edge as well as the Benchmade S30V, not sure if it's down to heat treat. I do love both knives though :) And i'm looking at getting copper scales for the Proper :D

How much of a sucker for micarta are you? There's a knife that has black linen micarta scales on a back lock with 3.25 inch s30v blade for $65 on amazon. What's the catch?.... It's a buck (a deluxe spitfire, usually 420hc and aluminum). I like micarta too so I look at this all the time but I've had issues with their newer stuff (not the 110, 112, 119 etc).

Are those squares on your mat 1cm?

I loved the Zoolander reference. Thank you. There aren't enough of us cynical, comic types in the community. All my homies have been singing high praises for your channel during my long hiatus. They are well deserved. I've been enjoying your content alot since I subscribed. Much Props.

For some of your and more of mine reasons didn’t even consider the Proper. But I own a CK Lion Steel in white CF. Sorry Benchmade...

I got the shuffler bocote version in the mail today sweet knife

I dig the lionsteel

Like the Lionsteel, but too many exposed screws.

I just can't get over the handle design of the Proper. It's almost like it was designed to be uncomfortable in anything but small hands. Lose that silly hump/point on the back to make it more neutral and I think it'll be something really special. Love micarta.

I've had the BM for a couple of years and it's not all that well made for the money. I think it's poorly designed. I don't carry it anymore it's a desk knife.

2 different knives, kind compare carrots to potatoes lol

100% lionsteel in this case. I had a lionsteel ti frame lock that you could tap the spine of the blade on your palm and the lock would fail, HOWEVER, these are slip joints, and Benchmade has some of the worst heat treats I've ever experienced on big brand knives. I've had several Benchmades and only 1 of them had an edge that performed as intended. I'll NEVER buy another Benchmade, but I would go for a lionsteel slip joint or fixed blade.