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Favorite Knife Company?
I know it is very hard to narrow it down to just one or two of your favorite knife manufactures but try! If necessary give a top 3. It can be a custom knife maker or a factory maker, any and all are welcome!
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Permalink Reply by Richard D, Everist on
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Busse,Chris Reeve, Swamp Rat.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin S Gallagher on
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1. Cherusker Messer
2. Emerson
3. Benchmade
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Permalink Reply by Sam Lackey on
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Emerson, strider, benchmade. That order
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1. Benchmade. All series really cant find a bad one.
2. Spyderco. Again all series allthough not sold on the Byrd's yet.
3. T.O.P.S.
4. ESEE formerly RAT cutlery.
5. Ontario Knife Co. (use mainly RAT designs I think they are same manufacturer.)
6. CRKT some of the best knives going for the money.
7. Spartan Knives
8. Mission Knives (allthough yet to afford one.)
9. Buck - still making some of the best bang for the buck (no pun inteneded)
10. SOG seem to have a good value going atm.
customs- anything Les George, Elishiwitz, or John Landi
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Me too. Actually just recieved my Landi http://www.landiknives.com/LK_Kinzuas.html# in tan micarta. Good value, seems very strong and excellent sharpness and strength in a tool steel that is new to me.
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they are sharpening up my http://missionknive.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=... as we speak and will ship it to me Tuesday. My personal holy grail of survival knives.
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I spoke to the company and it can be sharpened by any field sharpener that is non magnetic.
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Ceramic Diamond Carbide, all are not magnetic. I have a lansky that has all three.
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Just got my hands on a spartan enyo recently. I now own two knives I have drawn my own blood with. First one being my Spyderco Bill Moran.
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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on -
Queen .. price/value, matl, quality, fit-n-finish
Opinel .. price/value, utility, secure lock
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In MemoriamPermalink Reply by D ale on -
what' the significance of “non-magnetic”
Chris C. said:I spoke to the company and it can be sharpened by any field sharpener that is non magnetic.
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