The best small cutter and dinner knife.

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10 years ago my brother found a beautiful, rusted knife in a stream in Buoux, France. There was an inscription LAGUIOLE LE FIDELE and a silhouette of a dog on the blade.
I fell in love with laguiole and french knives. I bought a Lakota (spanish) version of laguiole and was happy with it for a couple of years till I lost it. Beautiful knife and I don`t even have a pict. for you... What a shame.
But you see the point - laguiole`s shape of blade is not the best for eating. Neither is the best for cutting, with its narrow and quite thick blade.
Additionally, french makers use just 440 or 12C27 steel. I would like to buy sth exceptionally sharp, with harder steel and better blade geometry, something light and sth friendly. You will say Opinel, but I don`t like the taste of its blade. I love its cutting performance though.
Currently I have Mauser hunting folder made by Victorinox : 2 razor sharp 8,5 cm blades, saw, skewer and corkscrew. And a little file to be precise. A great performer, but weights 115g (4oz.), which is twice as much as I need for my EDC (it`s too much for serious climbing). Besides I prefer lighter, <70g knife for eating.

Now, maybe you have similar experience and can help?
 
I bet you would like the Catcherman from Spyderco although it may be too long for you. Nice 5/64 thin blade and a great thin profile though so it carries better than you would think. Good edge keeping steel and although sold as a fillet knife it could really be a good kitchen knife, or even a defensive one if need be. It is akin to having a paring knife around all the time.
 
What is "sth?"

I'm surprised at your experiences. I EDC a laguiole, and I find that it's an excellent knife for food. The blade in mine is thin and narrow. It's the best cutter of any knife I have, including my Spyderco Military. 12c27 is nothing to scoff at either. While it may not be one of the newer supersteels, it takes a great edge and is much easier to sharpen.
 
Kamagong - sth stands for something


I think that for activities like spreading butter or digging out some leftovers from a can, narrow, sharply pointed blade is not the most suitable.
Much better is e.g. Victorinox shape. Nevertheless I have a great sentiment for laguiole type of blade (+ bonus corkscrew!).

806d2 IMO is much too heavy for EDC - 135g!
 
806d2 IMO is much too heavy for EDC - 135g!
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i dont think you can get to heavy my old edc weighed .68 lbs. alot of times i cant even feel the knife 806 there, for its size the low ride clip and thin profile makes it verry comfortable.

what i dont like is light knives unless there in a sheeth like my 770 osborne. i lost my old spyderco one time and i spent a half hour tearing the dealership apart until i found it........cliped to my sholder pocket.
 
kamagong said:
What is "sth?"

I'm surprised at your experiences. I EDC a laguiole, and I find that it's an excellent knife for food. The blade in mine is thin and narrow. It's the best cutter of any knife I have, including my Spyderco Military. 12c27 is nothing to scoff at either. While it may not be one of the newer supersteels, it takes a great edge and is much easier to sharpen.
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What he said. And how is an Opinel a Laguiole? :confused:

Never ate with a folder... Not into ingesting Corrosion X. ;) Militec, maybe. :cool:

If you are willing to go fixed, a SOG Outline may work for you. It's not pretty, but it's small, light, and serrated. I have a CRKT Carcajou for food it's in AUS6 (,8 :confused: ). Isn't 440 supposed to be about even with AUS 6? It holds an edge fairly well... I'm only cutting food though, so it's not like its though on the edge.
 
For spreading butter nothing beats a Spyderco Chinese folder. It has a broad full flat grind blade and the size is about the right one (neither too big, nor too short). Not to mention that if you get a SE, you'll have some nice patterns on the surface of the butter ;)
 
What about a stainless opinel? Or a spyderco calypso (big or Jr), maybe an delica or the bigger version of the delica which for some reason I just forgot the name of.
 
how much do you want to spend?

I have several Laguioles (that's normal, i am french ! :rolleyes: ) including one in damas that cost me 300 usd 10 years ago.
This one is nice but cut like POS, i won't recomand it !
Other with carbon blade are fine, same kindda blade as Opinel.

if you want to spend a bit more money than usual laguiole, Benchmade is really good. i love my BM940 ! :)
Spyderco is fine also.
Both are appreciated by all forumites around and famous for their cutting capacities. :D
 
I like Spyderco Lum (chinese) design, but it seems out of production now. I also like Fallkniven TK4 blade shape and its lightness. Moreover I am tempted by 3G steel. Anybody has an experience with this?
 
The only folder that I've ever used to prepare a meal has been the Victorinox Rucksack.

The blade is long enough to get down inside a jar, not too pointy, and not too thick.

Good luck,
Allen.
 
My mother-in-law uses an AG Russell Woodswalker all the time for food. It's like a paring knife with a sheath. It's not the hardest steel in the world, but no steel will hold up to impacts with a plate anyways, so you might as well go with a steel that's easy to sharpen.

Woodswalker

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Hocho (mini) is very nice, but too heavy for my needs. :)

Woodswalker and esp. Bark River Mikro-Canadian would be perfect, but in a folder version.

Thank you guys for your tips - I am collecting the pictures of the knives for my personal database. I like watching beautiful knives that I can`t afford. :D

I`m more and more tempted by Fallkniven TK4, but it seems that not many forumites possess that piece of hi-tec and can`t share their impressions.

http://www.fallkniven.com/bilder/stora/tk4-sky.jpg
 
How much is the fallkniven Tk-4, ive always liked it but it seems pretty expensive. At the moment I edc a calypso jr. and its worked perfectly for every food duty Ive had. You could even grab the new ZDP one when it comes out. You could always grad a sebenza :)
 
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