My top knives. What are yours?

Darrel Ralph HD Maxx with a few mods by myself and Reese Weiland...

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Inlay was flush ground. Good waving grip clip lowering. By Reese Weiland.

Removed AO. Ground off non wave flipper. Convex. By me.
 
The red alox Victorinox Pioneer is very hard to find here, it really is one of my favourites.

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The Marttiini Lapinleuku 230 that I bought in the Finnish city of Rovaniemi. Beautiful knife.

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The Fällkniven TK4 is the most expensive knife that I ever bought.

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For camping, the new Victorinox Soldier is one of my favourite knives.

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And of course there's the good old Dutch army knife. I've got a small collection of them. I was lucky to find this unused one from old stock.

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I like all my knives, but these get in EDC rotation most of the time:

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From top to bottom:

-Vic classic: speaks for itself, I've got one in my car, in my first aid kit, gentleman's pouch,...
-Vic cadet: get's in rotation quite often because its legal to carry here and its just a good looking knife that does the job :-)
-Sanrenmu 763: I got a 710 and a 738 as well but I like this one the best. Has an 'axis'-lock, fun to play with, small and unobtrusive, takes a crazy edge
-Opinel n°6 (or 7, I use both of 'em quite often): Why? Because, duh, it's an Opinel
-Belgian Navy knife from the 1950's: Sturdy blade, cuts like a champ, a real workhorse. Usually carry this around the house though.
-Spyderco grey Delica 4 ffg: It's a Delica, 'nuff said.
-Buck Vantage Pro: Sharp, holds an edge for long, strong, s30v, low price... Why doesn't everybody have one of these? Ideal workhorse + deep carry pocket clip.
-Enlan EL-02: For when I have to chop down a tree.
 
Hmmm, top knives.....

My favorite large and mid size ( Busse KZ and Becker BK7)

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Smaller fixed

Brian Andrews Custom
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Fiddleback KPH
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Fiddleback Bourbon Street Skinner
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My EDC is a Blue Para 2 that I don't have a pic of at the moment , but so far nothing has been able to knock a para2 ( in one form or another) from my pocket for quite awhile
 
I was thinking re my uses of even the higher end folders in my earlier post. In fact, they have all been used in some 'hairier places'... my forearms... to test their sharpness. Yep, they are sharp. They are users - they have to be sharp. A sharp knife is a 'good thing', according to Marsha S.

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Darrel Ralph HD Maxx with a few mods by myself and Reese Weiland...

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Inlay was flush ground. Good waving grip clip lowering. By Reese Weiland.

Removed AO. Ground off non wave flipper. Convex. By me.

I absolutely love this knife.
 
My favorites, & EDC's.

XM-18 or 24:

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Spyderco Military:

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One of the kydex-sheathed Izulas in a pocket:

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Busse C.A.B.S.

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Esse Junglas:

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I've had both of those and like them a lot. The Gerber was great until it got dull, could never get it sharp again. Had a large Buck Bantam that was great too. Both of those knives, especially the Bantam, are knives that I wish the companies would improve on.
 
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ZT 0560 with my Morris mini necker are hands down my 2 favorite knives.

Custom Peter R black/green scale and a flamed Ti hinderer bead on the ZT

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Here are mine:
Hinderer XM-18 3.5" flipper- probably my favorite knife overall.
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Kershaw Tilt SN:111 given to me by Thomas W.
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Strider SnG
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CRK Small Sebenza Insingo
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I always wanted a benchmade 710 and the spyderco military ... so I bought both. I absolutely love the military bit couldn't get the 710 to work for me. So I kept the S30v military and sold the 710 and bought the cts-xhp military. I has Joe Hargis make the fixed blade to my specs. I just got it the other day so I haven't used it much yet.
 
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