Toughest, best edge-holding knife under $30

cotdt

cotdt

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I'm looking for a fixed, high carbon steel blade. Needs to be extremely tough with decent hardness for edge retention. Something like 1095, 52100, or A-2 steel would work. It would be used for cutting sheets of metal.
 
Since you've been around here since 2006, I think you know that knives aren't a replacement for tin snips. Tin snips are cheap, don't expect that you're going to get any knife to cut through metal efficiently, it's just not gonna happen.
 
8Cr13MoV is a decent steel. Check out the spyderco Byrd line, or as mentioned the Tenacious.

Also they just released the Perserverence, a slightly smaller version of the Tenacious in 8Cr13MoV, which comes in somewhere near 28 bucks at knifecenter IIRC.


*edit: Just noticed you said fixed. The above knives are folding. Please disregard :-)
 
No offense, but use the right tool for the job,not a fixed-blade knife.

Just my .02
 
Excalibur, it’s free but you’ve got to be worthy, then find this obscure lake in the United Kingdom and convince the Lady of the Lake to give it to you. :)
 
Even if you managed to cut a metal sheet with a knife, the cut wouldn't be smooth.
The knife would be ruined and it wouldn't even be a safe thing to do. As the amount of force needed would be excessive and you could easily slip.
 
A Stanley utility-knife with quick change blade.
For me it cut thru aluminum siding very well back in the day.

:thumbup::):)
 
cotdt said:
I'm looking for a fixed, high carbon steel blade. Needs to be extremely tough with decent hardness for edge retention. Something like 1095, 52100, or A-2 steel would work. It would be used for cutting sheets of metal.
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You've been watching too many Cold Steel videos. I prefer powered shears or nibbler for cutting sheetmetal - aviation snips if I must but a knife :jerkit:
 
This is another one of these posts that has me puzzled. What type of metal were you wanting to cut? What thickness? Knives don't make straight cuts in metal. Snips would probably be the way to go here. You can snag a pair at Harbor Freight for a few bucks and be done with it. You could get some older Chicago Cutlery knives, hit them with the crock stick and go to town. Again, here we have a case of using the wrong tool for the job. It seems like this is a 'trend' here...I assume that the instruction in tool use was lacking during shop class, or people are just bored to tears and have to invent some 'new' way of doing things.
 
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