What brand are you hooked on?

[fulloflead]

Do you have a brand that you're just hooked on that you just buy and buy and buy?
Maybe not all the time - maybe just a phase.

My current phase is Spyderco.
But, I've had a lot of other phases: Benchmade, Microtech, Kershaw, CRKT.

Spyderco is my current phase because I've finally come to terms with their form-follows-function style of design. (I buy my fashion knives from BM.) Also, I like the price of Spyderco and I can buy and buy and get lots of cool knives for little money.

The Microtech phase was a "This is Phucking cool!" phase that almost broke my bank!

The BM phase lives on but goes slower because of the price and all the difficult-to-find discontinued models.

Kershaw I just got bored with.

CRKT I think I've grown out of for the most part.

What brand-buying crazyness do you go through? Do you ever stop like I did with some?

(Now, if I can just make myself stop buying Ruger Single Actions!)

 

[Steven Roos]

Benchmade!

I've more Benchmades than I can keep track of!

 

[stjames]

CRK, I wish I could have them all...

 

[TheBadGuy]

Microtechs here with CRK gaining ground somewhat

 

[Matteo Escobar]

Busse,
I haven't bought another brand since my first, no need to!

 

[FEATHERSTONE]

Fehrman Knives,

If you dont own one, you need to.There knives have edges that are not to thick, there just right,they can cut like a small blade yet take the abuse like a large chopping blade should, and hold there edge for a looooooong time.I own a few of the "semi production" and none have come with a edge that can slice and chop yet hold a edge forever like a Fehrman.

The Fehrman final judgement has chopped through heavy bone and had no loss of edge at all,where my other blades have chipped out.

 

[BOK]

For me Spyderco seems to be the flavour of the day however CRK is slowly but surely creeping up behind.

 

[AntDog]

Here lately I'm hooked on customs. If I had to pick a brand, it'd be Busse.

 

[NIB]

Strider Knives.

 

[switched]

Your poll does seem folder inclined full.

Anyway maybe, maybe not.

Folders - BM and CRK. Looking at Darrel Ralph with a bit of interest though, also Dozier.

Fixed - Dozier, Busse, Simonich.

 

[SIFU1A]

emerson and microtech right now in folders, and gerber in fixed blade,


greg

 

[kamkazmoto]

has to be MicroTech but WH is climbing fast

 

[Patryn]

It's Benchmade all the way for me. I have a good number of them, with more on the way. With the limited models due out this year, they'll keep me poor for a while yet.

 

[PWork]

CRK and Victorinox.

Paul

 

[richardallen]

benchmade all the way. got some spydercos as well though.

 

[mycroftt]

I have a bunch of Victorinox SAK's but lately it's been mostly Spyderco's. When I need a new knife (and, yes, I do "need" them despite what my wife says) I think first of which Spyderco model would best fill the bill. For example, I have recently gotten a big urge to whittle balls in cages and chains and whatnot and I'm thinking Spyderco Kiwi.

Maybe I'd better not mention balls in cages when my wife finds out I bought another knife.

Mike

 

[T. Erdelyi]

When you approach 300 knives it becomes difficult to pinpoint what your hooked on(knives in general ), so I'll go with a style of knife, and that would have to be, traditional slipjoints, I'd like to venture into custom slipjoints, I think that slips are truly representitive of the Cutlers art.

 

[shivey]

Benchmade and Spyderco. Not only do they keep introducing cool blades, but both companies have customer service second to none, IMO.

 

[Burchtree]

Not stuck on a brand, I just pick up something if I like it (and can afford it).

 

[glockman99]

For folders, it's Spyderco, although I was recently re-introduced to a Cold Steel Gunsite, so maybe it's Cold Steel now .

For fixed-blades, it's a toss up between Camillus/Becker and Cold Steel, with maybe Gerber tossed-in for good measure.

For multi-tools, it's SOG all the way.