Favorite Junk Knife

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Kyui Su Kim

Kyui Su Kim

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So most of us all love the highest quality knives we can buy. But we all know that almost every collector here has at least one or two cheapos somewhere in their collection. So my question for everyone is, what is your favorite "junk" knife. If you had to pick from the numerous S&W, Master Cutlery, or other no name companies that litter the market, which is your favorite. Remember that this is just for fun, so please no debates on where they are made or what materials they use(Let us avoid counterfeits though). Let's have fun with it.

My favorite is the S&W Xtreme Ops knife.
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I don't carry one anymore but for decades, I've had good luck with the Gerber LST. Is that knife junk - well it wasn't. Not sure about now.

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It's not junk, but I have an old remington slippie that I wouldn't trade for the world.
 
The Douk Douk, of course. I've lost one, gave away three, and still have the original big and small ones I used to carry back when I didn't mind sharpening them every day or so. Probably the best "junk" knife ever, although I hear the Otter knife and the Black Cat come close.
 
GingivitisKahn said:
I don't carry one anymore but for decades, I've had good luck with the Gerber LST. Is that knife junk - well it wasn't. Not sure about now.

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I carried an LST Magnum Jr. for years.

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Far from a junk knife. I bought one for my brother-in-law probably 10 years ago. He works at a titanium recycling center where pretty much every tool used gets abused. Last time I asked him about it he said "that damn thing is still working".

I beat the tar out of mine when I worked in a body shop.
 
Bluesummers said:
My cheapest knife that I own. Wouldn't call it junk though.



Cheapest folding knife I own.

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Lol, those are hardly junk. In fact those would be about the opposite. Nice cutters though. I have the older para and it makes for a good user. Not sure why, but I love some of the S&W/Taylor stuff. I do appreciate that they don't copy too much(as far as I know).
 
cold steel ak-47 will be used my me for any task or location my knife might be able to be lost or damaged. don't get me wrong i use all my knives i own. but i won't bring my hogue ex or the zt0300 to work because i often use the ak-47 to open locked doors with no keys. or i hand it off to a co worker w/o worry if its lost. i use this knife for pure abuse and i know the lock will not be failing on me
 
Smith and Wesson Extreme Ops folder $12. Sadly better quality than knives I've paid 8 times the price for (Buck Vantage Force Pro).
 
I won't buy, accept as gifts, or give away "junk" knives. My own digits and the digits of others' are very valuable to me.

"Cheapo" knives are another story. Low-cost, made from lower-cost materials, and yet well-designed and with a reasonable dependability, are perfectly fine.

Perhaps it's only a matter of semantics, "junk" v. "cheapo," but personally, I feel there are literally "junk" knives of less than no value...dangerous risks to limb...on a level just above old refrigerators in need of having their doors removed.

What are "junk" knives? Most of the stuff at Big-5 comes to mind, and, so does the Gerber Remix with the sliding button "lock" (they've redesigned it with a liner).
 
well... for me, a good, cheap knife is a Byrd Meadowlark 2. I don't support the idea of carrying a junk knife... having said that, why the heck is there a Para2 in this thread? come on dude!
 
themandylion said:
I won't buy, accept as gifts, or give away "junk" knives. My own digits and the digits of others' are very valuable to me.

"Cheapo" knives are another story. Low-cost, made from lower-cost materials, and yet well-designed and with a reasonable dependability, are perfectly fine.

Perhaps it's only a matter of semantics, "junk" v. "cheapo," but personally, I feel there are literally "junk" knives of less than no value...dangerous risks to limb...on a level just above old refrigerators in need of having their doors removed.

What are "junk" knives? Most of the stuff at Big-5 comes to mind, and, so does the Gerber Remix with the sliding button "lock" (they've redesigned it with a liner).
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This is just a fun thing to talk about, let's please leave the soap box speeches out.
 
I would have to go with my Taiwan made Lightning OTF. I play with it constantly and it still fires like a rocket after thousands of opening/closings.
 
Great thread, i agree on keeping the negativity out of it.

My favorite would be a spyderco scorpius that has been ground down to a sheepsfoot styled blade, Ground the serrations out to make a plain edge (I hate serrations that much) And had a bunch of grooves cut into the SS handle (Monent of weaknes and boredom) I don't have any pics ATM.
 
kawr said:
I would have to go with my Taiwan made Lightning OTF. I play with it constantly and it still fires like a rocket after thousands of opening/closings.
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That was a fun knife. I had the red one but ended up trading it as I felt it was redundant with my Infidel.

seelow123 said:
Great thread, i agree on keeping the negativity out of it.

My favorite would be a spyderco scorpius that has been ground down to a sheepsfoot styled blade, Ground the serrations out to make a plain edge (I hate serrations that much) And had a bunch of grooves cut into the SS handle (Monent of weaknes and boredom) I don't have any pics ATM.
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I always liked the Scorpious. Too bad I never picked one up when they were still around. I am curious to see what it would look like sheep footed.
 
Junk? That's subjective. I have a couple cheap knives that I would consider "value knives" rather than "junk knives." I guess my favorite "junk knife" would be an FHM balisong I got on here for $30. The folded over liners are thin and flimsy, the pivots are chopped off nails, the pins are chopped copper wires, the bone handles are cracked and chipped, the blade grind is uneven, there's no stop pin to stop the blade from hitting the back of the handles, and it's barely smooth enough for some basic flipping tricks. Despite all that, I think it's pretty cool. Neat classic design and feel, and nice to have one of the knives that inspired the modern American butterfly knives. I wouldn't trust it to do anything too heavy duty, but it's fun to play with and open the occasional package with.
 
Tsujigiri said:
Junk? That's subjective. I have a couple cheap knives that I would consider "value knives" rather than "junk knives." I guess my favorite "junk knife" would be an FHM balisong I got on here for $30. The folded over liners are thin and flimsy, the pivots are chopped off nails, the pins are chopped copper wires, the bone handles are cracked and chipped, the blade grind is uneven, there's no stop pin to stop the blade from hitting the back of the handles, and it's barely smooth enough for some basic flipping tricks. Despite all that, I think it's pretty cool. Neat classic design and feel, and nice to have one of the knives that inspired the modern American butterfly knives. I wouldn't trust it to do anything too heavy duty, but it's fun to play with and open the occasional package with.
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Hey, all that just adds to it's charm. I have a Higonokami(ms?) knife that is all sorts of crude, but I love it.
 
Opinel - great, safe design, exelant blade actually, can be had for sub $15, yet easily replaced if damaged/lost/destroyed. I would say it's a "low ost" knife - if you own one you know what I mean by it not being junk. They are FAR from high speed though.

I'm personally really fond of the No. 8

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