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Post by 1776 on Jun 30, 2017 20:34:25 GMT
The title says it, what is your favorite knife brand? Which company do you buy from the most, and what brand of knives do you have the most of? Fixed blades and folders. Custom and production.
My favorite brand of folders has got to be Cold Steel. They make the strongest lock in the industry, and dang sharp too.
My favorite brand of fixed blade has got to be ESEE. You break their knife, they send you a new one. No questions asked. They are dang sharp, tough and nice. My go to for fixed blades.
What about you guys?
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jun 30, 2017 21:14:34 GMT
The only brand I have more than one is Leatherman.
Some "typical" (for me) folders: Swiss Army Knife, Forge de Laguiole, Gerber Gator, ZT 30x (the green one, not allowed to carry in Germany without "good reason", due to one handed opening).
As a fixed blade some thin swedish knife from my youth and a Muela Bowie, and some kitchen knives.
No CS, 'cause I'm waiting for an XL Espada for 50 €, haha.
We have carrying restrictions for fixed bladed knives with edges longer than 12 cm/5", for one handed opening folders, and for melee weapons (swords, daggers), but a 20" machete folder (not too pointy - "melee weapon") is a gap in the system.
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Post by Timo Nieminen on Jun 30, 2017 21:55:21 GMT
Which company do you buy from the most, and what brand of knives do you have the most of? Mora, especially if you're generous with "brand/company" (some of them are old, from when there were multiple companies making similar knives in Mora). But I wouldn't call them my favourite - I have lots because they're cheap (but still good). One old Mora would take my prize for extreme awesomeness of steel - beautiful edge retention, staying sharp for many years of hard use, up to and including batoning through aluminium sheet. After Mora, the next most would be Ho Ching Kee Lee, who are a Hong Kong kitchen knife maker, and their knives I have are all traditional Chinese kitchen knives. Good knives, but again, not my favourite - I have lots because they're cheap (but still good). My best knives are by Kizlyar (Egersky), Iisakki Järvenpää (horsehead puukko), J. P. Peltonen (Finnish Ranger knife AKA sissipuukko), Kanetsune (yanagiba AKA sashimi knife). Favourite as judged by usage is a Taiwanese VG10 core caidao (Chinese kitchen knife). |
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Post by Robert on Jun 30, 2017 22:05:38 GMT
Definitely Spyderco. Benchmade make quality too, as long as it does not have Quality Control issues, (which it often does nowadays sadly)> Reate is probably best for midtechs. Chris Revve is also dank as hell
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Post by howler on Jul 1, 2017 2:10:49 GMT
Got ALOT of Cold Steel. Some Ontario and a few Ka-Bar. I have a whole slew of knives (both folding and fixed blade) from a whose who of brand names, Spyderco, Browning, Schrade, Buck, Benchmade, Kissing Crane, Gerber, etc...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2017 19:20:09 GMT
Customs owned; Kevin Cashen, Vince Evans, Randal Gilbreath, DeLeon, Bone (some were semi-production) Favored owned production fixed blade knives; Blackjack (Effingham) Randall, Cold Steel Favored owned everyday production folders; Al Mar, Benchmade, Puma, old gentleman stuff such as Latama, Voos I have to say WWII E.G.Waterman has been the most single producer source I have accumulated. When are too many not enough?  |
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Post by 1776 on Jul 2, 2017 1:24:21 GMT
I have to say WWII E.G.Waterman has been the most single producer source I have accumulated. When are too many not enough? Those are some interesting designs. I like them. Whats the back story on them? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 3:28:38 GMT
I have to say WWII E.G.Waterman has been the most single producer source I have accumulated. When are too many not enough? Those are some interesting designs. I like them. Whats the back story on them? Non-regulation, inexpensive. Popular with the navy. Some may have been batch buys for the navy but no known contracts. Atlanta Culery has a wood grip variant. These were sold during WWII and into the '50s. A Google, or other search will yield a lot of chatter. I scarfed up a mess of them before prices went up. My dad had one during the war, hence my initial interest. |
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Post by Adrian Jordan on Jul 2, 2017 3:57:59 GMT
I have(and have had) more Kershaw than any others. For an inexpensive, good quality folder they cannot be beat, at least in my opinion. However, I would probably own as many Spyderco and Benchmade knives if they were as affordable. I'd say that Kershaw and Spyderco are tied for first place overall, with Benchmade a close second.
