What is the best (least expensive) knife you've had?

[G. Scott H.]

Mora, Opinel, Cold Steel's "Krupp" series (their new Peace Makers are especially impressive budget knives), and Kershaw's Chinese lineup.

 

[Squashfan]

$5 for a SOG twitch II. I carried that one for a long time.

 

[Cereal_killer]

One of the best cheap knives I own is my Opinel 112 3.75" paring knife. Comes in a 2pk for <$15 (so let's say $8/each) and can totally prep a meal then cut my food while I'm eating.

 

[jazub]

Victorinox SAK :thumbup:

 

[link2derek]

Folder: RAT-1 or RAT-2
Fixed: Mora HD Companion

 

[johnwitwer]

Spyderco tenacious- $30 hands down.

 

[Jam35Gr3g0ry]

Spyderco Delica or Endura...

 

[GotThemKnives]

Spyderco Resilience. Love thag thing.

 

[Jeru]

Opinel,Opinel, and Opinel. In that order.

Second that. In terms of raw cutting ability nothing beats an Opinel. Still use them every day!

 

[bld522]

Browning Ice Storm . . . an aluminum-handled Mcusta with a VG-10 blade licensed to Browning. I paid $29.95 brand new for mine.

 

[link2derek]

Browning Ice Storm . . . an aluminum-handled Mcusta with a VG-10 blade licensed to Browning. I paid $29.95 brand new for mine.

Yep - almost forgot about those. I had two variations back in the day (the yellow and red ones in the pic, obviously):

 

[Reignman]

Cheap?...... Well if playing by the rules (cheap being retail price, not secondary market score price)
I'd have to say for the price, a spyderco tenacious is a bad little mama jamma

 

[Therom]

Opinel and SAK are my best cheap knives.... Less than 20€ and very good at what they are made for

 

[SouthEast]

SAK Classic i got 2ndhand only for approximately 2 USD
Opinel is kind of pricey in my country here, about 30ish USD for #08, so my better least expensive is Ontario RAT model 1 which I got for about 45ish USD

 

[leghog]

Most recent best deals were a couple deals for different stockman knives.

Craftsman 9473 stockman for $15 shipped just before Christmas. A rebadged Schrade/Ulster 89. Excellent steel. This is my EDC pocket knife.

I also recently paid less than $20 shipped for this Schrade Walden 834 but don't carry it.

 

[NetshadeX]

Tenacious ofcourse..

 

[BladeScout]

 

[the-swexan]

opinel 8 carbon i have lots of hi end folders both production and custom nothing out cuts an opinel.

 

[agile_1]

I have to equate best with most often used and most useful - and for folders that would be Opinel. They are the workhorses in my kitchen. A #6, #8 and #10 with the #10 getting most of the work.

For fixed blades - I have been using a Condor Hudson Bay to split smaller pieces of wood and make kindling for the fireplace. Not an inexpensive fixed blade, but by no means high end. But it is a functional design with decent steel that more than pulls its weight.

 

[MathewsZ7]

Cheapest decent folder was the Semranu 710.....but the Rat 1 and 2 can take a beating. I love them!