we all know the popular brands such as benchmade, zt, spyderco and kershaw. but what are some of the more unknown knife brands that you guys like that some of us may not know of? kinda knew in the knife world and i have alot of kershaws and spydercos but what am i missing out on?
Do you have any Condors? If you need a machete/big chopper/camp knife, they have a large assortment of designs and sizes, no matter what your task and what your taste in blade styles leans to. Classic Latin patterns, African pangas and tapangas, Southeast Asian style with parangs and goloks, and so on. 1075 steel, high quality leather sheathes. Condor is the "nicer" line of their parent company Imacasa, which are rougher finished and come with no sheath or edge, but are cheaper and add even MORE sizes and patterns for a machete enthusiast. And if you order them from Baryonyx Knife Company(run by Bladeforums member FortyTwoBlades) you can select "special grade" to get them with an edge, smoothed handles, etc. Condor also makes the Baryonyx Machete, designed by FortyTwoBlades, and sold exclusively through his site, which is also worth looking into.
Aranyik blades are fairly hard to get in the US, but if you like machetes, cleavers, and choppers in the Thai(and surrounding area) style, they're worth picking up when they're available.
If you like fixed blades, especially if you have a taste for combat/survival/heavy choppers, check out Ontario, especially their Spec Plus lineup. They also make some great budget folders, with their Rat and Utilitac lineups.
