What's YOUR Timex of Knives?

These 2! Both have been beat on mercilessly! Both are still centered with no play and lock up tight as a drum!
Joe
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Now this is interesting. When I think of an item being compared to Timex, I think of something that not only takes a beating, but is also inexpensive. I mean, when we're talking Timex, we're thinking about $20-40 watches here.

Then I see these posts with Spyderco PM2, or BM Grip or whatever other ~$100 knife. I mean, my BM Grip has been a rock solid workhorse for over ten years and never failed me. I absolutely love that knife. But a knife at ~$100, price point, I'd probably be more inclined to compare to something like a Seiko. Also a great company that makes darned near indestructible watches (lord knows what my Titanium Eco Drive model has been through in the 12 years I've had it), but not designed for pricing at the rock bottom price point.

I guess we all perceive the question differently, and perhaps perceive the price points of the knives differently.
 
19-3ben said:
Now this is interesting. When I think of an item being compared to Timex, I think of something that not only takes a beating, but is also inexpensive. I mean, when we're talking Timex, we're thinking about $20-40 watches here.

Then I see these posts with Spyderco PM2, or BM Grip or whatever other ~$100 knife. I mean, my BM Grip has been a rock solid workhorse for over ten years and never failed me. I absolutely love that knife. But a knife at ~$100, price point, I'd probably be more inclined to compare to something like a Seiko. Also a great company that makes darned near indestructible watches (lord knows what my Titanium Eco Drive model has been through in the 12 years I've had it), but not designed for pricing at the rock bottom price point.

I guess we all perceive the question differently, and perhaps perceive the price points of the knives differently.
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I originally planned on asking for inexpensive suggestions, but price is so subjective. I wanted people to post knives instead of asking what I mean my inexpensive ;)
 
For me, Case brand knives are the answer. They're relatively inexpensive, reliable, and readily available. Plus they've been around for many years and I remember seeing many used by my grandfathers, as well as their Timex watches. Both are a great value and up to all the daily task, without worries.
 
What's YOUR Timex of Knives?

Like the old trusty affordable Timex watches, which of your knives have taken a lickin and kept on tickin? Pics please!

I reexamined the OP and my answer was wrong, although I had either bought for a few $ or found in a toolbox I bought at an auction but it was cheap and money to longevity I felt it was a legitimate answer but in retrospect I'd like to change my answer.

Keeping in mind you can spend over $100 on a Timex and to claim a Sebenza was a Timex wouldn't be far off or wrong either, consider what the name means, Sebenza= work it's a workin' man's blade I can attest to that as can many others.

For me though, the Scout pattern and in particular Case, would have to be my Timex. I've always had the pattern and Case has been the single company who's Scout pattern has been in my pocket the longest. Here it is with a loupe I attached to help me look for tang stamps and makers marks on the blade. It helps to tell stag from stagalon and bone from plastic.

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This was patterned off a Colonial Forest Master with a chain with a compass/magnifying glass fob I have.

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My late 60's western f48a and my Shcrade 34OT, I got both as a kid and used the crap out of them. I still use the western all of the time, but the Shcrade was kind of a lemon when it was bought from Walmart as the sheepsfoot blade is limp.
 
Inexpensive, rugged, widely available at brick and mortar retail outlets...

Buck 110 or the Opinel (often found in the US with Colghans rebranding)
 
I have to say the Buck 110. A few years ago I bought a "collection" of them off eBAY for about $8 each. I think these were confiscated over the years by some cop or maybe a bouncer. At any rate you could tell they from different people. One had a Scandi edge. One had handle groves that were cut by the owner. All of these knives were functional-took an edge and didn't have any blade wiggle. This is saying a lot as some of them seem to have led hard lives. This is the classic American knife.
 
Nephron44 said:
What's YOUR Timex of Knives?
Like the old trusty affordable Timex watches, which of your knives have taken a lickin and kept on tickin? Pics please!
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Timex watches were promoted as tough INEXPENSIVE watches. I remember watching all those commercials with John Cameron Swayze when I was growing up in the 60's.

While I have a number of Spyderco and Benchmade knives, I don't put them in the TIMEX classification because of the price factor.

Mora -
Buck 100 series and 300 series
Opinel
All of those are surprisingly robustly built, perform well and are inexpensive.
 
I too put Timex in the tough, reliable, durable yet inexpensive category.

To me, some of the knives in this thread flirt with Seiko, Casio or Bulova territory.

Anyways, by my definition, the Buck 110 and it's modern day cousins, as well as the Cold Steel Voyager range are Timex to me.
 
Have to go with Swiss Army knives as the Timex brand of knives, and Mora or Buck too.
 
Fixed blade- C3 knives 3V slimline machete, and my dads "mystery oldtime supersteel" old machete(don't know what kind of steel, but I wish I could get more with the exact same heat treat!)

Folder- My FFKW Fortis, and an old Stellite 6K folder I got
 
Timex? Gotta be most of the CRKT lineup. Fairly reliable, not the greatest materials, but innovative designs with a wide variety of finishes, at a low price point and imported.

Timex HQ is a few miles away from me, and I've had a lot of there watches, there is a reason I have had to have a lot of their watches though. Aside from 1 of their ironman watches they've all failed, the company is great to deal with but not on the level of seiko.
 
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