Who sells the best $100 knife?

[barmettlerjosh]

Personally my favorite $100 knife is my griptillian because it has the axis lock and probably the best warranty in the Business

 

[PirateSeulb]

There are so many great options and OP is right the $100 WE Knives look to be great options G10 Scales, Liner Lock, and D2 Steel is a solid knife for a fair price.

 

[emjay4248]

We Knives make beautiful knives for exactly $100. Two problems, 1st they are sold out everywhere and 2nd I find that the Chinese companies have terrible customer service and warranty service. I have dealt with a few of them and you are basically on your own. I rather pay an American company a little more for their Chinese knives like Spyderco and have someone to talk to.

 

[emjay4248]

Total package..... who sells the best $100 folder? In my opinion WE knife co value line is hard to beat. Spyderco and benchmade have some nice options.

I would love to hear your thoughts on others!!!

Kizer Vanguard series Great knives But Crappy warranty service.

 

[bearfacedkiller]

There are quite a few great knives at the $100 price point. The Manix2 comes to mind since I am a Spyderco fanboy.

If we go up to $140 I would say that the Spyderco Bradley2 is one of the best values in the whole knife world.

 

[Ryanol]

So many choices. Spyderco could make a decent knife I am sure but they see fit to put that godawful hole in everyone of their knives. It makes the blades and the knives themselves unnecessarily wide often times.

The Blur would be just about perfect but it doesn't come de-assisted and speedsafe is lame.

As sad as it is I am not sure anyone has hit it out of the park.

A benchmade grip with g10 handles would probably be my winner but they are so damn proud of the g10 it's ridiculous.

My pick is probably a izula with micarta scales and an armatus sheath

 

[22-rimfire]

My choice in this price range is usually Spyderco. I love the Delica.

 

[bikerector]

The new BM 535 bugout may be a nice option as well. It may be my next BM if I can handle one first to compare against my mini-grip which I love.

http://bladeforums.com/threads/introducing-the-535-bugout.1509000/

 

[BTGuy]

We Knives make beautiful knives for exactly $100. Two problems, 1st they are sold out everywhere and 2nd I find that the Chinese companies have terrible customer service and warranty service. I have dealt with a few of them and you are basically on your own. I rather pay an American company a little more for their Chinese knives like Spyderco and have someone to talk to.

The WE 617 and 703 are still available in most places. Only place I see them sold out at, out of the few I checked, is BladeHQ (for the 703, anyway). As far as warranty service, I've recently had to replace a lockbar insert on my WE 704 (first issue out of the 5 WE knives I've bought) and had no trouble getting warranty service. The N.A. service rep, Zelrick, was very helpful in getting a replacement part out to me.

Edit: Turns out the 703 is hard to find. Not surprised as it's a nice budget knife.

 

[emjay4248]

The WE 617 and 703 are still available in most places. Only place I see them sold out at, out of the few I checked, is BladeHQ (for the 703, anyway). As far as warranty service, I've recently had to replace a lockbar insert on my WE 704 (first issue out of the 5 WE knives I've bought) and had no trouble getting warranty service. The N.A. service rep, Zelrick, was very helpful in getting a replacement part out to me.

The WE 617 and 703 are still available in most places. Only place I see them sold out at, out of the few I checked, is BladeHQ (for the 703, anyway). As far as warranty service, I've recently had to replace a lockbar insert on my WE 704 (first issue out of the 5 WE knives I've bought) and had no trouble getting warranty service. The N.A. service rep, Zelrick, was very helpful in getting a replacement part out to me.

I am glad you told me about Zelrick. At least now I will have the confidence to buy one. The 703 that I am looking for is the 703F Black with satin Blade and 2nd choice is 703f with the blackwash. I'll keep looking.

 

[jimmyd1982]

Spyderco and GEC has a bunch of good stuff in that price range but the 2 I have been carrying the most recently are the Kabar large coppersmith and the Enzo birk 75.

 

[PirateSeulb]

Here are some brands with very solid products in the $100 or less range in no particular order

-WE Knives
-Kizer Cutlery
-Ontario Knife Company
-Mcusta
-Cold Steel
-Spyderco
-Case
-LionSteel
-Benchmade

I am sure there is more but this was the quick list I could make I may not be a fan of the designs of some but the quality is good on all of them. Some have some issues in the QC so you might find more lemons in their batches than others on the list.