If you had to cull your collection.........

Keepers in order of favorites are:

1. John Etzler custom Damascus with Bark Mammoth Ivory scales, filewook throughout. Sole authored workmanship-special.

2. Ken Steigerwalt custom Damascus with Bark Mammoth Ivory scales, fileworked nickel silver liners, and very specially hand scalloped bolsters-a beaut.

3. Gerber Paul with yellow micarta scales scrimed with very cool hunting motif on both sides (bird dog, ducks, water scene)-way ahead of its time.

4. Al Mar Titan wood folder - my first decent quality knife bought for me by my wife years ago. Don't tell her it ranked 4th! Shhh

5. I don't have a knife worthy of the number 5 slot...so I guess I'll have to go shopping!!!
 
1) Brend Eliminator in JSP rig
2) MOD CQD
3) Crawford Wortac
4) Farid T100 (polka-dot :) )
5) Strider BD

RL
 
Just got some news the other day and might have to sell all of My knives soon.I'll keep My Spyderco Endura.The BM's and EKI,Vics.etc. and most firearms will go but not the Endura nor My J-Frame Smith.tom.:(
 
Top ten:

BM 710
BM 705
Spyderco Calypso Jr.
Spyderco Moran
Buck "Zipper" in ATS-34
Cold Steel Master Hunter
Older Buck 110 in 440C
Schrade Wolverine (believe it or not)
Spyderco Centofante
Spyderco Ladybug (I use this little sucker almost as much as my EDC Benchmade 705)


One knife? I don't own it yet. But if I was limited to a single knife, it would be a custom fixed blade in a medium size. I like to hunt and camp too much to limit myself to a folder. Fixed blades are more dependable in the field--period.
 
I guess I could do without just about everything but my Sebenzas and at least one SAK.
 
boy, that's a tough decision to make. Even though it's a top ten, there is always that "other" knife you want to hold on to.
here's my list(not ranking), of course it will change in a few months I'm sure.
1. Carson large M-16
2. Lightfoot M1
3. Hall Bounty Hunter
4. CRK Sebenza
5. CRK Project 1
6. Strider AR
7. Strider GB
8. Strider SnG
9. Busse Combat Basics #9
10. Spyderco Endura
That will do for now, I would really hate to have to cull the others though! We should add a Multi-tool category.....and a Flashlight category....the list goes on and on... :D

Webmaster-knifeworks.com
 
Top ten keepers:

Spyderco G-10 Police
CRKT BladeLock
Spyderco micarta Mini-Dyad
Spyderco Vesuvius
Spyderco Meerkat
Kershaw Scallion
Benchmade 555 Mini-Griptilian
Victorinox Soldier
Victorinox Cadet
Buck large stockman


Top five:

G-10 Police
CRKT BladeLock
Benchmade 555
micarta Mini-Dyad
Kershaw Scallion

The final one:
Spyderco G-10 Police!

(and if I could cheat and have two--I would add the micarta Mini-Dyad)

Good luck,
Allen.
 
These threads are so banal...but still fun.

1.) David Boye custom drop point hunter - cuts the best of any knife I have ever used, and I like the aesthetics.

2.) Mad Dog 3/16 Arizona Hunter
3.) Jerry Hossom 9" Millenium Fighter
4.) Black Cloud Y2K Camp Knife
5.) Tom Mayo large TnT.

6.) Benchmade 941CFD2
7.) Darrel Ralph Arc Lite
8.) Darrel Ralph ALB
9.) Charles Marlow 006 Utility Balisong
10.) Black Cloud Super Valerie Dagger
 
This is actually something I have been thinking about doing. I have several knives that I dearly "love" but it really bugs me that they just sit in a knife case never to get carried and only fondled every so often. So I have been giving it some thought and I have come up with the following;

GONERS:
-Brad Duncan large Whiplash
-J.W. Smith LS-1 Recurve

-J.W. Smith LDC-5 with custom stag handles:eek:
-Kit Carson E&E
-Mike Obenauf standard model 2 large framelock


KEEPERS:
-J.W. Smith Scimitar
-J.W. Smith LDC-5 that is being modified as I type.
-J.W. Smith LS-1 Eighties
-Mike Obenauf framelock special order
-Bob Dozier Tactical 6 fixed blade.

INCOMING:
-Charles Marlowe large spearpoint
-Mike Obenauf large model 2 framelock with clip point
-Kit Carson E&E with stainless backspacer
-J.W. Smith special order 4" blade folder

Counting the incoming that gives me a total of nine knives.........still too many, but I see no other way to cull any more of them out!
 
We all like the BM 940 Osborne the best here at AG Russell.
MAURICE,Cory and I all carry them on a daily basis. We think its the best production knife out there.

48harley
 
Well, I actually just did this to a limited extent to help come up with money for my flaky g/f's tutition, but I kept my favorite top 25 or so!! :D

If I could only have one:
1) Spyderco c48 Wegner Clipit (of if I had the cashflow one of the custom Titanium Framelock versions)

Top 5:
1) Spyderco c48 Wegner Clipit
2) Benchmade 555 Mini Gript (blue)
3) Spyderco/Wegner Mouse
4) Victorinox Cybertool 34
5) Spyderco Merlin PE

Runners up:
6) Benchmade 550 Griptillian
7) Victorinox Cadet with Alox scales
8) BKT Companion
9) Spyderco Navigator G10 PE
10) Spyderco Rescue of some variant
 
My top 10:
10. Western Barlow (had since teenager)
9. Colonial SAK knock-off (had since 9th birthday)
8. V-nox Classic (alox)
7. CRK small Sebenza
6. CRK Umfaan
5. V-nox Soldier
4. V-nox Electrician
3. Shrade Sharpfinger
2. V-nox Pioneer (saw & hawbill)
1. V-nox Pioneer (2 blade model)

Paul
 
Today's keepers


1. Elishewitz Cortex Framelock
2. Chris Reeve Mnandi
3. Kit Carson small M21
4. Klotzli Sailor knife
5. Mayo Modified Wharncliffe

incoming that I think will be keepers:

Duncan Aftershock Flipper (comes in next week)
DeVilliers ETac (next month)
Blackwood Curr (someday)
 
my keepers:
Lg carson m21
BM940--like 48 harley said
camillus mad maxx (both of em)
the two or three doziers ive got
and the buck odysey that my father gave me
 
Architect if you decide the Curr is not a keeper, just call me as I will gladly take it off your hands.:D :) ;) No, I'm serious!:cool: :)
 
Well, since I have close to 10 good folders at most, it's pretty easy to decide them, but the top 5 is a little harder. One isn't hard at all.

1. MT LCC D/A Gen II

2. A.G. Russell Linerlock: burl and ti handle ATS-34 blade
3. A.G. Russell damascus lockback with Burl and NiAg bolsters.
4. ProTech Runt blue
5. BM 940 KOTM Blue

6. BM 730CFHS
7. ProTech Magic Jazz/Black Ti
8. Spyderco Kiwi
9. Spyderco Native (don't own, but really want)
10. MT Halo III (haven't owned long enough for it to grow on me)

One runner-up: BM 850: I plan on replacing ivory Micarta with pearl someday...

DD
 
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