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.)
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
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.
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.
Hi all, I’m looking for a (budget) pocketable folding knife that has flick mechanism. Basically it should have a latch or something and you release it and the blade would flick out, extending into a full knife.
My small collection of budget knives.
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A nice selection there, I have a few of those. I didn’t know if I could get on with the SRM 7046 but after a couple of days I began to see that it is a very useful alternative to the more normal drop point, just about every angle and edge is very sharp. Easy to sharpen as well with being all straight edges.
Good wave job on the EL-01.