Top 5 Favorite brands and Why

In no particular order:

Victorinox
Spyderco
Benchmade
Leatherman
Buck 110!

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Dan Harris
danharris@ibm.net
 
1 Victorinox -- I've carried one since I was 10 (lost a lot of 'em,too)
2 Cold Steel -- fixed and folders. I've peeled several moose and deer with the Master Hunter; top quality for the money, good designs, good steel (AUS8) and outstanding steel (Carbon V)
3 Mora blades, either Frost (I prefer their laminated blades) or Erickkson: both represent one of the all-time bargains in knives
4 Buck, because they got me started on this hobby (fixation, whatever)
5 Roselli, because I like things that are totally functional, and the puukko as forged by Roselli is one of the best all-round cutting designs I've come across.


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1) Benchmade- Exceptional liner locks and durability in the form of the AFCK & Stryker.

2) Cold Steel- Good locks- Voyager series, Length- Vaquero Grande

3) Spyderco- Overall sharpness,various steels, many designs, and good ergonomics-
Military, Wegner, Native, Calypso, Moran

4)Mad Dog- Superlative cutting and strength

5)Victorinox- Multiple options

Runners up
Microtech- Sharpness
Reeve- Durability & an exceptional lock
REKAT- Up and coming w/ good locks
Buck- Sharpness and ergonomics
Emmerson- Sharpness & design

 
I haven't got a big collection of expensive knives so I'll rate the ones I owned and used/abused. No particular order.

1. Mora knives
"Inexpensive and razorsharp with some
work. Every Swedish home have 5 or more
of these."

2. Frosts
"See no.1"

3. J. Martiini
"Razorsharp Finnish knife. Got one fishing
knife and one hunting knife from this
manufacturer."

4. Leatherman
"Great tools with a solid feeling that
some of the competitors lack. The new
Flair with cork screw and cocktail fork
looks pretty silly though"

5. Buck
"My Odyssey is smooth and sharp."

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/Jonas



[This message has been edited by Jonas (edited 17 March 1999).]
 
1. CR Sebenza(self explanatory)
2. Spydie Military(same as above)
3. BM 975(good back up)
4. CS XL Tanto plain edge Voyager(Excellent edge and the sheer size demands respect)
5. Swisstool(Gotta have a Multitool)

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*Norse Knife Nut*

"Military" Fans Unite!!

"The only limitation is lack of imagination."

 
In no particular order:

Spyderco - The hole and clip!

REKAT - You can't kill them! (Maybe my dad can....we'll see.)

Kabar - Marine knife - 'nuff said!

Newt Livesay - they're just too cool and way affordable!

Microtech - aggressive, forward thinking, ahead of their time in design. (Most of the time!)

Leatherman - 'Cause sometimes just a knife won't do.
 
1)Chris Reeve, high quality and good service
2)Microtech, high quality and cool designs
3)Benchmade, good quality and nice designs
4)Cold Steel, good quality and radical designs
5)Boker, nice and unusual designs(AF dagger, Nealy Specialist) plus good quality for the money.

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Hard to limit it to 5. But going by your criteria (what is actually bought/carried/used) and in no particular order:

Chris Reeve - They make some of the toughest folders AND fixed blades around. Outstanding customer service.

Benchmade - Best balis in the business.

MicroTech - Best quality production liner lock folders and automatics, bar none.

Spyderco - Most innovative folders. Great range of designs from the simple to the outrageous. Always sharp out of the box.

Cold Steel - Still the only company that makes a quality T at a great price.

This doesn't cover knives I haven't yet seen (Haven't gotten the Mad Dog or Busse yet) or custom makers whom I've only bought 1 knife from. Al Polkowski is a classic example. His CQ Fighter is one of my all-time favorite blades, but I haven't seen any of his other knives, and so can't comment on all of his products collectively.

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Win
Knife lover, Philosopher, Humanitarian, and All-around nice guy
(all right, so I'm just a knife lover)
 
Hmmm... Here we go:

1) Masters of Defense - I just find myself drawn to these knives, for no logical reason. A little too specialized, though.
2) Spyderco - One of the first companies I stumbled across, and still my all around favorite.
3) Microtech - What can I say that hasn't been said before. Hmmm... they look cool?
4) Benchmade - I'm not as fond of the BMs as I used to be, but they still rate the list
5) Everything else.

Of course, there are a few companies like Chris Reeve's that are simply too good to go on my list. I'd be too terrified to damaging them to actually use them for something, so what's the point?
 
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