Opinions of Quality Stilettos and others?

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bellcharteroak

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After many years of accumulating knives, I am now beginning to narrow the scope of my collecting interests. I thought that some of the experts might be willing to weigh in with opinions concerning some Brands I've bought, andcomment on their general quality as a production knife.

1. Kissing Cranes-Stiletto
2. Rostfrei (Italian-German?)-Stiletto
3. Queen Cutlery-Texas Toothpick
4. Japanese-Stiletto-Various Makers

I'd also welcome opinions on the best non auto Stiletto's being produced today, and those no longer in production. This would help me a good deal in concentrating my efforts in the direction of building a sensible collection, instead of a pile of unrelated stuff. Thank you in advance.:)
 
The kissing cranes are cheap soft steel, but a good buy for the money if you buy it on the cheap. The backspring is carbon steel so it will rust leaving the blade shiny. I've had one and don't throw it into floor, the tip bends with the weight of the knife, but it doesn't break :) The lock is strong. Good office knife, it can cut wide cake and your cube mate's neck.

Rostfrei means stainless in german, it's not a brand. If that's the only marking, it was probably made in italy or maybe asia but wants to masquerade as a german.

Queen's tootpicks are just that toothpicks, tickler, fishing knife, not a stilleto, except maybe in marketing literature. Their tootpicks are good buys for the money. I've had a few.

Per Levine's Guide, a stilleto is actually a fixed blade knife, not a folder.
 
I'm no expert but I'll weigh in to assist where I can. Any Queen knife you purchase(vintage or new) is of high quality in my opinion. You cannot go wrong with a Queen.

The other knives you listed I am not familiar with and cannot comment about there quality one way or the other, with the only exception being the brand Moki in the Japanese column. Moki is an exceptional pocket knife of very high quality and if you have any of them you are a happy fellow.

Blessings ~~ ><> ~~
 
Thanks for your replies to my questions. To clarify, the term "stiletto" I used, in the most common marketplace meaning, refers to identifying a lockback folder that resembles the true fxed blade stiletto. I apologize for my ignorance in terminology. Those are the type I'm most interested in collecting. I do realize the toothpick is not a stiletto, rather a slip joint.

Other than QUEEN, which I agree seems to be a very well made knife, what other brands of comparable quality and price range do you admire?
 
Best production "stilleto" I've ever owned is no longer made. It's the Benchmade Spike, designed by phil bogeswiski. It's been out of production for about 8 years. It had an ATS34 blade in two sizes plus an automatic version. If you can buy one of these, do it. I gave mine away to someone close who coveted it for 5 years.

Cold steel makes a Ti-lite that a lot of people like. It comes in two sizes and two types (one Ti and one zytel) in AUS8A. I find it somewhat clunky and overpriced, but I'd probably buy a cheap used one if I ever found one.

Most everything else I've seen is junk and not worth the money.
 
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