What actually is the best knife?
pic is some knife img off google
>inb4 le bear grills knife maymay
>>782501
Go to knife thread and say what you want to do with a knife.
objectively the best knife
>>782510
i always how you're supposed to smoke thing
>>782501
depends on what you're doing, wether it's cooking, fishing, skinning, carving etc., no single knife is the best at all these things
>>782501
It's an idiot question but I'm going to reply anyway because I'm bored.
There is no such thing as a "best knife", there is only what works best for you, sure some traits are more desirable in a blade than others but that changes from one situation to another so there can never be a best knife, find what works for you in your situation and move on.
>>782510
Why put the wire breaker on the edge part of the blade?
>>782541
probably because they smoke a lot of weed
>>782501
ESEE 4
/THREAD
>>782501
SHARK KNIFE
/THREAD
>>782516
This, it's like asking what's the best airplane. A 747 sucks as an air superiority fighter and an F-14 sucks as a passenger jet.
karambit tiger tooth obviously
>>782630
get on my level, son.
>>782501
>>777442
>>782501
Op is a faggot
Quintessential woods knife pic related
Quintessential woods knife pic related
>fork
>>782706
How are u supposed to sharpen with stone attatched to handle?
>>782800
You buy two and sharpen them on eachother.
Quintessential woods knife pic related
>>782702
I know this is completely off topic (but the thread is shite anyway so I don't give a fuck)
But the F14 IS a twin seater, and is capable of 3 times the speed of a conventional airliner.
I wonder if there is a market for ultra personalized, express commercial airline service...
I'd say Esee 3 or a Esee 5
>>782826
Some learjets and stuff cruise pretty damn quick compared to airliners.
And I don't think it would be practical (or legal) to be breaking the sound barrier in something like a fighter jet. Shit gets so messed up once you break the sound barrier that it would never make it far without refueling.
>>782788
Byoutiful
>>782788
Gorgeous as fuck, price?
>>784835
Found this one, 2300€
Hurrah for overpriced "hand forged" boutique knives.
>>782510
kek
>>782510
Gayyyyy
Pretty easily the ontario ranger tfi
>>782501
No real best but you can find knives that are ideal for certain jobs
Basically look at the thing you want done then find the most commonly used knife for the task
Carving? Get a carving knife. Skinning? Get a dedicated skinning knife like those used in the meat processing plants
>>785138
>imblying the ladies don't go wild for it
>>787893
srsly. how do you smoke this thing?
>>787938
nevermind
>>782541
because you can.
>>782510
lmfao
Found these in my uncles closet the other day and he said I could have em. Any idea where they came from cause there isn't any markings at all
>>787960
the second from the top looks nice
good for you
in my opinion, there is no such thing as "the best knife" its a toll that does a thing, a very broad catagory of tool infact, it would be like asking
>whats the best hammer?
walk into any hardware store worth its salt and the saleman will look at you like your mad. you have to think what you want the knife to do for you, is it gonna be for food? for wood? carving? does it need to be exceedingly sturdy or would a thin lithe blade better? so much variation it is practically impossible to find "the best knife" and that is not even accounting for personal taste!
for me its three way tie between the
>Mora classic
>Condor bushlore
>ESEE 6
if we are talking just a fun trip to the woods for a bit of fun and practice i would bring the mora or the bushlore, in a sort of fantasy survival, i had to go on the "Alone" show kinda thing i would bring the ESEE, but on second though i would consider the Mora classic, i bought two with the expectation that it would break under stress because it is not "muh full tang" but, to be honest ive put the Mora through atleast as much as the Condor if not more and its just smiled back at me and kept on chucking, the ESEE 6 does have one fairly major advantage over the condor in a longer term scenario, the relative thinness of the blade and the length actually enables it to make shingles, which is lovely for bowdrill, but if one really had to hunker down, you could hypothetically make a propper roof, hypothetically of course
heres an old shitty picture of the knives i owned at the time, everything seen quite a bit of wear since then but its fun to look back
>>787960
ask your uncle maybe?
>>782501
I hate this question because it doesn't have a real answer because there is no "best" knife, it depends on your budget, intended use, area where you live, preference on materials etc etc. Be specific OP, go to every detail of what you want because opinions vary and there's no objectively right answer, for example to me a perfect knife is a puukko with a 3.5" blade, for someone else it's a thick survival knife with a 8" blade and all tac'd out.
