You win a contest and you're able to choose your prize knife from the following. Which do you choose?

[PNWhovian]

TOPS Armageddon. I'm a fan boy.

I like TOPS and chose the Armageddon as well.

 

[microbe]

The Respect is marked over 600 smackers in Spain...

 

[Insipid Moniker]

No brainer; Spyderco Respect. Even if you don’t want it, sell it and buy two of any other on the list.

It's also the one that I would be most curious about. None of those knives are particularly useful to me and the one that piques my interest is also the most valuable, so it would be a win win.

 

[crzyhorse]

Is this for a user or a collector? I mean of all of those the one I would probably use the most would be the Buck. But the one I would most like having in my collection would be the Spyderco. Something tells me it would probably resell for the most as well.

 

[Etched1]

I won. I won. Oh wait, somebody else won.

 

[sabre cat]

I would have to choose the Spyderco as my first choice.

That, or the Ka-Bar. Most of the other knives I have never even heard of.

 

[AntDog]

Out of all those I’d go with the Svord. They’re so damn cool and I’ve always thought about getting one. I’d even take the smaller size.

 

[Stahlmann]

Out of all those I’d go with the Svord. They’re so damn cool and I’ve always thought about getting one. I’d even take the smaller size.

Same here! The damned big Svord thing keeps kinda gnawing away at my resistance!

 

[Stickgunner]

Buck 124 for me, I'm not sure why but I've really been wanting one for the past few weeks.

 

[MolokaiRider]

Spyderco Respect all day, everyday.

 

[Boattale]

I'll take the Randall Model 5.

 

[shortwinger]

CS Trail Master for me. I have the SK5 version and love it.

 

[Hackenslash]

Ok, the winner in a landslide is the Spyderco. Who gets the knife?

 

[Stahlmann]

CS Trail Master for me. I have the SK5 version and love it.

It is one helluva knife -- in any steel.

 

[cbach8tw]

Buck for classic lines.

 

[eveled]

I love my 124’s. It’s the top of the Buck line in a class by itself. I own 4 of them and don’t own any other knife on your list.

 

[afishhunter]

I'm only familiar with a couple that are on the list.
Truth to tell, I've never needed a knife with a blade over 5 inches or so.
I have less than zero use for a "fighting" knife ... I ain't stupit enough to think i could "win" ... there is chance I'll ever have cause to take out enemy sentries ... (I a civilian, and too old now for military service. When I tried to join after high school, the Army was mean, and booted me out for medical reasons, and changed my draft classificaton to "E-4F", then told me (quote) "Even if we're attacked, keep your a$$ home!" I wanted 20 to 30 years. It took them 12 days to process me out. )
I guess the Buck 124, and use it when carrying my .54 caliber Hawken muzzleloader.
The SK5 CS Trail Master would be a close second or distant last, depending on the sheath.

 

[cbach8tw]

I love my 124’s. It’s the top of the Buck line in a class by itself. I own 4 of them and don’t own any other knife on your list.

Of the 124 you have, did you have a favorite? Do you have one in 5160?

 

[eveled]

No favorites. The older ones have rounder handles the new Micarta is blocky but not unwieldy.

I did not get a 5160 124. I wasn’t sure how I’d like the exposed tang getting rusty/patina. I like carbon steel blades just not on exposed tangs.

 

[Stahlmann]

Why so many votes for the ESEE Junglas? Please don't get defensive. I'm sincerely curious? Thanks.