I like KA-BAR for production fixed blades.
As for custom, I don't often get to indulge. I've bought more from Lyndle Driggers, aka L.Driggers(fallen) than others. I've also bought from Mikeeman and Wes Beem(Lonely Wolf Forge) and would recommend them as well.
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Post by Ifrit on Jul 2, 2017 4:29:37 GMT
My buddy once owned a Kershaw, and we beat the hell out of that thing. Great knife. I have owned a Ka-Bar but didn't use it for anything before giving it away to a buddy as a b-day gift. Was a nice knife though
I really love the Condor HD Kukri and Kukri Machete (which doesn't count). Tough products. But gotta say my Kukri House EGKH is just one of the best products I have ever handled. I would be confident buying another one. It is an incredibly impressive knife
But for folders, I gotta give it to cold steel. My 6" Ti-Light is amazing. Love that knife. It's not very good for utility, but its build and factory edge are super impressive, not to mention its wave feature deployment system
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Post by RickDastardly on Jul 3, 2017 23:19:55 GMT
oooh.... knives! I have more knives that swords. That's easy though, since I don't yet have my sword, and I've had a lot more knives pass though my hands than I own now. My favourite make, having been through a few, is Busse Combat. I went through Fehrman, Fallkniven, Nexus, Bark River, Al Mar, Doug Ritter, Benchmade, some hand made customs, and many others. All of them have something good about them. Picking one though, it has to be Busse by a clear mile.
Most of my knives have been fixed blade knives, either larger 'field' knives or smaller bushcraft style blades. Many were used, often very hard (batoning a weeks' worth of firewood, for instance). I also have a few folders and in particular Victorinox Swiss Army knives; I have a soft spot for those. It's a shame the steel is just a little soft, too. A few pictures might be in order:    This is my absolute, take-it-to-the-grave, favourite knife, the Busse Heavy Heart. This is after a long wild camping trip in the Brecon Beacons, keeping a fire running for a camp of eight, with wood cut mostly with this knife (not from living trees). It would still shave arm hair afterwards (at the start, the hairs could be heard giving tiny little screams as the knife approached, before jumping off of their own accord). The knife is larger than it probably looks; it's 14 inches overall length:  |
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Post by 1776 on Jul 10, 2017 19:07:16 GMT
Wow. NICE Busse collection! To bad they are not made anymore...  |
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Post by RickDastardly on Jul 10, 2017 19:38:02 GMT
Thanks!
What makes you think they aren't made any more? If you mean Busse knives in general, anyway. The individual models are always a limited run, more or less, before they move onto something else.
Busse is making plenty, unfortunately for many folks' bank balances. Not mine because I stopped collecting.
