Inexpensive beater knives

[dogboye]

HEY! I recognize that red-handled beauty! A CORONA! My main machete! Excellent beater.

 

[bearthedog]

OHT/Hunter

Wenger Traveler

 

[August West]

Ba-zing!

Why do you like that Rachel Ray knife so much?

Check out this review: (lol)

Oh my!!!

Judging from that review I might have to rethink my knife choice. Chris

 

[dialton]

Started with a cheap kitchen knife and a pair of left over diamondwood slabs.
Way under $30.

 

[CoyotePhysics]

I've just added about 40 knives to my list, but they are all under $30 so at worst I only need to come up with $1200...

Dialton, did you re-profile that beauty or is that a standard Ontario blade?

 

[Battle Creek Knives]

Awsome thread tagged for later..

 

[dialton]

I've just added about 40 knives to my list, but they are all under $30 so at worst I only need to come up with $1200...

Dialton, did you re-profile that beauty or is that a standard Ontario blade?

I slowly cut the blade off with a dremel to get that "nessie sort of" style on the snout but the edge and basic grind is factory.

 

[CoyotePhysics]

You did a great job. I bet G. W. Sears himself would have admired that blade. I've enjoyed seeing all of the personalized blades on this forum. Their value definitely exceeds their price.

 

[ShooterMcgavin]

My new beater pocket knife is the Boker Trance. I think it's a great value (2-3/4" AUS8 with a frame lock).

 

[caine]

Heres my Cold Steel Barong

 

[bearthedog]

Heres my Cold Steel Barong

Is that the 12" or 18"? Did you do the mods?

-RB

 

[sadiejane]

just a few i have pix of right now
$10 at a yard sale
homemade
dont think you could ever destroy this knife

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blade blank was a gift
paid $5 for cutlery set for the nice stag handles

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$3 or less

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spent $20 on the old alaskan crook knife

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this mexican custom cost me $30

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[Battle Creek Knives]

Started with a cheap kitchen knife and a pair of left over diamondwood slabs.
Way under $30.

I so want to do that, what model knife is that?? how thick is the blade at spine..

SUPER SWEET !!! appears to have some real chopping power, and serious control......

 

[Carolina River Rat]

That's the Skinner. Probably not much chopping power, but a sweet knife anyway.

 

[stevomiller]

Thanks, skab8541, that's a really nice score. I'll keep looking.

You can get one of the Green Rivers new still for about $15, flat ground carbon steel at about 1/8" thick (they have 5", 6" and the less upswept sheep skinner). Try Track of the Wolf and Jantz Supply, among others.

Whoops, just noticed that I quoted from the wrong part of this convo ~ this is in response to the question of where to get the Old Hickory skinners with the thicker blades.

 

[tknife]

I am an elitest and a knife snob, so my favorite beater knife was $35 Sure it's kind of ugly and clunky looking, but I really like using it. Usually a point is better, but the square tip comes in mighty handy too

 

[caine]

that was a 12in barong. Yes I did it myself