What is your favorite knife under $50?

[Cruentus]

This one is tough, because a lot of "favorites" are probably more expensive then $50. My favorite is the one I just bought, the Kershaw Ken Onion "Chive." Anyone else?

 

[Pacificshore]

I had a Kershaw like the one you have, but lost it about 3 or 4 months afterwards :cuss: . I just recently broke down and spent some $$ on an Osborne axis lock Benchmade. It is now one of my favorites .

 

[OULobo]

Originally posted by Pacificshore
I had a Kershaw like the one you have, but lost it about 3 or 4 months afterwards :cuss: . I just recently broke down and spent some $$ on an Osborne axis lock Benchmade. It is now one of my favorites .

I like that Hibben Claw II (Kerambit) for self defense, that little Kershaw Chive is nice for utility. Spyderco Endura is nice for both and you can't beat a standard Ka-Bar for outdoors.

 

[Cruentus]

Originally posted by OULobo
I like that Hibben Claw II (Kerambit) for self defense, that little Kershaw Chive is nice for utility. Spyderco Endura is nice for both and you can't beat a standard Ka-Bar for outdoors.

I love Kabars too. I have a few of the old style ones, and one newer style with a tanto tip. I agree...unbeatable tools for the outdoors!

I like the hibben claw I. I haven't had a chance to play w/ II yet!

 

[TallAdam85]

I have lots of cheap knifes and a few pricy ones but mostly have knifes under 40 dollars because they brake or i lose them but i plan on getting better ones soon

 

[Pacificshore]

Speaking of K-Bars, I have one that is the same exact thing only issued to Navy personnel, therefore had the USN initial stamped on the sheath. It was a surplused knife my uncle or father picked up back in the day. The handle rotted away that my father made a new handle out of epoxy, and it's still fully functional.

Ok, I just had to go to my garage to look the knife over, it is a MK-2, or Mark 2. Can't believe how well the blade has held up .

 

[OULobo]

Originally posted by PAUL
I love Kabars too. I have a few of the old style ones, and one newer style with a tanto tip. I agree...unbeatable tools for the outdoors!

I like the hibben claw I. I haven't had a chance to play w/ II yet!

I like the Hibben Claw II because it has a more traditional kerambit style. The ring allows for some undeniablly useful techniques. I actually learned about that knife from this forum. Just another way that MT has made my life a little more dangerous, umm, I mean enjoyable.

 

[Seigi]

Smith & Wesson's Swat,Quick to open & nice weight.

 

[Randy Strausbaugh]

A Jaguar folding tanto with a partially serrated edge. Sturdy enough to do what I hope I'll not need to do, and cheap enough that it's no huge deal if I lose it.

 

[Trent]

A general cutting tool for myself for under $50 I would have to choose the Spyderco Native III.

 

[Richard S.]

the new CRKT Corkum "first strike" is a sweet little fixed blade with a tanto style blade and a cord and rayskin wrapped handle with aus-6m steel almost a 1/4" thick..........44.95.

 

[Cthulhu]

I'm trying to get my wife to get me the Kershaw Scallion. It's like the Chive mentioned earlier, but a little bigger with half of the blade serrated. Felt nice in my hand and the opening mechanism is great. I'll probably find it in my Christmas stocking

Cthulhu

 

[Guro Harold]

Nice thread!


This is great info. Someone had written an article on the same subject a few months ago in a blade magazine except it was a $100 and under price range.

Did anyone see that article? I would like to use it and this thread as a reference.

Thanks,

Palusut