Help me choose an affordable pocketknife for a groomsmen gift..please

i also like the kershaws. keep in mind the chive is quite small, but definately a fun little knife. kershaw scallion is similar and a little bigger. both knives have assisted opening blades, which are spring assisted.
 
I support the original reply.

Swiss Army Knife

Tinkerer - Good mix of blades for everyone.

And with the red handle - easy to get engraved at any trophy store witht the grooms men's names (do NOT put the dang date or the married people's names!) you want people to use and carry them, so just put their names on them.

YMMV
Jax
 
GlassJax said:
(do NOT put the dang date or the married people's names!) you want people to use and carry them
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i agree, and i guess it's personal taste, but they'll remember where the knife came from just fine without the groom and bride's initials in the side of the thing...
 
Cyblade said:
http://www.buckknives.com/catalog/259

I saw these on www.eknifeworks.com they look like really nice knives for the money.
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Yeah, man, these Bucks are exactly what I was going to suggest. It's a little off-putting for some Buck purists to know these are made over seas, but I have heard great things about them (and of course Buck honors ALL their products with their great warranty, not only the U.S. made ones).
 
mnblade said:
It's a little off-putting for some Buck purists to know these are made over seas, but I have heard great things about them (and of course Buck honors ALL their products with their great warranty, not only the U.S. made ones).
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Great point. I own a Buck 327T as seen in that link; got it for around $15 at BudK.com. Carrying it in pocket for a couple weeks convinced me I don't like liner locks... the dang thing kept filling up with dimes and pocket lint... but it's solidly-made and came razor sharp. I keep it in my first-aid kit now.

I'm always leary of made-in-China stuff too, but it looks like Buck has exercised some quality control in the ones they're offering. They do look nice and sleek, not "tactical" but they're not so pretty you'd hesitate to use one.
 
Thanks for all the great replys....this afternoon on my drive home from work I'm gonna hit up GI Joes, Sportsmen's Warehouse, REI and Walmart (they're all relatively close together) and get the best knives I can find. I've really learned a lot about knives just by reading through some of these threads.

I'll let you guys know what I ended up getting.

Is the Gerber L.S.T. II any good? They sell them at GI Joes for $25 and i think they look pretty cool.
 
24 years ago I got my groom' men swiss army knives. One of them liked the idea so much that he also gave his groom's men swiss army knives.

Ric
 
Lucky Strike said:
Thanks for all the great replys....this afternoon on my drive home from work I'm gonna hit up GI Joes, Sportsmen's Warehouse, REI and Walmart (they're all relatively close together) and get the best knives I can find. I've really learned a lot about knives just by reading through some of these threads.

I'll let you guys know what I ended up getting.

Is the Gerber L.S.T. II any good? They sell them at GI Joes for $25 and i think they look pretty cool.
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I would steer clear of Gerber's knives nowadays.
 
rebeltf said:
I would steer clear of Gerber's knives nowadays.
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Why is that...have they really gone downhill in quality?

I gotta admit even though i know nothing of knives i'm a little biased towards Gerber since they're an Oregon company (i'm an oregonian).

however i'm not biased enough to get something poor just cause the company is from where i live.
 
First let me congratulate you , I married my wife almost twenty years ago and it was the best decision I ever made... ( Ok she left the room ...... head for the hills while you still can....... those knives you buy for wedding favors will be your last knife purchase for a long time)

She's not watching me type this, I was kidding ...good luck

If you head over to WalMart check out some of the smaller Kershaw's, they make great gifts, not too long ago they had metal handled chives for about $20.00. I also think slim, steel handled SAKS are great favors.

Gerbers are not the worst , but the blade steel on some of the lower cost knives is not what it once was. But some of their models are not bad.
 
One more vote for the Chive...
it's the one knife that I'm confident giving to non-knife people.
 
What about a Leatherman Micra AND a basic Vic SAK----seems like you could get both for around $30 and give your guys all kinds of doo-dads to play with-----sheeple friendly too.
 
Plenty of people have recommended SAKs, but let me point to a specific one:

Alox Bantam. It's a single blade plus a bottle opener/screwdriver.

It's AMAZINGLY flat. Nearly weightless- the handles are aluminum, and it doesn't take much aluminum to be tough and rigid. Really classy and good-looking, with the silver tone to it.

It's more useful than a single-blade knife (allows all sorts of twisting and prying without straying into abuse territory), but no bulkier. In fact, you'll really have a hard time finding a LESS bulky knife, unless you want to to just carry a razor in its cardboard sleeve.

And best of all, they come with a little smooth plate on the back to engrave.

Under $20 (way under, depending on where you buy):thumbup: .
 
Alox Cadet I and II. Great thin, elegant, sheeple friendly, useful, and has a spot for engraving, if you wish (shown here in the copper and silver colors).

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I also second the choice of any number of Buck, or Spyderco knives.
 
MSCantrell said:
Plenty of people have recommended SAKs, but let me point to a specific one:

Alox Bantam. It's a single blade plus a bottle opener/screwdriver.

It's AMAZINGLY flat. Nearly weightless- the handles are aluminum, and it doesn't take much aluminum to be tough and rigid. Really classy and good-looking, with the silver tone to it.

It's more useful than a single-blade knife (allows all sorts of twisting and prying without straying into abuse territory), but no bulkier. In fact, you'll really have a hard time finding a LESS bulky knife, unless you want to to just carry a razor in its cardboard sleeve.

And best of all, they come with a little smooth plate on the back to engrave.

Under $20 (way under, depending on where you buy):thumbup: .
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Those were the ones I was thinking of too, I didn't know what they were called.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007QCO9M/ref=olp_product_details/102-9461505-1070567?ie=UTF8
 
Second for the Vic Tinker. you should be able to get them for 15-18 bucks each, and I use the one in my pocket at the very least once a day (toothpick even more than that)
 
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