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Post by nirathakthedestroyer on Mar 11, 2015 22:59:48 GMT
Hi all,
Does anyone know of some quality knife makers/ companies? I don't want to spend a whole lot of money, but I would like to get a non folding sheath knife that will last. $60 is about my limit.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
-Nirathak
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Post by randomnobody on Mar 11, 2015 23:09:01 GMT
There's a bunch out there in that range, depends what kind of knife you're looking for. Simple hunter/skinner? Bushcraft? Military/tactical? Or, per your other thread, something more historic?
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Post by Adrian Jordan on Mar 11, 2015 23:31:27 GMT
Are you looking for a utility knife, hunting knife, fighting knife? Kershaw makes a few good fixed blade knives. KA-BAR is pretty famous for their great knives. Ontario has some good knives. All have knives for under $60. I find that Amazon is a good place to buy them at better prices than most vendors, and you can often find ones with free shipping.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Mar 12, 2015 0:10:11 GMT
Like Adrian said, Amazon does indeed have great prices, BUT, you need to be careful with some unscrupulous dealers who try to pass off Chinese knock offs for the real deal. A few months ago, I personally caught a dealer selling Buck knives on Amazon that were knock offs - they were very similar to a real Buck, but the problem was that Buck never made that model and there was no Buck stamp on the blade. Before buying one, I'd suggest you cross check with reputable sources (large online stores/the companies themselves), or post pictures of it for others to chime in on the legitamcy of the knife.
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Post by randomnobody on Mar 12, 2015 0:22:26 GMT
I don't know which part of the world you're in, but my favorite place to check out knives is Knife Center. ( www.knifecenter.com/ ) There are a few others I browse for more niche stuff, but Knife Center has overall, in my opinion, the best selection and prices. As long as you're in the US, otherwise you'd probably prefer another dealer that might save you on shipping or import duties etc.
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Post by nirathakthedestroyer on Mar 12, 2015 3:59:03 GMT
Thanks guys. This helps a lot!
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Post by Afoo on Mar 12, 2015 4:18:43 GMT
for Canada, I know Reliks has a nice stock of modern knives - from fixed blade hunting knives to skeletonized utility knives and EDC folders. I have bought some stuff from them before, and it was a pleasant experience. More importantly, they come highly recommended by SBG. I have a ka-bar BK11 skelotonized knife. A bit pricey, but its very good. Only issue is that you have to buy the belt clip separately, which further ups the cost. The Schrade Extreme Survival Neck Knife is a surprising buy - its not as good as a ka-bar or an Ontario knife, but for $20, its decent. I quite like it for that price point. The plastic sheath is a *bit* thick and it rattles ever so slightly, but its secure and comes with a belt clip and some lashing points. I would stay way from Gerber. I recently reviewed one of their knives here. The findings of the review was not encouraging. Even more discouraging was the response from other SBG members, which seem to paint a less that brilliant image of them. Their stuff isn't horrible, but the steel they use is not the hardest (they opt for a lower end stainless in many of their brands I believe), and for what you pay, its not worth it. I mean, the Gerber one in that review was $50 cdn. The K-bar BK11 I have was bought for $53 cdn plus $15 for the clip.
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Post by MOK on Mar 12, 2015 8:32:23 GMT
For a general purpose knife, you can't go wrong with a Mora 2000. Costs about $30, does pretty much everything, doesn't get too slippery even when wet, will outlast you if you don't grossly abuse it.
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Post by aussie-rabbit on Mar 12, 2015 9:06:31 GMT
Are you looking for a utility knife, hunting knife, fighting knife? Kershaw makes a few good fixed blade knives. KA-BAR is pretty famous for their great knives. Ontario has some good knives. All have knives for under $60. I find that Amazon is a good place to buy them at better prices than most vendors, and you can often find ones with free shipping. Mundial made good knives but are solely kitchen now, Tramontina are good, you may need to look them up in your country of orign
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Mar 12, 2015 16:17:04 GMT
I would stay way from Gerber. I recently reviewed one of their knives here. The findings of the review was not encouraging. Even more discouraging was the response from other SBG members, which seem to paint a less that brilliant image of them. Their stuff isn't horrible, but the steel they use is not the hardest (they opt for a lower end stainless in many of their brands I believe), and for what you pay, its not worth it. I mean, the Gerber one in that review was $50 cdn. The K-bar BK11 I have was bought for $53 cdn plus $15 for the clip. I still like Gerber, but only their American made versions... the Chinese made stuff is not as good as it could be because like Afoo mentioned, their steels are sub-par and the heat treating is too. The American made knives though are a different story - they're still very stoutly made, but can be pricier than what's already been mentioned: KA-Bar, Ontario, etc.
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Post by chrisperoni on Mar 12, 2015 18:29:41 GMT
Does it have to be a big name company of production knife? Fallen here makes incredibly tough knives and I bet he'll have a fixed blade in your price range
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Post by Robert in California on May 12, 2015 13:04:02 GMT
I have found the steel in my Buck knives to be better (edge holding) than the Gerber I bought (have stayed away from Gerber ever since so perhaps they are better now?) RinC
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Post by demonskull on May 12, 2015 14:09:59 GMT
For inexpensive military/survival knives with a very practical design I'd go with Ontario Knife. No glits just a good solid knife.
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