SO out of these knives what would you pick?

In that price range and with that wide a variety of knives that you are considering, you are probably not too worried about subtle differences in cutting performance.

Toss the hawkbill. Not a general purpose style.

Go hold each of the knives on your list. The one that fits your hand the best....buy it. Ergos are the only things set are going to set those knives apart.
 
marcinek said:
In that price range and with that wide a variety of knives that you are considering, you are probably not too worried about subtle differences in cutting performance.

Toss the hawkbill. Not a general purpose style.

Go hold each of the knives on your list. The one that fits your hand the best....buy it. Ergos are the only things set are going to set those knives apart.
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Good advice.




Big Mike
 
marcinek said:
In that price range and with that wide a variety of knives that you are considering, you are probably not too worried about subtle differences in cutting performance.

Toss the hawkbill. Not a general purpose style.

Go hold each of the knives on your list. The one that fits your hand the best....buy it. Ergos are the only things set are going to set those knives apart.
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nah the slight differences are irrelevant to me, i just want a useful beater that wont fall apart
 
Big Mike said:
Most cheap knives fall apart when you beat on them.


Just an observation.




Big Mike
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well beater is used for lack of a better word, i just want something that i feel like wont like snap apart and hurt me when im using it, iv had some cheap flea market knives that felt like theyd snap in half when i was opening boxes
 
ChrisFarms said:
nah the slight differences are irrelevant to me, i just want a useful beater that wont fall apart
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Exactly. Go and hold them. It sounds like you are interested in price, local availabilty, and ergos.

None of them are going to be much more or less of a robust build than any other. They are name brand, 20 buck knives. "Quality" is going to be very, very similar on all of them.
 
Big Mike said:
Most cheap knives fall apart when you beat on them.


Just an observation.




Big Mike
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Indeed. None of those knives is going to last forever, and none of them is going to catastrophically fail the first time you use it. That's what you can, and should, expect from a name brand knife that costs 20 bucks.
 
marcinek said:
Indeed. None of those knives is going to last forever, and none of them is going to catastrophically fail the first time you use it. That's what you can, and should, expect from a name brand knife that costs 20 bucks.
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i dont have super high expectations, i just expect safety and to get my moneys worth out of it.
 
I will add that I highly recommend the Kabar Dozier Folding Hunter line in that price range. Very nice, simply designed 20 buck knife. To me, they spent their design money on a coming up with a good cutter instead of coming up with a "radical" handle design.
 
marcinek said:
I will add that I highly recommend the Kabar Dozier Folding Hunter line in that price range. Very nice, simply designed 20 buck knife. To me, they spent their design money on a coming up with a good cutter instead of coming up with a "radical" handle design.
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ill check i think they sell them around here too, if they do ill consider it too
 
ChrisFarms said:
well beater is used for lack of a better word, i just want something that i feel like wont like snap apart and hurt me when im using it, iv had some cheap flea market knives that felt like theyd snap in half when i was opening boxes
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If you're using cheap folders for tasks that make you think the knives would "snap in half" in use,


...I suggest you look into cheap fixed blades. :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes:





Big Mike
 
Big Mike said:
If you're using cheap folders for tasks that make you think the knives would "snap in half" in use,


...I suggest you look into cheap fixed blades. :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes:





Big Mike
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nah dude i was just cutting tape lol... the construction was so unsound and the screws had no actual size they were torx but every torx bit i had wouldnt fit and i have aeverything from a t6 to idk but i have a torx set and they were inbetween a t6 and t8 but no real size so i couldnt fix it
 
Big Mike said:
If you're using cheap folders for tasks that make you think the knives would "snap in half" in use,


...I suggest you look into cheap fixed blades. :rolleyes: :eek: :rolleyes:





Big Mike
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Well said! If I do anything with a folder (even an expensive one) that makes me "think"....I go to a fixed blade.
 
ChrisFarms said:
i dont rly do anything hard tho
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There are plenty of cheap knives that will fall apart seemingly just by carrying them and opening them. You can count on anything Kershaw makes to not fall apart, likewise Spyderco, Cold Steel, Ontario and Kabar. All of them make good knives at reasonable prices. What you have to be careful of with any knife, and in particular with folders, is that they aren't screwdrivers, they aren't chisels and they aren't pry bars. You start doing those functions with them and they might break. Use them to cut stuff and you should be OK. An of course naturally you should expect the bigger, thicker, heavier knives to be tougher. Some of those smaller Kershaw knives in particular are nice knives made with quality materials, but they won't stand up to using for things other than cutting.
 
bdmicarta said:
What you have to be careful of with any knife, and in particular with folders, is that they aren't screwdrivers, they aren't chisels and they aren't pry bars. You start doing those functions with them and they might break. Use them to cut stuff and you should be OK. An of course naturally you should expect the bigger, thicker, heavier knives to be tougher. Some of those smaller Kershaw knives in particular are nice knives made with quality materials, but they won't stand up to using for things other than cutting.
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i am and was never concerned with the safety of my knives (spyderco and benchmades) when using them for what they are meant to be used for.
 
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