A good knife for every price sub $100

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panoz77

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Here is the challenge, recommend your favorite or best bargain blade (folder, fixed or both if you choose) at the following price points (not including tax/shipping) you can be within a dollar or two of the price point. The challenge is to list at least one knife for each price point, not just one knife at one price point. My prices are all based on free shipping. Yard sale, flea market and Goodwill find pricing does not count, use current pricing online or at a retailer.

$5
Folder = Ozark Trail tan flipper ($4 Walmart )
Fixed = Imacasa 14" Machete ($3 BudK )
Fixed = Imacasa 18" Machete ($5 BudK)
Fixed = Wahoo Killer ($2 BudK)

$10
Folder = Opinel No. 8 ($11 Amazon)
Fixed = Mora Craftline ($10 Amazon)
Fixed = Old Hickory Butcher ($10 Amazon)
Fixed = Old Hickory Sticker ($10 Amazon)

$15
Folder = Buck 382 Trapper ($13 Amazon)
Fixed = Mora Companion ($14 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF57 ($15 Amazon)

$20
Folder = Buck Bantam 286 ($21 Amazon)
Folder = Bad Blood Dreadnaught ($21 Amazon)
Fixed = Cold Steel Finn Hawk ($20 Amazon)
Fixed = Cold Steel Magnum Kukri Machete ($21 Amazon)

$25
Folder = OKC Rat 1 in a two pack ($18 each for two at Sams Club)
Folder = Kershaw Cryo II 1556Ti ($25 Amazon)
Fixed = KaBar Becker Remora ($25 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF36 Frontier ($26 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF30 ($23 Amazon)
Fixed = Cold Steel GI Tanto ($26 Amazon)
Fixed = Cold Steel Peacemaker II ($26 Amazon)

$30
Folder = Buck 110 ($28 Walmart)
Folder = Camillus Carbonitride Folding Knife with Marlin Spike ($28 Amazon)
Folder = Spyderco Ladybug 3 ($32 Amazon)
Folder = Kilimanjaro Morsa ($30 Amazon)
Fixed = Glock Field Knife ($30 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF37 ($30 Amazon)
Fixed = Cold Steel Bushman ($31 Amazon)

$40
Folder = CRKT Ikoma Fossil ($40 Walmart)
Fixed = Buck 102 Woodsman ($38 Amazon)
Fixed = Kershaw Camp knife ($42 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF9 Extreme Survival ($37 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF52 Frontier ($34 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF45 Leroy ($43 Amazon)
Fixed = OKC SP2 ($37 Amazon)

$50
Folder = Condor Bushlore CTK232 ($46)
Fixed = Buck 119 ($50 Amazon)
Fixed = Buck 105 Pathfinder ($50 Amazon)
Fixed = Buck 620 Reaper ($52 Amazon)
Fixed = Ontario Kukri ($55 Amazon)
Fixed = Schrade SCHF1SM ($50 Amazon)
Fixed = Condor Moonshiner ($57 Amazon)
Fixed = Ontario Bowie ($52 Amazon)

$75
Folder = OKC Carter Prime ($76 Amazon)
Fixed = Becker BK7 ($63 Amazon)
Fixed = Buck 120 General ($60 Amazon)
Fixed = Condor Kukri ($73 Amazon)
Fixed = Condor Hudson Bay ($63 Amazon)
Fixed = Condor Bush Knife ($73 Amazon)
Fixed = OKC Rat3 ($74 Amazon)
Fixed = OKC Rat5 ($75 Amazon)
Fixed = OKC Rat7 ($73 Amazon)
Fixed = OKC Falcon ($60 Amazon)

$100
Folder = Kizer Ki4448 ($100 Amazon)
Folder = Spyderco Delica ($86 Amazon)
Fixed = Becker BK-9 ($94 Amazon)
Fixed = OKC RTAK-II ($90 Amazon)
Fixed = Buck 124 Frontiersman ($108 Amazon)

I'll update the empty spots as I think of something. I think this list will be valuable for beginners to the knife world looking for a starting point to addiction.
 
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Folder 5$= colonial made sabre USA sak /scout ( 50cents at a yardsale )

folder 10$ = Buck 283 ( got it at osh with a discount on a no sales tax day )
fixed blade 10$ = any Mora

Folder 15$= Victorinox pocket pal
Fixed blade 15$= marbles / imicasa machetes

Folder 20$= Buck 482
Folder 20$= Victorinox recruit
Fixed 20$= vintage imperial h6 ( costed me 18$ to my door )

Folder 25$= Victorinox tinker ( knives at the local hardware are a little high but are nice folks )

Folder 30$= case sodbuster Jr

Folder 40$= Buck 110
Fixed 40$= sog seal pup ( was a gift, but that's the common price )

You didn't say if they had to be current production knives at their current prices, so a couple of knives I've listed are vintage blades no longer in production and prices to find them could potentially range from less than a dollar to 20$ or more.
 
