What knife from what brand led you to want/buy more knives from that brand.

first buck 110 in 1967
many sence...now past 110..
i would never call the 110 a hunting knife -
there are better fixed blades
for ecd (WORK) cary nothing better!
it jest works at a darn good price and the warrenty is for ever!
 
I would say the crkt first strike, cause I knew all the other brands and trusted the ones i trust, but I didn't know anything about crkt til I got that knife and damned if it isn't one of my best (even if least useful) knives
 
The Buck Ranger 112

Spyderco Endura

Kershaw Leek

All got me 'into' companies I only glanced at before.
 
Rat Cutlery, that makes the RC-3, is a different company to Ontario, which makes the RAT line of knives, right?

Personally, Spyderco got me hooked. Started with the Delica4, and the collection grows...
 
wow i havent posted in like a year...got a new, expensive hobby now (fishing) but still appreciate knives.
The Camp Tramp got my hooked on Swamp Rat.
The Manix got me hooked on Spyderco.
 
Spyderco Standard.
Benchmade 710.
Buck 110.
Camillus Becker BK-7.
Swamp Rat HRLM.
Busse SJTAC.
 
The custom made knife world in D-2 steels got me hooked in 1973, and I've been hooked since. Production knives then were somewhat limited to "quality" in over-the-counter pieces....notwithstanding many slip joints then available which are still tops today. Nowdays, there seems to be a limitless supply of production, bench made, and customs to be had. I can't say I've stayed with any one company, but have always relied on Buck for a day's work in the field. I'm a fan of Mcusta layered steels, and have to say for my work, it's tops. My collection has more CRKT's than anything, you get a good bang for your buck. I wouldn't trade my Spyderco or my Kershaw Leek for anything unless I could buy another one just like them.
 
:thumbup: RAT as in Ontario, as I am up to 6 as we speak all started with the RAT-3 1095 plain edge....now I have gone onto the RAT Cutlery brand RC-3 and everything from then on released will be in my Gun safe.just the guys ,the service,the blades,the value...hard to beat anywhere else in any other brand name IMO .:D
 
Kershaw's Leek got me into that company's product, while the Endura keeps me coming back for more from them. That was 11 months and 30 knives ago :eek:

Rik
 
The Rough Rider Large Stockman. After I got my first one I turned around
immediately and bought five more as gifts.
 
Just bought my first "fancy" folder:

Bradley Cutlery "Alias I"

and I must say, I'm impressed. Very nice knife, but I'm afraid that will be my one & only $200 folder. Bought it as a treat to myself. Afraid I don't have the budget to have a "collection". lol
But, that's OK-can't use more than one at a time anyway.
 
I agree with texastony I have the Rat cutlery RC-3 right now. I will be ordering the Rat-5 and Rat-7 for my christmas gifts I love my RC-3.
 
It tweren't so much a brand as a knife type. Kinda like those 10-speed bikes they had for years. Didn't really have a lot of choices. Damn things shoved one's butt up in the air and pointed their heads down fer a lovely view of what were under them. Then they had skinny tires and teeny spokes.

The only other choice was a 3-speed with a cheap, uncomfortable seat! Well, those slipjoint knives were like them 10-speeds. Then I found a cheap Chinese linerlock in a Dollar Store and the more I used it the better I liked it. I later walked into a Wal*Mart and bought a crummy Winchester linerlock. It had a real nice handle and thought the weight and the name indicated quality.

Wrong!

Well, then I stopped with the assumptions and began doing some homework, just like when I got into guns. It was only then that I realized just what was available. Now I like Cold Steel, Benchmade, CRKT, Kershaw and the Spyderco Byrd line (which is amazingly priced). I reckon the BEST knife I have is the CRKT S-2. It's titanium handle, sleek, flat profile and sharp ATS-34 blade make it worth every cent of the twenty-fives bucks I paid for it on sale. I also have a little CRKT something-Wasp with an AUS118 blade, but those are the closest things to "supersteel" that I've got. I'm just plain giddy about my AUS8 and VG-1 blades that come on most of my folders, but next time I swing by a Wal*Mart, I'm likely to pick up a little Spyderco Native just so I can try something with a S30V blade, forged, I'm told, by the same dwarfs who forged Thor's hammer (VG-10) eons ago.

Anyway, that's how I got interested.
 
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