What knife just makes you smile?

retzius

retzius

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Every time I carry my Cold Steel Spartan it gives me a silly grin :D

TBH, its a silly knife but it is silly in the best way. Its just enough over the top to make me laugh while just useful enough to keep it from the "Tacticool" bin. Its like a really good B movie that you watch over and over with a good glass of whisky on a rainy day.

A true guilty pleasure. :cool:
 
retzius said:
Every time I carry my Cold Steel Spartan it gives me a silly grin :D

TBH, its a silly knife but it is silly in the best way. Its just enough over the top to make me laugh while just useful enough to keep it from the "Tacticool" bin. Its like a really good B movie that you watch over and over with a good glass of whisky on a rainy day.

A true guilty pleasure. :cool:
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My "Express" machete. Its just so freaking huge, it borders on being a sword.
 
ZT0562 with some custom scales. Love the size, weight, and just the satisfying way it flips open. Feels amazing in hand and is impressive to look at.
 
retzius said:
Every time I carry my Cold Steel Spartan it gives me a silly grin :D

TBH, its a silly knife but it is silly in the best way. Its just enough over the top to make me laugh while just useful enough to keep it from the "Tacticool" bin. Its like a really good B movie that you watch over and over with a good glass of whisky on a rainy day.

A true guilty pleasure. :cool:
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For me it would be all of the XL folders from coldsteel

Especially the Espada.

I don't own them but when I see them and hold them I can't stop grinning.
 
Most of mine do, but the ones that really do it for me are.....BM 710 1401 with a Josh edge, BM 581 with Ketchen scales, Brous VR-71 with Ketchen scales, Sukhoi 2.0 with Josh mirrored edge......dam!! Who am I kidding?? Too many to list!!
Joe
 
ZT 0452cf....due to weight vs size, blade profile, and cf goodness

m390 Ritter Grip w/ DOAT scales....due to it being the smoothest axis folder I've ever handled with ZERO blade play
 
Cold Steel Rajah 2. Utterly ridiculous, but has a surprising amount of niche utility. For short hikes I rarely bother strapping on a short machete and I never carry a hatchet or heavy chopper, but I like to walk trails that aren't often used and become overgrown. Solution? Toss the Rajah in my pocket and boom, instant, unobtrusive machete! The ability to produce such a gigantic knife seemingly from nowhere and clear the trail with a few casual swings always makes me smile. Partially because I've done it around a number of people who know me and my knife addiction, but have no idea that such a thing exists. I take pains not to scare anyone with my knives, but watching jaws drop in incredulity, and then getting the grudging agreements that such an absurd knife can be so useful, is always satisfying.
 
Spyderco Vallotton always has for me.

Especially this one:

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The ones that make me smile are a handful of large knives/machetes that I acquired in Thailand back in 1977-1980. Three were forged for me as gifts by a 70 year old Thai blacksmith/farmer. Two were made by a Hmien (hill tribe) blacksmith and a local missionary got them for me ($5. each). The quality and workmanship is superb. Hand forged from springs, hand finished. The old guy who made the gifts didn't even have a hand-cranked grinder. Forged to shape, forging scale hand-machined off with a homemade draw knife, touched up with a file before hardening and sharpened/polished on a natural waterstone (a big-arsed rock) afterwards.
 


I don't know, there's just something about it.
 
I picked up a Cold Steel XL Espada last year and it definitely hits the smile button. Big ol' goofy grin, when I swing that puppy out.

Another one that makes me smile, but in an awe-struck way, ZT 0600. It's just such a perfect example of a custom quality production knife. Beautiful in both materials and workmanship. Flawless...
 
Insipid Moniker said:
Cold Steel Rajah 2. Utterly ridiculous, but has a surprising amount of niche utility. For short hikes I rarely bother strapping on a short machete and I never carry a hatchet or heavy chopper, but I like to walk trails that aren't often used and become overgrown. Solution? Toss the Rajah in my pocket and boom, instant, unobtrusive machete! The ability to produce such a gigantic knife seemingly from nowhere and clear the trail with a few casual swings always makes me smile. Partially because I've done it around a number of people who know me and my knife addiction, but have no idea that such a thing exists. I take pains not to scare anyone with my knives, but watching jaws drop in incredulity, and then getting the grudging agreements that such an absurd knife can be so useful, is always satisfying.
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Man, I just might have to get a Rajah 2 now. :D
 
An old Smith & Wesson #6061 "Maverick" lockback, made by Vermont Cutlery and others. It's similar to the one my dad had in the early 80's and lost during a move. Several years ago, I found a seller who had two of them: a #6062 drop point (like my dad's) and a #6061 clip point. I bought both, sent the drop point to my dad, and just happened to be on the phone with him when the mailman dropped the package off and my dad opened it. Spent an hour reminiscing about those past days.

I still can't believe that the U.S.-made originals only sell for +/- $50. these days. The quality was/is out standing, not like the run-of-the mill import S&W knives Taylor Brands is bringing in today. The #6061 handle inlays remind me of Ron Lake's "interframe" design. The rosewood insert in the handle of mine is seamless all the way around. Literally custom quality work.

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~Chris
 
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Yup, you do...

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Then, it's all down from there trying out every CS mega folder out there.

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They definitely make you feel something when you open them!

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I agree on that with the other users who posted +1 for CS folders...

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The serrations make them even meaner... :D

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This sunfish always makes me smile. The sound of the lock snapping into place rings a bit like a tuning fork.

Photo includes an AG Russel Sowbelly slip joint.

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Gotta agree about the Cold Steel Rajah II. I've had mine since they
first came out and love it. I edc mine pretty regular.
Chopped lots of brush and smaller limbs with it. Very efficient.
Wave feature of the thumb-plate works well too.
Always makes me smile :D
 
The Benchmade Serum males me smile. It opens super smooth with the thumb stud, and fires hard in auto mode. I've heard complaints that some dislike hows it fires, but if done properly there are no problems at all.

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