My Best Knives under 30 bucks!

[soapboxpreacher]

Ok value is always king if it comes with quality. Usually they dont come hand and hand. But I have managed to find a few under 30 dollar knives that I love as much as my 100+ ones. My first is my Mora 2010:

It is amazing! Fish, Camping, you name it...everything short of batoning and chopping this thing does and does well. It is so unbelievably sharp it is scary. I nearly took off the tip of my finger when I was sharpening it....(Wet Stone damn it!). The grip is comfy and the sheath as cheesy as it looks functions extremely well. You just cant go wrong with a Mora!

My second under 30 pick is the Gerber Big Rock. I absolutely love this knife. Anyone who is starting out, cub scouts, etc this is a great knife. The handle is so comfortable it is crazy. I like the sheath as well, not my favorite but certainly up there. The Steel is ok and does a great job. It's super easy to sharpen too! This is a knife I use and dont care if I break it. Not to mention Gerber usually takes it back even if you break it! Still it is a great knife for the money, here a pic from someone else:

Share your favorite under 30 blade and tell us why you like it!

 

[Tsujigiri]

$30 used at a gun show!

Best knife I have that you can reasonably expect to be under $30 is the Kershaw Shallot.

 

[L.J.Tibbs]

Ontario RAT-1 folder. definitely one of my favorite sub $30 knives. the fit and finish on it is fantastic, better than some of my $100+ knives!

 

[FMJ Hunter]

Can't not like the Mora Clipper!
That and the Cold Steel Kukri Machete, $20, great chopper.

 

[dericdesmond]

Sweet thread. The last few weeks Ive made a habbit of buyin value folders at $30 or less, most here on the ex. I love how I can gift or lose them without havin to think much about it

Just scored a PE tenacious for $20tmd, seller said it was lightly used but couldnt tell, looked new. Shaves, soldid lock-up, cuts well, would bet my life on it. Also scored an KershawOso Sweet, Cold steel large and small voyager for a total of $35 recently, less then $12 a blade! Not typically my style but for the $, I LOVE EM! The oso-sweet is a great cutter and, sweet action (not usually into spring assisted) and feels overall real solid, esp for $12! Lost the large voyager already though, oh well, only $12! But, of all my value blades, I edc my single bladed victorinox sentinel more then anything, $18 for that bad boy NIB, I LOVE VALUE!
(edited-whoops, thats my trekker, not sentinel)

cant forget this for around $5

and this for $15

 

[dericdesmond]

$30 used at a gun show!

Best knife I have that you can reasonably expect to be under $30 is the Kershaw Shallot.

one helluva score :thumbup:

 

[soapboxpreacher]

I should have worded this better...New Knives under 30 bucks. Used under 30 would open up a whole new world!!!

 

[Seals]

Buck 110 from Wally Mart would be my pick.

 

[GaryXD]

Ontario RAT-1 folder. definitely one of my favorite sub $30 knives. the fit and finish on it is fantastic, better than some of my $100+ knives!

I have to agree. I got one of these last week and think I'll order another one. AUS8 even.

ETA: I ordered another one today.

 

[Seals]

More great cheapies.Case large Sodbuster,Sanrenmu (i cant get over how good this one is for < $10 bucks),Rough Rider stockman with a locking main clip,small Victorinox,but many of these are well under $30.

 

[Reeek]

Absolutley one of the best <$30 folders today

Ontario RAT-1 folder. definitely one of my favorite sub $30 knives. the fit and finish on it is fantastic, better than some of my $100+ knives!

 

[vernaculos]

Spyderco Persistance. Definitely agree with the Ontario RAT-1 folder. Also the Ka Bar Dozier folders.

 

[Sulaco]

Any of the Mora, Opinel, SAK, etc.

I remember reading an article in Backpacker several years ago where the writer went to Walmart with something like 150 bucks I think it was and outfitted himself for a week long trip in to the woods. He bought camping gear, a pack, fishing gear, clothes, boots, everything. He said some of the stuff was easily as good as the much, much more expensive stuff and some of it was just good enough. I imagine it's this way with knives, too. I suppose if you are climbing in the Himalayas or something, you'd need expedition quality gear. But yeah, most folks would fair just fine with bargain stuff. I know I could!

 

[SpookyDriver]

Victorinox produces a ton of knives that meet this standard.

 

[soapboxpreacher]

Opinel is up there as well!

 

[IVANKERLEY]

case CV sodbuster jr
Svord Peasant knife
Buck Nobleman
Kershaw OD2
Gerber Profile Fixed Blade
Gerber Mini fast draw
regards
gene

 

[mom]

Boker Subclaw is my favorite little hookie ))

http://public.fotki.com/momotych/knives/dsc3388-04-04-2010.html

 

[EricV]

Opinel No8 Gardener. And the Kershaw Scallion, I'd even put my old USA Gerber Gator folder there. Can't go wrong with any of them

Not my pictures.

 

[whetrock]

For folders theres the crkt drifter ontario rat-1 buck 110 and even the case sodbuster however if your looking for a chopper Condor has parangs and goloks both under 30 bucks

 

[Tony95]

Opinals, Sanrenmu, Buck 110 run $30 at walmart with the Nylon Sheaths, spyderco kiwi, Victorinox/Wengers Gerber Parafram 1&2 so much more...