Which Knives Really See The Most Use ?

Most of my outdoors knife use consists of brush removal and cutting down trees in the 2-4 inch range.
For that my most used knife is definitely my (slightly modified) Becker Machax.

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For mundane tasks like cutting card board and opening packages, my Schrade 8 OT is definitely the most used.

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I live in the city, so my pocket knife gets more use than the rest of the collection put together ;(

Ed Schemp spyderco barong, wish I had bought a bunch because I can't replace it unless I find a used one.

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My EDC Spyderco Endura. This one is number 5 since 1992. Just put on the guetto wave zip tie recently, I'll prob take it off though, it does work, but I just don't need it for EDC.

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plumberroy said:
I have the Sak farmer and one of the other three on me all most of the time

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Glad I'm not the only one that loves the Rodan and the Pocket Bushman! :D:thumbup:

samek said:
It was poster before – my users:

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Great pics! I'm especially taken with the machetes and billhook, but anyone who knows me could have told you that! :D
 
sutured said:
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.
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Lordy there's a lot of truth here. Speaking for myself anyway.
 
I tend to finish a new style for myself in a small size as an experiment and then EDC it until I make another.
This one has been my everyday belt knife since mid september. 2.7" blade x 1/8" O1:

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Now I have a recently completed scrap knife on my desk too, which gets picked up often for little tasks, but not carried.
 
sutured said:
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.
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As Upnorth stated, there is a whole lot 'o truth here.
 
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My pocket knife is almost always a SAK Hiker. A Leatherman gets used daily. As far as a fixed blade when Im in the woods, The Cold Steel Bushman sees the most action because I actually do put it on a stick too cut mushrooms out of trees. I have several fillet knives, an inexpensive Browning has become my favorite. In the kitchen , these Japanese made Gold 3 knives get used the most.

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Definitely small, full-size-handle fixed blades that are thin. Something around 1/10 inch, 1/8 is already too thick for my taste. Preferably scandi grind with convex micro bevel or full flat grind. Blade length 3-4".
 
That quote is very appropriate: I was looking at a new 4WD Pickup. Looked it over carefully crawled under it and told the sales man what was wrong with it, compared its design with my 79 Ford 4WD and asked him why they did not make one for real use. His exact words were "Ed. those days are over, not one in 1,000 of our market is Ranch and hard use trucks, most of them will never leave pavement".
 
The knives I use most. The kukri is the best kindling maker I've handled and rocks in the woods--- its a villager model from HI. The Boattail gets thrasher duty around my property. The puukko is so light (2.5 oz) its a necker thats always with me on outings. AEBL stainless so no problems on the river or in the rain. I've moved to the big knife(or GB axe) small fixie knife combo. If I'm hiking or foraging mushrooms, the Vic pioneer harvester is with me too.
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It's usually the folder I am carrying with me at the time. Today, while hunting, I carried an older Gerber Gator. I always have a fixed blade on the belt, but the folder is attached to the strap of the Camelback. It's just quicker and easier to access rather than going through the layers of clothing when it's cold.
 
99% of my outdoor knife use could be accomplished with whatever sturdy, locking folder happens to be in my back pocket that day.
Add to that one sharp, full tang, fixed blade - 4 - 7" in length and it is over the top and all I could ever really need.
I just recently obtained a Benchmade Adamas and a BRKT Bravo 1.5 which make a great combo.
Last month it was a Spyderco Bushcraft and a Griptillian.
The month before that it was a Ranger RD 7 and a Spyderco Endura.
Before that it was an ESEE 4 and a... and so on...

I also always have a SAK of some sort in my daypack,
for first aid, etc.
 
My most used knives are are a Spyderco Delica (that I keep on one keychain) , Fallkniven U2 that I keep on another keychain, and a SAK Huntsman that I keep in a drawer at work.

I try to get outside as much as poosible and in my pack I always keep a Buck 110 and SAK Adventurer knife, plus alternate a fixed blade depending on where I am and what I am doing.
 
russamurai said:
The knives I use most. The kukri is the best kindling maker I've handled and rocks in the woods--- its a villager model from HI. The Boattail gets thrasher duty around my property. The puukko is so light (2.5 oz) its a necker thats always with me on outings. AEBL stainless so no problems on the river or in the rain. I've moved to the big knife(or GB axe) small fixie knife combo. If I'm hiking or foraging mushrooms, the Vic pioneer harvester is with me too.
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I love seeing really well used knives like those, awesome !
 
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