>>787994
He doesn't remember where he got them he just said they have been in there for a while and where collecting dust
>>787960
Pakistani damast, not the greatest in the world to be honest. Still useable, do require alot of sharpening.
>>788037
Yea they are all dull as shit.
Anybody know of a good sharpening tool I could use to sharpen them up really sharp?
>>788039
a fine flat beach stone
>>782846
I bet there are a few ultra rich people out there who would pay to sit in a fighter jet and get ferried from one place to another, the faster than sound (sonic boom) is not a problem once you get over international borders, also there is the massive pose factor of arriving by fighter jet.
>>782501
the one you have with you that isn't broke
>>788039
Unglazed ceramic mug. The bottom part.
Strop it on those sanding blocks you buy at a hardware store.
>>788039
Get the cheap diamond stones from harbour freight then a 1200 grit king stone or a soft or hard Arkansas stone to finish the edge
>>782510
Well memed
>>782510
Jesus save us, lol
>>788077
True.
I was once at a lumber yard in the city and I needed to open a pack of wood that had those plastic straps on it, I'd forgotten my knife and had to use a piece of broken glass I found on the ground, even a shitty cheap Walmart knife would have been better!
>>787943
Gotta go smoke me knoife
I like my SOG Vulcan. Only problem I've ever had with it is that it would occasionally open partially in my pocket and slice my pinky open.
To fix that, I just had to switch the clip to the other side.
I want to beat the shit out of the knife. Not as much for batoning as for chopping. Like full on, hard swings. Is BK7 a good choice?
>>789854
get an schf45 or 48
>>782501
Benchmade per our king
https://youtu.be/1G50Qu2ZRis
>>782501
izula is love, izula is life.
edc for 2 years and counting
takes a good edge and holds it
perfect for most /out/ related tasks (except batoning).
used it for almost anything /out/ and as edc blade: food prep, cleaning game, wood related stuff, stripping wires, opening boxes, cutting cardboard.
my favorite cutting tool
just dont wear it around your neck, because that is retarded.
>>791112
how good would you say it is for feather sticking?
>>791112
I still need to grab one of those things. Does it come with a sheath you can put on your belt horizontally like the CRKT?
I guess mine doesn't like the rain so much. Not a hueg knife fag, so I didn't realize some of these "stainless" steels aren't quite as waterproof as the cheap, shiny stuff.
>>791144
>Does it come with a sheath you can put on your belt horizontally like the CRKT?
Yes, but you may want to confirm you're getting all the mounting hardware if you need it.
>>782501
I've got an Opinel No. 9 it serves me rather well. Plus it was like <$10.
Opinel in the pocket , mora around my neck. Can do anything I need with them. Add a axe and saw and you have all cutting task took care of. Sometimes I'll just pack the opinel in the pocket and a large hudsonbay knife depending on the environment and if I'm tool heavy or not.
can't wait for the end of the world.
>>791377
why do people like svord?
I like New Zealand a whole lot, but have yet to be impressed with svord knives.
>>791390
fun to deploy and use.
>>782621
>carbon steel
>rust
Go away
>>791404
>Being too retarded to maintain steel like countless generations have without problem before him
mini130b >>> spew
>>782501
Best knife for what?
ESEE Junglas is one of the best choppers I have ever come across.
Puukkos and Woodlore knives are excellent general use knives. But are mediocre hunting/skinning blades.
Winkler Hunting knife is one of the best hunting knives I've used.
>>782788
thumbnail looks like cigarettes
>>791112
>just dont wear it around your neck, because that is retarded.
yeah, look at this wanker. Wearing a full size knife around his neck like some kind of retard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFdCLPT-txc
belive it or not had this for over a year. Use it often enough. No rust. Stays sharp. Wicked light. Prob not the best ever but no complaints
>>787960
is that top one fucking ivory???
opinel
>>792692
lmao... no... thats camel bone
>>792674
Now Opinel plus titanium cutlery thread.
Carbon blade likes oil. Some oil on a rag and wipe across, NB the grind is intentionally rough so it retains oil. Oil film visible in the form of tiny rainbows when held against the light. No rainbows => should re-oil.
Also, important, particularly for the large wood handled ones - watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73U1PhWMzEM
The spoon, overall good, sometimes a fork could be useful but not necessary. Close to disposable size, a worry because might get disposed of.
>>793148
actual frenchman here and opinel owner and user of 20 years - yes oil is good for carbon steel blades but typically oil is only applied rarely when a knife is put away for storage or under other special conditions - rust is not an issue if you look after your knife and all that requires is making sure you don't put it away wet. I have never oiled my opinel in 20 years - it is not necessary.
