What is the best "work knife" you have ever owned?

[db]

I'd say I have 2 of them. A Vic Tinker the extra blades like the screwdrivers are very handy. The other is my Calypso JR in VG 10, everyone thinks of it as a gents pocket razor, but it is much more and alot tougher than you'd think. I've even thinned the blade grind on it and it's held up great.

 

[MD13]

By far, my SnG. My millie is second, but I worry about the blade if I drop it on concrete. It's badass as a slicer, but I think it's a little fragile.

 

[faca]

Mora 740 red handle+carbon blade.
Ligth
indestructible if you know what are you doing
cheap

And the best to don´t bother to use in hard task..........

 

[bombgod1]

Masters of Defense Tempest. Used it on two deployments and it saved my hide more times than I remeber. Used it to rapidley cut wires and det-cord when time was very short. I have since retired the knife and it sits in a disply case and will never be used again, unless my grandkids get it and use it. But if they lose it I will come back to haunt them

 

[Archer26]

After the last post this one seems a bit sad.....but very impressed with the CS Mini Pentleton. Excellent little knife, brillient for cleaning trout and seems to stay shaving sharp forever.

 

[Sword and Shield]

I have three that have gone to hell and back again.

Old Timer 8, in 1095. Carried at work for five summers, took it and kept going. The sheepsfoot blade is a little wobbly, but I hope a little peining will help.

Buck 450, in 420HC. My breaker. Gets saved for the ugliest cutting and scraping, and is kept with an ultra-coarse edge (right now, it's 60 grit).

Case 3254, in CV. Good cutter, not quite as hand-friendly as my OT, but good.

I'm field-testing a Case 6.5375CV and a Schrade 858OT now... maybe one will take the crown.

 

[CUTS LIKE A KRIS]

Ummm...good question. Big difference between the "best" and one's "favorite." As far as using knives in actual work, some of us carry a knife far more than we use it. For the most part, I carry mine for protection and only use it to open boxes. If I were a hunter, I'd want a razor sharp blade with outstanding edge retention and a comfortable handle. My favorite knife for all things is a Cold Steel tanto Pro-Lite with a 440A blade. Some day I'm going to get a knife with a decent blade, but for now, size means more to me than anything. And finding a premium quality blade longer than 4 inches is kind of tough.

I reckon the best knife I have is a Benchmade Ascent. Light, tough and quality made, I do carry it often. The knife I carry that probably gets more use than any others is a Cold Steel Ready Edge, a tiny 2-inch fixed blade knife made out of crummy 420 steel. But it bites deeply into cardboard and never needs sharpening because of the little serrations. I only use my bigger knife if the cutting is going to be more serious.

I'd like to see larger folders made out of carbon steel, as I feel that corrosion really would not be a problem in my case. But there are so many to choose from.

--Confed

Confederate- I have that Cold steel knife around my neck right now- in a kydex sheath I made just after getting the knife a month ago. It will probably become my EDC neck knife for work now that I am a supervisor- do not cut much on a regular basis now. But my all time work knife is a Boye dendritic cobalt folder. I have it in my pocket every day. The marlinspike gets used daily to remove staples and the blade hardly ever needs sharpening- I sharpened it today after weeks if not months of using it- just because I was bored and wanted to top up the edge a bit!

 

[Chazzy151]

Spyderco Military & Spyderco Endura (Gen.4 is incredible)