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Yard sales, goodwill, etc do not count. I am talking about being able to buy online or retail, normal pricing, not some crazy clearance sale. Just to keep the intent of this thread on track if I wasn't clear.
 
I guess the point of the challenge was for everyone who replies to try and recommend at least one knife for each price point listed, not just choose one knife for one price point.
 
panoz77 said:
I guess the point of the challenge was for everyone who replies to try and recommend at least one knife for each price point listed, not just choose one knife for one price point.
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That's a lot of work, brother!

I will say, anyone picking those OKC folders at their price point is spot on. The RAT and the Prime are both comparable in quality to folders twice their price.
 
I wish they allowed links here, that Rat 1 two pack at Sams Club website is $36, one is a non-serrated and one is partially serrated. It is about the best deal on the OKC Rat 1 I have ever seen. I bought one and my brother bought one as well.
 
SpySmasher said:
That's a lot of work, brother!
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You can always copy paste the template from my post, fill out what you can think of now and come back and edit to fill the the rest as you find something that fills the price point. Work in progress list as it were. I have some blanks in mine that I will fill in as a knife that fits the category comes to mind or I come to buy that I think is a great value for that price point.
 
panoz77 said:
I wish they allowed links here, that Rat 1 two pack at Sams Club website is $36, one is a non-serrated and one is partially serrated. It is about the best deal on the OKC Rat 1 I have ever seen. I bought one and my brother bought one as well.
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That's a smoking deal, might jump on that for extra's/stash knives.


Just got my Delica 4 for 67.42 on Amazon BTW...
 
These are those I own or have owned in each price category, not counting SAKs and multitools
$5
Folder = SRM 6040
Fixed = Pitbull Greg Lightfoot Fixed Blade

$10
Folder = Opinel No. 8
Folder = SRM 7010 / HARNDS Nyx
Fixed = Mora / Hultafors budget offerings
Fixed = S&W Neck Knife w/skeletonised handles

$15
Folder = Ganzo offerings / ENLAN EL01 / Navy K631
Fixed = Mora Companion / Marbles Camp Bowie, Parang and Axe

$20
Folder = Byrd Cara Cara 2 / KaBar Piggyback
Fixed = Cold Steel Roach Belly / Cold Steel Bowie Machete


$25
Folder = Ontario Utilitac II / Cold Steel Pocket Bushman / Leatherman Crater C33
Fixed = Cold Steel Jungle Machete, Gladius Machete / CRKT Minimalists

$30
Folder = Spyderco Resilience
Fixed = Glock Field Knife


$40
Folder = Cold Steel Voyager (AUS8 model)
Fixed = Kershaw Camp 10

$50
Folder = Cold Steel Recon 1, AK47, Talwar (AUS8 models)
Fixed = Spyderco ARK / KaBar Tanto 1277

$75
Folder = Spyderco Pacific Salt, Tasman Salt / Cold Steel Broken Skull, Rawles Voyager
Fixed = KaBar Parangatang

$100
Folder = Cold Steel Hold Out 1, Cold Steel Rajah II
Fixed = Spyderco Aqua Salt
 
Spot saved to play later.

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I'd be careful listing places to buy the knives as that might be considered deal spotting especially when mentioning Big Box stores like WalMart and internet sites like Amazon. Most likely the people playing know where to look for deals and know how to navigate the internet to find them. I'm no expert on forum specific rules and I may be wrong about this. I just wanted to give you a heads up just in case you get a message from a mod.
 
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Please don't support clone knives from SRM and Ganzo. We don't need that here.

this list should provide options that are not replica's or design elements from other manufacturers. so that people wont choose the bad companies replicas
 
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What's amazing about this thread is how much knife one can get for a fraction of the cost of some other knives.

If value is your thing, there are options.
 
Kizer Vanguard Gemini-$75
Spyderco Tenacious-$50

IMO these are Terrific knives that won't break the bank.
 
I'm in love with the Spyderco Bug ... just $12 at BladeHQ!

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Mo2 said:
Please don't support clone knives from SRM and Ganzo. We don't need that here.

this list should provide options that are not replica's or design elements from other manufacturers. so that people wont choose the bad companies replicas
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If it's not your purchase then it's up to that individual, not you.
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Spot saved to play later.

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$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$75
$100

I'd be careful listing places to buy the knives as that might be considered deal spotting especially when mentioning Big Box stores like WalMart and internet sites like Amazon. Most likely the people playing know where to look for deals and know how to navigate the internet to find them. I'm no expert on forum specific rules and I may be wrong about this. I just wanted to give you a heads up just in case you get a message from a mod.
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Sage advice I would say- There are plenty of places to go to do your purchasing that are paid dealers here. These big box sites are not paid dealers and seem somewhat obvious for people that are on a budget to shop at..

I like that small Spyderco from BladeHQ- Pretty cool!
 
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