Favorite knives in every category:

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jstn

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Just for fun, what is your favorite knives in every category that you have used? The categories and my personal choices are as follows:

Small folder - I can’t stop carrying my Vosteed Valkyrie. Love Nitro V, love the sheepsfoot blade, and it’s such a fidgety design, but really useful too.

Large Folder: AD20 - this changes for me often, but I really love the AD20S. The shark lock is strong and fun, and I don’t mind larger folders. Plus, there are different blade shape options. I have one coming in Magnacut at the end of the year that will most likely stay in my pocket daily.

Small fixed - Bradford 3.5. I feel this knife is criminally underrated. Mine is in Magnacut with a kydex sheath and it’s my go-to outdoors knife. Fits my hand perfectly and really just anything I need.

Mid-sized fixed blade - Carother’s DEK 1 in Delta 3V. I kind of want one in Magnacut, but I suspect I would always just carry the 3V. The heat treat is amazing, it’s bombproof, but it still cuts really well. I think this is the perfect knife. It really doesn’t get any better, and I had to buy a second one, just in case.

Large fixed blade - Busse TGULB - not the most practical knife, but I rarely need a big fixed blade. This is a bit thinner than the TGLB, which I appreciate. It just looks cool and is fun, and the hollow grind is nice too since it’s so thick.
 
A snapshot of my current favorites. Especially the folders keep changing all the time.

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Small folder - maple Chap, clip removed, easy to slip into any pocket, cuts like a laser, weighs nothing, looks great.

Mid sized folder - PJ Inkosi Insingo.

Large folder - S110V Military, awesome amboyna burl scales, a great break from titanium, FRN and carbon fiber.

Small fixed - Bark River ULB in 3V and Elmax, I liked it so much I bought another. A pocketable, very capable EDC.

Mid sized fixed - Bark River Gunny Hunter rampless is kind of a Goldilocks knife, just the right size and weight. Earns its keep on the bedside table, cutting snacks.

Large fixed - Bark River Tundra 3 Camp in A2, bought after nearly two years of abstaining. And my first big knife that is not actually a machete.
Its blade is an inch shorter than my Victorinox fibrox, but should be able to do much more. The honeymoon is just starting.
 
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Small folder. SAK CLASSIC it compliments a larger knife so well.

Large folder. BUCK 110, been carrying one daily since the 1980’s

Small fixed. BUCK 212

Medium Fixed. PAL USN MKI DECK KNIFE

Large fixed. Randall model 1
 
mini folder: Maserin dolphin / Steelwill kobold

small folder: Cold Steel tufflite / Cold steel prolite

mid sized folder: Cold Steel sr1 / Zt 0620

large folder: Cold Steel rajah 2 / Medford fighter flipper

xlarge folder: Espada xl custom

mini fixed: Crkt minimalist, Esee izula, Fallkniven wm1

small fixed: Fallkniven f1 / Extrema Ratio fulcrum c

mid sized fixed: Cold steel srk / kabar bk10

large fixed: Work Tuff Gear hemlock ares / Cold Steel trailmaster / Esee junglas / Terävä skrama

xlarge fixed: Condor bolo machete
 
I don't use fixed blades too often so I'm going to cheat and toss an ax in there.

Small Folder - Pena Frontflipper Swayback
Large Folder - Strider SMF
Small Fixed - Graham Custom
Medium - RMJ Berserker
Large Fixed - Busse Huck Fin

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Amongst my many knifes, these are the ones that get the most use.

Small Folder - Spyderco UKPK
Mid Size Folder- Ontario RAT1
Large Folder- Cold Steel Recon 1 tanto
Small Fixed - SOG SEAL Pup
Large Fixed - SOG SEAL Team
 
Small folder: Hinderer Half-Trak
Medium Folder: LG Sebenza 21 Insingo
Large Folder: Grayman Satu

Small Fixed: SwampRat Mega Warden
Medium Fixed: SwampRat Ratmandu/Bradford Guardian 5 3V
Large Fixed: SwampRat Mega Ratweiler
X-Large Fixed: Wander Tactical Godfather
 
I have a hard time picking "favorites", so I just went with my "most used/carried" for the respective categories...


Small folder - Buck (*B.O.T.M.) twin-bladed Stockman

Large folder - Cold Steel SR1

Small fixie (*tie) - Busse Mountain Duty or Carothers DEK-2

Medium fixie - TOPS 107E

Large fixie - Work Tuff Gear/Aurora Borealis Kodiak



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Small folder small Sebenza
Med folder Benchmade Tanto
No large folder, I go to fixed there
Small fixed Bradford guardian 3 edc
Med fixed Carothers BFK 5
Large Busse FBM
 
This is very subjective, it depends what I'm using it for. All my folders are users to some extent.

If you mean less than 3" for a "small folder" I only have 2, and I would choose the Twist Tighe OTF over the Civivi McKenna.

For medium, I have so many between 3" and 3.5" I don't know where to start. For light use, probably the Cheburkov Strizh. Hard use, tie between Manix 2 CTS-XHP or GB1 in CPM-M4.

I only have three over 3.5" and it's hard to say. My ZT 0095BLK CPM-S90V is well used and excellent, but barely qualified at 3.6" blade. The other two are Biryukov, one of which I bought today. The one I bought last year, model #12 is 3.8" I'm CPM-125V. For tasks that require edge retention and corrosion resistance, but not toughness I would choose it. For edge retention, toughness, and no need for corrosion resistance, the new #7 in S390 would be my choice, at a massive 4.2" blade.
 
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