Which Knives Really See The Most Use ?

Ed Fowler said:
No - what I am saying is that the knives most photographed and posted on forms are not necessarily a representative sample of knives that are used a lot.

Most of the knives on this thread show some use, I like to see that. When I see a knife at a show that has obviously been through hard use I take time and pay attention, for these used knives are testament to the quality and integrity of the maker's dedication and knowledge at the time they were made.
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Gotcha'. I agree! I especially like seeing expensive knives that have obviously actually been used.
 
I use a Vic Sak (Adventurer model) more than any other knife. I have other SAKs. Just today my wife was scraping some paint from some wooden chairs that need repainting. She was done and I took a look. Pulled out the SAK and went to town scraping away. Removed a lot more of the loose paint. That is probably the third time today that I used my Sak. Had I thought about it, I probably should have grabbed my Razel.
 
At work I use a Benchmade full sized griptilian with a combo blade. For non work related edc tasks, I currently carry a Queen gunstock with D2 blades. Perfect size and does what I need doing.

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Ed Fowler said:
No - what I am saying is that the knives most photographed and posted on forms are not necessarily a representative sample of knives that are used a lot.

Most of the knives on this thread show some use, I like to see that. When I see a knife at a show that has obviously been through hard use I take time and pay attention, for these used knives are testament to the quality and integrity of the maker's dedication and knowledge at the time they were made.
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I've noticed that, too. I don't know if it means that those people aren't using their "nice" knives, or if they just don't use any knife that much. Unless you're hunting or fishing for meat, regularly building fires from local materials, or actively engaging in bushcrafting because you enjoy it (all the pitch torches in the world don't equal a good headlamp and a piece of fence wire makes a better pot hanger than a willow, but some of us still like to whittle), there really isn't much use for a knife.

I think a lot of people buy knives because they represent adventure and self sufficiency that the owner never really has a need for or ever experiences. They have very little use for the knife, but they enjoy having it. And they enjoy having the next one, and the next one, and the next one, and never mind that none of them really get used.

It's hardly unique to knives. How many people have a dozen sporting arms that they've never put a hundred rounds through...or 4X4's that rarely leave a graded gravel road, or who spend three times as much time making bug-out-bags and survival kits than they actually spend in the bush?

I doubt there's anyone on this forum that doesn't have ten times more knives than they need, and 1/10th as many as they want. But just imagine what a piss-poor selection of knives we'd have to choose from if the only people who bought them were the few that actually put them to hard use.
 
I use this nearly every day. This pic is 3-4 years old but I still have it sans a bit of steel honed away.

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sutured said:
These two knives get the most use by far. They're light, shaving-sharp, hold a decent edge and are easy to hone. I have a lot of beefier knives that I like, but they tend to live in the drawer. I'm from the school of thought that if you need to chop or split something you should cary an ax, and for me the little puukkos are better cutters than my thicker knives. Since the majority of my cutting is on wood, the scandi grind works well.

I'd imagine that in a year or two my most used knives will be different, but I bet they will be pretty similar in size and weight.

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I can really feel how good these two must be to use without even having to hold them.....very nice !
 
I notice that of all the knives I own the 2-3.5" range blades get the most use so for me this is an Izula II or whatever folder I have on (RAT/Spyderco) because they're handy, I have an ESEE-6 that's seen a lot of use too but only on certain occasions. I imagine if the year was 1900 I'd be using the 6 more because it would be on my all the time?


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Eli
 
My most used knife is a SAK Huntsman - by far. However, my most used *field* knife is my knife made by Bryan Breeden - by far.

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I don't have a pic of my Huntsman.....
 
Here is one that I pack on myself on all my fishing trips & on most of my adventures here...It probably has seen more use than any fixed blade knife I own.
Breeden HLK (Handy Little Knife)
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I would have to say, my orange Endura. Use that for everything from package opening to peeling spuds.
 
I always take a nice, sturdy knife and for backup I take a Mora. I end up using the Mora for everything. It's light, comfortable and a superb cutter. I'm not giving up on my main blade though. If I was stuck out there I might need it.
 
#1 most used, by a tremendously large margin -- Spyderco Tenacious. Cheap work knife that's in my pocket 9-5 daily. I'll never use one of my fixed blades as often as that. 'nuff said.

#2 most used under real application -- Mora Clipper / Companion. Cheap bushcraft knife. Sharp. Ergonomic. Cheap. What else do you want?


I've got a crate of a dozen other knives that are worth ten times as much (or in a couple cases, 15x!) as those two knives, but they just collect dust. The Spyderco just works, and I enjoy the Mora way too much. Why would I change a good thing? The Mora has yet to fail me, and when it does? I'll drop 15 bucks on another one. Why do I need to beat up my Barkies?
 
I have a # of folders that get rotated in and out of carry. for fixed blades my BK&T 11 would see the most use.
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Guess I don't have a good pic of it.
 
Halberdier said:
I always take a nice, sturdy knife and for backup I take a Mora. I end up using the Mora for everything. It's light, comfortable and a superb cutter. I'm not giving up on my main blade though. If I was stuck out there I might need it.
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I'm hardly immune to "just in case" thinking, but I fight hard against it. If your Mora is the only knife you use day to day, why would that change just because you're "stuck"?

Maybe the emotional comfort of having it is worth the weight. And having two knives can be prudent. But if I was "stuck" and digging around in my pack I'd rather come across a Toblerone bar than a second knife that hadn't proven itself handy in the past.
 
I carry an orange millie or a rat-1 every day at work and play. They get a lot of use between pest control and camping/fishing.

In the kitchen I have a full set of Cutco but still use a couple of mora's and a 6in f-dick boning knife when handling meat, that and my old f-dick cleaver that looks like a relic.
 
My most used is my ESEE 3 mil. It is my edc blade as well as my primary woods knife. Toss it together with a good machete and its all I could ever need.
 
My JK EWOK and Rule #9 are by far my most used knives. One or both of them are always with me. They are used for every cutting task.
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My SAK Huntsman. 2nd is one of two Opinel Carbone paring knves. 10 years ago it was my Schrade 61OT that I got in the late 70s. To be used, the knife has to have practical application for personal tasks on a day to day basis.
 
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