ALL THINGS BUDGET KNIVES

Mr Slicey?

Yeah, that’s right!
Thank you very much :+1:

I was thinking more along the lines of “Mr. Rib Tickler.”

Manx— I too like some of the American slipjoint designs. I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve looked at the WIDE variety of styles and options of the Great Eastern Cutlery knives. Thanks for sharing yours.

I like those shares, I might get something similar to those. :slight_smile:

Sanrenmu 718

We got a winner :+1:
Really like this knife. i hope i never lose it. Do you have any blades we can guess?

What did I win?
The 718 was on my list for a while, right beside the Kershaw Hawk :wink:
Edit: How about this? Can you guess it?

Not sure about a price just yet :smiley:
looks like a kershaw cqc7 ? with some custom scale.

That was close. It’s a CQC-5k with laminated leather scales :wink:

This SLYDLL Field Protection Tool got very much inspired by the Spyderco Native 5.

No idea about the quality, but the frame lock (instead of back lock) is not a good idea and overall it feels too cheap.

Which it is. At $8.75 you could by 25 for the real one.

Anyone know where I can get a CH3005 here in the US? I know I can order from China but I was hoping to get it a bit quicker than that. I searched but can’t find anything in the US. Thought maybe someone knew something that DuckDuckGo didn’t.

A little Kydex for the HX Outdoors TD-01

Back in the ’60’s I started shooting After I came out of army.

My knives were a mix of Schrade. Puma and a Martiini.
Plus a coupla hand ground power saw blades for serious (Buff. Croc. Goat) skinning.

Puma. Hunters Pal. and Prince. Both Staghorn.
Beautiful knives. for both quality of build. Looks and work.
50 plus yrs and still the best all rounders.

Schrade “Lil Finger’ x 2. Staghorn Engraved, and std handles.
They more a novelty for looks (beautiful looking little things)
but would NOT hold a skinning edge for more than two foxes at best.
Lovely for caping small animals though.

Martiini. the most useful. reliable. “camp knife” for all round work.
Basic. and unkillable. Around ’71/’73 For that one from memory.
Passed on from mate.

Heavy skinning. Aust Buff’s. (and croc’s, shhhh a grand a skin up to 6 ft
softer/thinner skin)
I made several 2in power saw blade skinners. moulded tyre rubber handles.
Mate worked in mould room at tyre mfg’s.
Would be VERY hard to find any Heavy duty skinner to match those blades.
Rough but more than ready.
In pocket nowadays. Either Micron 2 on keyring with house keys and stainless
torch. or a little no scales Puma. Mostly for cleaning finger nails nowadays.

Oh Also a custom Crosssman skinner I bought back in ’86. But yet to cut a skin.
Nicely proportioned and looking blade.
Plus multiple other “pocket” knives over 65 yrs or so. Some good.
Some shouldn’t exist.

Nowadays, there’s a zillion makers and quality’s. I wouldn’t know where to start.
But a 2 1\2 to 3 1\2 inch, Quality, drop point blade with “comfortable” handle would cover 99% of uses methink’s. with a Martiini size/shape FIXED. for general use.
For long periods I’d say a custom moulded (or carved scales handle)
to your hand is the better one. Better than all these fancy “hard” handles.
I.E. Multiple animals a day.

TwoSun TS57 :sunglasses:


Pretty!! How much and where?

Auctions on eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Twosun-Knives-EDC-D2-TC4-Titanium-Bearing-Fast-Open-Pocket-Folding-Knife-TS57/352589877320

Is it possible to draw this one out of your pocket when clipped?

I had to modify my TS51 a bit but the framelock recess on the TS57 is looking same much like a seam catcher.

What a pity, their designs are really great and I love the details on mine but they have issues with their clips on many models.


Since we’re talking budget (and that’s pretty much all I do)…

This is on sale right now for $15.99 (Amazon):

Cold Steel Tanto Machete. 13” blade.

I have a couple of the Bowie versions of that I got a few years ago for ~$12. Right now they’re $25 though.

Guys I need suggestions for little assisted knife in the budget category.

I originally had my heart set on a Ganzo automatic, but I’m getting a bit concerned about breaking laws shipping one to myself.

If I had the money I’d get a Pro-Tech Calmigo. Love that knife. Just too spendy for how I intend to use it.

Anything out there of similar style (small, simple) but assisted?