Favorite blade?
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zignal_zero
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that's like trying to figure out who is your favorite child LOL. but, if i had to wake up and find out i only had one knife (monetary values aside), i'd hope it was my Benchmade Nimravus. that one sees the most carry time, the runner up would be my Rodent Waki. that sword goes ALOT of places with me. then my BM710 for sentimental value.
2Ais4U
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my wife bought me that K BAR just before my first deployment, it has served me well.
zignal_zero
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i can see how that would make it special 
and yea, it looks like it's seen some use. my Nimravus has been around the world, with me, often it was the only tool i had available. so, there's probably a little bit of the same sentiment that goes into my "favorite blade"
and yea, it looks like it's seen some use. my Nimravus has been around the world, with me, often it was the only tool i had available. so, there's probably a little bit of the same sentiment that goes into my "favorite blade" james_bond
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shoot I don't know there are so many choices and plus my folders
The Undertaker
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I keep a standard Ka-Bar USMC style fighting knife - same design as what the marines carry but with a black polymer grip and no marine markings. I like to keep my weapons as simple and clinical as possible.
Black Toe Knives
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My favorite blade is always the last one I made. Right now it is this Giraffe Bone Integral.
I like this one too. I never got to carry it before it sold.
I like this one too. I never got to carry it before it sold.
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AStone
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Either my Benchmade Osborne in my right pocket
or the SOG Seal Pup Elite in the left slot pocket of my Carhartts.
or the SOG Seal Pup Elite in the left slot pocket of my Carhartts.
plateshooter
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At the present time, it is my Becker BK11. That may change at any time.
I´ll be the first to say MORA.
i actually made a custom with a mora-sandvik-carbon blade
a feww weeks ago. A Bongossi-grip sanded puukko style.
i find myself using it instead of my kitchen knifes.
For carrying it´s actually a mini folder by Herbertz
2" blade half serrated, titanum body ... AUS8 ...
it cost me 8$ .. and i havent lost it, yet.
(should have bought 10 of them at least, now they´re gone)
i actually made a custom with a mora-sandvik-carbon blade
a feww weeks ago. A Bongossi-grip sanded puukko style.
i find myself using it instead of my kitchen knifes.
For carrying it´s actually a mini folder by Herbertz
2" blade half serrated, titanum body ... AUS8 ...
it cost me 8$ .. and i havent lost it, yet.
(should have bought 10 of them at least, now they´re gone)
bikerdoc
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Black Toe said,
So true Sir!
Made 2 of these so far. Gave one away. this one is mine. #3 just about done.
So true Sir!
Made 2 of these so far. Gave one away. this one is mine. #3 just about done.
I´ll be the first to say MORA.
i actually made a custom with a mora-sandvik-carbon blade
a feww weeks ago. A Bongossi-grip sanded puukko style.
i find myself using it instead of my kitchen knifes.
For carrying it´s actually a mini folder by Herbertz
2" blade half serrated, titanum body ... AUS8 ...
it cost me 8$ .. and i havent lost it, yet.
(should have bought 10 of them at least, now they´re gone)
i actually made a custom with a mora-sandvik-carbon blade
a feww weeks ago. A Bongossi-grip sanded puukko style.
i find myself using it instead of my kitchen knifes.
For carrying it´s actually a mini folder by Herbertz
2" blade half serrated, titanum body ... AUS8 ...
it cost me 8$ .. and i havent lost it, yet.
(should have bought 10 of them at least, now they´re gone)
marknga
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I have several favorites but this is my "I can't get enough of it right now".
Made by Raleigh Tabor in Cordele, Georiga it is a beautiful Damascus with a great stag handle. I highly Recommend Raleigh "Sharpeblades" Tabor for any of your knife needs.
Mark
Made by Raleigh Tabor in Cordele, Georiga it is a beautiful Damascus with a great stag handle. I highly Recommend Raleigh "Sharpeblades" Tabor for any of your knife needs.
Mark
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earlthegoat2
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Any Wharncliffe
Here's my all-time favorite:
With forearm sheath:
And open:
You can order it here.
The way this works is that you have an epee type blade with grooves on all three sides, and the pommel area has a groove to fit your index or small finger, so it's good for plunge or thrust, and you can rake with it. The scabbard allows for carry on your forearm. As a one-piece weapon, there's nothing here that can go wrong.
With forearm sheath:
And open:
You can order it here.
The way this works is that you have an epee type blade with grooves on all three sides, and the pommel area has a groove to fit your index or small finger, so it's good for plunge or thrust, and you can rake with it. The scabbard allows for carry on your forearm. As a one-piece weapon, there's nothing here that can go wrong.
