What Is The Quintessential Affordable (Under $100) Knife Every Collector Should Have?

SAK - I use the Victorinox Fieldmaster on a daily basis
Buck 110
Ka-bar USMC
Becker BK-2
 
I don't understand the obsession with quintessential. Get what you like, not what everyone thinks you should have.
 
singularity35 said:
I don't understand the obsession with quintessential. Get what you like, not what everyone thinks you should have.
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This is just a light hearted thread to have some fun, it's not meant to be taken seriously. Just interesting to see what the members of this board consider the "quintessential" knife of any serious collection for under $100.
 
I think a Spyderco Delica FFG and a Becker BK-2 are a really good all-around combination that cover pretty much just about anything I might run into. I can buy them both for not much over $100 total. Don't listen to these people telling you to be practical. Buy and trade as many knives as you possibly can in as short a time period as possible. This is the only way to ensure the sickness sets in well.
 
Ogien said:
What about a full tang fixed blade knife? Which one is the quintessential knife that fits the < $100 limit? A couple of bucks over $100 is ok but it's gotta be no more than $10 over IMHO.
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ESEE-3MIL :thumbup:
 
Spyderco Delica or Endura

Kershaw Skyline

Buck 110

Cold Steel American Lawman

Cold Steel Voyager

Becker BK-2

SYKCO 511

Swamp Rat Swamp Warden

Becker BK 11

ESEE Izula

There's a ton more but these are some of my faves.
 
Benchmade Grip
Buck 110
BK7
Cold Steel Recon 1
Kershaw Junkyard Dog/Rake/Skyline
Spyderco Endura/Delica/Para 2
Vic Alox Soldier
Opinel
 
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Of course the medium SAKs- small Tinker, Bantam, possibly the Cadet (don't have that one),... The Alox Solo is also a wonderful, classy knife; possibly my favorite knife ever.
 
This thread reads like a "Who is Who" of knives and the variety of "Quintessential" knives is very impressive. Some of these I haven't inquired into yet and some are very familiar to me.

One question though, are we keeping it roughly in the $100 and below price range? If we are adhering to the price range then I've gotta say that there are tons of great knives out there, for the serious collector, that are entirely affordable and that's really cool.

Let me add an older knife to the list: M Klein & Sons Electricians knife. It's basically a typical but high quality pocket knife with the secondary "blade" being a flat-head screwdriver. Nice workmanship, easy to find and can be had for under $100 so I think that it belongs in a more historical category of collector knives.
 
Ogien said:
This is just a light hearted thread to have some fun, it's not meant to be taken seriously. Just interesting to see what the members of this board consider the "quintessential" knife of any serious collection for under $100.
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Ok well your question is a quintessential question for noobs too. :p
 
If I had to pick one??.......yeah right, I have the knife sickness. :eek:
Big EDC: Wet climate-Griptilian H2O, Dry climate- Para 2. Big EDC beater- lg voyager
Little EDC: small Grip, small beater-med Voyager
Cilvilian self-defense carry for $50 or less: Trident, all black, part-serrations: NASTY.:D
 
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