best "cheap" knife

My NONAME breadknife (made in France). I use it daily. Cost was ¢49 (that's cents) 35 years ago.
Never sharpened, still going strong.
(In case you do not know: european bread is tough stuff with crust, not foamware...)
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D.T. UTZINGER

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I agree with the mora, marttiini, and opinel (my new #12 opinel is doing "camp knife" work in my kitchen lately). Great stuff. Have to throw in CRKT, Outdoor Edge and Gigand stuff as as well. But my personal favorite cheap knife is a Master Knife. I bought four HC-889's at a gunshow once for $8 apiece and these are solid performers. Aluminum handles and AUS 8 blades, wonderfully smooth action and good looking to boot. No doubt some sort of BM ripoff clone.
http://www4.gvsu.edu/triert/master.htm

I've also found some knives made by Fury to be a great deal. My best deals are usually from local gun/knife shows. I like these kind of knives for throwing in the tacklebox or trunk or tool box. I have a little $6 Fury that I use to cut things out of the newspapers. Fit and finish on it are quite good. And then there's my Italian made $20 gunshow Rigid staghandled bowie! Definitely NOT a POS.

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Hoodoo

The low, hoarse purr of the whirling stone—the light-press’d blade,
Diffusing, dropping, sideways-darting, in tiny showers of gold,
Sparkles from the wheel.

Walt Whitman

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The Buck Pathfinder (105) I got for my sixteenth birthday. It has cleaned a lot of game and fish. It also served kitchen duty while I was in school and then out on my own. Of course, this was back when a keyboard was only found on typewriters, mice didn't click, and the transistor radio was hi-tech.
 
I agree the Moras are probably the best buy for pure cut around. The Opinels are also great if you want a folder..
Another candidate for a folder would be any of the Okapi knives from South Africa. High carbon steel, more attractive I think than the Opinels, and under $10. For just a little more money (about $30) you can get a Helle with a laminated steel blade and nice wood. Knives don't have to be expensive to be good.
-R
"A knifeless man is a lifeless man." -old Nordic proverb www.ragweedforge.com


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"A knifeless man is a lifeless man." -old Nordic proverb.
 
CRKT Carsons are a great knife for the money. Especially like the M16-04 model with the flipper. Just got a Spyderco Utility Kitchen knife with serrations that kicks butt in the cutting department. Best knife for the money I have ever seen.
 
I go along with the Moras, or any of the simular Scandinavian laminated blade knives.
 
Tramontina 10" machette, less than $3 here in Croatia. It's a soft high carbon steel, but shaving sharp if you spend a little time sharpenig it. Also a $4 (bought in Austria) IKEA puukko, high carbon steel.
 
I think Stompy is the only one who mentioned the Ontario Spec Plus line. The Parachutist is the best cheap knife I've ever owned. Great short fixed!

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Frosts of Sweden, good
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Frosts of Pakistan, BAD
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The blowout last year on the CSVG ($38 - $40) was GREAT. If you need a big defensive folder for the California legal peculiarities, the current CSVG is a bit pricey but the 5" class CS Voyagers can be had for about $45. They're not flashy, but they'll get you through the night.

For low-end utility, Scandinavia has everybody beat...James Mattis at Chai Cutlery and Ragnar at Ragweed both have that figured out.

For low-end FB fighters, the non-fantasy fighter series by Hibben ain't bad...won't hold an edge, but shouldn't need to.

Newt Livesay does wonderful low-cost handmade concealment fighters with good kydex carry systems. He does good work in 1095 high carbon, and is one of the best deals going. Not pretty, but good.

Bob Dozier does some of the best 4"-class handmade fixed blades at any price, and they're all in the $150-or-less range. These are some of the best values in handmades that look and work top-drawer.

The best deal in a BIG smashing/chopping knife is Himalayan Imports. IMHO.

And so on
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. How detailed can we get? The best "properly balanced big lightweight western-type fighters" are the Ontario Bagwells
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Jim
 
Stompy, yes it is possible to open it without dropping it or cutting oneself. Hold the front end of the knife between your thumb and index finger, then use your pinky and ring finger to get a good grip on the rear Kraton inserts. Use your middle finger and put it on the hole and open it just a little bit by pushing it with your middle finger, and then flick your wrist a little.

Maybe I should photograph my hands doing it.

---Chang the Asian Janitorial Apparatus
 
Ok.. Opinel, Mora, Rapalla Fillet ( a great kitchen knife) ..sak classic or tinker, Gerber L.S.T. or a CRKT are all "worth" the effort. they all have their own attributes and weaknesses .. but they all work and are generally less expensive .. One of my personal favorites is a 26" Machette from Costa Rica .. holds up forever when clearing brush - cost about $3.99 - but a bit big to clean one's toenails... but then I'm not going to clear brush with a sak classic either.

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Jonesy!
 
Don't overlook the Old Timer line (from Schrade?). I picked up the little single-bladed peanut model from Walmart a while back. The carbon steel (1095 I think) blade takes a wicked toothy edge and has better walk-and-talk than most new Cases. To top it off you can ring it up with a box of .22's and it sill comes in under $10.

Jon

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My favorite cheapie:

the table knife from Victorinox. Yes, you´re right, the ones with the best swiss army knifes have a line of cheap tableware. So cheap, that firms use them as advertisment gifts. But this knifes are really good - real swiss quality.

Claus

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A man without a knife you can´t call a man

My grandfather
 
I'll put in my vote for the CRKT Stiff KISS (~$20). It came sharp enough to dry-shave my face (yes, I've posted that a lot, but I am impressed), and the sheath is quite good for the money. I'll have to see how it holds up.

--JB

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"CUTTER KNIFE"(I don't know how you call this Japanese bland)
only 1$ in Japan,it is not tough but sharp enough.

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Chic Stone
 
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