Hypothetical - you can only purchase from ONE MANUFACTURER!!! Which would you pick?

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CRKT.
I like their designs and I've found the quality for the price to be great. They make big enough knives to be camp choppers (the FTWS) and smaller EDC's (Ken Onion Ripple).
I guess you could say i'm a fanboy :)
 
Böker. Large variety in both price and quality. Lots of collabs with custom makers. Put out sio much stuff each year that you'd never be finished collecting.
 
Spyderco by a landslide.

if your tastes ever change, well, spyderco has more variety than anyone I can think of. If you need the newest super steel with a bullet proof heat treat and tons of handle material choices, they have it. if you want to try out a variety of lock mechanisms, they have it. every blade shape you can think of. rust proof steel. or if you simply want an inexpensive, bullet proof folder with a nice, simple stainless steel look no further.

also keychain sized knives, carbon steels, hawkbills, the best serrations offered on the whole blade, bushcraft style, diving style, neck knives, autos, etc....
 
I.... I... I can't do it... My head... it's going to explode!!!!!!

Don't make me choose!!!!!!!!!
 
I love my two CRK folders and one fb - great examples. I am just afraid that if I stuck with only Chris Reeve's fine products, it'd be a long time between purchases!

In my mind ZT & Kershaw are two makers - and ZT is so limited in scope. Love my examples of both, of course.

Buck? Sorry - we seem to be going in different directions - loved your old stuff, of course. Limited blade material selection, too. Love the Buck Custom Shop, however.

I guess my choice is BENCHMADE. If this thread is an indicator, it isn't very popular here. But - to me - it is amazing! I EDC a 755 MPR - and often, a 480-1 is in my watch pocket. Great innovators - nice blade material choices. Their Ti framelocks are great - their AXIS lock is fantastic. FB's are a bit limited, even if I only have two - a 201 Activator+ great woods company to a 171 BladeSport Chopper.

Stainz
 
goodeyesniper said:
Spyderco by a landslide.

if your tastes ever change, well, spyderco has more variety than anyone I can think of. If you need the newest super steel with a bullet proof heat treat and tons of handle material choices, they have it. if you want to try out a variety of lock mechanisms, they have it. every blade shape you can think of. rust proof steel. or if you simply want an inexpensive, bullet proof folder with a nice, simple stainless steel look no further.

also keychain sized knives, carbon steels, hawkbills, the best serrations offered on the whole blade, bushcraft style, diving style, neck knives, autos, etc....
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You're kidding right? If spyderco has more variety than anyone you can think of you must not be able to think very hard.
Yes, they use a couple of different locks and are willing to wirk with different steels. But fir handle materials there's hardly any options at all.

And as for looks....there's a reason most people recognise a spyderco on sight....it's because they all look alike.

Both Buck and Kershaw have more options designswise. And Kershaw are also a company that experiments with steel....maybe not as much as Spyderco but still.

Don't get me wrong I have no issues with Spyderco at all. They're a great company. But if they were the only ones I'd be bored pretty soon.
 
I think Bark River Knives would be my choice. Lots of different designs, some axes, a machete, kitchen cutlery, lot's of different sizes and handle options, and they'll do custom work.
 
This is an interesting thread. This means that you have to be satisfied with variety and quality, with a balance between each. I carry a mix of Boker, Sog and Victorinox with me most of the time. I have found that no knife is good for all tasks and the more they are means other compromises in prime purpose.

Benchmade or Boker.
 
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