Your favorite knife brand

ESEE, Spyderco, Victorinox, and the Moras (sort of a category more than a single brand per se.
 
Bushmonkey, Red Scorpion Six, or any manufacturer that makes a smatchet.
 
this is my first post on here, but wanted to say im kinda on the same search as you. heres a list i have been puttin together for knife brands to check out

Benchmade
Boker
Spyderco
Cold Steel
Condor Tool & knife
Columbia River Knife & Tool
Case
Buck
Victorinox
Wenger
Ka-Bar
Esee
Kershaw
Sog
Al Mar
Bark River
Fallkniven
Mora
Busse Combat
Zero Tolerance
Ontario
Great Eastern Cutlery
Tops
Strider
Emerson
Schrade
Smith Wesson
Canal Street Cutlery
Gerber
Bear & Son
Queen
Robeson
Schatt & Morgan
Titusville Cutlery
Colonel Coon
Bradford Cutlery
Northwoods
Scagel
MooreMaker
Bulldog USA
Cripple Creek
Utica
Keen Kutter
Remington
Canal Street Cutlery
Tuna Valley Cutlery
Blackhawk!
Byrd
Lion Steel
Meyerco
Microtech
Entrek

hope this helps
 
Folders (manual assisted & auto): Spyderco, Kershaw, CRKT (KISS knives, some of their other "contraptions" are rubbish)
Fixed: Ontario, KaBar, CRKT, Cold Steel

If you're going for mass-produced, reasonably-priced EDC (every day carry), Spyderco has been the most consistent quality/value and their support is has been 2nd to none for me. I've *properly beat the ever-loving crap out of a native and delica and they just will not give up.

*Properly defined as using the knife as a folding knife. Not a pry-bar, throwing knife, staple remover, bottle/can opener, shovel, or a makeshift hammer nor any attempts at cutting materials known to be harder than the steel the blade is constructed from.
 
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In no particular order

Victorinox SAK's

Great Eastern Cutlery(GEC)

ESEE

Becker

Ka-Bar

Benchmade

Case
 
Striders are super amazing, haha, i need to pick one up, i have handled them, but dont own one, wawnt an Arctic Grey one so bad
 
My name says it all, I will also list a few others.

Victorinox SAK
Gerber (older,pre 90's)
Sog (like so many others, yes Sog)
Camillus (older,pre 90's)
Case
Mora's
Leatherman multitool
 
For me, it fluctuates between two. All I bought was Benchmade, then it was only Spyderco, now its Benchmade again. I'm thinking about buying a Navaja soon though, so it'll lead to another Spyderco binge. Oh and for those of you who complain about Benchmade being over priced, they're priced quite competitively if you know where to look.
 
I guess I could have favorites as far as companies go. But I look at knives as individuals. I see the overall design and materials before I see the company name that made it. Just because I like one design a company makes does not mean I like every knife that company makes. Now there are companies that have several designs that I like, but for the most part I look first at the overall design, materials, and quality of an individual knife before i declare loyality to one company.

Designs I like:
Strider SMF
Emerson Super CQC-8
Cold Steel Recon 1 (2010)
Cold Steel rajah 2
Kershaw Skyline
Spyderco Military
Spyderco Yojimbo(new model)
5.11 karambits

just to name a few..
 
Production: Spyderco, ZT and Kershaw. Spyderco just gets it. They listen to their target audience, interact and produce some excellent knives. ZT and Kershaw take care of their customers, period. They have built a loyalty amongst their customers because they take care of them. I LOVE ZT designs.
Semi-Custom: Hinderer - He builds GREAT knives and takes care of customers
Auto: Protech - Dave REALLY takes care of his customers and builds a great auto.
Fixed Blade - Esee- Just like Spyderco, they interact and take care of their customers. They will go far. I'd add Busse if they weren't so expensive. They are a great knife though.
 
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