Toughest Fixed Blade? Sub 3" blade and sub $50?

[mec003]

Absolutely the izula. It works well with a simple paracord wrap.

 

[Bronze Age Man]

Whatever happened to sub $50?

 

[brancron]

Whatever happened to sub $50?

The Izula, which is the overwhelming recommendation so far, is sub-$50: http://www.knifeworks.com/search.aspx?find=izula+with+clip

 

[Jabe1]

I recently got a Becker BK14, very tough little knife!

 

[cowboyarcher]

Thanks for all the tips fellas!

I like the three main recommends very much (Izula, Enzo and BK14/24), so I'll make them "targets of opportunity," should I find a buy on one.

I really like the price point on that Enzo though!

 

[Wowbagger]

I am only half kidding . . .
This Opinel No. 12 (that handle is over six inches long). One can put a lot of force into that short blade.

But you said you wanted a fixed blade. That's easy; just add water . . . to the pivot where the knife folds . . . even a couple of drops . . . and the wood will swell up tight and you will have a "fixed blade" for at least a day or two.

AND $17.00

PS: The blade is pretty tough. I deeply ground a gouge all the way across the blade so I could snap off the excess length and I almost couldn't break it even then and the blade was clamped in a bench vise and I had a very large pair of channel locks on it for leverage. Good stuff. Mind blowingly good for the price.

 

[link2derek]

This! 12c27 is just about the toughest SS out there. You can't go wrong with this...

Yessir - great steel, great knife!

You got me, just ordered one of the flat ground blanks. I have some linen micarta slabs lying around, should be cool :thumbup:

Awesome! Can't wait to see the finished product...

Whatever happened to sub $50?

I paid $48 for the Enzo, btw... just gotta know where to look.

 

[link2derek]

Another look at the Enzo in Birch:




And when I find something I really like, I buy at least two, and this one I really like. So I got another one in black Micarta (same $48 price tag):