Knives

[demographic]

I don't have one, but I'd like to pick one up eventually. Just really, really expensive - not Reeve or Sebenza territory, but still expensive for a knife that'll see use.

I have a Chris Reeves knife from years ago when survival knives were all the rage, being young I got suckered into that one.
Its in perfect condition but its a big numb thing and I never have it with me out camping at all now.
One day it might even be worth something as its a low serial number.


I have an Falkniven F1 blade blank (one of the newish VG10 laminate versions) that I really must get round to putting scales onto at some point.
That was bought before the prices shot up and I bought it secondhand for 35 quid so I don't feel too bad about it.
Have sharpened it and its not that hard to do on my diamond hone.

Weirdly enough, apart from when I'm working and carry a Stanley knife I hardly ever carry a knife about with me unless I'm out camping.
As a kid on the farm I never walked a hundred yards without one unless it was to school.

 

[copterdoctor]

I've seen those Bacho in my local tool store and it's rare to see anything recomended here ever for sale here in the sand pit so will get one next time in in.

My EDC is a Buck folding alpha huner (Rosewood and 154CM Steel) AND a leatherman wave. A proper knife and a "handy bodge" it tool.




I have a spyderco white super fine ceramic stone makes superb edge !
(Also not being funny but there is a lot of skill and method to sharpening a knife. I only learnt how to do it "properly" recently. ie make a bur, fold the bur, remove the bur, etc..)

someone told me that some bench made knives have a different angle on them. not the usual 20*...
never had any trouble getting any of my other knives sharp, that's why this one is ....

 

[cdncowboy]

I've got a Mastercraft Maximum (Canadian Tire Brand) version of the Bahco knife that decaf posted, pics follow.

 

[TonyCH]

Old thread but I just stumbled on it. Moras are quite common here also, or they were - their golden age in Finland was in '70s and early '80s. At some point they even were the No 1 murder weapon in Finland. Nowadays they are rarer, you can see the old wood handle ones in every summer homes tools shed but new ones are not so common. There is many more almost identical "work" knives available in all hw stores for 1-2€ each, some also carry Moras for few euros more. They are mostly considered "throw away" knives and used commonly in costruction industry. I too buy a new one every now and then.

Finland has an old knife (puukko) heritage and the country is filled with knife smiths. So, basically every male (except urban hairdresser types ) has one or more puukkos he uses for something. Quite often they use it/them for decades, sometimes in several generations. Its also the only weapon army doesn't give you but everybody brings their own.

Here is few Finnish knifemakers (some sites not in english):
Marttiini
Roselli
Hankala
Kauhavan puukkopaja
Puukkopekka
Iisakki Järvenpää


BTW. In real mans world stainless knifes are for show, carbon steel ones are for use. If you try to skin a moose with a ss knife you will willingly cut your throat before you are finished - well you cannot as the blade is already uselessly dull. Seriously, you need to sharpen it many times before you are finished and its totally frustrating (and your hunting party will beat you to death with a moose leg to replace you and your useless toyknife)

 

[american lockpicker]

I seen a Puukko for sale at dunhams yesterday.

 

[TonyCH]

Just remembered: Cold Steel makes a puukko called "Sisu".

 

[cashishift]

Kershaw for me.

 

[Larwyn]

I don't have one, but I'd like to pick one up eventually. Just really, really expensive - not Reeve or Sebenza territory, but still expensive for a knife that'll see use.

I really like quality blades but I can think of nothing more worthless to me than a knife that is "too expensive to be used". I just don't get the logic there.

 

[bart1]

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Here is few Finnish knifemakers (some sites not in english):
Marttiini
Roselli
Hankala
Kauhavan puukkopaja
Puukkopekka
Iisakki Järvenpää


BTW. In real mans world stainless knifes are for show, carbon steel ones are for use. If you try to skin a moose with a ss knife you will willingly cut your throat before you are finished - well you cannot as the blade is already uselessly dull. Seriously, you need to sharpen it many times before you are finished and its totally frustrating (and your hunting party will beat you to death with a moose leg to replace you and your useless toyknife)

Don't forget Kellam! I have met Jouni and Harriet a few times and they are great people. My hunting knife is an early Heidi, named after thier daughter (and made from carbon steel).

http://www.kellamknives.com/

 

[bart1]

I really like quality blades but I can think of nothing more worthless to me than a knife that is "too expensive to be used". I just don't get the logic there.

If you are referring to Sebenzas, any deeming them as "too expensive to use" is a fault on behalf of the owner. I carry mine daily and have cut through all manner of things within reason (bone, wire, etc). Sebenza is Zulu for "work", after all.

Here, I just cut the toughest thing I could find for you:

 

[TonyCH]

Don't forget Kellam! I have met Jouni and Harriet a few times and they are great people. My hunting knife is an early Heidi, named after thier daughter (and made from carbon steel).

http://www.kellamknives.com/

I didn't forget - never heard of them. But they seem to be based in USA so no wonder. So, they have taken the finnish puukko-tradition over the bond too, that is cool. Good looking puukkos too. Nice to see a "veriura" (blood groove) on so many of their blades

 

[exmaxima1]

I really like quality blades but I can think of nothing more worthless to me than a knife that is "too expensive to be used". I just don't get the logic there.

Depends on what you do with your knives. Just as you don't use your Wilton vise as an anvil (there are crappy vises for that role), I respect my best knives too much to beat on them. At work I tend to drop my knife at times to a concrete floor, so my Ti-handled Sebenza stays at home---I carry a Spyderco Native5, Benchmade Bone Collector (D-2 blade), or cheap Kershaw flipper to work. The Sebenza is more for weekends, except for when out on the motorcycle---then it's an even cheaper knife I don't mind losing.

When I saw that Sebenza all beat up cutting the hose, I could only think of the crying man after the Seagram's Crown Royal bottle smashed to the floor!

 

[otis66]

I just got it yesterday.