What 5 knives should every knut own?

i think if you carried and used heavily each one of these styles for just one day you would be a very, very, very experienced user.

a knife with stag
a knife with wood
a knife with micarta
a knife with g10
an aluminum handled knife
a steel handled knife
a titanium handled knife
a full flat ground knife
a hollow ground knife
a fully convexed knife
a large wharncliffe bladed knife
a tactical folder with a 4 inch blade
a knife with aus 8
a knife with 440c
a knife with 154cm
a knife with s30v
a leatherman style multitool
a victorinox
a case style slipjoint with multiple carbon blades
a buck 110 style
a flipper deployed knife
a bali
an auto
an ao knife
a kershaw framelock design
an axis lock knife
a spyderco
a chisel ground emerson folder
a chris reeve style framelock design
a 4 inch hunter
a ka bar usmc style
an 8-10 inch carbon steel fixed
a custom
 
My list:

1. Carbon steel Sodbuster (Kissing Crane's Brown Mule is an awesome choice here, and only 5$)
2. Laminated fixed blade knife (either a scandi or japanese, both are great)
3. Laguiole
4. Buck 110
5. A good axe! (I like old Kelly tempers the best)
 
1: CS Safe Keeper 1 (if you can find it) Safe Keeper 2/safe maker 1 is acceptable as well...
2: Spyderco Civilian
3: Spyderco Police
4: CS Ti-lite 6incher
5: Spyderco poliwog
 
walleyeguy7 said:
i think if you carried and used heavily each one of these styles for just one day you would be a very, very, very experienced user.

a knife with stag
a knife with wood
a knife with micarta
a knife with g10
an aluminum handled knife
a steel handled knife
a titanium handled knife
a full flat ground knife
a hollow ground knife

a fully convexed knife
a large wharncliffe bladed knife
a tactical folder with a 4 inch blade
knife with aus 8a
a knife with 440c
a knife with 154cm
a knife with s30v
a leatherman style multitool
a victorinox
a case style slipjoint with multiple carbon blades
a buck 110 style
a flipper deployed knife
a bali
an auto
an ao knife
a kershaw framelock design
an axis lock knife
a spyderco
a chisel ground emerson folder
a chris reeve style framelock design
a 4 inch hunter
a ka bar usmc style
an 8-10 inch carbon steel fixed
a custom
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That's an interesting list.

Think I'll keep that around for kicks and giggles. I'm down so far as the red ones myself.
 
Mora no. 1
Buck 110
SAK Explorer
Ka-Bar USMC
Opinel no. 8

Not necessarily in that order.

~Paul~
 
Very difficult question. :)

Anyway, I think a European knife knut should have a knife from one of the following categories (in a random order):

- Swiss army knife
- British army knife
- German working knife
- Scandinavian outdoor knife
- French farmer/gardener knife
 
Harayasu said:
Very difficult question. :)

Anyway, I think a European knife knut should have a knife from one of the following categories (in a random order):

- Swiss army knife
- British army knife
- German working knife
- Scandinavian outdoor knife
- French farmer/gardener knife
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Yeah, it underlines the fact that Swiss and British people are much into fightings (British when they are drunk and in a pub), Germans are hard workers, Scandinavians love camping and French are gay peasants.:D
 
1) Swiss army knife : vic classic
2) Spyderco Delica
3) Buck 110
4) Ka Bar marine classic
5) Tramontia machete
 
It's interesting to see how often the Buck 110 comes up. I got my first one many years ago, and the quality and heft seemed incredible.

But in today's market, it seems too heavy and too cumbersome to carry and open. Obviously, most people feel differently, but it was the advent of the one-handed, pocket-clip knife that got me really interested in knives.

I can certainly see how the 110 is a legitimate classic. But for a knife I'd actually want to carry and use on a regular basis, it wouldn't make the top 200.
 
Opinel
Case slipjoint in CV
Victorinox SAK
Wood Mora 1 or 2
A Spyderco or BM axis lock.
 
I'm gonna' go simple and just name specific styles that I feel I couldn't do without.

A Bowie
A good locking folder
A good tactical/utility fixed blade (between 5 and 7 inches in blade length)
A quality machete
A fixed EDC (under 4 inch blade, which would be a neck knife for me)
 
eburon said:
To uplift the European economy:
1. Fällkniven F1
2. Fällkniven PXL
3. Extrema Ratio Col Moshin
4. Extrema Ratio Venom
5. Victorinox Huntsman

For our Russian friends: Kizlyar Sh-5
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You forgot the Fallknivens FH9,TK3,TK4,U2 and the U1 (whoops only 5 are req'd?)
 
I have to agree. My first 'serious' knife was a Kershaw copy of the 110. It was plenty good but unless you were prepared to carry it in a sheath, it wasn't a patch on the knives we have available to us now.

I'm afraid I don't see the appeal of slippies either. I bought a Schrade trad slippie once and gave it away to a relative. I just hate things that sink to the bottom of my pocket and sit there like a lead weight.

My list:

1) SAK One hand Trekker or Swisschamp or both - SAK offer the best bang for the buck in the industry
2) Spydie Para/Millie/Manix/Endura/Chinook - Spyderco have always pushed the envelope with innovation and quality
3) Benchmade 710 or Griptilian - Ditto with this company
4) Microtech/Protech/Benchmade auto - Autos are big fun and very cool
5) Fixed blade - too many to choose from - Busse comes to mind but they are very exclusive. A good kukri is affordable and hard to beat.

Twindog said:
It's interesting to see how often the Buck 110 comes up. I got my first one many years ago, and the quality and heft seemed incredible.

But in today's market, it seems too heavy and too cumbersome to carry and open. Obviously, most people feel differently, but it was the advent of the one-handed, pocket-clip knife that got me really interested in knives.

I can certainly see how the 110 is a legitimate classic. But for a knife I'd actually want to carry and use on a regular basis, it wouldn't make the top 200.
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From my experiences, this is what a knut should own:

1. SAK (standard size with at least scissors or saw)
2. Mora or fallkniven f1 style knife
3. edc folder (something from kershaw/benchmade/spyderco)
4. Multitool
5. Large Chopper (Busse, Becker, etc) or hatchet/axe (Granfors, Fiskars, etc)

it seems that a lot of people are sentimental for their Buck 110s and case slipjoints. Before my time I guess.
 
4 inch stout fixed blade / Bark River Bravo 1

6 or 7" fixed blade / KaBar next gen [D2 preferably]

4 " axis lock folder / Benchmade Presidio

machete / Tramontina

opinel / speaks for itself
 
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