cheap knife recommendations for practicing

NJBillK said:
I have been looking at them for awhile now, how do you like them? How is their heat treat?...
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Haven't used them in ages - wife put them up somewhere. They seemed OK when I used them, but didn't use and sharpen them enough to really know. I have a Pilot brand knife I like. No clue what steel is in it.
 
Buy some 440 rough riders... they're cheap, their heat treat is pretty consistent, and they have a plethora of patterns and designs to choose from...
 
Hawgsnawt said:
Old Hickory knives.... any style... work on different sizes and belly shapes.... its what all of my boys learned on and they have all progressed on to doing their own knives of quality with no issues
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That would be my choice.

As for cheap or soft steel being difficult to sharpen, I have never found that to be true. You can put a great apex on (i.e., sharpen) a slab of Velveeta...it just wont hold it.

It's those modern supersteels that hold an edge forever that are hard to sharpen.

In the end, dulling and sharpening are both kinda similar...they are both about reshaping the apex. Easy to dull...easy to sharpen.
 
Opinel and/or Mora. Some of their models are are also nice to practice handle reshaping too. Be careful, if you like carrying modern knives, as the Opinel has a tendency to make it's way into users pockets a lot.
 
Get a new Marbels or a Colt, they work fine no good for resale, their Chinese but they will hold a edge, their not s35vn but they are affordable . George God bless
 
One more for Old Hickory knives. They are very, very affordable, use very decent steel (1095) and can be modded to no end (handle and blade). If you butcher (he, he...) the sharpening, you just start from new, no worries. If you succeed, you have a very efficient knife that can tackle just about any task. There are people who "bushcraft" with the 7" butcher knife (yes, batoning included...) I use the biggest butcher blade (14") as a machete for cutting down bamboo and trimming branches. It's light, fast and well balanced. Great fun and the knife doesn't even give a shrug. If your pre-requisite is a folder then Opinel, MAM or Maserin have nice budget knives that you can confidently work on without worrying about the money.
 
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