I’m willing to go with 1095 and compromise on handle material as well. Micarta is just my favorite and 1095 is really common and I have owned numerous knives with it and would like to give something else a shot.
-
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is available! Price is $250 ea (shipped within CONUS).
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/
Looking for opinions and suggestions
- Thread starter TheEdge01
- Start date
JJ_Colt45
Platinum Member
- Joined
- Sep 11, 2014
- Messages
- 6,854
I am sorry that was my brain malfunction from too much going on ... and that's bad when I own some ... I was thinking G10 not micarta ... so thank you for correcting me ... you are right they are ... that was my bad.
Holy crap..I totally forgot about Buck! They reign supreme for stainless fixed blades. It's 420HC so it's not exactly super, but it's done really well. They have an enormous selection, everything from bird and trouts to big camp knives. Most would be under $100, I like the Compadre 5160 myself. $50 for that knife is a steal. So don't forget to check out Buck!
Another one that comes to mind is one of the Terava (I'm not even going to try to spell that) Puukkos. 80crv2 steel, so maybe that may not be your preference. Plus it's a puukko, I don't think I'd carry one everyday. They're really well suited for woodworking, cardboard not so much. But that puukko is one heck of a good deal and meets your parameters so I thought I'd throw it out there as well.
Another one that comes to mind is one of the Terava (I'm not even going to try to spell that) Puukkos. 80crv2 steel, so maybe that may not be your preference. Plus it's a puukko, I don't think I'd carry one everyday. They're really well suited for woodworking, cardboard not so much. But that puukko is one heck of a good deal and meets your parameters so I thought I'd throw it out there as well.