Perfect blade?

For me the Lionsteel M7 not the best at anything but does everything well other than very fine carving (which isn't a necessity). Lionsteel do a fine job with their Sleipner too which is an excellent steel.
 
For starters one that takes a nice keen edge and keeps it for a long time. As for the design, size and style it depends on what you are using it for. One knife will work great in one use but can be the wrong size or design for another use. That’s why there are so many different pattern, designs and sizes. Anyway one knife ain’t enough.
 
As far as a daily carry I am really liking the tanto small inkosi. The size is a little smaller than I feel would be perfect but the blade shape is near perfect, it give you 2 edges that can be used for different cutting applications and 2 tips that also have 2 different positions for piercing and precision slicing.
 
If I were forced to pick one Knife, for knife related functions I know it's not the sexiest, or trendiest, but a Kephart style would be the best. Regardless of maker.

*Although I'd prefer an original.
 
No perfect blade for me. But my current favorite shape is sheepsfoot or some wharncliffe variation. I am not a fan of large bellied knives.
 
I guess "perfect" depends on your needs. I carried the same stockman every day for 30 years and the only time I went for anything bigger was camping or deer hunting. Then it was a Buck 110, or an old Camillus Pilots Survival knife.

Now I usually carry a large Sebenza, and an Alox SAK for light tinkering. That's what works best for me.
 
The North Arms Shaha 2 is close to a perfect EDC for my uses and preferences. Thin stock and grind, mostly comfortable and hand filling handle, nice action, good EDC size and lightweight so it carries nicely with the wire clip, and the CF version with the old style CNC milled blade/lines is interesting enough visually.
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While i like alot of things about it, i would prefer a thinner BTE and a hollow grind. Also the area of the handle behind the lock release is sharp and thin which isn’t comfy in a tight grip, but grip can be adjusted a little to compensate if needed so for my uses its not a deal breaker. I own 2 Skahas and while its closer to MY perfection than a lot in the collection, i still end up rotating knives almost daily because well, i just like knives and variety. The perfect knife is unobtanium imo although some come closer to what the user prefers or needs for the particular task.
 
My taste has morphed a bit over the years. I used to be absolute in the fact that 3.3" was my ideal blade length for a folder. I still love that length, but now my occupation has changed and I feel fine pulling out any type of knife I want around public really. So I'm in a larger folder kick right now, about 3.6" is around ideal.

As far as models, 2 models come to mind as almost perfect. That would be the BM Bugout and the CRK Large Sebenza (of whatever variety, 21's are my favorite). Both have, in my mind, a very traditional american design style which I've always been partial too. Neither is absolutely perfect in my opinion, though very close. I feel like I could make my own knife that would be about as close to perfect as possible, but I couldn't really describe it in words. It would have a similar shape though to both those two knives.
 
LimpCroissant said:
My taste has morphed a bit over the years. I used to be absolute in the fact that 3.3" was my ideal blade length for a folder. I still love that length, but now my occupation has changed and I feel fine pulling out any type of knife I want around public really. So I'm in a larger folder kick right now, about 3.6" is around ideal.

As far as models, 2 models come to mind as almost perfect. That would be the BM Bugout and the CRK Large Sebenza (of whatever variety, 21's are my favorite). Both have, in my mind, a very traditional american design style which I've always been partial too. Neither is absolutely perfect in my opinion, though very close. I feel like I could make my own knife that would be about as close to perfect as possible, but I couldn't really describe it in words. It would have a similar shape though to both those two knives.
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I like my CRKs, but the Bugout got my attention right from the start. I think the no nonsense 3 1/4" blade & a weight under 2 oz could grow on me real quick.
 
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