ALL THINGS BUDGET KNIVES

Any of you guys watch Nick Shabazz for his knife reviews on YouTube? He’s quite a character. But certainly VERY experienced & knowledgeable. Sometimes he rambles on, but I do like his reasonably objective stance on knives. The good, the bad, the ugly categories are usually well thought out. This guy has TONS of knives, many in the multi-hundred range (some nearly $1,000 USD due to limited editions). But, he has a soft spot for budget knives. He also does many knife take-down videos which are immensely helpful.

I’ve watched a good many of Nick’s videos and thankfully avoided wasting money due to his scrutiny. There have been knives that I was “so close” to buying, but then saw his “ugly” factor and realized I should go with something else. While he does have some favorite brands, he does treat them fairly objectively.

Anyone here buy a knife based on a Nick Shabazz review?

LTKs Honey Badgers turned out pretty dark, but he started with tan scales. Hopefully, the white scales I ordered will work out less dark.

Very cool, thank you for finding the FRN dying videos. My take away from it; do not put too much dye in the pot, and, I would check the FRN scales every fifteen seconds to make sure I get the shade of color I have in mind. Remember that if the scales turn out darker than you wanted, you are stuck with them, there is no going back. So, take the extra step of checking the scales regularly to get your intended color.

Monitor, monitor, monitor! Don’t drop them in the pot, leave them there and hope for the best.

The white handles appear to take dye very well. As good as the tan FRN handles but with truer color.
Check out what this guy did, made a great red, white and blue Honey Badger and did some work on the blade too.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCO0kpoju0k/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I haven’t bought a knife because he told me so but I like to watch his videos.
He especially likes Oosa made (USAmade) knives, the cheapest crap from China for MallNinjas :wink:
Even his teaser video where his “neighbor” is turning on loud music is a must see.

I ordered a CJRB Kicker recoil knife today. It has a unique locking system. Looks like a fun fidget tool.

Me too, I ordered the blue.

Picked up this 8.1” blade Mora for camping duty because it comes with a sheath.

Mora knives are great deals (although their full tang knives are a bit pricey when you’re used to their other less expensive models) and they are great performers. Mine always came amazingly sharp from the factory and are easy to touch up. I must have a dozen of them in all shapes and sizes.

Basic model Mora´s are here anywhere betreen under 5$ to maybe some 15$.
This one under 5

what they are asking from these in the US? Just curious :slight_smile:

The one in your photo is about $10 on Amazon.

I think I paid $9 for the slightly larger Companion one, but people were getting them as low as $6 when on sale.

That allround multi-purpose I posted above was $23.

From the land of Sandvik steel, very cool. Morakniv knives look very nice.

Thanks for the heads up on the discount, I got the medium black wharnie, fast shipping, very nice action open & close

Added a little color to some of my titanium knives. The clip on the kershaw leek I made out of a titanium sheet with lots of grinding for shape, sanding and diamond paste polishing.

What are the top 2?

Very nice! I love the colors and shapes.

Chris

the honey badger was a little gritty when closing, but dissassembled easily, you only need 1 Torx for pivot despite there being a double sided Torx pivot, the shaft is D shaped thankfully(T8 for pivot T6 for body and clip screws) and cleaned up nicely.

Nice, thanks!

The first one is a Twosun TS21.
The second one is a QSP Woodpecker.
The Woodpecker is hefty chunk of a knife.

Wonderful!