^ Now that's a knife. Thanks for sharing. Something about the picture gives me a sensation of motion. Maybe the crazy proportions and the reflections of the venetian blinds on the table.
@jerm03: I agree. I believe that the most important part of any knife is learning how to sharpen it. There is no magic steel. Long time between sharpening means long time spent sharpening, Knowing that, I can be happy with just about any blade steel so long as I can keep it sharp.
Roger that.
Jerry
I have this knife, it’s a decent quality budget knife.
I bought it because I really liked the blade shape and machined G10 handles, it turned out to be pretty good quality for a truly budget price.
8CR13 Blade steel (supposedly a decent quality Hi Carbon steel)
$15 from several sellers on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meyerco-Darrel-Ralph-7-1-8-Spring-Assisted
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meyerco-MAXX-Q-Assisted-Opening-Linerlock
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meyerco-Darrel-Ralph-Maxx-Q-Assisted-Opening
Pro’s:
- Low price
- Spring assisted opening
- Blade steel 8CR13 Stainless
- Nice CNC machined G10 handles
- Nice lockup and nearly zero blade play
- Sturdy, useful & cool looking blade shape
- Blade is very thick all the way towards the tip
- Lightweight because there are no metal liners
Cons:
- No “Flipper” on the spine of blade for opening
- Thumb wheel (instead of studs)
- Clip is thin & not “Deep Carry”
- Knife is overall kind of thick
It’s not my EDC but I thought it was worth mentioning here since it is truly budget priced but way better quality than the M-Tech/Tac-Force type stuff.
I thought someone else here might like the design/shape, which is why I was drawn to it.
I have a lot of Kershaws plus some SRM and Ganzo that I EDC, but it makes a great truck knife or backup knife for utility use if I’m going to beat it up when I don’t want to risk messing up my EDC.
As many knives as I have in the collection,…I keep going back often to the Spyderco Ambitious for daily work/office carry. It is one of those big…little knives. A lot a blade and capability in a small package. It is the little brother to the widely popular Tenacious (which everyone should own).
I ran across this guy that made custom scales for his Ambitious and selling on the Bay. I can’t justify throwing $75 down right now….but it sure is tempting. If it had a custom wire clip,…I would probably have pulled the trigger on it.
Hi guys, I’m into budget knive too!!
Would like to buy some Kershaw (now I have 4 original items) because they are nice knives and cheap, but the shipping cost kill me. Buy it in euros is a pain in the ass (Kershaw Chill 12$ in USA, aka 20 euros + 10 euros shipping cost!). Same think with Ontario Rat 1 and so many other well know brand.
So, the question: maybe do you know some place very I can find some nice Kershaw not so clone/copy/crappy? Amazon don’t sell knives in Italy. Ebay have shipping cost/duty too high. I have buy from Exduct and Fasttech…thank you so much!
I don’t know nothing about it, but it seem have the same blade of Kershaw Chill. BTW, it look very nice:
Heinie Haynes carries Kershaw and has a good selection of other blades too. I can’t speak for the pricing but they will ship for free to the EU if you spend enough.
When I am outside of the USA, I have a freight forwarding service ship to me. I pay by the pound and they fly it to me. Of course that means that I usually buy about 2 kg or more stuff at a time.
Here are some old kitchen knives, maybe 10 years ago, sharpened and with shape restored.
The machete at the bottom is a real relic. My first wife and I bought it near Acapulco in 1971. The blade is forged. You can see hammer marks on it. I have much sharpened it. The handle is cow bone. Inch scale ruler for scale.
This shows it more clearly.
Below it are very good but very modest looking knives labeled “molybdenum vanadium steel Taiwan”.
Also notable is a “carbon steel” stag handled carving set.
Here are four ivory handled traditional non-stainless table knives from a flea market in Geneva in the mid 1970s.
(These were definitely not budget knives when new and may not be now, but they were when I bought them.)
+1
Although blade steel type does play a major role for sharpening, in so much as (easy or hard) to sharpen and (how often) sharpening is needed.
Here’s a pretty good reference for most of the popular blade steels.
That link went to a resouce I was entirely unaware of.
Thank you for this resource, and all of your other contributions to us and our hobby/addiction!
A large slip joint is always a grin raiser when you open it up.
I have a Boker Magnum Majestic .
Blade Length (cm): 16.2
Blade Thickness (cm): 0.31
Closed Length (cm): 20.30
Overall Length (cm): 36.5
Weight (g): 487g
Not cheap at $43 but a lot of very sharp knife.
I have the G10 version. After a little fine-tuning/tinkering it became one of my favourites.
I’ll try to shoot a couple of pics at the weekend.
Thanks, Beam. That is helpful.
Jerry
There’s a #9 and a #10 to add to those as well. All in beech.
T hey are not pretty, but hey are good for the job.
Jerry
Hoping that many of you on this thread recognize the Kizer (Chinese) brand of knives. Typical arguments aside, they appear to be a producer of high-value products (S35VN steel and bearing pivots in some) at mid-market prices. I'll forego the discussions about whether they are "budget" or not - only you can decide. I own one, finding it to be the best overall valued knife in my collection. Suggest that you check out their products, even if just to get to know of them.
I sent an email to Kizer inquiring into their sketchy website and whether or not any of their unnamed models contained bearing pivots. Wanted to pass along their brief replies: 1.) We are a growing company, undergoing growing pains. The website will definitely be upgraded. 2.) Models KI4455 and KI4431 are just two of the models with the bearing systems.
Thank you. I know HH because I’ve buy some knives in the past. It was better to buy them in Uk than in Italy, that’s absurd! :~
One of our knife stores (probably the best) in the U.K. stocks them Heinnie Haynes a bit over my budget but you didn’t state low budget or higher budget. :bigsmile:
I have to agree that they are very good value, probably more so in the U.S.A., our import duty and taxes put the price up.
I like the anodized or flame coloured titanium and the G10 models as well. Given the number of Chinese knife companies upping the stakes in materials and price, like the knives isti reviews, the Damm, Tiger stripe, K.O., Kevin John as well as Real Steel with their S series, from the full titanium version of the E963 - the S963 at $150 to the Exorsist at $410. also the much more “budget” oriented E and M series at $30 to $35 it’s a rather good time to be a collector of budget knives.