ALL THINGS BUDGET KNIVES

Fixed blade would be the tiny Esee Candiru, been used the most.

The slip joint is a Carhart Backpocket, probably carried the most with the Convoy in sheath.
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That big Panthera is kind of easy to carry, slim profile and kind of lite.
These are the latest budget knives I have received.

Clone, copies, fakes….whatever :slight_smile:

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My army of clones: :slight_smile:

Like……

Can you swing the blade back and forth while holding back the lock?

I have a real BM mini grip and that’s what I like about it.

That is a mini on the bottom and large are the top 2?

That’s correct. Surprisingly the mini is the smoothest out of the box.

But…what about the traditional knives??
They are beautiful!!
I really like the coupple of Whinchester and the…?? Which brand is the next down the Winchester coke bottle handle’s?
Are they “chinese” replica or old made american made? (no matter for me, just to know about).
Thank you!!!

They are U.S. made there is a Winchester Banana Trapper Lockback then the Winchester Large Coke Bottle and below that is a Case Coke Bottle.
Nice large blades.

Oh dear…I was hoping they were from China…so I could afford them :smiling_imp: :frowning:
The Case have a very nice full flat blade. I hame so jealous :smiley:
Thank you very much sir!

For China made traditionals you could try this:

I love the easy money series :wink:

I’m curious to try a folding knife from Aliexpress. I liked my CRKT M16, until I lost it. Great knife and exactly the right size. Bigger knives start to scare people around here. I would like something with a better grade of steel.

Ganzo seems to make good knives and the D2 is legit. All of them seem slightly bigger than what I’d like.
What are all those clones like? Good for show, but crap quality?
Any brands you would recommend, besides Ganzo and Sanrenmu?

Ganzo came out with a smaller version of the FH11, the F11S. I know it’s smaller but I don’t have the specs right here in front of me.

FH11S with D2 blade
Total length: 184 mm
Blade length: 78 mm
Blade thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 82 g

FH51 has almost same dimensions Total length 185 mm Blade 81 mm, 87g.

Ganzo also makes the 727M and the 727s that have 2.9 in blades. The difference between the G727M and FB727S is the latter is a newer model with bearings. There is also the F753M with a 2.9 in blade.

The new FB727S is much smaller than the G727M (blade length 3.07” / 78 mm vs. 3.46” / 88 mm). I have both of them and I prefer the FB727S for light EDC.

Doing some research, supposedly the D2 steel of Ganzo is lab tested and genuine. Hardness of 62, a bit on the high side. No idea how good the heat treating is. Even if it’s not great, it should still be better than the AUS6/AUS8 knives I’m used to.
Bladeforums has a few topics about this, what a dumpster fire. They probably have a point, about the fakes and lower quality control. They’re clinging on to the past or their pride, treating anything Chinese as inferior.

Plenty of suggestions here. Besides a bit shorter, I also like it to be fairly narrow. I’ll do some more research. If anyone can share more names of trustworthy Chinese manufacturers, I would be happy to hear about them.

Twosun Knives
Ruike Knives (a division of Fenix flashlights)
Bestech Knives

Just ordered the FH11S. Blade isn’t too wide, has a flipper. Let’s see how it goes.

How do you know its on bearings? There is no indication in the specs in the official website.

I don`t know about the rest but my FB727S runs on bearings. :slight_smile: