Favorite Foreign Knife?

[EChoil]

User: J. Martinni leuku--my go to bush knife for decades.

Wish list: the Aceros de Hispania stiletto penknives. Wish I could find an American distributor.

 

[James Y]

G. Sakai, Japan (Spyderco Salt series)
Victorinox, Switzerland (SAK)

Jim

 

[jackknife]

I have to say Victorinox.

Got my first one in the late 1960's, and I've had one ever since. No matter what other knife was my knife of the day/week/month, there was always a Victorinox around. Looking back, Victorinox may have been my favorite knife for most of my life.

 

[cairndude]

I don’t have that many knives from foreign knife companies yet, but I’m really pleased so far with these folders:

EKA Swede 8 – Sweden
EnZo Birk 75 – Finland (via Taiwan?)
Fallkniven U2 – Sweden (via Japan?)
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[willc]

Victorinox gets the most pocket time as for foreign knives.
I always have at least one on me, Minichamp on keys.

 

[Inazone]

I have three that immediately come to mind:

Kershaw Lahar (Japan) - One of my favorite knives, period, and as close to the ideal folder as I've seen. Superb EDC knife.
SOG Vulcan (Japan) - I love the Vulcan design, and while I can't say I bought mine for routine use, I can't think of a reason not to.
Kershaw RJI (China) - My primary "after hours" EDC, only because I generally don't carry assisted opening folders at work. I made sure to buy a spare, and then a spare for the spare, as the plain edge black blade model is discontinued.

 

[K-train]

• LionSteel - Italy
• Victorinox - Switzerland
• Opinel - France
• Fox - Italy
• Spyderco Taichung - Taiwan
• Boker - only Solingen, Germany
• Fantoni - Italy
• Fallkniven - Sweden via Japan

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[zzyzzogeton]

I like Muela knives, made in Spain, very good quality, especially the 80s/90s models. I have several different models, some of which I have duplicates, in case of loss, theft or catastrophic failure, I like them that much.

 

[Neil2323]

Cold steel
Right now I'm carrying a first gen recon 1

 

[Ulf Krogstad]

DPX HEST or my Cold Steel's,Mora,Marttinni's,Normark.

 

[dwong]

Mora-Burshhcraft Black

 

[spicyshrimp]

out of the stuff I have?

Fallkniven
Victorinox
Morakniv
Mcusta

 

[mrdeus]

All the knives I own are foreign except a few Moras (work, outdoor and kitchen).

 

[wolfmann601]

Victorinox Classic!

I concur!!!

 

[Spiggles]

Most named above, adding Hattori- Japan, and Rockstead- Japan too.

 

[merkava50]

I'd have to say hands down it has to be ADV out of South Africa. Andre de Villiers is a true knife making genius and a true artist at his trade. Just got his latest , the ADV Butcher. What a great knife.

 

[Soulrack223]

Spyderco Gayle Bradley Taiwan

 

[tiguy7]

I like the Lionsteel Birdcage Prototype. It may take a while to get the cost down to a reasonable level. The prototypes ran about 2000 Euros each.View attachment 453592View attachment 453593

 

[Bigfattyt]

Opinel and Cold Steel get a lot of pocket time. Of course there are normally two or three USA made slip joints too.

 

[Cynic2701]

I really love the lines of the Chambriard Le Thier series. It's the bottom one here: