"Inexpensive" Wharncliffe options?

[ThePharce]

If you need a blade for like breaking down cardboard, the CRKT Edgie 2 is good option. I don't know if it is considered a wharncliffe, but it's close enough. I wouldn't suggest it for EDC, though. The blade gets VERY jagged, and... for lack of a better term... nasty.

Heh, but how can you go wrong with a knife called 'Edgie'? LOL

 

[Siggyhk]

I'll second the Cold Steel Mini Tuff Lite. Looks like a winner for the price.

 

[Cold Kill]

Just saw a new (or maybe it was old, just never seen it before) Kershaw, the Centofante-Onion. It is basically a Leek with aluminum handles and a true wharncliffe 440 blade.

 

[parbajtor]

Arthur Wright and Trevor Ablett do very cheap hand made wharncliffe/sheepsfoot slipjoint folders. Both traditional Sheffield little mesters

 

[gooeytek]

The Needs Work is a very good option if you are looking for something like the Needs Work.

I think DM is confused by the people recommending the Needs Work, after the OP stated that he already had purchased one.

 

[timberweasel]

If you don't need a locking knife with pocket clip, the all stainless Spyderco Kiwi 3 is a great little slippie for around $20... I really enjoy mine :thumbup:

 

[Grandelfe]

The Sanrenmu 702 would be your budget choice..Very well made and extremely high value. Kershaw Leek and spyderco centefante 4 would be other good choices..With most comparisons, the spyderco is the best of the bunch, but hard to find.The leek is very well made but less sturdy than the other two..I would go for the Sanrenmu 702.

The 3 together

Sanrenmu 702

Pink Leek

Centefante 4

 

[Cold Kill]

The Leek is too strong, esp. if you get the steel handle ones (they are also the cheapest of the Leeks). The only real weakness of it is the tip being thin, but if want a really strong tip and blade, look at ZT or another brand designed to do so.

 

[presz]

Kershaw Centofante or Leek

 

[kriller1217]

Man that sanremu is really nice, and cheap! Any reviews on it? That sure does fit the budget, but I've never heard of it :-/

 

[Grandelfe]

Man that sanremu is really nice, and cheap! Any reviews on it? That sure does fit the budget, but I've never heard of it :-/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------It is a great knife, and I love mine..here is a good review of it, along with it's 710 and 962 brothers.[Too bad the 962 is discontinued]. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBc5ckA70U

 

[shecky]

I found the Sanrenmu 702 to have an annoying flaw. Oddly, it was clumsy to open with the thumb stud. That, combined with the thumb stud placement. I remedied the configuration by removing the thumb stud altogether, and using a Dremel cutting wheel to add some jimping on the back tang of the blade near the pivot end. This allows one hand opening using thumb pressure on the spine, sort of the way one might use a Bic lighter.

The 721 is another one hand opener Wharncliffe, with a thinner, skeletonized handle, a thumb hole rather than a stud, and a pointier, thinner tip. It also has a true straight cutting edge, like a Needs Work, and unlike a Leek and 702 which has a slight curve.

 

[jdelacruz]

you could check out the boker nopal... nicely made... chisel grind... small and unobtrusive...

 

[mwhich50]

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