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Post by howler on Jul 10, 2017 23:04:31 GMT
I have(and have had) more Kershaw than any others. For an inexpensive, good quality folder they cannot be beat, at least in my opinion. However, I would probably own as many Spyderco and Benchmade knives if they were as affordable. I'd say that Kershaw and Spyderco are tied for first place overall, with Benchmade a close second. I like KA-BAR for production fixed blades. As for custom, I don't often get to indulge. I've bought more from Lyndle Driggers, aka L.Driggers(fallen) than others. I've also bought from Mikeeman and Wes Beem(Lonely Wolf Forge) and would recommend them as well. Ontario have some really good large fixed blades that you can often purchase in the sub $50 range (1095 though not with the Cro Van), and Gen2 line being more expensive and using 5160. |
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Post by Voltan on Jul 10, 2017 23:08:46 GMT
For folders, I like Kershaw. Fixed blade, believe it or not, I've got a cheap one by M-Tech, and customized it. First, I sharpened just the false edge, but then I decided to convert it to a full double edge:   I have a few by J&L Custom Cutlery ( L Driggers (fallen) , but my favorite ones, of course, are by Appleseed Sharpening Custom Blades.    |
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Post by howler on Jul 10, 2017 23:19:19 GMT
My buddy once owned a Kershaw, and we beat the hell out of that thing. Great knife. I have owned a Ka-Bar but didn't use it for anything before giving it away to a buddy as a b-day gift. Was a nice knife though I really love the Condor HD Kukri and Kukri Machete (which doesn't count). Tough products. But gotta say my Kukri House EGKH is just one of the best products I have ever handled. I would be confident buying another one. It is an incredibly impressive knife But for folders, I gotta give it to cold steel. My 6" Ti-Light is amazing. Love that knife. It's not very good for utility, but its build and factory edge are super impressive, not to mention its wave feature deployment system I got a whole mess of Condor, with much in their "machete" line actually being more large knife/short sword in description than thin, cheap machete. Good German steel, sharp convex grinds, leather (often) sheaths, and interesting designs all add up to a successful company. Just make sure you try to get a good deal. |
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Post by Ifrit on Jul 10, 2017 23:22:39 GMT
My buddy once owned a Kershaw, and we beat the hell out of that thing. Great knife. I have owned a Ka-Bar but didn't use it for anything before giving it away to a buddy as a b-day gift. Was a nice knife though I really love the Condor HD Kukri and Kukri Machete (which doesn't count). Tough products. But gotta say my Kukri House EGKH is just one of the best products I have ever handled. I would be confident buying another one. It is an incredibly impressive knife But for folders, I gotta give it to cold steel. My 6" Ti-Light is amazing. Love that knife. It's not very good for utility, but its build and factory edge are super impressive, not to mention its wave feature deployment system I got a whole mess of Condor, with much in their "machete" line actually being more large knife/short sword in description than thin, cheap machete. Good German steel, sharp convex grinds, leather (often) sheaths, and interesting designs all add up to a successful company. Just make sure you try to get a good deal. I definitely agree with that. They are more like giant knives than machetes. I got their HD Kukri off the classifieds for a damn good deal. But I don't think I could afford it for regular price. Once I get a proper edge on it, it will be even better. Its pretty dull right now, but it functions like an axe still. Was thinking of trying the sandpaper and mousepad method to maintain that nice convex edge |
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Post by RickDastardly on Jul 11, 2017 1:42:33 GMT
Voltan , nice regrind on that M-Tech. Looks really slicey! Ifrit, the sandpaper/mouspad method works great. I use it on a few of mine. I've even reprofiled flat bevels to convex, although I start that on a leather back for stronger grinding before moving to the mousepad. In fact, here's a pic of a quick edge test after a mouspad touch-up; the hair is still in one piece with three slices along it:  This is my favourite (although not most used) folder:  And this (at the top) is the closest I have to a sword... until I get my cutlass: 
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Post by Pogo4321 on Jul 14, 2017 6:27:20 GMT
Kershaw, Becker/Kabar, but mostly Himalayan Imports.
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Post by pellius on Aug 29, 2017 17:18:43 GMT
For edc and fighting knives, Wes Beem/Lonely Wolf Forge is my top pick. Hand made and sharp with practicality in mind, but always with a nice artistic finish. Robust construction. Reliable temper. Faultless quality control. Experienced judgment. Remarkably good customer service. Timely project completion and shipping. Incredible prices. For big and really big knives, Warpath Knives' (in the U.K.) designs really speak to me. I have one in his queue. I'll let everyone know how it turns out when I get it (probably before the end of the year). So far, the communication and project planning has been outstanding. lonelywolfforge.weebly.com/m.facebook.com/WarpathKnives/?tsid=0.26042762011467246&source=result |
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