ArfinGreebly
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Normark/EKA
Well, as much as I keep trying to find a new favorite, it seems that, based on actual usage patterns (what I actually carry, what I actually use, how much I use it and how many different things I use it for), I'll have to say that, for now, my favorite blade is an EKA Swede-92, sold under the Normark brand as their "American Hunter."
I picked it up brand new in a local sporting goods shop where it had been in inventory for more than 14 years. It had originally been priced at $20 but had, after some several months (years?) been marked down to $17. At the register, the gal looked at the price stickers and remarked that they hadn't used those particular stickers for several years.
I bought it more as a lark, just to see what it was about. Hey, for less than $20, how could you go wrong? Within the week, I went back and bought the rest of their inventory of that knife. There was no way this was a "twenty-dollar" knife.
As it turns out, that same purchase today, not including shipping, would cost me more than fifty bucks. Oh, and that particular brand/OEM combination is no longer in production, so one is obliged to be the EKA branded item.
Here are some more recent pictures of that same knife:
With a few of its close friends
Sitting on the package of one of its newly arrived cousins
Family Portraits
Pedigree
It's basically what you would get if Mora knives came as folders. Same kind of stainless steel, same kind of grind, same heck of an edge.
It does pretty much anything I need. Works well in the kitchen, hacks up boxes, opens packages, all the usual stuff.
It has a unique back lock with the release all the way at the tail of the knife. This avoids accidental closing from "over gripping" (gorilla grip) or from changing grip with pressure on the knife. When it's open, it behaves like a fixed blade. No, I've never pried open a car door with it, and I'm not ever likely to, but the lock is quite solid.
The handle is a kind of rubber/plastic that doesn't get all slippery when it's wet. If you need to detail clean, the brass screws can be loosened/tightened with a nickel or similar coin.
I do my best to rotate my EDC, try to avoid favorites, try to keep it dispassionate. Oh, well.
It keeps finding its way back onto my belt.
Oh, and it's not like I don't have an adequate range of choices . . .
. . . see below.
Well, as much as I keep trying to find a new favorite, it seems that, based on actual usage patterns (what I actually carry, what I actually use, how much I use it and how many different things I use it for), I'll have to say that, for now, my favorite blade is an EKA Swede-92, sold under the Normark brand as their "American Hunter."
I picked it up brand new in a local sporting goods shop where it had been in inventory for more than 14 years. It had originally been priced at $20 but had, after some several months (years?) been marked down to $17. At the register, the gal looked at the price stickers and remarked that they hadn't used those particular stickers for several years.
I bought it more as a lark, just to see what it was about. Hey, for less than $20, how could you go wrong? Within the week, I went back and bought the rest of their inventory of that knife. There was no way this was a "twenty-dollar" knife.
As it turns out, that same purchase today, not including shipping, would cost me more than fifty bucks. Oh, and that particular brand/OEM combination is no longer in production, so one is obliged to be the EKA branded item.
Here are some more recent pictures of that same knife:
With a few of its close friends
Sitting on the package of one of its newly arrived cousins
Family Portraits
Pedigree
It's basically what you would get if Mora knives came as folders. Same kind of stainless steel, same kind of grind, same heck of an edge.
It does pretty much anything I need. Works well in the kitchen, hacks up boxes, opens packages, all the usual stuff.
It has a unique back lock with the release all the way at the tail of the knife. This avoids accidental closing from "over gripping" (gorilla grip) or from changing grip with pressure on the knife. When it's open, it behaves like a fixed blade. No, I've never pried open a car door with it, and I'm not ever likely to, but the lock is quite solid.
The handle is a kind of rubber/plastic that doesn't get all slippery when it's wet. If you need to detail clean, the brass screws can be loosened/tightened with a nickel or similar coin.
I do my best to rotate my EDC, try to avoid favorites, try to keep it dispassionate. Oh, well.
It keeps finding its way back onto my belt.
Oh, and it's not like I don't have an adequate range of choices . . .
. . . see below.
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ArfinGreebly
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Some Other Choices
It's not like I don't have alternatives . . .
Here are a few frames from a recent survey of what's in the various boxes:
Plenty more where those came from.
Oh, did you notice the other Swedes from EKA? Kinda like that outfit. Good hardware.
And then there's the other Scandinavian pieces in there. Like that double scabbard with the Puukko and Leuku set. Wife gave those to me. Really like them. Have never actually taken them out for a walk. Hey, it's on my to-do list.
Those shots don't include dozens of Bucks, Case slipjoints, some Bowies and mil-spec knives, nor a bunch of Kershaws, Gerbers, and a really nice custom hunter/skinner with no marking or provenance of any kind.
