Most under-rated knives

Ray Ennis's Entrek knives. Custom knives in an excellent heat treated 440C for a good price (especially if you get them at a discount like knifesupply.com). 440C is a great steel when heat treated properly. Sure, I've owned knives in BG42 and S30V but the 440C knives I've used have worked very well.
 
I would say the Gerber easy-out in s30v. For $40 you get a nice handle, good blade design IMO, And a great steel. I don't know why they're never mentioned.
 
In my view the CS Desperado ,made in 420 and now discontinued, has to be one of the handiest and deadliest SD knives of all time. The egg shaped handle and inside the waistband sheath makes it very easy to carry discretely, with whatever you're wearing. It didn't seem to get any respect, but when I'm carrying one [or two] of my three Desperados I feel as secure as a 5" blade could ever make me feel.
 
Id say Blind Horse Knives hands down. Absolutely amazing blades for the price with little recognition
 
I'd say the Grohmann, D.H. Russell line of knives.
I have the #1 (original) for camping and the #3 (jumpknife) that followed me around the world on different deployments. Great knives to have with you. :thumbup:

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Hi folks nice place you have here I can't stop reading..
I would have to say uncle henry pocket knife the ones i have had served me well held a nice edge and if i lost it i could get a new one for free and if i lost that one there cheep enough it doesnt hurt to buy a new one.
Now please understand I spend alot of time on the water and in the woods and i find it hard taking my prized blades there it hurts me enough to lose a $60 Case XX.
Old timer Is another one that does it's job well.
 
Lone Wolf in general is under-rated, great knives.

I have always had a soft spot for Al Mar. Don't hear much about them these days.
 
Perhaps not underrated on the traditional forum, but a Case yellow-handled peanut with CV blades is often viewed by others as being wimpy. Nothing wrong with liking a small knife that can handle most tasks just fine.
 
Anza knives
Frost( Sweden) carbon steel, or stainless
Mercator K55 "black cat" carbon steel lockback from Soligen, Douk Douk, Opinel & Arno ( with X45Cr13 stainless which are Opinel type ring locks but fancier, with nicer wood and a slicker ring lock.


Spyderco & Kershaw aren't exactly underdog companies but I feel it's kind of tough to not take for granted like most of us do the type of innovations and quality these two companies have gotten us so used to over the last 15 years especially.

Want ZDP or S90V, CPM 154, or 3V, S110, or CPM M4, and want it in a elagantly engineered and designed knife that costs very little taking the years of use you will be getting out of them into consideration. $400 and up for ZDP like you will pay in Japan? Nope, try $60 to $160 for comparable quality.
 
Moki knives are underrated. What you are getting for the price you pay is amazing. Even with the economics of the lop-sided yen/dollar forcing their prices upward, these knives are still a bargain. One of the premier makers. Almost custom grade. And a heck of a well kept secret.
 
Benchmade 913 D2 Stryker
Pop out the AO bar and you have a manual Ti liner-lock
with G10 scales on par with a large Sebenza. About $90.
I use them both as EDC's.

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Tony_A said:
Kitchen knives in general.

I'm guessing the average person uses them more than all their other knives combined, but they only get a token mention here.

We don't even have a kitchen knife sub-forum.
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This is a good point. When I got ready to lay down the funds for the new CRK Sikayo, I semi-justified the purchase by realizing that this is a knife that's going to be used by someone in my household basically every day for the next twenty five to fifty years (who knows how long really). It's ergonomic, simple to sharpen (and maintain on a steel), cuts like a laser, and just plain works. Yep it's expensive but you make a good point. It belongs to a class of knives that are underrated as a whole. They work quietly and don't get much mention. My mother has an old hickory butcher knife that's gotta be over thirty years old. It has been in almost daily use for as long as i remember. The handle scales are loose and there's a huge chip in the blade edge. Talk about an underrated knife. Probably cost three bucks back in 68 or whenever she got it.
 
IMHO Opinel's are often under-rated. Such cheap price most won't even look them twice when looking quality knives.
 
The Kershaw Groove never tends to get much praise but I think its an incredible knife at a decent price.
 
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