What is the most recent knife you bought?

the Black Spot said:
Someone local here in arkansas is all i know.
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but at $35 it is at best assembled in Arkansas, but the blade came from Pakistan. I really expect that the knife came into the country fully assembled from Pakistan. I've followed the Pakistanis patterned steel trade for several years and am disappointed by the American sellers claiming to have made them to deceive customers. I've encountered several of these folks at local gun shows (they can't show their faces at a knife show and get away with it). You can't purchase a good American damascus blank blade delivered for that price.

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Perhaps, but I've seen so many of these that they jump out at me when I see one. I could be wrong, but if the owner bought it off a table at a gun show and there were other "damascus" knives on the table in the same priced range then it is certain to be Pakistani.
 
He had several in the case with different blade shapes and patterns. I figured it was a pattern etched into the steel, not true damascus. These were in a glass case at a inside local flea market. Sheath is probably 50% of the sale price
 
I've got a knife made out of Pakistanicus, found the blade on ebay and really liked the design.

So I bought the materials for the scales that I liked and sent it off to my knife guy. He finished it off and a bunch of folders he was making. So I bought one of them from him also.

Here's the Pakistanicus knife and the folder.

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Just to add, the folder is not made out of Pakistanicus! The blade is made out of Elmax, the liner is titanium and the scales are carbon fiber.
 
Nice looking folder. What is he using for pivots?


I gotta ask about the Pakistani made blade, while that's a classic design, why get it in that "steel" when you could get similar from Jantz or Texas Knifemaker Supply from American made pattern welded steel that will heat treat and could be used? I understand that the ebay blade probably cost a tenth of the below from Jantz, but is there value in it other than appearance? Did you spend more on the G10 and build than the blade cost?
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HSO, I would have to ask him what he used as he didn't tell me. Or if he did, I wasn't paying attention as the knife is super light and sharp. I think I was playing with flipping the blade out, all those things we do with a new knife.

As for the other knife, I think I paid around $20 for the blank. I liked the look of it and the Damascus pattern added to it. I'm not even sure who made it, it was listed as Damascus and for the price I just assumed it was Paki.

The G10 cost about the same and was supposed to be a tiger striped pattern. When I saw it for the first time, I liked it, don't see any finished like that.
 
The pivots on those were stock items, hardened pivot shafts from either AKS or Jantz or similar, I can't recall exactly. The blade rides on bearings and the titanium pivot cups I machined myself.
 
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Green one at the top.wally world sporting goods counter. A bit less than $5.00
Same as the one below it.
If it goes overboard or needs to get
tossed for various reasons, it can go
bye bye with no tears shed.
Hair shaving sharp with a couple of
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Trey Veston said:
Finally broke down and bought a knife I had as a kid with a sad backstory.

My dad was a USMC sniper in the 60's, member of the USMC pistol team, and bunked with Carlos Hathcock in sniper school. I was a fan of the Marines as a kid. I got a paper route and saved my dollars until I could afford a genuine Kabar USMC Fighting Knife.

I paid some crazy amount back then, which was around 1981 or so, I think it was around $35. My dream BMX bike was $89.

So I get my Kabar, and I fall in love with it. The smell of the leather handle and sheath, the enormous heft in my 12yr old hands, the ominous presence of the blood groove on the blade, and the official-looking seal of the USMC on the sheath. It was the coolest thing I had ever owned.

My mom hated it. I would strap it on my belt and go riding around town on my BMX bike, Sons of Anarchy style, with a giant Kabar dangling down my leg.

Not sure what happened, but mom decided enough was enough and seized my Kabar and hid it in a tool shed on our small ranch, promising to return it when I was old enough.

Unfortunately, the shed was not environmentally friendly to a knife and it was destroyed by the elements.

A few months ago, I was on Amazon and for some reason, a genuine Kabar USMC Fighting Knife appeared in my search results. $80. Stupid amount of money for a knife I didn't need and was inferior to my $60 Ontario Knife Company RAT 5.

But, nostalgia got the better of me and I ordered it.

Nearly as good as the one from 40 years ago, but the sheath was thinner and cheaper feeling. Knife itself was perfect and brought back a ton of warm memories...

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Applied some leather treatment to the handle and sheath and it is almost perfect.

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@Trey Veston While catching up on some reading here on the forum, I ran across your post. A true tragic story.
Some people will say that your KA-BAR was a reproduction, but in fact it was a true KA-Bar. After WWIl ended the Ka-Bar went out of production until 32 years later When the original Ka-Bar factory in Olean, NY. and some of the craftsman who worked on the original knife began production for reintroduction in 1978
The new knives were made the same as the war time knives except with a better finish. This was due to the discovery of a set of original USMC blueprints found in a filling cabinet at the factory.
I bought two of these knives in 1983 at the PX on Camp Pendleton. One I gave to my younger brother and the other I carried around the world, and still have.
What sparked my reply to your post is that today while in my shop looking for something, I came across the original box my Ka-Bar came in. It still has all the original stuff in the box that came with my knife which includes a copy of the original blueprint.
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But I only paid just under $20 for mine.
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GunnyUSMC said:
@Trey Veston While catching up on some reading here on the forum, I ran across your post. A true tragic story.
Some people will say that your KA-BAR was a reproduction, but in fact it was a true KA-Bar. After WWIl ended the Ka-Bar went out of production until 32 years later When the original Ka-Bar factory in Olean, NY. and some of the craftsman who worked on the original knife began production for reintroduction in 1978
The new knives were made the same as the war time knives except with a better finish. This was due to the discovery of a set of original USMC blueprints found in a filling cabinet at the factory.
I bought two of these knives in 1983 at the PX on Camp Pendleton. One I gave to my younger brother and the other I carried around the world, and still have.
What sparked my reply to your post is that today while in my shop looking for something, I came across the original box my Ka-Bar came in. It still has all the original stuff in the box that came with my knife which includes a copy of the original blueprint.
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I forgot all about the box my old one came in with the blueprint on it and the sheet on the inside! Thanks for the info!
 
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GiantMouse GM8, satin M390 blade, textured titanium framelock, blue anodized hardware and backspacer, #18 of 300.

GiantMouse GMP8, tumbled black PVD M390 blade, tumbled black PVD titanium framelock with texturing and green canvas micarta insert, bronze anodized hardware and backspacer, #13 of 100.

Vehement Knives Mongrel (midtech manufactured by Medford Knives), machine satin CPM3V blade, bronze anodized titanium handle with brushed faux bolster.

Vehement Knives Mongrel Prototype, machine satin CPM3V blade, bronze anodized hardware, tumbled titanium handle with brushed faux bolster.
 
Boker Kalashnikov.

Keep it in a small pouch on my belt and find myself using almost daily. The auto open feature is very handy.
 
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I can't remember if it was my co-branded Ruger/Silver Stag or my CRKT Go-in-Heavy folder with a five inch blade. I don't know where that wooden handle one came from. I found it in the shed.
I did just order a Gerber MKII and should be here tomorrow!

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A simple Spyderco Police 4 lightweight. For a large folder it fits easy in my pocket and the length gives very good utility. Been carrying it since Jan '21.
 
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