Curiosity question, what knife will you always own?

A puukko.

A Wusthof chef's knife.

A Buck 110.

A Victorinox pocket knife.

A machete.

A cavalry saber.

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Ive been collecting/using for a long long time...and i have so many pockets i couldnt just pick one. But...if i had to, i would always keep my Thorburn, and at least one sebbie.
 
CRK Small Sebenza Insingo
Fiddleback Forge Runt,
Fiddleback Forge Monarch
Fiddleback Forge Sneaky Pete, and
Fiddleback Forge Bushfinger

If I could only have one, as logical as the Sebenza would be for flexibility, I can’t see ever letting the Sneaky Pete go.
 
I have a medium Carson M4 in D2 that I will never let go. The lock up is still perfect and the action is as smooth as glass with zero blade play but more importantly the man was an absolute gem and a giant in the knife making industry.
 
My LT Wright Outback ... and the Olive Green Alox Farmer that was with it ... they were the last knives my father gave me and are great knives to boot ...

The other would be my CPK HDFK ... the right size to handle any task ... big or small ... and the most comfortable handle of any knife I've ever used.
 
My Holt Specter will never leave my collection unless I switch it out for a V3. None of my custom Luma Blades will ever be sold either.
 
I've got several that I'll never get rid of but if I lost all of my knives and had to start over the first three I would buy are a Mora, SAK, and Buck 110.
 
Really a provocative question. I own many knives-everything from my SAK Pioneers and Trekker, both of which I love, to customs to fixed blades. The knife I would keep if I could just have one, perhaps counterintuitively, is my Chris Reeve Mnandi. I love carrying it as it’s small, lightweight, and unassuming. No one bats an eye of you actually use it. I think it’s incredibly beautiful and always get great satisfaction out of the aesthetics. And it’s a tough little knife. I haven’t found anything it can’t do that my small sebenza can do. And I dig the mashup of traditional folder with modern materials. An often overlooked knife, relegated to “gentleman folder” territory, but probably my favorite and most useful knives.
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evilgreg said:
The real answer for me is "most of them" because I have piles of knives I have no intention of selling. That said, there are a few classes of standouts:

  1. Knives that have sentimental value
  2. Knives that I love using
  3. Knives that are too damn pretty to sell
  4. Knives that make me happy for some unknown reason
For example, I'll always have a Southard or five because they fit into #2 and #4, and in the case of the bottom one in this photo, #1 as well because it's the first knife my wife ever bought me (it's wearing a custom ultra-thin LSCF scale that has lost all its copper wire over the years, made by Barry H once upon a time):

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My current favorite Southard variant to carry is the python micarta liner delete version in the middle in this shot:

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These two fall into #2 & #3, easily (and the TiSpine falls into #1 as well, because again my wife bought it for me):

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This is a very attractive collection. It blows my mind a little. I'm not used to seeing Spyderco knives with this blade shape or all of those kinds of scale materials.

That TiSpine is a work of art. I get a little conflicted between classes 2 and 3. I can't own something that pretty that also cuts like a dream. The thought of going to town on a bunch of cardboard with it gives me the willies.
 
Just out of pure utility and common sense would be a Victoronix Swiss Army knife, tool choice up to you and your needs. Second would be a medium three blade stockman.
 
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