If you could only own 3 knives for the rest of your life...

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Not an easy choice, but here are my picks. My small Sebenza 21 , it's all ready went ten years . Second would be a victorinox
Farmer x or alox cadet.And now comes the hard choice. Fixed blade. I prefer a four to five inch high carbon steel. Can anyone
say esee. My two favorites are jb5 camp lore or a pr4 camp lore . With jb5 a slight favorite . These two old style cover the bases for me
 
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I have decided to visit historical places to explore new things and new ideas but my friends aware me to be careful if any tragedy and any attack comes up so my family directs me to buy some weapons and knives, where can I find these, someone suggested cuttingedgeedc.com, is this good?
 
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Before I started collecting knives and excluding kitchen knives, I did fine with just a:

Swiss Army Knife - Explorer
Spyderco Endura (PE)
Spyderco Merlin (SE)

I could do anything that I need to do w/just these 3 knives (which I still own). I also had a Buck 110 but I only used it while camping.
 
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Large Sebenzaā€¦durable, sharp, holds edge, long enough for my needs outdoors, elegant and very, very sturdy.
Swiss explorerā€¦.has many useful tools day to day, magnifier, scissor, 2 blades, Phillips screw driver and many more.
Case 6318 ssā€¦..has 3 blades=3 knives, is a comfortable carry, retains edge and sharpens easyā€¦also comes in cv, I prefer stainless.
 
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Ok I'll not joke this time:

Biryukov #12 CPM-S125V
Spyderco Manix 2 CTS-XHP Sprint
Warpath Strategies Chef/camp knife
 
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carnifex knifeworks said:
Carothers knives will ruin you. Once you have one, you realize it's what all other knives aspire to be.
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Ask me in a month and this could change but:
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1) Scrap Yard AD6 in INFI with custom David Mary Bolatron sheath and hybrid regrind that thickens slightly towards the tip.

Uses: Everything - kitchen, crafts, camp, backpacking, combat. This would also become my on-duty boot knife.

2) Cold Steel XL Talwar in XHP with enlarged choil and amazing acute edge regrind by sharpener Sergey Pikiner of Knife Stalkers in San Jose, CA.

Uses: On and off-duty EDC (along with a pair of scissors for general cutting), slicing duties in the kitchen.

3) Bill Siegle Chopper/Fighter in 5160 with Bolatron sheath.

Uses: Trail clearing, search and rescue, hiking, car camping, dueling. ;)
 
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As long as we are talking straight knives and not choppers machetes or swords I would Say Hard choice but I would go
Buck 110 slim
Esee 3 s35vn
Ka bar 1266
If just 3 blades period

BRKT Aurora
Esee junglas
RMJ shrike
 
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I have many such three knife combos that work well together, but deciding to only use one of them goes against the grain

Here are some combos:

#1 (I mostly carry this as EDC - Farmer and BK14 in the pocket - BK17 in my backpack)
Alox Farmer
BK14
BK17

#2
Victorinox Rucksack (with slide lock)
BK17
Skrama 200

#3
Victorinox Huntsman
BK16
BK9

#4
Swisstool
TerƤvƤ JƤƤkƤripuukko 140
Kailash Blades Plain Jane

However, a Becker combined with a SAK is always a great combo:

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Based on current collection, the first 2 are pretty easy, the third?
1. SAK Champion or Explorer because of the magnifying glass, now that my eyes are not so good the mag glass is important for removing splinters, threading fish hooks, and starting a fire (sometimes). Plus the SAK works in most survival situations.
2. My Gerber Balance plus 10" chefs knife, I have had it for over 30 years used it thousands of times. It just works.
3. With basic survival needs covered with the SAK and the chefs knife, I guess a self defense knife, in that case my Ralph Bone Kit knife with finger grooves, so it is less likely to leave my hand unexpectedly. But I would trade it for a gun at the first opportunity. As a knife is only an OK self defense weapon and most times you will get cut too. A gun has longer reach.
 
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Since the late 1990s, my EDC for work has been a Leatherman Wave. Since 9/11, 2001 that has been my EDC for whenever I put my pants on. I have other knives, mostly gifts from misguided relatives. I don't really need ofr use any of them.

Two more for life? OK, I'd really like to own one of the CRK folders, probably a large Sebenza, in whatever their current blade steel is. I'd want it to be assisted opening though. That might not be possible. Mabe a third-party maker could re-work it for me.

A third knife now . . .something as an investment and to display on the wall perhaps. . .maybe one of those impossible to own classic show pieces from one of the now dead legends in custom knives.
 
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Two kitchen knives - chef and petty. And a SAK.

Problem with these artificial scenarios is that the resulting answers tend to not be knives you would actually want to own, but are instead compromises that have to cover lots of tasks. You would choose things that you could make do with, but that are not otherwise the right tools for a task.
 
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For three knives for the rest of my life I'm going to want knives that will last in regular use without special care. These are all stainless with micarta on the CPK and Buck. They all need to multi-purpose too. These will. And of course, I have to like the aesthetic of the knife and sheaths. Check.

The CPK Kephart and the 118 Pro will perform every kitchen task with aplomb and will also serve admirably in the field. The Inkosi is the best built folder I've ever had and it made the grade here because easy to carry and it's a great user.

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I've been rocking the Benchmade Bugout for a few years now as my only pocket knife. So naturally that is my answer. It's a fantastic knife. Lightweight, great slicer, perfect low profile pocket clip, smooth Axis action, cool color, etc.

But I've come to the point that my lack of sharpening skills (I have the Spyderco Sharpmaker but I think it needs a more thorough tuneup than I am able to do) means it really needs to be sent off to Benchmade to get actually sharpened well. I keep putting it off though because I don't want to have to be without a knife for probably two months between shipping and waiting to receive it back. So a second Bugout might be needed. I just can't make myself spend money on that since it's not a long-term need.
 
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GatorMedic said:
I've been rocking the Benchmade Bugout for a few years now as my only pocket knife. So naturally that is my answer. It's a fantastic knife. Lightweight, great slicer, perfect low profile pocket clip, smooth Axis action, cool color, etc.

But I've come to the point that my lack of sharpening skills (I have the Spyderco Sharpmaker but I think it needs a more thorough tuneup than I am able to do) means it really needs to be sent off to Benchmade to get actually sharpened well. I keep putting it off though because I don't want to have to be without a knife for probably two months between shipping and waiting to receive it back. So a second Bugout might be needed. I just can't make myself spend money on that since it's not a long-term need.
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You could try something different while you wait for your Benchmade to be serviced. SAKs are reasonably priced and useful enough that you could enjoy it after your Bugout comes home. There are many other possibilities.
 
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- Large Sabenza 21 plain drop point S35V
- Paramilitary 2 peel ply CF M4
- Bugout in CF and S90V

In all reality a Sabenza is what I carry 90 percent of the time. Iā€™ll pick up some custom or whatever the new hot thing is just to try it out. But after a week or two, the large Sabenza 31 from from knife art with the carbon fiber show side goes back into the pocket.

That is a patter from my past thought. The 940 was found in my pocket for the better part of 15 years until around 2014ish when I moved to a Sabenza.

Seems Iā€™m always looking for the next ā€œoneā€ but they donā€™t come along all that often, for me at least.
 
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