My sharpest CHEAP knife.

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I have about 20 knives with the most expensive being around 100 dollars. The one that is super easy to sharpen and is razor blade sharp is my 12 dollar carbon mora. Looking around I believe the rockwell hardness is 58-60.

I would like a cheap folding knife that I could get as sharp as the mora. Anyone know of a folding knife that would match this? I use it for gardening, cutting green soft plant material.
 
Opinel are super easy to get hair whittling sharp.

I have both carbon and stainless models. Both super easy to get that sharp.

Their stainless is slightly harder/longer edge retention.

They make a garden knife model in stainless.
 
Here it is, the Smith &Wesson CKRD razor knife (sometimes called the Bullseye knife for some reason)

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My uncle gave me one because he heard I was "into knives". Hey, I appreciate the fact that he was thinking of me.

So I decided to honor the ol' boy and carry it around once in awhile.

Damn thing gets sharp. I don't know what kind of steel it is, and don't really care. It doesn't stay sharp forever of course.

But if you want something you can hone up to a ridiculous edge, get one of these.

I've said that if this thing ever gives up the ghost I won't replace it, which is probably true.... but hell, then again I just might!
 
Thinner blades like on traditional knives almost always come up sharper compared to modern type blades that are usually thicker.
 
I can get my Ontario Rat 1 with D2 steel very sharp. Thin, flat grind keeps a good edge for a while.
 
whp said:
I can get my Ontario Rat 1 with D2 steel very sharp. Thin, flat grind keeps a good edge for a while.
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What kind of stone or system do you use to get the d2 sharp? I have an LTW Coyote in d2 that I have had some difficulty getting sharp. Wanted to use it as an edc. I like small fixed blades.
 
My grandfather was somehow able to get a mini trapper scalpel sharp with nothing more than an old oldes Arkansas stone. What would take me several grits and strops etc, he got done with just a few passes. Those traditionals take an edge for sure.
 
I don't think any knives come super sharp, even the ones people harp on about like the Hogue EX-01 hand finished edge. They come shaving sharp and that's about it, the first thing I do when I get a new knife is sharpen it so it can slice paper towel and tissue paper. Moras come about as sharp as the Cold Steel Finn Wolf scandi folder. So if you liked how Mora knives come pick up a Cold Steel Finn Wolf, it has a very comparable factory sharpness and edge geometry.
 
Opinel and Mora - you can get a nice edge on them. Other sharp ones I have come across is the Condor Bushlore (or Gary Mills Timberwolf ... over $100 unless you get one 2nd hand :))

Oops .. folders... the sharpest I ever had was a Kershaw blackout. Wicked sharp
 
Opinel Slim, or MAM.
Mam is available as a friction folder only, or with a liner lock.
I have one of their large sheepsfoot friction folders. Gets "scary sharp", and holds the edge long enough. I use mine for gardening and "light" bush trimming/shaping, up to about 1 inch branches.
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Incidentally, there are folding (and fixed) knives intended for pruning, budding and grafting plants. They have to be "sharp" to be useful.
 
joe90 said:
Opinel and Mora - you can get a nice edge on them. Other sharp ones I have come across is the Condor Bushlore (or Gary Mills Timberwolf ... over $100 unless you get one 2nd hand :))

Oops .. folders... the sharpest I ever had was a Kershaw blackout. Wicked sharp
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Thanks for the reply folks .
I also have a condor bushlore and its metal seems to be very soft compared the mora. I pretty much sharpen both at the same angle and I can run my finger nail along the edge and the condor rolls over quite a bit compared to the mora that does not.
 
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