What’s your favorite big name/well known/large scale production knife and/or company?

Tie between Benchmade and Spyderco. Both make some great knives.

I dislike liner locks and frame locks. That rules out a lot of the more expensive brands.

I like serrations. Benchmade has excellent combo blades but no fully serrated blades that I am aware of. Spyderco's combo blades have funky grinds, but they have some good fully serrated blades.

I like knives that can be opened with a thumb or finger flick, which includes almost all manual Benchmade knives and most non-thread-locked Spydercos with compression locks. I am willing to settle for a wrist flick on some Spydercos that are fully serrated or have special steel such as LC200N.

Benchmade has much better quality control, but their choices in steel and handle colors are a little boring. Spyderco knives with compression locks are excellent when they are not thread locked, but their lockbacks are hit or miss.

Particular Benchmade knives: Rukus II, Mediator, Volli, Bugout, Griptilian, Nakamura, Mini Adamas

Particular Spyderco knives: Para 3, PM 2, Pacific Salt 2, Salt 2, Caribbean Salt, Sliverax, Yojimbo 2, Canis

Other brands: Protech Malibu, Civivi Cogent, We Ziffius and Exciton, Cold Steel Ultimate Hunter, Kunwu Pulsar, Kizer Cormorant

Fixed blades: Gerber Strongarm, Mora Kansbol, Cold Steel AK-47, Ruike Hornet F815, ESEE Xancudo 3 S35VN, ESEE 4 S35VN
 
Definitely a toss up between Benchmade and Spyderco for me.

Benchmade made the knives that transitioned me from tool using mammal to knife collector, who also uses knives a lot. The Griptilion made me focus on their brand and then the Crooked River got me hooked. Also a big fan of the Osborne, Triage, Freek, Bugout, Altitude, and Saddle Mountain Saddle. A few Benchmade knives I'd love to get a hold of down the line are the TaggedOut and Bailout (3V).

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Spyderco made the first knife I was willing to pay more than $40 for (Walker) and just cut things the way a knife should. I love the Police 4, Manix 2, and Caribbean. The Raven 2 is my favourite of the Byrd line. I can't believe I don't own an Endura 4 and hope to rectify that in the future.

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I have a bunch of favorites brands so I'll go with the biggest surprise favorite which is Cold Steel. The company name sounds like a mall-ninja brand, as do many of the models. That kept me from purchasing any of their products for a long time. The AD-10(s35vn) and SRK(3v) have turned out to be keepers however.
 
Love Spyderco, Buck, Ontario, Cold Steel... Got custom scales for my RAT and PM2 in maple/Cruwear and Ti/S45 on a PM2, PM2, many materials (Micarta/Cruwear, Alum/BD1N, G10/10V, a wharnie version)... A ton of other Spyderco (most owned brand 25+)... And am an Espada devotee with fancy XLs in S35, XHP, two regular XL in AUS10 and a hollow ground original reg XL, fancy L in XHP and AUS-8, and two XHP regular Ls. That makes me feel nuts.
 
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