Most Common Knives and Why

I'd say the top five most common knives are:
)Vic recruit/classic
)buck 110
)kershaw leek
)case stockman
)leatherman

I'd say the thing these knives all share (and what makes them sell so well) is quality, affordability, and availability.

Oh and glad to see ya back and posting bro!
 
Mora - Because they're cheap and good.
SAK - Because they're cheap and extremely useful.
Kershaw - Because they're well priced and are made well.
 
Kershaw skyline - Usa made flipper under 40 bucks with great warranty

Spyderco tenacious - under 40$ full sized knife with good fit and finish for the most part with a decent blade steel

Kabar Dozier hunters - under 20 bucks aus 8 frn light weight knives

Buck 110 - under 40$ usa made timeless classic that will last a lifetime

Kershaw leek - usa made around 40$ comes in multiple colors blade shapes and can choose between liner lock and frame lock.

Spyderco endura - big blade with great fit and finish and a good vg10 steel

Buck vantage pro - usa made flipper under 60$ good edc and s30v blade

Spyderco native - light weight usa made around 60$ usa made blade

Cold steel voyager series - multiple sizes and blade shapes with a light weight handle and a very tough triad lock with decent aus 8 steel 30-50$

Benchmade griptilian - Usa made benchmade around 75$ 154cm blade steel and good warranty ergos and weight

CRKT driftor - Aus 8 steel small compact EDC Light weight with choice of stainless frame lock or g10 liner lock around 20$

Becker BK2 - Big thick stocked bushcraft knife, built like a tank with a great warranty for 60$

Swiss Army Knife - multiple sizes and shapes with many tools and extreamlly useful 10-30$ for most models.
Will update fi i think of more.
 
OverUseOfMachetes said:
Just curious about which knives are very common (like the Mora) and why?
Click to expand...
Moras, Opinels, and SAKs are common because they're well made and cheap.
Off-brand kitchen knives are common because they get the job done, and they're cheap.
Various regional patterns, (think machetes and agricultural knives,) are common for the same reason.
Crappy MTechs, United Cutlery's, Taylor's, Frost's, e.t.c, are common because they're cool looking and cheap.

There is a common factor here.
 
id say the most common brands (at least the most i see) are: Buck, Kershaw and Leatherman

I assume most people just purchase whatever walmart has in stock. Not a knock on any of those brands, just an observation.
 
Availability and price probably determine what knives are popular more than anything else. It's easy to forget that there's honestly not much of a demand for quality cutlery out there. I would honestly be fairly surprised if Moras really rank as a popular knife. They seem ubiquitous in our world, but I've only ever seen them at cutlery shops, never big box stores or the like.
 
SAKs. I know tons of people who aren't into knives at all, but still carry a SAK. Working in retail, I also regularly see people pull their keys out of their pockets while getting their cash or credit card, and I see a lot of SAKs on keychains, a lot more than I see pocket clips or sheaths of any sort.
 
Dexter-Russel (largest in the US) and Ontario?

Mora produces around 700 000 knives per year and I believe Leatherman sells around a 1 000 000.

Victorinox is said to be one of the strongest brandnames in the world,so they have to be high on the list.
 
Last edited:
Oh yeah, can't forget Gerber. Especially the Bear Grylls stuff! Because he's the ultimate survivalist mmmm warm mug of pee.
 
Kitchen Knives, Fishing knives, Butchering knives, box cutters...

I doubt any kind of pocket folding knife cracks the top 5.
 
I would guess Victorinox SAKs are the most commonly carried pocket knives. They're inexpensive, familiar to most people, and provide a lot of utility.
 
Buck 110 because its cool...

[video=youtube;BEIkTuNGlVc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEIkTuNGlVc[/video]
 
I would say Swiss Army knife, and if I had to say a particular model, probably the little tiny keychain one. You see those things everywhere.
 
Victorinox and Wenger, although it's pretty rare to see them referred to by their brand names, since most people just know them as Swiss Army Knives.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top