REAL KNIFE THREAD
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Does anybody have a real /knife/ collection on /k/ besides me? This is a small sample of what I have, AMA.
From L-R (Top to Bottom)
1. Spyderco Sage 2
2.Spyderco H1 Pacific Salt
3. Spyderco M390 Carbon Fiber Military
4.Old school Opinel (no ring lock)
5. Kabar USMC
6. Spyderco Domino
7. Benchmade limited edition 556, M390 # 172/200
8. Benchmade 710 M390-2
9. Benchmade 51 Balisong
This is just a sample of what was close to me. Feel free to ask for more /knife/ porn, I probably have it.
< INB4 do you use these
All of my blades are users. I just sharpened up the serrated Pacific Salt tonight, push cuts phone book paper.
Why did you get the salt?
>>28364777
My father is retired and owns a cabin cruiser boat (for those that care), he lives on it. I bought the Pacific Salt many years ago for Xmas for him as he cruised off...
...
Most online advice said to get an H1 (alloy) blade, preferably serrated blade. He beat this knife up for a year, said he used mostly the chisel ground tip. The serrations were a hindrance, I gave him a few more "boat knives".
A few years ago he gave it back to me when I visited him in the San Juan islands. I just sharpened it up tonight, it push cuts newsprint easily. It has the pined construction that I prefer on these, no liners, and is very light weight and totally rust proof.
>>28364903
** pinned construnction.
Here is my favorite Spyderco Salt knife, an H1 Ladybug that I carry most days. Here it is next to a Himalayan International M-43.
I love this small knife as it cannot rust, sharpens easily, and is very knife friendly to people that wouldn't typically (use) or carry a blade.
Anybody except for me own Marble's knives? Nobody talks about them. :(
>>28364649
I own an ESEE so I don't need that shit
>>28365014
Marbles made some very nice stuff, not sure what I can say about them now....
They had some beautiful "hunting" style knives, I have a few Camillus and Kabar knives from the era that they reigned in.
Here is a Mora that I refinished the handle on, very nice patina IMO on the blade. If you do not own one yet..... get one. The knife next to it is a Spyderco Military with CTS-XHP blade transplanted onto the black handle.
Yes, I have the black coated blade mounted in the (brown) handle that it came off of.
>>28365070
ESEE makes great, great stuff.
I love the Izula, and I enjoy the Becker blades I own just as much.
>>28364649
Posting the superior knife collection.
Nice thread OP, but I can't help but 1-up you here.
THE POLICE ARE COMING!
I'm digging through my Spyderco collection right now, here is a stainless full serrated example next to the ORIGINAL G10 Police fro the early 2000's. I have more to show.
>>28365293
I like your wharncliffe blade, Confederate box cutter bottom left..
Is that adamantium steel ninja stars??
Here is a very nice EDC, a SAK and a Benchmade 940.
>>28365411
I apologize for the shoddy photography.
The strop is balsa wood loaded with chromium oxide compound.
>>28365006
HI?
looks like a HI M43. If so, good for you. I have a WWII and love it.
Bumping with my favourite knives.
Top to bottom:
Benchmade 15005 Bone Collector
LT Wright Knives Next Gen
LT Wright Knives Coyote
Spartan Blades Enyo
Spyderco 2nd gen Techno
my whole collection stands at 24 right now. This, plus a HI WWII Khukuri, the LTWK Next Gen and the Techno from he previous pic.
just ordered a green delica 4 ffg. Did i do good guys? This will be my first "premium" folding knife
>>28366232
bretty gud.
It's a 3/32'' thick blade, and VG-10 is a good steel - makes a great slicer. Plus, it's really light, though I can think of more comfortable knives.
ey what knife is good? I want a knife that aitn to costly.
I have never owned a knife before.
>>28366294
what 4?
No, seriously, that's an important question. For every day carry, you probably want a folder that's sheeple-friendly (ie doesn't scare them fragile soccermoms and whatnot), or possibly a small fixed blade (if it's no big deal to carry).
