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What are your Top 5 Knife Brands?
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Hinderer
Swamprat
Case
Becker
Spyderco
Swamprat
Case
Becker
Spyderco
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MY top 5 (by category)
Fixed -
Western (pre-1992)
Kabar
Becker (whether by Blackjack, Camillus or Kabarr)
Muela
Ontario
Folders -
Buck
Protech
Case
Western
Camillus
Axes/Tomahawks/Hatchets
Cold Steel (tomahawks - for throwing)
Estwing (single bits - general use and throwing)
Collins (double bits - throwing)
True-Temper/Kelley (double bits - throwing)
Vaughan (lathing hatchets - throwing)
Fixed -
Western (pre-1992)
Kabar
Becker (whether by Blackjack, Camillus or Kabarr)
Muela
Ontario
Folders -
Buck
Protech
Case
Western
Camillus
Axes/Tomahawks/Hatchets
Cold Steel (tomahawks - for throwing)
Estwing (single bits - general use and throwing)
Collins (double bits - throwing)
True-Temper/Kelley (double bits - throwing)
Vaughan (lathing hatchets - throwing)
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BUCK is my top knife brand and my knives are Made in Idaho.
Ka-Bar is my second knife brand and the three that I own are Made in New York.
I only use fixed blade knives and those are my top 2 knife brands.
I really do not have 5 top knife brands.
I own two different styles of Estwing camp axes and a couple of Sog 'hawks too.
Cate
Ka-Bar is my second knife brand and the three that I own are Made in New York.
I only use fixed blade knives and those are my top 2 knife brands.
I really do not have 5 top knife brands.
I own two different styles of Estwing camp axes and a couple of Sog 'hawks too.
Cate
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Shirogorov
Chris Reeve
Benchmade
Spyderco
Zero Tolerance
Those are more or less in order. I do prefer my Benchmades to my Spydies, but have many more Spydies than ZTs. It's hard to say I like the former more than the latter--they're just so different. As to the top three, price-point plays a role, as I feel I damn well should like a $1000 knife better than one at $500, in turn better than a $250 piece. That's not entirely the case, though, as each brand has it's place in my carry, use, and affection.
Chris Reeve
Benchmade
Spyderco
Zero Tolerance
Those are more or less in order. I do prefer my Benchmades to my Spydies, but have many more Spydies than ZTs. It's hard to say I like the former more than the latter--they're just so different. As to the top three, price-point plays a role, as I feel I damn well should like a $1000 knife better than one at $500, in turn better than a $250 piece. That's not entirely the case, though, as each brand has it's place in my carry, use, and affection.
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Busse Combat, Swamp Rat, Spyderco, Esee, Tops. Like Survive Knives also, but they are too hard to get.
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Buck, Spyderco, Kabar, Benchmade, Ontario.
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Cold Steel
SOG
Buck
CRKT
SOG
Buck
CRKT
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Not in order and all in there for different reasons that make them all very, very good:
Brous Blades
Guardian Tactical
Hinderer
WeKnives
Hoback
(and for those asking rhetorically above, "yes" - I own multiples from all 5 of those brands.)
Brous Blades
Guardian Tactical
Hinderer
WeKnives
Hoback
(and for those asking rhetorically above, "yes" - I own multiples from all 5 of those brands.)
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