Grandpa needs a new knife....suggestions?

Dcon67

Dcon67

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My grandfather has a Buck, I think it was a Pathfinder model 105...but who could tell anymore its about 20 years old, and he has sharpened it down to about a toothpick on his bench grinder....the blade originally 5 inches, is now about 3 inches long and about 1/4 inch wide at its widest part. LOL the edge bevel already reaches the full thickness of the spine, looks like a tiny filet knife with a big handle. I will post a pic for a laugh when I get it from him once I get him something to replace it with.

Anyway, I need some suggestions....similar sized fixed blade (4 1/2 - 5 1/2 inch blade) under $100 cause he's just gonna sharpen it away on the bench grinder again, theres no talking to him. I will just get him another one, if nobody has any better ideas, but I'd like to find one a little nicer. Prefer a wood handle, I wish they made a 105BR like the 102 and 119 but they don't.

Thanks
 
You can get the 119 and other Buck fixed blades with cocobolo/brass handles for easily under $100...they look real nice. If he's like my grandpa, grinding is one of his very favorite parts. :D
 
For $100 you should be able to get him 3 Buck Nighthawks if you shop around...That way he'll have plenty of grinding material.:D.
 
Benchmade 190? It's about 4 inches long in blade length, but it's a nice one too.
 
I'm going to assume that he sort of likes narrow straight blades so I'll suggest something along those lines. How about a Queen Deer Hunter or Canoe hunter with D2 alloy blade. They won't dull as fast or even grind down as fast. They have fully tapered blades so the bevel won't degrade as fast when he grinds on them. I like the models with the stag handles:

http://www.bullmancutlery.com/catalog/queen/
 
Buy him a nice $60.00 knife and one of those $39.99 Harbor Freight low speed dual wheel grinders where one wide white wheel sits in a water bath and explain the benefits of not overheating the steel. He can still grind away, but with a lot more control and some cooling.

John
 
Why not something from Scandinavia? The Helle blades are quite amazing, and the brussletto blades also have some great bang-for-the-buck. Check out www.ragweedforge.com.

The handles I particularly love on these models, they would definitely be awesome for someone who has slighly arthritic hands because they are 'meatier' and easier to grip for utility work.

You should be able to find a good blade for him for under 70-80$. Check out the helle ones first, I ordered a few bare blades from them and the finish on the blade itself was superb.
 
He might like a spyderco endura. They are nice knives and they are right in your size and price range.
 
All replies otherwise remember who you're buying for and how long
he's had the knife. Your grandpa will be used to the Buck 105 and more
than likley will not readily adjust to a different knife very well. So just
do the right thing and buy him a new Buck 105 and tell him to enjoy. ;)
 
Sounds like he's attached to the 105, so I'd get him another one. Maybe an upgraded model if they have some with nicer handles or something like that.

Then buy him a leather or cardboard polishing wheel for his bench grinder. I think they're advertised as a razor edge system or something like that. Sounds like he's probably gotten quite good at putting a burr on with the grinder and likes that type of edge so just get him something that won't take as much material off when he does it each time :)
 
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