If you had $500

I would go with a David Mosier custom. His knives are reasonably priced and built for the long haul. I have purchased numerous different customs only to continue to return to Mosiers.
 
Fascion said:
As others have mentioned, it would be helpful to know a bit more about your needs before the recommendations start flowing.
Would you prefer folders, fixed blades or don't know yet?
How are knife laws in your area?
What are the common tasks you will need to preform?
etc...
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THE PUNISHER said:
Cold steel natchez,the most wanted i have the CRC,Stiders,Busse,bm's,spys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Thanks for the friendly questions for recommendations. I'll post what I got or am thinking about getting in a different thread later.

Right now I'm not looking for "recommendations" per se. I'm more interested in what you guys would buy and why.
Remember you have no knives. You a hard cap of only $500 to buy the knives you want and no more for the rest of your life. Would you be happy with just the Natchez a couple others? Nothing screams subtlety quite like a Cold Steel Natchez.
 
I'd buy a Delica 4 and an Izula.

If you really wanted to blow the rest of that cash, get a Sebenza. It's the Rolls Royce of knife collecting.
 
I would buy Best Tommi puukko I could from Kainuun Puukko with engravings and all. Each is made purely based on order's so 100% handcraft made utility knife and not every person has those. But then its just me ^^
 
Well... of course I would take the mentioned approach and starting to research. That being said, if somebody gave € 342 and said "you have to decide right now!", it would be:

- Fällkniven F1 with this TecLock Kydex sheath, because it's a great all-purpose utility knife, and legal to EDC over here.
[€ 171 = US$ 249,88]

- an Eickhorn KM 3000 or Desert Command (can't decide whether to go for the dessert cam or the plain black version). As a Combat / Survival blade. Yeah, I know there are better things for survival, but I dig it.
[€ 135 = US$ 197,28]

- a Victorinox Huntsman for EDC. To me it's just the perfect SAK: great selection of tools while remaining relatively slim and light, thus convenient to carry
[€ 18,90 = US$ 27,62]


Sum: € 324,90 = US$ 474,7

So I'd have € 17,31 = US$ 25,30 left. That's enough for a nice little cheap one-hand folder. This one, for example.
[€ 10,95 = US$ 16]

So... still € 0,90 = US$ 1,31 left. That's enough for two scoops of bourbon vanilla at my local ice cream parlour.
 
Krustofski said:
Well... of course I would take the mentioned approach and starting to research. That being said, if somebody gave € 342 and said "you have to decide right now!", it would be:

- Fällkniven F1 with this TecLock Kydex sheath, because it's a great all-purpose utility knife, and legal to EDC over here.
[€ 171 = US$ 249,88]

- an Eickhorn KM 3000 or Desert Command (can't decide whether to go for the dessert cam or the plain black version). As a Combat / Survival blade. Yeah, I know there are better things for survival, but I dig it.
[€ 135 = US$ 197,28]

- a Victorinox Huntsman for EDC. To me it's just the perfect SAK: great selection of tools while remaining relatively slim and light, thus convenient to carry
[€ 18,90 = US$ 27,62]


Sum: € 324,90 = US$ 474,7

So I'd have € 17,31 = US$ 25,30 left. That's enough for a nice little cheap one-hand folder. This one, for example.
[€ 10,95 = US$ 16]

So... still € 0,90 = US$ 1,31 left. That's enough for two scoops of bourbon vanilla at my local ice cream parlour.
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I'm not saying that fallkniven isn't nice, but not $250 nice.
 
Well, it's actually just $ 188,50 including a leather sheath. That's okay.

$ 61,37 for the Kydex sheath are expensive, though ;)


EDIT: darn, I just noticed I used "," instead of "." for DECIMAL... §'$&#% English language
 
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It's a frightening hypothetical situation, but here goes :D...

$180 A large Himalayan Imports Khukuri, for whacking things hard and felling medium and smal trees.

$80 A Valiant Trading Company golok/parang bandol for light chopping, de-limbing, and brush.

$80 Valiant Bendo, for kitchen work and aesthetic awesomeness.

$20 "French peasant" Chef's knife, a simple and reliable kitchen design.

$100 5 Douk-Douks. 1 geante, 2 large, and 2 small. Love the slimness, turkish clip, almost everything about these.

