Plainly Finished - But Well Made - Knives

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Does anyone make a high quality, but plainly finish knife? A knife that is able to take some hard use, but that hasn't had a lot of work put into making it look nice. Every knife I have seen on the market lately is so nicely finished and polished that it sometimes is hard to start actually using the knife. And one has to assume that a nice, finely finished knife adds to the selling price.
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How about a plain old Buck 110? :

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Bradford Guardian line. Most have machining marks on spine and certain spots. Get stone wash blade then go to nearest street and slide it as far as you can. Enjoy it for the rest of your life
 
MMHW. All go, no show. Damn tough knives - the maker used to cut up oil drums with em to demonstrate.
 
How about the Buck 104 compadre, or a lot of the knives made by condor.
And there's also the KABAR BK series they coat them black instead of polishing the blades up, and the knives look pretty cool without the black coating on them.


I'm assuming you don't take a fancy super steel to be a sign of a high quality knife, because you're not likely to find a knife in those steels without a high finish level.
 
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Spyderco Manix 2, PM2, Yojimbo 2, so many.

If you are looking for inexpensive, look no further than an Ontario Rat 1 or 2. Also ESEE folders.

Cold Steel Recon 1, pick your size. Hell of a user, good ergonomics, but not the most attractive.

If you want to go higher end, the TSF Beast and Gorgon are simple, hard working. Chris Reeve models as mentioned.

Really depends on your budget.

Also look at Zero Tolerance, 0550, 0562, 0801, 0808.
 
The first ones that come to mind are the CRK plain Jane Sebenzas & Inkozis, but they're a bit on the pricy side.
 
rummels said:
Does anyone make a high quality, but plainly finish knife? A knife that is able to take some hard use, but that hasn't had a lot of work put into making it look nice. Every knife I have seen on the market lately is so nicely finished and polished that it sometimes is hard to start actually using the knife. And one has to assume that a nice, finely finished knife adds to the selling price.
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Cold Steel generally provides very good value for well built , great performing , functional working and SD knives . :cool::thumbsup:

Not as much variety or choice of materials and models as some like Spyderco or Kershaw/Kai , but more for your money , IMO .
 
Three rivers manufacturing. Plain but well made . Crk the same . The American made spydercos.
Fixed blades now thats a horse of different color. Carbon or stainless.

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I'll take a few shots in the dark here, sticking to knives I own. :) One knife knut's "plain" is another's joy, so YMMV and all that. These all have a plain-in-a-good-way feel to them, and they're all solid working knives.

Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter
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Benchmade Griptilian
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Emerson CQC-7BW (but Emersons in general, really)
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Spyderco Military
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For fixed blades, check out Carothers (CPK). Doesn't get much simpler than a slab of steel with scales, but they are killing it with their steel and ergos!
 
Buck 110 and/or112 and a Buck 301 Stockman would be my first choice.
The Ontario Rat 1 would be my "modern" knife pick. (I'd still pair it with a 301 Stockman.)
 
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I'd advise to head over to Blade Forums' Knife Makers Market. Plenty of nice stuff to look at and the general tendency is, as you asked, high quality and no nonsense.
 
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