Thinking of buying one of them . Help me pick one . Witch one would you buy and why ?

both are so nice it's a neck and neck.

probably the ritter.

950 will be around for a while.

Tough choice, both are great. Maybe I'd favor the 950-1 with the full G-10'd liners, just don't like the Grip handle scales much.

IMHO I would get the 950-1. I just got one and it's a great keeper. My grip sits and collects dust, and will for quite a while. I prefer G10. Plastic just feels cheap to me. My regular 950 has been a great knife ever since I got it, and it's my smoothest Axis I own.

don't forget that you can add epoxy and lead weights to the Grips scales for better weight/balance.

I really like my Rift. But, I carry my Ritter more often. In fact, I always take my Ritter with me on trips outdoors.

Put it this way: You get big-knife performance in a lightweight model with the Ritter Grip. I like the Ritter's blade shape better than the Rift too.

So my vote goes for the Ritter.

I call such dillemas "successfull problems".
Get it out of your system and get them both, you know you will anyway.
I have the 950 and it is one of my favorites.

The Rift gets my vote. Mine has a very thin edge on it's hih hollow grind which makes it a great slicer, yet the reverse tanto keeps the blade tough. The textured G-10 looks and feels good, it has excellent ergos, and it is more robust than the Ritter due to the G-10 and thicker liner construction. The Ritter is an excellent knife as well, I just prefer G-10 and the thinner edge of the Rift to the Ritter's slightly thicker edge and Zytel handles.

Mike

i would go witrh the ritter .... mainly because of the blade shape and steel

I would go with the 14205. Oh! Sorry you didn't ask about that one.


In that case I would go with the HK 14205.