I've never heard such nonsense about an intentionally rough grind to retain oil - by that logic it'd retain water and grime and anything else by equal measure - if you're tlaking about the sides of the blade then I can guarantee you it's ground to that grit within cost/manufacturing constraints nothing more, as for the edge itself even a toothy edge isn't going to be rough enough to retain oil, kek.
![ESEE-6-Survival-Knife-Review[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/naDfy04.jpg "ESEE-6-Survival-Knife-Review[1].jpg")
best knife is carrying more than 1 but if i could only have one. pic related
>>793308
I'm gonna buy an ESEE 6 for exactly the same reason. It seems like a decent size for a do-it-all which is the kind of knife i like, especially when wheit is an issue and i don't want to be carrying a puukko as well as a large leuku or camp knife
>>793518
its a pretty damn large knife, be sure you want a knife that large.
what exactly do you mean by "do it all"
a really big knife or a saw + a hatchet + a small knife.
>>792626
good point
>>793526
I mean light chopping and it i absolutely need to some battoning, and just general bushcraft tasks.
>>793716
Now i dont use knives for chopping myself but ive heard it isnt the best for chopping actually, something about blade weight or something,
>>791837
Like that shitty hugh jackman robot movie?
>>782846
In my local city theres a rich fella that owns a pair of old USSR jet trainers as well as a private lear jet that he flys around in daily. Apparently the novelty of flying in a fighter jet is exactly that, having to wear a G-Suit and not being able to bring passengers makes the whole concept pointless
Pic related is the model of aircraft.
>>782501
This has been my EDC knife for years. Its done alot of work but its starting to deteriorate now. I even lost it at work for a few weeks and my boss was using it to hack apart bale twine.
>>793741
Reminds me of my trusty box cutter. In my pocket erryday for the past 2.5yrs. Except for the couple of weeks when I left it at a gas station and lost it. Saw it sitting in one of the drawers with a bunch or random shit and snatched it back.
Thunb stud fell off and there is barely any paint left on it but it still works. I purposely leave a dull blade on there because it cuts open shrink wrap fine but doesn't slice my hand open as easily.
>>793744
She looks like shes seen some days. Tried and true > flash and new everytime.
>>792674
>got an opinel
>use it mostly for food
>lend it to a friend
>it's not sharp anymore
How the fuck.
Don't lend knives people.
I'm an idiot and can't figure out how to sharpen my opinel, help?
I tried to use sand paper on a flat surface,
>>794180
yes that is indeed idiotic, im asuming you used a typical wood sanding grit? try looking it up on youtube
>>794185
No I'm not that idiotic, I used metal sandpaper with different grits.
I just can't get the movement right.
>>794187
ah okay then, well id recomend practicing getting the movement right on a leather belt instead of sandpaper, less damage that way, a good trick is to color in the edge with a marker, that way you can see when you wear it off that your hitting the right spots
>>794187
its not hard.
lay knife on edge
rock knife forwards until blade bevel touches paper
pull straight back on the straight edge
on the tip (curve) you need to pivot to follow the curve, NOT lift your elbow.
Most important is a consistent angle and an appropriate angle - one where you're actually hitting the bevel.
>>794201
>on the tip (curve) you need to pivot to follow the curve
this is the hard part for me, the curve is still dull.
>>794187
get a lansky system.
its perfect for people like me who are to clumsy to sharpen with a stone.
>>794204
you're lifting your elbow, or otherwise changing the angle of attack
go slower, and reverse teh motion, you can start on the tip and work back to the straight.
got a photo?
>>794337
it's not about being clumsy it's about being able to visualise what you're doing in relation to what the blade is doing.
Lanksy system is good and all, bit expensive, but IMO I value the skill of free hand sharpening because ultimately it's much more flexible.
>>787991
sounds like bullshit to satisfy your hobby
>>792659
im not him but to me there is a world of difference between a blade up, kydex retention neck knife, and a leather blade-down, drop in neck knife. 1 is probably the cringiest thing on the planet, and the other is a trait of a real woodsman
>>794359
well duh, I was being ironic. The old geezer in the video needs no introduction.
got this one yo replace my trekking axe
>>795472
it's nice. What is it?
>>795472
Looks like carbon steel with a scandi grind. Is the edge folded twice? The butt looks like plastic so probably isn't full tang and what about that hole on the tip.
your table is pine wood also.
