What IS the best Fixed blade?

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I always enjoy watching knife reviews but when I do the person doing the review always says something that bugs me which is "For the price this is an amazing knife" or "This is the best knife for this price" (or something similar to those 2 phrases) even when the knife itself is fairly expensive and top quality, it makes it sound like if you had more money they already know of a better knife. After thinking about it it got me curious and finally brought me to this question. If you had any amount of money what would truly be the best knife?

P.S. while I preferably want to hear about fixed blades hence the title I don't mind hearing about folders if they are really good.
 
the smatchet, of course. but it will really tear up your batons.
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The best fixed blade has gotta be the one with the most intrinsic value!
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But seriously, this question can never be answered satisfactorily.
Not unless, there is a standard globally recognised exhaustive list
categorically stating what exactly such a knife should be "best at".
I like a blade that feels, looks and works and carry, great
And especially so if it is well within my reach.
But should money be a non issue,
I would go ahead design and have it custom made or something I guess.
Naturally With all the best materials, forged and fashioned by the world's hottest knife maker of the day.
 
The best knives, fixed and folders are the ones in my possession. There are none any better
 
Very subjective, there are as many answers to this as there are opinions. Sigh its like asking who's the best looking woman.. some say Oprah some say Meghan fox.

I like my Winkler belt knife its best to ME because ergonomics, design and usefulness.
 
Best at what? If someone gave me an unlimited budget for a single purchase I'd probably get a Konosuke Honyaki gyuto as I use knives in the kitchen more than any other setting and it's an incredible kitchen knife. It would darn well suck for bushcraft, though.
 
I definitly agree with ShinyEdges and Mr Moniker that the best knife is a totally subjective label. It is kind of like asking what is the best mode of transportation. I think you have to at least specify a category of use before you can begin to answer the question.

Most people tend to be talking about knives for outdoors use... For me, for that category, I like the Survive Knives GSO 5.1. It is my favorite fixed blade if I COULD ONLY HAVE ONE. If I can have two, I would add a GSO 3.5 and that pretty much covers it. I would be happy with a Bark River too, probably an Aurora in 3V or a Canadian Special.
 
I think he wants to know what the best survival knife is again lol where is marcinek when you need him??
 
It will depend on multiple factors.
Personal taste, use, steel, ergonomics etc et.
No one answer just like there is no answer to what the best car is, what the best gun is etc.
 
That's just it IMO one of the qualities of "The Best Knife" has to be being able to be used in a variety of uses not just settling for 1 category like bushcraft, for the record my picks are the Busse TGLB and HI Kukri. if you look at a few of my posts you already know I regard these blades very highly and usually use them as a standard.
 
How about posing the ? To read what is your best fixed blade. This should give u a good insight as to what people have/like etc. As for me Fallkniven volcano. Love mine. Good looks IMHO. Great steel laminated cobalt, beautiful cocobolo handle with excellent ergos. Solid sheath. Answers are sure to vary from soup to nuts.
 
Busse TGLB.
 
shinyedges said:
Sigh its like asking who's the best looking woman.. some say Oprah
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Seriously though...by any reasonable objective measure, the best fixed blade available today is the Gossman Big Boar Tusker. I challenge anyone to dispute this.
 
If you are a thinking person, you have to qualify any statement that says something is the "best" of anything. Years ago Herters always sold the best of everything and I particularly enjoyed browsing through their catalogs. I of course knew that it was just their opinion and it was often the best because they sold it or branded it. It was fun. But their stuff tended to be pretty good overall. A good set of qualifiers include factory made versus custom, price, steel and so foth. My best is not your best. "Best" is based on experience and depends on what you use the knife for.
 
dejard said:
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Seriously though...by any reasonable objective measure, the best fixed blade available today is the Gossman Big Boar Tusker. I challenge anyone to dispute this.
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Okay. You use your Tusker to prepare a 7 course meal and I'll use a $10 chinese cleaver. Bet the cleaver will work a heck of a lot better, faster, more efficiently than your Tusker. There's an objective measure by which it's not the best.
 
Guess I have to say it.... You must have a Kabar Becker BK-9. ;) Funny though, I don't own one yet....
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Okay. You use your Tusker to prepare a 7 course meal and I'll use a $10 chinese cleaver. Bet the cleaver will work a heck of a lot better, faster, more efficiently than your Tusker. There's an objective measure by which it's not the best.
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I was half joking but serious in my pick. These threads always seem to evoke milk-toast responses, so I thought I would have a little fun with it.

And a 7 course meal? Who eats like that? :D

22-rimfire said:
Guess I have to say it.... You must have a Kabar Becker BK-9. ;) Funny though, I don't own one yet....
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I agree, but the BK9 is one of those "This is the best knife for this price" that the OP was referring to.
 
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