Which Knives Really See The Most Use ?

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Samek

That is goddam excellent! Well-loved tools and the way they were photographed! I especially like the slim machete! Thanks for sharing! :thumbup:

 

[scout_77]

Mine is the bottom one in the pic, it is chisel ground because I like that, the top one is a scaled up on that is not

 

[Jessekf]

Hands down my Esee6 has seen more miles of the woods around my house than most critters.

 

[Mossyhorn]

The one knife that I use the most is a Spyderco Clipit Endura. It was made in Seki City and has a fully serrated G-2 stainless blade. It will go along time in between sharpenings and zips through boxes,packages zip ties, 'etc'. I do not however; like a partially serrated edge on any knife.

 

[sutured]

Hands down my Esee6 has seen more miles of the woods around my house than most critters.

So...is that a picture of the knife from the first day you owned it, or after hard travel?

 

[wildmanh]

This year, I've been getting a lot of use out of my Fiddleback Forge Camp Knife, hidden tang KPH and Carver, along with some old Western Hunters. Pics of my Fiddlebacks:

Normally I'll also have a 12"-14" Machete or a light weight Khukri straped to my pack on trips. The 12" Ontario Cutlas Machete with D-guard is one of my Favorite small Machetes. My H.I 16.5" WWII model Khukri also see's tons of use. It has helped me clear and make many miles of trails, done yard work and normally goes camping with me. Used it Thursday to make Kindling for the fire:

 

[DOC-CANADA]

Since you wanted to see some well-loved knives, this is all I used for years:

These, I EDC, but the one I use the most is the Buck Alpha Dorado, immediately to the left of the Fenix light.

Doc

 

[Rotte]

Vic Farmer is the most consistent carry knife for me. But I rotate many others, and it would be hard to specify one.

 

[upnorth]

Since you wanted to see some well-loved knives, this is all I used for years:

Doc

I have one of the old red handled 511's ? that I used for an entire spring and summer cutting sod. I found it in my trunk and it's not pretty. I should treat them with at least a modicome of respect. I think that it's the dirt cheap price that gives me the semi disposable mentality, which I feel is underserved. I just ordered a couple of Companions. I'll try to mend my ways through them.

 

[AeroNautiCal]

Swiss Champ.

I've carried and used the latest version every day for the past 37 years.

 

[BillyJoeBobJim]

The S5LE has been great. The side by side photo shows that the S5LE has a least been used but it really doesn't show all the small scratches and rub marks. The War Dog and Pork Shank will be getting a lot of use this fall/winter, but I'm unsure that they can replace the S5LE. The Pork Shank is slightly thinner - .160 vs .250 for the S5LE, so we'll see.

 

[Big Mike]

This isn't a ' Which are your favorite knives ' thread, this is a which knives actually see the most use.

Though I carry an EDC knife in town and a woods knife on the trail,

...the knives that see the most use are:

My kitchen knives.




Big Mike

 

[Nafunu]

The knife I use most often is probably my SAK Cadet. I've been using them for years, and I'm on number 5 or 6 now. I just switched to the newer model with the file instead of the second smaller blade. I'm in Canada, I work in an office, and my work takes me into a Government building a lot, so this is a nice friendly knife to carry and use there.

A very close second is my Small Sebenza. I used to carry it with me everywhere, but I haven't been carrying it to work lately because I'm afraid of it getting confiscated when I go through the metal detectors. They look the other way with the SAK (because they know me, and probably in part because of the light connected to it) but I don't want to risk it with the Sebenza

 

[dbltap45acp]

My EDC is either my ZT560 or Spyderco Para 2, and they are used daily.... While camping or day hikes my three most used are a RAT RC6, Spyderco Bush Crafter, or my Skookem Bush Tool. I have had a ton of knives and sold most of them. Some were very expensive and more of a status symbol to own them, but the above blades were what I always reached for and kept. I liked my Busse, Strider and so on knives, but functionaly the ones I kept work well for me.

 

[Larry from Bend]

Mine would be the Vic Executive that I've carried every day (unless on a plane) that I've had pants on, for the last 27 years.

 

[HandofCod]

Aurora, F1 (until I gave it away), and Para2. These days it's just the para2.

 

[fishiker]

I usually have one or both of these with me if I'm in the woods or on a stream. I've tried replacing each one with "upgrades" but find my way back to them no matter what I try.
swamp rat 001 by fishiker
JK 003 by fishiker

 

[foxyrick]

MY most used knife around the house is a cheap as chips (less than a pint of Guinness) Sanrenmu G10 linerlock. I have several scattered around the house. They take a hair-popping edge, are easy to use one-handed and are really remarkable quality for the price:

Next to that, in the house, would be any of a number of SAKs.


Outdoors, the most used is probably my Fallkniven TK2. It takes an edge that I know won't need topping up until I get home again, and probably not for a few trips. It's the middle one in the row:

Only just in second place to the TK2 is my Busse HHFSH which comes out for the big jobs. It is simply the best (thanks Tina Turner) and is as close to perfect (for me) as it could be:

 

[n8swag]

Use my zt 0350 every day for everything. What's the point of a knife you don't use? My whole point for buying An expensive knife was the quality of the materials to be able to take abuse. So far it hasn't failed.

 

[Nightshifter]

Samek's knives and field tools are awesome! What a great collection of used and refurbished blades. My most used outdoors knives are an old Cold Steel Pro-Lite(been everywhere) and an ESEE-3, along with a stockman usually.
-Paul