Top 10 "must have"

[Rival]

I want to hear your opinion on the 10 most wanted folders...
Please list at least two knives for each of the following three sections - less then $100, $100-$250, and above $250...

My choices are

TNT
Sebenza
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SERE 2K
BM 710
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Spyderco Endura
Spyderco Native

 

[Paul Work]

Less than 100...
Camillus EDC 154CM
V-nox Soldier
Buck 112

100-250...
Camillus EDC Talonite
Buck Mini Strider SP
William Henry Lancet

Over 250...
Sebenza
TNT
Umfaan
Mnandi

Paul

 

[Tightwad]

Less than $100....
Becker c/u 7
Becker Magnum Camp
Buck 535 folder

From $101 to $250...
Bob Dozier Wilderness

From $251 or more......
None.
Basicly to much money for me

 

[ErikD]

less than $100:
Kershaw Chive
Buck 110

$100 - $250:
Microtech LCC
Al Mar SERE 2000
Kerhsaw Boa
Benchmade Pinnacle

over $250:
TNT
Sebenza
Strider AR
Carson M4, M16, M18

 

[kutch133]

Strider AR

 

[Warriorsociologist]

less then $100

• Bulldog Stag Canoe
• Spyderco Mouse

$100-$250

• PCKS Buck 110 - esp. the stag
• CRK Shadow III

above $250

• Large Sebenza - Plain or Inlay
• Strider AR
• CRK Project II
  

 

[Jeremy Reynolds]

Any collection without a Carson M4 just can't be considered complete.

JR

 

[Atomic Zero]

Under $100:
BM Griptillian
Camillus EDC 154CM
Emerson La Griffe
Kershaw Black Chive

100-250:
Lefty Emerson Commander
Strider MFS
Strider WP2
BM 710
Spyderco Chinook


250 and up:
David Winch Predator
Devilliers Covert Operator
HI Ang Khola 15 in.
Tom Anderson Man-O-War
Reese Weiland Raptor
Medium TNT
Strider GB

Wow, that's more than 2. If I could only have two from each bracket, it'd be the top in each one. Anyone feeling generous?

 

[John Puckett]

Under $100:
Spyderco Delica
BM Griptilian

$100-$250
BM 710
SERE 2000
Microtech LCC
BM AXIS AFCK

Over $250
Small Sebenza
DDR Apogee
TNT
Large Sebenza
DDR EDC

 

[Buzzbait]

Hmmmm......

Under $100.00
1. Camillus 154CM EDC
2. Kershaw Double Cross

$100.00 to $250.00
1. Spyderco Military
2. PCKS BG-42 Buck 110

Above $250.00
1. Large Sebenza
2. Small Sebenza

This is production stuff though. The custom scene is just too limitless and impossible to describe.

 

[rdangerer]

Under $100, used anyway:

Spyderco Terzuola Starmate
Spyderco Wegner
BM710
BM AFCK's w/ round hole

$100 to $250:
MT LCC
Used Sebbie

A little Over $250:
* Ron Lake interframe tail lock w/ stag or mammoth inlay and mirrored logo.
* Michael Walker's modern stuff w/ gold inlaid stuff and meteorite
* Some of JW Smith's full dress folders in damascus
* Jim Minnick Persian in damascus and gold wire inlaid handle
* Some of Steve Jernigan's stuff is outtasite.
* CQC8 Banana design, waved ... dreaming now ... S30V @ Rc61 and ironwood slabs, zero ground on both sides/symmetrically, and built by, oh, say JW Smith or Chris Reeve or Kit Carson (that oughta raise somebody's sensitive hair).

 

[rdangerer]

Ron Lake, one of my favs:

 

[rdangerer]

One of Minnick's gems:

 

[rdangerer]

I don't have any pics of the couple of just radically amazing Walker's I'd prize, but here is one that is close:

 

[rdangerer]

This isn't my favorite Jernigan, but it illustrates his ability:

 

[rdangerer]

Ah, what the heck, one from JW Smith:

 

[knifenerd]

Under $100:

Camillus EDC 154 CM
BM Griptillian

$100 to $250:

SERE 2000
BM 710
MT LCC

Over $250:

Large Sebenza
Darrell Ralph EDC
Kit Carson #4
Dozier folding hunter