Five knives for the rest of your life

For the rest of your life.....tough one.

ML Hudson Bay knife
Any one of my Kepharts
Mora With a rubber handle
LT Wright Frontier Valley
Alox Pioneer Swiss Army knife
......And as an honorable mention since I have another pocket in the pants or one in the backpack, one always needs at least one Opinel, my #6 in stainless.
 
I wasn’t paying attention and had fixed blades on my original list ( not that anyone cares).

Here’s my list of folders that could sustain me and then some:

- Emerson Sheepdog
- Benchmade Adamas
- Spartan Harsey Folder
- Chris Reeve large Inkosi
- Swiss Army Knife Army Explorer
 
1) SAK Alox Cadet
2) ZT 0301
3) Spyderco Domino
4) Hinderer XM-18 Slicer Grind
5) North Arms Skaha 2
 
Ok, sorry, missed the folding knives part:

Buck Ranger, maybe in better steel
Manly Wasp
Any 3 blade stockman, Case maybe or Puma
Swiss Army knife in Alox
Opinel
And as an honorable mention, but can never afford and never have used one but just like it would be a CRK Small Sebenza or Umnuzan (sp?)
 
Since I goofed and listed fixed blades for cooking, and in the future maybe I won't be allowed any fixed blades...

- For slicing bread ............................. Wüsthof Cold Steel XL Voyager Tanto
- For general cooking ........................ Wüsthof Spyderco Spydiechef
- For paring and fruit ......................... Wüsthof Spyderco SALT Wharncliffe
- For feeling like a badass .................. Shirogorov F95
- For getting out of actual trouble ........ Ka-Bar XM-18
 
Busse TGLB
CPK HDFK
CPK EDC2
CPK medium chopper
Busse AK47

If I could throw in one pocket knife for good measure , Benchmade loco
 
Dpx hest f x 5 if it's just folders.
Put fixed back in.
Cold steel sanmai trail master.
Cold steel sanmai recon scout.
Benchmade arvensis.
Dpx hest f x 2
 
Well, since I've owned these for about 30 yrs already, I've got to say:

1) Buck 110
2) Swiss Army - Explorer (3 of them)

As for the other 3, my current choice (subject to change at any time) would be:

3) ZT 0562 G10 S35VN
4) Spyderco black Pacific Salt H1
5) Kershaw Knockout M390

I own over 200 knives but I think that I could just do about anything w/just these 5 knives w/o ever needing to buy another. I'd add my Kershaw Shallot that I previously carried as an EDC for years but it would actually not be a knife that I'd choose as 1 of only 5 knives I could/should own for the "rest of my life" in terms of practical use.
 
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5 folders:
Benchmade Bugout
Spyderco Native 5 Salt
Spyderco Salt 2, Serrated
Spyderco Chaparral FRN
That might be it. I could be happy w/ those 4 actually. Add in something big and heavy-duty if I had to have 5.

Just for fun, 5 knives for everything (kitchen, EDC, all sports/activities/hobbies/etc):
Yaxell Red Dragon 8" Chefs Knife (can do 90% of kitchen tasks w/ this)
Spyderco Bill Moran (small camp/utility knife, would also serve as a small knife for the kitchen)
Spyderco Native 5 Salt (EDC, hiking/backpacking, kayaking, beach, utility tasks)
Becker BK21 Reinhardt Kukri (yard work, splitting wood at camp, messing around)
Victorinox Climber Plus (travel, camp, etc etc)
 
Cold Steel American Lawman (green G10, CTS-XHP)
Cold Steel Code 4 (spear-point, CTS-XHP)
Ontario RAT Model 2 (black-coated AUS-8 blade, black handle)
Spyderco Endura 4 (saber-ground, VG-10)
Spyderco Tenacious (satin blade, black G10 handle)

Subject to change, of course. This is out of what I have at the moment and my collection is rather small still. The Cold Steel Code 4 will probably stay in the list longer than the rest, though.
 
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Comeuppance said:
I’ll have you know I take my pointless hypothetical questions very seriously, thank you very much.

Additionally, overthinking things is my bread and butter. I’m so good at it that I’m prescribed medication just to level the playing field.
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I wonder which of the current knife companies will be around in 6+ decades. That you're thinking that far ahead puts you in the minority of the forum members. Unless most of us are in high school.
 
My current five , which change around the edges every year, are
1. PM2 in m390
2. American Lawman in cts xhp
3. Recon 1 in cts xhp
4. Ritter griptilian in m390
5. Ultimate Hunter in cts xhp
All are users with great durability
 
I’ve been thinking about this all day -

Buck 722 S35vn (currently on order from the custom shop)
Buck 112 5160 drop point
BM mini grip
Case stag muskrat
Schrade+ 168 filet knife
Edit to remove the Schrade and replace with a Boker Soligen trapper.

Guess I don’t need any of these several dozen trappers after all.
 
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