New beater knife, what should I get?

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Hello everyon, I’m looking for a new work knife. I have used a steel will cutjack in the past, but is has developed lockup issues and fails spinewhacking, so I’m gonna need Something new. I have though about this quite a bit and have some very specific wishes, since it will be my most carried knife, but I can’t quite find anything that would complete all of them, so I wanted to ask for help on this forum, thanks in advance😀

these are the things I look for:
t8 hardware all around
bead Blasted titanium (I want it to develop a nice snail trail pattern)
Phosphor bronce washers
thumb stud or flipper (or both) deployment
s30v s35vn 154cm, something along these lines
i know that sounds like a sebenza but I don’t want to spend that much money, I’d say 200-250, maybe 300 if something really nice gets recommended
 
Carothers Performance Knives UF2 or BFK. Fixed blades, but they are supreme beaters - cut through a steel bolt and still keep cutting.
 
I think you will have a hard time finding one unless it is in the knife exchange and beat.
 
Then get a used sebenza.

300 for washers and full Ti? Maybe a Quietcarry? I'm sure it's out there...but I wouldn't describe them as beater knives.

My beater is an old spyderco endura K390 lol.
 
I am not sure you could get a used sebenza for that. With the spa treatment you could send it in and it would look almost new.
 
I'm not going to be any help. My beater knife is a Buck 110 slim select that I bought on sale for about $25. You can get a higher end production knife with that budget. Just my humble opinion though.
 
You could always get something like a Benchmade Bugout or Griptilian and buy some aftermarket (Flytanium, for example) titanium handles for it. Body screws would be T-6 and pivot would be T-10 though.
 
I respect a fella who is implied to be willing to spine whack a $300 knife. I'm not going to be any help because my personal top-end is exactly half of that dollar value. I just wanted to salute your courage!
 
If you could score an old Benchmade 750(Poor man's Sebenza) - like the one I had and foolishly sold, you'd be a happy camper.
 
If you're going to beat on it get something cheap. If you're not going to abuse it, there are lots of excellent knives that will stand up to hard use: Buck, Emerson, Spyderco, Benchmade, etc.
 
The Aflac Duck said:
Spinewhacking? People still do that?
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Exactly my first thought.😆

My beater is whatever’s in my pocket. Here lately that’s been a BM Super Freek, BM Presidio, V-Toku2 Endura, or my Varga Vesper.

If I really need to lean into it I’ve always got a fixed blade near. IMO, a beater that cost 3 bills is like buying a Ferrari to go off-roading.
 
Welcome to the forums.

Cold Steel Code 4 ticks most of the boxes. It's the right size and steel, looks like it still has phosphor bronze washers still (I have the older XHP version), thumb stud, and the tri-ad lock is a solid lock.
$110 or so. Low end of your budget. Room in the budget for aftermarket Ti scales if there is such a thing for the CS Code 4 (I've never checked).

Aluminum handles, not Ti. You would develop some snail trails on it too I would think.
Not all T8 of course.
 
Thanks to everybody for the replys! I knew it wasnt gonna be an easy thing to find something exactly like i want, but somebody pointed out quietcarry, and ill defenitely check them out
 
This is a clear miss for you, but reminded me. I was in Home Depot recently and saw a Milwaukee folding hawkbill for about 12 bucks. Longtime Milwaukee power tool user, but their hand tools always seemed like kinda an afterthought to me.

Anyway, I didn’t buy it, but if I had, I think I woulda bought two. One to beat to breakage, and the second to beat about 90% that hard and see how long it lasts.

Might still. The things you do when you’re bored.

Parker
 
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