>>795721
looks like it will be full tang
>>782804
Absolute lol
>>784909
If I'm going to pay a shitload of money for a custom knife, I'm hardly going to want some other cunt's logo on it. Once you stamp that shit on it's as worthless as a bear grylls memeknife
quick question, I generally carry a great big chopper and a small 2 inch neck knife for fine work, and that system has worked amazingly for me out in the country where I grew up, but I have moved to the city and don't like how people stare at my big knife so thinking of moving down to a smaller knife, 5-7 inches or so, what would you recommend?
>>796161
Depends ob how much you want to spend.
>>796164
ah yeah meant to say $100 or less is in my budget, could probably go a little over though
>>793518
>>793526
This... I bought a 6 and a 3 and have carried them both equally. I have definitely found myself using the 3 way more often but when you need big, you need big.
Idk. I'm sure half of you will disagree screaming
>mah nife skillz
But my preference is to use the smallest knife possible for the job.
Sometimes I wish I had bought a 3 and a 4. Or a 4 and Izula II.
A lot of guys do custom piggyback sheaths that hold a 6 and 3 which looks really cool but I feel like I'd get sick of that shit slapping my leg after a while.
>>795662
https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/terava-skrama-bush-knife-carbon-steel/28025
I have kind of been thinking that is there really a point in having a super expensive knife? For example, for the price of a really expensive knife, lets say 200 euros, you could get maybe 4 more basic knifes. Of course the expensive knife will probably be reliable and awesome, but is it really worth it? You can always carry a backup too in case that your main blade breaks. For example, I have a leatherman supertool 200 that can act as a backup knife. Of course it's nice to have a good blade you can rely on, but there's still a change of losing it so if you were to trust your life on a knife you should probably have a backup knife or plan anyway.
>>796203
You are finally redpilled on the knife racket.
There are significant diminishing returns after the spiderco delica and benchmade griptilian for folders and a mora for a fixed blade.
>>796208
>There are significant diminishing returns after the spiderco delica and benchmade griptilian
yes
>a mora for a fixed blade.
no
>>796208
>>796286
On a side note, why do some people get folding knifes for going /out/? I get that folders are useful for EDC because they take up less space when folded, but is there an actual benefit for /out/ purposes, since when going out you are probably carrying a backpack of some sorts and you can always carry the blade on your belt. I'm not trying to mock folders, I'm just curious about what benefit one would have over a fixed blade other than the space required.
>>796292
The blade on my Delica is perfect size for cleaning trout. A filet knife is too long and a typical fixed blade is too thick.
But if I'm fishing for other species or camping/hiking I grab something else, but still leave the folder in my pocket.
>>796292
Same reason people carry them in town - they're convenient and discrete.
Some sheathed knives interfere with backpack, as well.
>>796292
I used a Buck 110 folder for the first seven years without a problem and I still carry it as a back up, now I use a Mora (don't judge me) instead because my friend had one and it worked so well I got one, and they are cheap as hell to buy, anyway back to the Buck, it worked just fine and I never knew I had to have a fixed blade so I didn't, I just got on with shit and did what I needed to do.
>>782501
The Kellam Puukko that Survival Lilly uses looks nice.
http://www.kellamknives.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_33_36_42
Seems to be cheaper on Amazon though.
https://www.amazon.com/Kellam-Knives-Carbon-Puukko-Handle/dp/B004GDAGXI
>>796391
I don't think it could split wood like the Pathfinder Scout though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oizoSjWoIU
>>796395
Batoning a puukko is ABUSE.
Further more, Puukko is part of system, the larger knife that would do chopping duty is a Leuku
You don't buy a hatchet and complain you can't easily chop down a tree - thats what an axe is for - well same here, douche.
>>782804
wew ladd
Nothing can defeat the objectively perfect Swedish barrel knife
>>796200
oh i think i met you in another thread, are you the guy who thought postage was a lot to the us?
>>795472
Researched and bought one. Thanks for sharing, can't wait to try it out!
>>795721
It is full tang with a moulded rubber handle. There are 2 grinds on the blade, the majority of the blade is a 34° angle for heavy chopping, and there is a 5cm section with an angle of 25° near to the handle for carving and other small tasks. Fantastic design if you ask me. The hole in the end of the blade is a manufacteuring practicality; it helps in the process of shaping and straightening the blade, although i suppose you could think of your own uses such as hanging it up by a hook/nail/branch/peg or even lash it to something to make a makeshift long billhook although i wouldnt have thought it would be very practical
