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Favorite Knife Maker

dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
edited September 2018 in General Discussion
I was wondering which knife most people like. I have more Kershaw knives than anything else.

I carry either a Kobalt utility knife or a Kershaw Onion every day. Depends on what i am doing.

I have 1 Spyderco knife i bought for 25 cent. Its a nice knife just to big for every day carry.

https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C36GCMO/Military-trade-Model-G-10-Camo-/362

To me a Kershaw Onion or Leek is about the perfect size.

I have some small old timers that are nice but they were Christmas presents from my parents and my Dad is dead now and i would hate to lose them so they stay in the safe.[:(]
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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buck
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  • 35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,307 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Old Timer.
    An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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  • carbine100carbine100 Member Posts: 3,071 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Favorite was a local knife maker. George Guthrie. Own a handful of his knives. Unfortunately the warranty has expired. They all came with a lifetime guarantee, yours or his, whichever came first.

    EDC varies, I have a couple assisted opening Kershaw's including the Leek, a nice Benchmade, a Gerber automatic, and a couple other Gerber and SOG's.
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  • Heavy ChevyHeavy Chevy Member Posts: 736 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Havolon
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,020 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Chicago Cutlery. Back when they were made here. Now made overseas[xx(]
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My favorite knife is usually the one I'm carrying in my pocket.

    So many to choose from:

    (old - pre move) Buck
    Case
    Benchmade brand - Emerson CQC7
    Emerson brand - CQC7
    Spyderco
    SwissBuck
    Swiss Army (both brands)
    BOKER (pocket Ceramic)

    And the list goes on and one and....

    I've also got some original Russell butcher/carving knives, as well as 1/2 dozen Cold Steel high carbon butcher knives.
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  • 7.62x39Lover7.62x39Lover Member Posts: 3,939 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Glock
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Folders....Victorinox
    Fixed blade....swamp rat/busse
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    Buck
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • grdad45grdad45 Member Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gerber, Puma
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm pretty partial to Henckel knives in the kitchen. I can dismember a whole fryer in a little over 35 seconds with a pre-war carbon blade.

    If the field, any old piece of Solingen iron will do.
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  • dbain99dbain99 Member Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Favorite knife company: Spyderco & Busse
    Favorite semi custom: Carothers Performance Knives
    Favorite knife maker: Tad Lynch & Ben Seward(Western style not Eastern)
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  • dpmuledpmule Member Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by GreatGuns
    Ruana in Bonner Montana. Rudy made the knife I took to Vietnam and it saved my life more than once. I've since collected two dozen of the knives he personally made. [^]

    https://www.ruanaknives.com/company-history-and-mission/


    +1
    Now if I can just find an original Rudy hatchet at a yard sale [:D]

    Mule
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  • RadarRadar Member Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gerber
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    USA made Kershaw or Benchmade. I live about 25 miles from Kershaw and 40 miles from Benchmade. Gerber is about midway, and have a few of them, but not my favorite. Do have a few Pumas that I do cherish..
    Benchade auto mini reflex is my edc...
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,277 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    USA made Kershaw or Benchmade. I live about 25 miles from Kershaw and 40 miles from Benchmade. Gerber is about midway, and have a few of them, but not my favorite. Do have a few Pumas that I do cherish..
    Benchade auto mini reflex is my edc...

    +1 on the Kershaws. Pete used to come hunt on a ranch owned by some good friends of mine during deer and elk season. He's one hell of a fine gentleman and built quite a company for himself.
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  • gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,091 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Early Puma or Marbles
    Current
    Randall, Hubertus, or Mikov
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Case
    Buck
    Old Timer

    Trinity +++
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  • JIM STARKJIM STARK Member Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    George Herron!!!!
    JIM...........
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  • gjshawgjshaw Member Posts: 14,770 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Randall knives
    http://www.randallknives.com
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  • jwb267jwb267 Member Posts: 19,664 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    my leatherman has been in my pocket for 30 years
    straight blade would be what my dad made
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    USA made Kershaw or Benchmade. I live about 25 miles from Kershaw and 40 miles from Benchmade. Gerber is about midway, and have a few of them, but not my favorite. Do have a few Pumas that I do cherish..
    Benchade auto mini reflex is my edc...

    +1 on the Kershaws. Pete used to come hunt on a ranch owned by some good friends of mine during deer and elk season. He's one hell of a fine gentleman and built quite a company for himself.



    I have a DWO classic that is unopened too..[^]
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  • dav1965dav1965 Member Posts: 26,540 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have 2 Buck knives that are folders. They are a little to big for everyday carry. I have about 8 fixed blade knives.

    I have some Pumas and a bunch of Soligen steel knives that i do not know the names of or i forgot the names of.

    My Dad collected fixed blade knives and when he passed i got most of them.

    I do not skin anything anymore so they will not be used anymore for a while.
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  • hoosierhoosier Member Posts: 1,607 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Collect AL Mar and Puma (older ones)
    But I carry a SOG Flash Tonto.
    Magazines, Gun Parts and More. US Army Veteran, VFW, NRA Patron
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  • RCrosbyRCrosby Member Posts: 3,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hard to pick just one, but my Morseth hunter is right up there as well as a custom Merle Sequine (originator of the gut hook and early knives made from Henry J flat springs). Morseth, I believe, was bought out by A.G. Russell and Merle, I'm sure, has gone to his reward.
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  • KnifecollectorKnifecollector Member Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pre 1940 Remington's. Preferably unsharpened with a full blade etch.
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  • Gregor62Gregor62 Member Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Slavik Tely. I don't know if/how his knives can be purchased, but his youtube videos are excellent.
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,375 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ginsu
    cut pop cans in half and still slice thru your favorite food

    I would say Case and Buck as they are the ones I carry
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  • medic07medic07 Member Posts: 5,222 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    May daily carry knives are either a Buck 110 or a Gerber Covert FAST
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  • mnrivrat48mnrivrat48 Member Posts: 1,707 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not really a knife man. I carry a Gerber, have a couple Ka-Bar fixed blade. One came from a Search & Rescue vet and I keep it in his honor. Have in the past carried a Buck 110 .
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,277 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    USA made Kershaw or Benchmade. I live about 25 miles from Kershaw and 40 miles from Benchmade. Gerber is about midway, and have a few of them, but not my favorite. Do have a few Pumas that I do cherish..
    Benchade auto mini reflex is my edc...

    +1 on the Kershaws. Pete used to come hunt on a ranch owned by some good friends of mine during deer and elk season. He's one hell of a fine gentleman and built quite a company for himself.



    I have a DWO classic that is unopened too..[^]

    Got a couple of 'em myself...
    Thanks for that Toad.[^]
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  • ChrisStreettChrisStreett Member Posts: 3,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There are many good ones out there, but I've stuck with just two brands over the years: A Spyderco has always been clipped in my pocket for the last 25+ years, the brand has served me well. A "tanto blade" Benchmade folder was/is an ever present fixture on my web gear. It holds an incredible edge and has been used for countless things that I'm sure the designers never contemplated. Like an old Timex watch, it's taken a severe licking and just keeps on "ticking". Great piece of steel.
    "...dying ain't much of a living boy"-Josey Wales
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