What do you guys think is the perfect knife?

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Things to consider:
-Price point
-Blade steel
-Ability to take abuse
-Ability to take and hold an edge
-Ergonomics
-Deployment
-Lock-up
-Utility (How many roles can it fulfill)

My pick id the Spyderco Endura. For $60 you get ~3 3/4" of VG-10 blade steel, which I have found to be amazing in all areas. The handle fits my hand well, and I have small hands. Deployment is quick and smooth, but not the quickest or smoothest. The lock-back on it is extremely strong in my uses. Sure, it will break if you abuse it, but using it at work (grocery store) I have found it really strong. I have no doubt it would do well if it needed to be used in a self-defense scenario. It should also hold up to minor outdoor tasks. While it may not be as good at Hinderers, Chris Reeve's, or the Southard, for the $60 you pay you cannot beat it
 
For me the knife I always go back to and carry more than anything else at work (Grocery Business) is a Spyderco Military, black G10 S30V, it's been dropped more than a few times, used a lot for various tasks over the years and has held up great with no blade play. I don't baby it at all, I need to cut something I just cut it and move on, never had issues with it chipping out and it just holds an edge and keeps cutting. I may have to touch it up once a week on my strop once the edge starts to lose some bite.

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Photographers say the best camera is the one you have with you. I say the same goes for knives.
 
The perfect knife for me would be one just thick enough and obtuse enough for the most demanding task I do so as to sacrifice the least performance possible in all the other tasks. I personally lean even more towards the thin and acute side by using other tools for overly demanding stuff instead of trying to ask everything of my knife. That said I've been EDCing a cheap lil kershaw for the last 10 years and it hasn't let me down yet :P
 
zt0200 just kicked out my millie. what a knife. the 0200 may just be the best bang for the buck of all time imho.
 
I'm pretty happy with my latest knife- the large Sebenza. I'm not 100% sure who said it but I think it was in the everyday commentary blog that the review described the Sebenza as being great in nothing, but very very good in pretty much everything. I can think of specific tasks that I'd rather have different knives for, but in general I think this thing can handle pretty much everything while still looking nice, carry appropriate, and sufficiently utilitarian. The only consistent knock against it is edge retention in more prolonged difficult cutting tests, but I carry a stone with me at all times and actually rather enjoy knife maintenance.
 
Bang for the buck and what it can handle in all areas? Currently that would be my Benchmade Contego.

I have other knives that could fill the same role and perform on the same level but they are all far more expensive. For the price I think it's one of the best knives to come out in a very long time.

I should add, calling it "Perfect" would be a stretch though... Haven't found the perfect knife yet but a lot of very good ones...
 
Esee Izula. Simple and tough. Unlimited warranty, you can shoot it to pieces and the company will replace it. Good carbon steel. No locking system to fail. Small fixed blade and most wrap handle in various colors of paracord. Awesome, refreshingly useful knife. Carries comfortably and not all that noticeable. Worth a look at a price around $40 bucks. Looks awesome and can pry or slice. Made in USA.
 
I think the Para 2 is a great value and very versatile knife. I don't carry mine as much anymore, but for two years I constantly had one on me. The lock is great, great steels available, flat grind, 4 way carry option, light weight. Add a low rider clip and it disappears.
 
All good knives, most of which I do not own. And it is true that there is no perfect knife. What I was getting at was one that covers pretty much all of the areas I hinted at. I forgot to add one category: sheeple friendly. It hasn't happened, but I thought some people would come in saying something like a Cold Steel Trailmaster, which it a great knife, very strong and capable, but not ideal for carrying around town.

Let's keep this thread going!
 
A production version of a 3.5" Tony Bose wharncliffe trapper that comes in premium steel and costs 1/10th the price of his handmade custom.

Coming later this year.:thumbup:
 
Anything with decent build quality and materials that has a 3-4" blade is about ideal for all-around daily use. Spyderco and CS folders have been my favorite for the past 17 years. If you use it for everything including food away from home you don't want to really go below 4" of blade.

Most of the winter I had 2 or 3 pocket knives on me and carefully used the CS Tri-Ad folders like fixed blades.

Glad to see new "faces" here
 
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