$20 an Opinel. 'nuff said.

$20 Victorinox Classic. Handy, tiny, and friendly.
 
Hi and welcome to BF. Nice intro :thumbup:

You could head over to cutlercornerdotnet and get 500 knives for 500 dollars. What better way to start a collection? When you consider the 3 piece daisho counts as 1 piece, you actually get more then 500 knives! Hurry! Quantities are limited because the Chinese manufacturers tend to fall over laughing while they produce that crap and tend to hurt themselves.


I'd get a variety of knives like others have said. A few diff manufacturers, styles, and locking options. Prices from yourcornerstoredotcom to keep it simple.

Folders - 292
SAK Classic - Key chain knife - 10
SAK Field master - 22
BM Grip - 65
Kershaw Tyrade - 75
Spyderco Military - 120

Fixed - 205
Frost Mora - 20
Machete - 30
RAT Izula - 50
RAT RC-5 - 105

total 497
 
It would take me hours to ponder this, and I will.

But for now I will say that I would definitely get 5 -10 knives, not one or two expensive ones. For a couple reasons:

#1 I like variety, I have ~10 knives in my EDC rotation, and I often change which knife I am carrying 2-3 times a day.

#2 $#%@ happens. Like it or not, things get lost or stolen, such is life.
 
If I only had $500 to buy the only knife I was ever gonna buy, I'd buy several categories of knives:

Folder-Possibly split into heavy duty and light carry
Fixed blade
Multitool

The problem is, we know that you're planning on getting more after this. And because of that factor, that would change my vote. If I knew you were getting more later, I might suggest a high end production or a custom like a Gen 3 Hinderer XM-18.

Great intro and welcome to the forums:)
 
I'd buy a custom. I prefer folders. Contact Reese Weiland and he'll build you an amazing knife for $500.
 
Rat Cutlery RC-6 ($106)
Rat Cutlery Izula+kit($55)
Spyderco stretch (2x, 1 plain, 1 spyder-edge) ($80 each)
Emerson CQC 15 ($159)

Total $480
 
flying hippo said:
Right now I'm not looking for "recommendations" per se. I'm more interested in what you guys would buy and why.
Remember you have no knives. You a hard cap of only $500 to buy the knives you want and no more for the rest of your life.
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Ah, gotcha! If that were the case and knowing what I already know now (hurricane disbursed my collection across the neighborhood?) hmmm...

Knives I would miss and repurchase without question:
- Benchmade, Mini-Grip 556 ($60)
--- Hands down the most comfortable folder I've ever held and a great little EDC.
- Bark River, Pro-Scalpel II ($115)
--- As close to perfection as a 3" fixed blade will ever be (for me.)
- Bark River, Fox River ($150)
--- Like the Pro-Scalpel II... but bigger.

Other knives I would buy to replace what was lost:
- RAT, Izula ($50)
--- I'm a big fan of neck-carry. I love my Ka-Bar BK-11, but I'd replace it with an Izula just to see what all the fuss is about.
- Strider, ED ($120)
--- Again, big fan of neck carry. I'm just drawn to the skeleton profile of this necker.
 
Mr .44 Spl said:
Don't forget you've got to sharpen your new aquisitions! Or is that outside your $500?
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Let's keep it simple and say that would be outside your $500. Either you can take it somewhere to be sharpened and/or you have to resources to do it yourself. I guess that would include reprofiling blades as well.
 
I would probably get a CRK Umnumzaan and a Case Humpback Whittler in black G-10. After shipping it should still leave enough for a trip to Mickey D's and a Double Quarterpounder Value Meal!
 
This is tough and requires hours or days of contemplation but I'll give it shot after a few minutes of thought.

Spyderco Caly 3 $100
Opinel #7 $10
Becker BK9 $70
Great Eastern Cutlery Northfield #73 $100
Buck 110 $40
Tramontina Bolo 14" $10
Fallkniven F1 $100
Silky Saw Super Accel 210 $40
Fiskars Hatchet 14" $30
 
Buying one high-end knife doesn't make sense to me. A Sebenza may replace all other folders but it won't replace a fixed blade. And it could break or be lost. Nah, for me, I'd go with a bunch of quality production knives like I've laid out. You get a good variety, they're quality, you're good to go.
 
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