Best cutting production knives

[Dcaggie06]

The insingo blade made for the sebenza is a ridiculously good cutter.

 

[Firestrike]

These 3 a pretty sharp.

The 2nd and 3rd from left are pretty sharp, as are the 2 on the right.

 

[Boozoo Chavis]

The Spyderco J.D. Smith slices like a lazer

 

[dantzk8]

Spyderco Calypso Jr. If you can find one.

Very true, i don't know if it's the best cutting production knife since i don't look for anything better. I own 6 of them. The 6th isn't pictured. A burgundy FRN handle with the ZDP189 blade.

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dantzk.

 

[Noctis3880]

Putting cutting ability above all else:
My Kershaw JYD in CPM-D2 and Spyderco Manix 2 in S30V.

Why?

Well because I took both knives to my 1x42 Kalamazoo and reground them to my liking of course:thumbup:. Which I admit is kind of cheating.

That aside, probably any knife with a high hollow grind(CRK Sebenza, Umnumzaan, Spyderco Gayle Bradley).

 

[idaho]

Opinels,
Some super cheap spanish navajas, or this
http://www.cliffstamp.com/knives/forum/read.php?6,23797

 

[Wolf1524]

Spyderco Military.

 

[NATive-ii]

I agree with those that said Opinel, extremely sharp

 

[gglotz83]

I believe the OP is talking about blade geometry. Not sharpness and not edge retention. How well a knife cuts. Of course there are different types of cuts.
A zero ground Spyderco Nilakka making a shallow cut into a soft material is going to cut with very little force.
An Opinel is probably thicker right above the edge but the Nilakka is thicker higher up because of the thick stock compared to the thin Opinel. So maybe an Opinel slices through stiff cardboard or an apple with less force.
My third selection was a Benchmade Mini Grip with hollow ground blade. This is a great slicer and a more versatile knife than the others. It's a great EDC.
I'd also give an honorable mention to the Spyderco Bradley.

This.

 

[Jeru]

Opinel

 

[steff27]

Opinel.

Hard to believe the PM2 gets so much credit for slicing performance. That knife has the worst blade geometry of all my folding knives, mostly because the edge is just too thick.

From my modern folders, the Benchmade 746 has the best geometry.

 

[AF]

Opinel.

Hard to believe the PM2 gets so much credit for slicing performance. That knife has the worst blade geometry of all my folding knives, mostly because the edge is just too thick.

From my modern folders, the Benchmade 746 has the best geometry.

Yeah, I love Spyderco but one of the reasons I've recently turned back to Benchmade is because I've realized that their knives are ground thinner in general.
You can reprofile a folder pretty quick a good coarse stone but if you really want to grind in a relief, your blade is gonna look ugly fast. Unless you sand out the scratches. I thinned out my Spyderco Endura, Manix2 and Caly 3.5 by hand and the slicing performance is much improved. FFG doesn't necessarily mean thin behind the edge.

 

[presz]

Caly 3 zdp-189 hands down best slicer. Moras are great and cheap as while.
Buck Vantages cut great too.
The new ZT 0562 is going to be right up there.

 

[squarebox86]

The Dragonfly2 never fails to impress in cutting ability.

 

[mrdabble]

What makes the stainless Opinel better than the carbon? I've only got the latter, just curious

 

[jmclfrsh]

Spyderco Ulize cuts really good. Thin, aggressive recurve and sharp as all get-out. Scary.

 

[paulhilborn]

Just some of mine that cut really well for me

Gayle Bradley
Yojimbo 2
Benchmade Ritter Grip
Kershaw Blur
Al Mar Sere 2000
Opinel #6 Carbon
Countless Carbon GEC's...Traditionals in general due to thin blade stock:thumbup:

Paul

 

[Stays Sharp]

Opinels... Also Spyderco dominates this (look at the responses) because they pay attention to grinds and edge geometry specifically for performance/slicing ability. I do own many of those mentioned and fully agree.

For some reason, Benchmades are overlooked. May not be FFG but they have had many throughout the years that are excellent slicers. Even the "humble" mini Griptilian is very capable in what knives are supposed to do- slice and cut.

 

[BellaBlades]

CRK 21
Manix or XL
Cold steel AK 47 actually cut better than the manix for me

 

[Bigfattyt]

What makes the stainless Opinel better than the carbon? I've only got the latter, just curious

I have both. The stainless has better edge holding. In my use it is noticibly longer. It also seems to take an even sharper edge. I think it is a little bit higher rc.