Also - what's your budget? Is 80 bucks too costly? How about 40? 160? There are many different knives in all the price brackets.
As a rule of thumb, I'd advise to look at the steel - 154CM and D2 are very decent steels, so is 1095 high carbon steel. Above that you have powder metallurgy "super steels" (s30v, s35vn, elmax, cts-xhp, s110v etc.). Also made in china isn't terrible, but should warrant further investigation.
Some good options:
Kershaw (esp. those made in the USA)
Spyderco
Benchmade (or it's cheaper, sister brand, HK)
for fixed blades esee, maybe tops (tops has some nice designs, but what kills it for me, is the fact that you can get an LT Wright at the same price - around 120-170 dollars).
Condor ain't bad (Alan won Alone with a condor kukri).
>>28365293
what is that medieval looking dagger next to the hitler youth knifes
>>28366342
Pretty sure that's a tiny version of one of the swords from LOTR.
Got some recommendations for me?
Got a CRKT Drifter that I IWB at 3 o'clock
I'd like something a bit bigger and smoother opening. Max budget is like 75 bucks.
Blade length is 2.8 inches and I prefer thumbstuds instead of holes
>>28365293
>Collection of what my mom let me spend my allowance on at the flea market.
FTFY.
>>28365293
why would you have 29 shit knives, and not a single good one? I can anderstand adding impulse buys and cheaper knives to your collection even if you end yp having $1500 worth of knives and not a single one above $200, but come on!
That's not a knife collection, that's a 13 year-old's mall ninja armory.
Left to right:
Ganzo imitation of a Benchmade model, I like it surprisingly much.
Spyderco Tenacious
Spyderco Paramilitary II
Buck Squire
Buck 112 pre 1980 from ebay, gonna clean it up.
Opinel nr. 7 I think.
Nameless customized knife from ebay, pretty shitty.
>>28364708
How did you go about sharpening the serrations? What grit progression did you use?
>>28365293
>superior
Fuck off with you /k/lown car collection of flea market garbage with factory edges, faggot.
>>28365293
The M7 bayonet and the Glock 78 field knife are the only two blades in that collection that will perform well in the field. The rest are shit.
It's like have a gun collection of a nugget and a Ruger SR9, and then 5 Hi-Points, a Tec-9, 2 Jennings, a Cobray Terminator, some shotgun you made out of a pipe and a 2x4, a Chinese mystery pistol and a Tariq.
>>28365070
>not sure what I can say about them now....
The new knives are chinese made, but true to the original designs.
>>28365006
What model kukri is that?
>pic is muh jungle afghan from kukrihouse
>>28368573
my educated guess:
http://yhst-7333098713883.stores.yahoo.net/m43.html
Himalayan Imports M43. Can't recognise the Kami from this resolution, but it looks like a HI all right.
>>28364649
The first 3, left to right are for food only!
>>28368861
Forgot what i have in my pocket all the time...
>>28364649
ESEE 6 doing some work.
>>28368861
What's the third one?
>>28368898
Kek how's it going with that.. Looks pretty hacked up
>>28364649
I have like 60 something if not more.
Why do you have the need to show off?
What do you care?
>>28369392
Because posting pictures of them on the internet is the most "use" he gets out of them.
>>28369201
Traditional Pattada knife from Sardegna, Italy. Handmade.
Best I can do with currently available dakka
>>28365293
>German paratrooper knife
>Hitler youth knife
If it weren't for the fact that they're probably knockoffs I would upvote
>>28365411
Very nice anon desu the 940 gives me a tingling in the loins
>>28365428
What kind of results do you get with the green? I'm looking for something to maintain/polish the edge of my Al Mar falcon in aus-8, and I can't decide between all the pretty colors out there (red, gold, white, black).
>>28366122
Fuck the techno looks good, saving muh shekels for one
>>28366122
Yes, it is an HI M43. Very nice knife. I have giant hands and this one is on the bigger than most. 3/8 at the spine and a meaty handle.
