I don’t have a lot of interest in fixed blades - but I do have a Fallkniven clone from AE - it is about the bluntest thing I own. When I get the time/inclination I may have a crack at profiling the blade to a narrower angle, maybe 15 degrees or so. Not sure if that would help. It’s a very solid item but nowhere near being sharp.
My SAK and multitool serves my needs for a folder. And after having a few folders fold when I didn’t want them to (including good ones) I’ve gone toward EDC’ing small fixed blades sheathed in-pocket. The big issue with these is that I tend to lose them at work or the steel is crap and either won’t take an edge or won’t hold it. Or they cost too much to lose. I’ve got a Randall with a back-story as my large knife, an incomplete project but neither can it be called ‘budget’. Wish all knife steels were that good
At 45$ and with that short blade i think it isn’t very budget, for the price you must get other brand knives. I don’t say it could be a good knife, only that the price is not “budget”. For that i try to put 2 levels: <=10.99$ and <=20.99$. There are a group from that shops that can fit in that range, i have 3 from level 1!!
This will be a bit tough with the price limit being $20. There are a few between $20-$30 but i haven’t seen many I’m interested in, sub $20. I find its much easier to find a quailty folder in the sub $20 range. Maybe I need to look around a bit more.
I could justify something like this if the sheath is as good as it looks…. more than half of a fixed blade is the sheath, otherwise how do you carry it? So $20 for the knife $25 for the sheath…
Seriously, stuff like the Mora Knives, the sheath makes the knife, otherwise it is a kitchen utensil… I love the Mora Knives, an their sheaths work, but they are plain…
Yes you can a mora companion or pro under 20$ but a mora does not the good looking of some chinese knives, bushcraft, tactical or combat knives.
Moras are good but very thin, no wide blade too and so…
There are some cima and hx outdoors in gearbest and everybuying but cheap cimas under 10$ in my opinion they do not seem get the “bargain gem” title, only the “cheap and cheap made” knife. 3cr13mov steel… you get what you pay, a bargain is another thing.
I also prefer fixed blades. They are much more substantial. It seems Folders are more popular, but I always feel like eating a Whimpy burger after I open one up. I’m pretty sure Popeye carried a Ka-Bar.
Has anyone ordered a fixed blade from Gearbest and actually received the knife? I noticed a few people posting they were not receiving their knives from Gearbest. I ordered a Cima knife over a month ago: nuttin so far
They are loosing a lot of fixed and folder knives if you did not pay the tracking number. My g720 was lost but resended after. The problem is the post, each time is more difficult to send knives.
Yes i know popeye, but from i was a kid. “Wimpy” was “Pilón” in Spain. Still i do not know very well the burger and the feel using a folder but, it does not matter xD
The only Cima folder I’ve used wasn’t good. The fixed blades they have are good… But there are sheath sheath QC problems for some. Finding a good fixed blade under $20 with a good sheath is nearly impossible.
The standard Mora Companion, yes, has a thin blade. Look at anything in the Mora Robust, HD or Craftsman line… not so thin at all. The Mora Bushcraft Black, as well as the Mora 2000, issued to Swedish military ground forces, all have thicker blades, up to 3.2mm
Mora of Sweden makes more than just one style of knife blade.
I know it. But some of them are much more expensive than 20$, like the mora black. Others are thicker and cheap but only the carbon steel ones (i do not buy carbon steel because i hate maintenance).
In all way, you can find 4mm to 5mm blades down to 20$ from chinese market.