The 20 Best Knives Ever Made

I disagree with a bunch of them but the article's intent seems more historically academic than personal.
 
No Khukuri?

Oh well, the only reason people make these lists is to get people to talk about them. I suppose they did their job well enough then.
 
woodsmans pal sucks. And why exactly would they throw in a Lone Wolf? There really seems to be no logic behind many of the knives on the list.
 
Imho, The list is incomplete without a Spyderco. The Spydie hole and the radical new designs of their folders changed the knife world.
 
No list will please everyone - in fact, I'd say that the only person who will agree with all 20 choices on this list would be the list's author. I'm quite surprised not to see any Case folders on the list, and astonished by some of the latter-day choices on it. It's hard to see how there were no real fighting knives on the list, given their sustained popularity and the number of high quality examples that have been produced over the years, and hard to justify some of the more esoteric choices that did make the list, but at the end of the day, this is just one guy's choices and can't be taken entirely seriously.
 
Jpalmer1988 said:
Choices seem random.
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Like the Ulu...it is not a great chopper. It can chop somewhat...if you are chopping blubber, but I wouldn't want to take a tree with it.

Some choices seemed to be a hat off to some sort of innovation or market leader, others were just random stuff.
 
anybody tried one of these?
DiamondBlade Goddard Traditional Hunter: If it were not for the way in which it's forged, this would just be another well-designed drop-point hunter. But it is like no other. In 2007, Charles Allen, DiamondBlade founder, introduced a series of knives tempered by a process called friction forging, which he adapted from welding technology. The process brings steel under tons of pressure and thousands of degrees of heat, resulting in a blade that is harder, sharper, and tougher than anything else. The knives are so sharp that the original sheaths had to be redesigned to keep them from cutting through. This particular knife was designed by master smith Wayne Goddard, and it is a revelation.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/article_gallery/The-20-Best-Knives-Ever-Made/15
 
Have to take into consideration the guy is a hunter and the magazine is based on hunting and fishing. He said he doesn't care for folders for his use. I don't hardly ever buy or use fixed blades. I have some, but my better grade stuff, I like to be able to fold and carry where ever I go, not just when I'm out in the woods.
 
I would drop the woodsman pal, ulu, t3 definitely but others I thought were spot on, I was beginning to give the list no credit until I hit #20. I think the Sebenza should have been included as well
 
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Not a bad list. No Spyderco is a bit disconcerting considering the clip and hole are theirs. The T3 seems oddly out of place. Not that I think it's a bad knife or anything just seems odd being there with the other choices. It's good to see Busse getting some love.

The whole time I was clicking through the choices I was thinking surely they aren't going to snub the 110 and then BAM there at the last one.
 
chuckschilling said:
It's hard to see how there were no real fighting knives on the list, given their sustained popularity and the number of high quality examples that have been produced over the years ...
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Well, it is Field & Stream, not Soldier of Fortune. Overall, for my tastes, the guy batted around .198. :thumbdn: However, I applaud their doing a list like this at all ......... and I still like the magazine.
 
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