>>28366232
Yes, the Delica was my first knife. The FFG blade in VG-10 is great. This and a BM 556 mini grip were a great start to knife nuttery.
>>28368724
It looks like a Khukri House blade. It is not an HI M43. Handle, blade and scabbard are all wrong about that.
For the most part I just carry old-guy tier knives around.
Some examples include:
>German k55k
>victorinox pioneer + a shit ton of red scaled ones
>case pen knife and stockman (delrin and jigged red bone)
>buck 110
>leatherman supertool
>falcon manual stiletto
And a couple newer ones:
>spyderco delica in blue (it looked darker in the photos)
>Benchmade mini-grip
I don't really have anything ridiculously special, but I'm quite happy with what I've got.
>>28371405
I love the griptillian without the thumb stud.
>>28371468
Without spending crazy money on diamond compounds, the good green compound works amazing. DO NOT buy the cheap shit they sell at hardware stores, wtc. Good chromium oxide compound is 0.5 micron, the stuff I use is probably closer to 1 micron.
http://www.dlttrading.com/dlt-standard-double-sided-leather-paddle-strop-sharpening-kit
This is what started me off. The black compound gives a really nice coarse edge that I love on larger fixed blades.
>>28372481
This stuff works better than the black compound IMO which I believe to be in the 10 micron area, and you can smear some (let it dry first) on any piece of wood and have a decent strop (MDF or balsa or wtf ever).
Costs less than ten dollars at any big box near you.
These are my EDC knives. I have a few others, but they're mostly shit and I don't carry them, so I didn't think it's worth posting them.
I replaced the pocket clip on my 0450 with the 0560's deep carry clip.
The SAK is a Victorinox Super Tinker.
>>28366998
Buy the Spyderco brand Sharpener. It has triangular ceramic stones that you place in perfectly angled holes in the case. Watch the video on the site...
I can get my Serrated Endura fucking Spooky sharp with it.
It does normal blades also.
>>28373168
I was asking him what methodology and grit progression he used, not asking how to sharpen serrations in general.
>>28373168
>>28373189
Sorry, just trying to be helpful.
The spyderco set comes with course stones (darker) and fine (white)
Vorn dyr
Only other knife I have is one of the little matte black Benchmade Infidel's
Just for you /k/
From left to right:
Swiss Victorinox Climber
CRKT Mt. Rainier
Kershaw Leek
S&W Boot Knife
Gerber Generic Folding Knife
CRKT Eraser
Benchmade Convincing Afghani Knockoff
Glock Tactical Knife
Pen for reference
I use a fine ceramic (Spyderco fine or ultra-fine) and finish with a strop. Green compound on a leather shoelace works great.
Just ordered an esee izula 2 for 80 bucks with all the extras. How'd I do?
>>28373301
Very nice, the leek is one of my favorite budget blades. How is the glock knife? Seems like a really god blade for the price.
>>28375514
Very well in general, where do you live? The utility of this knife is amazing, I hope you can legally carry it everywhere.
i'm old, perhaps you can tell
>>28375717
I live in washington. I carry a folder with me everywhere and no one even cares
Laws are vague here
![20151230_223041[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cMpmsCR.jpg "20151230_223041[1].jpg")
Kinda shitty picture since lazy, but left to right:
>Spyderco Paramilitary 2
>Boker Kalashnikov Automatic
>Lightning OTF
>Benchmade 551 Griptilian
>Boker Kalashnikov Automatic (again)
>Kershaw Blur
>Zero Tolerance 0350TS
Not pictured:
>Kershaw Cryo x2
>Kershaw Leek
>Spyderco Tenacious
Coming tomorrow in the mail:
>Zero Tolerance 0550BLK
>Kershaw Blur in both Red and Blue (I like the blurs, ok?)
>CRKT M16-13T
Might purchase soon
>Kershaw Skyline
>another Lightning OTF
>one of thse 2016 Benchmades
>Spyderco Nilakka
For those wondering why I have duplicates, I collect mainly.
>>28375781
Oregon here. We have very loose laws regarding knife carry, some cities (Eugene etc) have stricter laws within the city.
