Best knives for under $30?

Yeah i would second Opinels and the scandi Frost Moras and clipper also the triflex Craftsman. I just got a Douk-Douk (and a humungous one piece stainless steel Chinese cleaver!) from Lee Valley. The Douk is an interesting basic/simple knife. The mechanism is a little stiff but the carbon steel sharpens well. Has anybody here "waved" a douk douk? I generally don't go fot the whole wave thing but in this case it looks like it would be fairly easy to do and would make opening it a lot easier.
 
For folders , opinel and Okapi , here in AU in my experience its not easy to get hold of a folder with a carbon steel blade .

Id vote for marttiinis for a cheap fixed blade . But I get mine from ebay so I am calling them a under $30 knife when they might be a way over $30 knife regular retail .
 
jackknife said:
Don't leave out the Douk-Douk, and the Okapi.

Also the Case yellow handle sodbuster in CV steel. Very tough working knife.
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Sodbuster for sure.:thumbup:

I also would add Green river, and Old hickory knives as well. I have several different models and they make fantastic kitchen knives. The GR sheath knife @ 4 1/2" is one of my favorite camp/cook knives. Great value for the money IMHO:thumbup:

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You know, I never hear alot about the gerber harsey hunter. Its a nice knife to be truthful, Around 30 bucks, mabye $5 or $6 dollars more, but it comes with a good kydax sheath, and thought they have it labeled at 400 series stainless, It holds a good edge, I'm pretty sure its a 440a or b, either way, its an underated knife.
 
got mine second hand from a forumite... Watch the FS and trading forums as well as ebay.
 
tholiver said:
The mechanism is a little stiff but the carbon steel sharpens well. Has anybody here "waved" a douk douk? I generally don't go fot the whole wave thing but in this case it looks like it would be fairly easy to do and would make opening it a lot easier.
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I can't imagine making a functional "wave" on a Douk Douk. The backspring is so stout, I don't see how it could ever be anything but a two-handed opener.

I have a Tramontina camping knife, with the word "Gaucho" etched in the side. Makes a great kitchen knife, takes a good edge, full flat grind stainless, very thin edge similar in profile to a Victorinox paring knife I own. Looks kinda weird, but very lightweight and handles well. I did some batoning with it. It got some light ripples along the edge, understandable given the full flat grind taper from .098" stock, but no chipping or rolling. The steel feels fairly soft. Chops vegetables well, seems to hold a decent edge on the chopping board. And it cost a whole $2.50 brand new with an equally weird hairy leather sheath.
 
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