best "cheap" knife

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Whats the best "cheap" knife you have ever used or owned? My guess is that nobody can beat the CS Bushman... got mine for less than fifteen bucks (10% off because I'm an EMT) in the Special Projects catolog. What a work horse!
 
The Buck Protege is awesome. $20 at Wal-Mart. A great deal in my opinion. Solid lock, comfortable handle. Only problem is after like two or three years, it has started to develop very minor side to side blade play.

-Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
 
My pick is any of the knives by Frosts or Erickkson of Mora, Sweden. Less than $10 for the basic models, good steel. One of the best knife deals going.
 
THe cheapest knife I have ever owned is one that I got from a friend. I was sharpening it and the blade broke off the body. I know how to sharpen knifes so I know this wasn't my fault.
 
May not qualify as really cheap, but certainly a lot less than most of my other knives.

$39.99 at SMKW gets you a Spyderco Rookie in G-10, ATS-55 steel, and basically a bank-vault solid little package. Reminds me of the Wegner Jr. as it too has a nice heft. Really a bargain at 40 bucks.

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Good cheap knife... SAK (Camper or Spartan) for around $20 and I have an old Western Bowie (about the same size as the big Case Bowie) which I have beat the hell out of for the past 20 years clearing brush. I can't remember what I paid for it but it wasn't much.

mike
 
Don't overlook the Spec Plus line of knives! Their folders and especially their straight blades are bargain priced. I have a Marine Combat model and I got it for around $20.

About double the price of a CS Bushman, but it's worth it. Very nice for such a cheep knife
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Gigand Summit. Solid and smooth little liner-lock for around $20. A daily carry for me.

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My vote goes for the Opinels, without question. Carbon steel ones. They probably are better than a lot of my more expensive knives.
I too have the Bushman, but have yet to put it to use.

Eric

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Myu vote goes to Opinel too. They are great cheap knives, and fun to. I learned how to sharpen an convex knife from working with my Opinel.
 
Another one of the good cheap knives I got at Wal-Mart was the Gerber EZ-OUT. $30 or so. The lock wasn't as strong as I'd hoped, but it was still a solid knife. The Kraton inserts in the Zytel handle gets a good solid grip on it while you open the knife. I carried that knife for 2 years. I ended up selling it to a friend for $10 (to get him started on knives, but his evil parents later confiscated it because they thought it was a "weapon". it made me quite upset). I've found that with that knife you can open it really quickly by using your middle finger to push the hole and making a quick wrist snap.

-chang the asian janitorial apparatus
 
Is really possible to open a knife that way, Comrade, without hurting yourself or dropping the knife?

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