For the most part every "gravity knife" can be carried, balisongs and double edged or automatic knives. All you need is a pocket clip or a sheath visibly displayed. Which is everything but....
IIRC the blade length is under 3" for a concealed fixed blade carry. Unless the cop is trying to stuff you for other reasons, it is legal here and I would imagine the same in WA. The Izula gets around this law at under 3", and is a great edc.
>>28375930
Let us not forget the amazing properties of the 1095 steel, the heat treat is fantastic on these. If you use it daily, a quick stropping is all you need to bring back the edge.
>>28375930
I'm not a douche to cops so I'm doubting one ever trying to stuff me. I was even shooting at the range last week with 3 of them.
>>28375969
Knife should be here next week. I played with an izula 1 at cabelas and it was really nice.
>>28371857
the reply was about >>28365006, which is indeed a HI M43. >>28368573 is a KH.
>>28376002
I say use it until the coating starts to wear, then strip it if you want. A nice patina on 1095 is amazing.
>>28376077
My apologies for the confusion, I was OP of this.
>>28365006
>>28366146
YOU sir, have fantastic taste, very nice collection.
>>28375761
How do you like the Mora ?
>>28376173
i haven't used it, i hardly ever use fixed blade knives, just whatever happens to be in my pocket at the time.
>>28376149
thanks.
though it's more like an addiction at this point. Still a few knives I want to get - not that I need any more (I only really use a few), but sue me :)
want to add:
grohman canadian belt knife - it's unique enough to pique my interest
GEC classic folder (most likely a tidioute #54)
buck 110 ('cause)
JX2 (soon as LTWK starts making them outside of preorders)
>>28371405
What's the middle one?
>>28377542
It's an Al Mar Eagle I think.
After posting my "collecton" i started sharpening a few knives that im gonna use to eat my roasted lamb tonight to end this year in style... what am i doing wrong?? No razor sharpness at all!!
Victorinox Sentinel One-Handed
Victorinox Hiker
Victorinox Climber
Opinel #8
Opinel #9
Mora Companion HeavyDuty MG
Buck Bucklite Max
And some Kukris.
Why buy knives you will never use?
>>28377587
Awesome, ty anon
>>28379044
It's actually a falcon ultralight, anon. Can't blame you, they all look the same desu baka. The falcon is the mid size option of all the ultralights, ~3 inch blade. Eagle is bigger.
>>28378955
What the fuck kind of a stone is that anon? Looks like a chunk of cinderblock. I would get a finer stone if I were you. Most hardware stores sell cheap 2 sided stones that make a ok edge
>>28378955
>what am I doing wrong
That stone is garbage. A Norton India or Norton Crystolon combo coarse/fine used with mineral oil should be your minimum standard for stones.
>>28379196
i can also recommend a lansky turnbox (either standard, or dia/cer combo) - really easy to use and gives a good edge quickly (but doesn't work with scndi grinds).
Thinking about picking up one of these for Gralloching and skinning as well maybe general use. Anyone know if they're any good?
>>28379087
Not like it really matters much because I don't I could ever spend that much on one :(
Very nice knife, though
Just picked up this summabitch right here. Would not recommend.
>not comfy to hold
>lock is stiff and annoying to use
>pocket clip is too tight
>slow as fuck to deploy
At least it looks edgy.
Overall not impressed.
>>28379294
No idea 'bout the knife itself, but EKA makes decent stuff.
>>28378955
You will not get a sharp knife rubbing your shit on a pavement slab. Also dat wonky bevel.
Jesus
>my ZT0550BLK came in today
>literally impossible to flick open if held right handed, even with both hands used to try to force it up
>flicks easily from left handed side
What the fuck.
Don't say loosen the pivot, it tried with it basically all the way off and it still wouldn't budge.