Only one of the Opinels is shown, none of the Leathermans, Chinese reproductions, a bunch of kitchen cutlery that's still NIB, and a case of really, really awful Pakistani ripoffs of a German razor knife design.
And more . . . stuff I can't remember just now.
Even so, with all the varieties available to me, what keeps winding up in my hand is this one:
It's not like I don't have alternatives . . .
Here are a few frames from a recent survey of what's in the various boxes:
Plenty more where those came from.
Oh, did you notice the other Swedes from EKA? Kinda like that outfit. Good hardware.
And then there's the other Scandinavian pieces in there. Like that double scabbard with the Puukko and Leuku set. Wife gave those to me. Really like them. Have never actually taken them out for a walk. Hey, it's on my to-do list.
Those shots don't include dozens of Bucks, Case slipjoints, some Bowies and mil-spec knives, nor a bunch of Kershaws, Gerbers, and a really nice custom hunter/skinner with no marking or provenance of any kind.
Only one of the Opinels is shown, none of the Leathermans, Chinese reproductions, a bunch of kitchen cutlery that's still NIB, and a case of really, really awful Pakistani ripoffs of a German razor knife design.
And more . . . stuff I can't remember just now.
Even so, with all the varieties available to me, what keeps winding up in my hand is this one:
AStone
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Funny. I read this ...
Two minutes later, post 19 popped up.
Very cool. Nice set.
and, not seeing anything "below", thought, "Ok, he's going to post more soon."
Two minutes later, post 19 popped up.
Very cool. Nice set.
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ArfinGreebly
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Survey
Thanks, Nem.
I started to do a photo survey of my reluctant collection a couple of months back.
Well, I got started . . .
. . . still not done.
Thanks, Nem.
I started to do a photo survey of my reluctant collection a couple of months back.
Well, I got started . . .
. . . still not done.
AStone
Member
You must have a ton of blades.
2Ais4U
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I am almost done building( from scratch) A kukuri style (sorta) machete,i'll post a pic later and you can tell me what you think .
ArfinGreebly
Moderator Emeritus
Nice!
That's intriguing.
Are you grinding, pounding, or cutting to get the basic shape?
While I have quite a few knives, I've never made one. It doesn't take any talent to own a knife.
I have great respect for anyone who makes them.
That's intriguing.
Are you grinding, pounding, or cutting to get the basic shape?
While I have quite a few knives, I've never made one. It doesn't take any talent to own a knife.
I have great respect for anyone who makes them.
ArfinGreebly
Moderator Emeritus
A Ton?
Meh. Not really. More than I need, I guess.
I may have explained it before. When the wife and I moved from Las Vegas to Carson City in 2003, one of the decisions we made was to spend more time outdoors. At the time, I had a few knives. I figured I'd just pick up some more of the same kind for her and the kids. It turned out that most of the knives I owned were no longer in production, and I would have to find something new.
So I looked for things to try. Did you know that you can't go to a store and borrow a knife to test? Turns out you have to buy them in order to learn whether they're any good. I spent a lot of time on eBay finding (hopefully) suitable pieces. By 2005, I had filled a couple of toolboxes with candidates. I had, indeed, found some designs I really liked but found that I had more than a passing interest in the variations and finer points of design.
It absolutely didn't help when I found THR and Steve reminded me that slipjoints were basic and useful. So, okay, I needed to get some slippies . . .
*Sigh*
So along comes 2Ais4U and asks what is my favorite?
Well, aesthetics and fondness aside, which one do I actually use most?
When put that way, the answer wasn't really that hard.
Meh. Not really. More than I need, I guess.
I may have explained it before. When the wife and I moved from Las Vegas to Carson City in 2003, one of the decisions we made was to spend more time outdoors. At the time, I had a few knives. I figured I'd just pick up some more of the same kind for her and the kids. It turned out that most of the knives I owned were no longer in production, and I would have to find something new.
So I looked for things to try. Did you know that you can't go to a store and borrow a knife to test? Turns out you have to buy them in order to learn whether they're any good. I spent a lot of time on eBay finding (hopefully) suitable pieces. By 2005, I had filled a couple of toolboxes with candidates. I had, indeed, found some designs I really liked but found that I had more than a passing interest in the variations and finer points of design.
It absolutely didn't help when I found THR and Steve reminded me that slipjoints were basic and useful. So, okay, I needed to get some slippies . . .
*Sigh*
So along comes 2Ais4U and asks what is my favorite?
Well, aesthetics and fondness aside, which one do I actually use most?
When put that way, the answer wasn't really that hard.
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