5 Must Haves

[bearcut]

1. Busse Fixed Blade
2. CRK Sebenza
3. Spyderco Para2
4. Leatherman Multi Tool
5. Swiss Army Knife.

I would label these "5 must try's", that way you can get rid of two of them when you realize that they're not all that.

And yes, I have tried them all, and yes, I got rid of two of them.

 

[willc]

Leatherman with bit kit
Opinel 10
Izula or BK14
BM Grip
Decent sized fixed blade like a GSO 7/7

 

[chester22]

It's two in the morning and drinking I've been maybe.

Win!!

 

[Peak_Oil]

I could take it down to five

1. Chef's knife
2. Paring knife
3. Multitool, probably a keychain or a SAK
4. Opinel #8
5. Svord Von Tempske for everything else.

Runners up
6. Box cutter with replaceable blades
7. Straight razor or a safety razor. Lots of blades to choose from.
8. Fiskars scissors
9. Manual lawn mower with rotary blade
10. EMT shears for both kitchen and field duty
11. Fiskars shovel

 

[cpd670]

5 Must haves for every collector:
Randall any model
Sebenza
Traditional Case or Schrade slip joint
Buck 110
Gerber or Leatherman multi-tool


My have must haves:
Curtiss F3 3.5"
Randall #27
ZT 0770CF (when it gets released)
Shun Santoku
Gransfors Bruk Forest Axe

 

[bdmicarta]

If we are picking knife models that everybody should have, then I will pick the following based on my tastes:
Randall #1 or Blackjack 1-7
Spyderco Paramilitary 2
Benchmade 581
Spyderco Delica or Dragonfly
Benchmade Adamas

I select knives based on function. My collection has lots of duplicates though. Here are my categories based onfunction and someof my favorite knives for each category:
EDC primary folder:
Benchmade 913 Stryker
Benchmade 581 Barrage
Bradley Alias 1
Spyderco Paramilitary 2

Working knife or hard use knife:
Spyderco Manix 2 M4
Benchmade 760
maybe a Spyderco Manix 2 XL
ZT 0561

Secondary knife:
Spyderco Delica
Spyderco Dragonfly

Multitool:
Leatherman Skeletool
Leatherman Charge