>>28364649
my collection so far... im really into balisongs
>>28380002
I did so too once, but now that I wasted my disposable income on it I have no ragrets. You can feel the difference just in the fit and finish, its worth it if you have the shekels
>>28378955
>requesting update on status of roast lamb and knife
>>28379087
Poke around on eBay/shady knife websites you can find them for $80-90 versus the regular price of $120
This probably is nothing compared to you guys but it was nice gift from my uncle. Coast D311
>>28382816
Start masturbating with your right hand.
>>28366342
20 buck dagger that you can get off of cult of athena if i remember, i cant remember the name but if you go on their site it wont be hard to find
>>28379100
>Looks like a chunk of cinderblock
>>28382753
>You will not get a sharp knife rubbing your shit on a pavement slab
Git gud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSt2mCWGFII
Is pic related a good knife?
>>28375517
Yeah, the Leek is probably my most commonly carried out of all of them. Kershaw just consistently knocks it out of the park for their price point. I used to carry the Eraser, but it was just too bulky but its still my favorite blade, design wise.
The Glock simply cannot be beat for the price.
>>28364649
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWl8EbNN8NM
>>28383622
I already figured it out anyway.
Apparently my grip when opening right handedly was right on the liner lock, entirely canceling out the force of my opening it with my thumb.
Wish I figured it out sooner cuz my thumb hurts like hell.
>>28375761
Looks nice, maybe turn on some lights more than your camera flash next time so we can see some more of the details of your knives :)
Probably a noob question, but I don't know much about knifes besides the ones I have.
Where can I get a usable, good quality Fairbairn-Sykes knife?
>>28385231
It was developed with Coast Guards in mind. If you're going to be doing similar tasks to them, then I assume it'd be great.
>>28386147
William Rodgers Sheffield still makes the 3rd pattern knives. Depending on where you are, just look for one of those. I know Lamnia.com carries them if you're in the EU, though their prices are really high. I'm sure there are others as well.
>>28386352
fuck serrations in general, i have a semi serrated blade (yeah only one it was an accident too, never gonna buy an other one either) there are very specific things i use the serrated part mostly cutting hard plastic stuff that is way more difficult to cut safely with a straight blade.
Hey /k/ommandos:
I am looking to buy a credit card knife. A knife I can put in My wallet and always have with me.
I dont have too much experience with knifes outside of cooking.
Looked around and found 2 potential candidates:
CardSharp:
>actually looks like a creditcard, cool!
>pointy tip
>doesn't seem to have a comfortable grip, just look at the pic
>weird fold-up pattern with slide-locks. doesn't seem too convenient
Böker Plus Credit Card knife (also known as Creditor II by Kubasek)
>wtf is up with those two, look identical, did someone copy it from the other?
>looks more durable and comfortable to hold
>has a detachable clip
>doesn't look like a creditcard
>no pointy tip, more like a quartercircle, probably not good for cutting stuff that is best poked first (large hard vegetables for example)
>easy flip-out
Anything I missed? Are there other good alternatives?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9_TsIuywMU
god fucking dammit, I am buying this http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hot-FK-F1-Fixed-Blade-Knife-VG10-Blade-Tactical-Hunting-Knife-Utility-Outdoor-Pocket-Survival-Straight/32499669050.html?spm=2114.10010108.0.261.zLfyNY
>>28390742
The CardSharp is either made of plastic - which is unreliable and easy to break - or metal - which is expensive. Also, the deployment is probably the slowest I've seen in a knife.
The Boker Card Knife, on the other hand, is just really a thin traditional pocket knife. Better locking mechanism and faster deployment.
I'd recommend the Boker.
It's gonna be in your wallet anyway, who cares if it looks like a card or not? Besides, you won't be taking it through security.
>>28364649
I've posted this before (last week) but here it is again. Ive gotten 2-3 knives not pictured.
>>28391442
But thats a fake.
>>28390742
I would just carry a small neck knife or those firecracker otfs than that piece of shit.not only is it unreliable but it takes time to open it.
>>28391575
I have a Necknife, problem is the plastic sheath broke and you can't flip them in so you always need to carry the sheath with you.
I don't the knife to be an additional Item I need to carry with me, one that I can have with me without thinking about it.
