Cheap knives...

[GronK]

I'm surprised at the lack of responses for CRKT. We all love to bash them but I was recently reminded they make a reasonable product for a low price. I was given an "Endorser" a couple of weeks ago and I have been carrying it mostly to please the giver. It's got a cute fiddly lock system and AO but it's very usable for my day to day needs. I also have a few older ones that work well for what they are.

 

[dboblades]

Ontario rat 1 was really high quality for the money.

 

[afishhunter]

All of my Rough Rider slip joints, Colt, Hammer Brand, and Buck canoe pattern knives, Buck 110, Uncle Henry LB-7, Opinel, Cold Steel Kudu and Eland, CRKT Wave and Slip Kiss ... There are lots of good knives out there for less than $50, some a LOT under.

 

[SALTY]

I've been a Chris Reeve, Emerson and Busse fan for a long time and have the knives to prove it - though I seem to be thinning the herd of late and vacating safe space. With the extra cash this selling has generated in my PayPal account - what else does one do other than buy a few knives?

Becker fixed blades provide exceptional functionality and utility for the price and the in-between or so-calle Tweeners (Models 15, 16 & 17) are just splendid 1095 (1095 CroVan) knives with the 15 being my favorite of that range and, just happens to be under $50 of late if you shop around.

In the folder category, I adore my Sebenza and my Emersons. I also have some Spydercos that I really like, but some under $50 folders such as the RAT-1, Thermite and Kershaw Emersons are going to ruin me on $100+ user folders I tell ya!

To me, the single biggest risk facing a folder, especially an EDC folder, is loss. In that regard, paying thirty something dollars is an awfully good countermeasure in my mind - especially of the knives perform - which, in the case of the three I mentioned, they do and do very well!

 

[wazu013]

Here's a few of my under $50 knives when I bought them. Even the Puma Medici and Case 5318 were under fitty. They were stolen off the bay auction. That impressed me ride:

I guess you could build a pretty good collection of "cheap" knives.

 

[Peak_Oil]

Just to add to what others have said:

Utillitac II

It's an amazing knife, at that price point or at many others.

Opinel #6&8 are both great knives.

I have a Leatherman Micra that's been great and handy.

I have a no-name Japanese style chef's knife that I've always liked. Then I took it to tom veff to see what he could do with it. It looks like he reprofiled it a little to give it some belly and I'll be damned if it isn't a much improved kitchen tool. Now that I think about it, I'm going to give him a couple other knives and see what he can do with them.

 

[8steve88]

Anyone mentioned the Enlan EL-01, inexpensive not cheap.

 

[Jamesh Bond]

Spyderco tenacious, Buck Nobleman, Kershaw CQC6A, Thermite, and Cryo, Cold Steel Voyager, Spyderco Native, Boker Automat Kalishnkov auto, CRKT Apache and Polkowski/ Kasper Fixed blade, Byrd Meadowlark, Buck Bantam.

Im sure theres more, but thats all i can think of right now.