2221

The G8012 seems to me a good knife for the price, one of the best options. I just review it.
It’s longer and thicker than most of chinese knives, good for bushcraft.

2222

Yes, I have seen your review ( :+1: ), and also a few video reviews, the knife seems solid.

I see you are Spanish, do you have recommendations for some other good budget spanish knives? Thanks.

2223

There is a Spanish company / brand named Joker, which is recommendable for some good models of
decent priced folding and fixed blade knives. For example to find here -
Cuchilleria Albacete - Joker
A few weeks ago I got a secound traditional folder with Olive Wood handels, and like it very much.
Joker Pachon ( NO99 ) :+1:
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Overall Length: 18,5 cm ( 7.28” ), Blade Length: 8,0 cm ( 3.15” ), Handle Length: 10,5 cm ( 4.13” ), Blade Thickness: 3,0 mm ( 0.12” ),
Blade Material: 12C27 Sandvik, Handle Material: Olive Wood, Lock Type: Lock Back, Weight: 88,1 g ( 3.11 oz. )
At least a very solid, medium sized, folder, with decent steel and the great haptic of the natural wood.
Last not least legal to carry in Germany.
:heart_eyes: & :beer:

2224

Nice one, I like :+1:

2225

Not budget but with good prices for the quality:

I can recommend:

Muela
Cudeman
Nieto

See models from them, great quality. Fixed knives are awsome.

2226

I saw this video recently on another Spanish knife maker…

Looks fairly interesting and the price doesn’t seem to be too bad either. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem like they’re available for sale at the moment.

2227

Yes I know the brands, but they have hundreds of knives. So if there are some real good particular models you know/have. I want to avoid some fixed blade models who don’t have a real full tang, like this Muela :

2228

M2.5 indeed. I tried to find screws with the same small head diameter but had no luck.

The M2 seems to be the biggest one with Torx T6 heads available, everything from M2.5 and has T8 at least making the heads 5mm wide instead of the original 4mm.

Tell us if you get lucky with your’s :slight_smile:

2229

There are too knives, too much. Hunting, bushcraft, tactical…

Muela jabali: good, cheap, full tang
Muela tanto: tactical, cheap, not full tang but almost, a beast.
Cudeman boina verde: a real beast.
Cudeman mt5 and cudeman 148: bushcraft, very good.

A lot… better see models and you say one you like it and we see it.

2230

I will look into those models, thanks

2231

A few days ago my blue “Half-Skulled CH-3054” received a very nice and lovely little brother called “Little CH-3054”,
which is made by the same phenomenal great build quality, accept that the blade steel of the small one is AUS-8
instead of the CPM-S35VN, that is still announced and hopefully really used for some of the, therefore even double-priced,
larger members”CH-3054” family.

So it’s my pleasure to introduce an intergalactic badass, razor sharp and vulcanic hot “Little CH-3054”,
in public widely known as “The Purple Sting”. :disappointed: :smiley:
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Overall Length: 17,3 cm ( 6,81” ), Blade Length: 7,5 cm ( 2,95” ), Handle Length: 9,8 cm ( 3,86” ), Blade Thickness: 3 mm ( 0.12” ),
Blade Material: AUS-8, Handle Material: Titanium (TC4), Handle & Blade Finish: bead blasted & stonewashed, System: Ceramic ball bearing, Lock Type: Frame Lock, Weight: 87,8 g ( 2.82 oz. )

Size comparrison with “Big CH-3054” -, opened and closed.
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At the first time I saw it, I know immdiately, that I had to get one of these “Little CH-3054” knives very soon.
And the main reason why is, honestly said, the i.m.o. pretty awesome fit and finish of the Titanium handles with this
really well made awesome looking type of anodizing, that is shining through the hole amazing spectrum of all possible colours inbetween a medium dark orange-red, all kinds of bordeaux- and dark-red, violett, purple, copper and bronze down to deep dark brown-black. :+1: :sunglasses:
All I can say is that, at least to me, this knife damned really earns each “bloody cent” of these 40 Eurons, that it was sold for.

The only con that I have to note so far is the negligible “little issue” that “The Purple Sting” is simply by far much too beautiful to get abused respectively scratched up by really using it. :innocent:

:heart_eyes: & :beer:

2232

I’m waiting on a blue skull 3504 to be delivered. Ordered one earlier this month as a birthday present to myself :slight_smile: Been eye-ing them because of the great quality and the unique-ness of that half-skull handle. I too am not sure I want to be using it as a daily EDC — these CH knives are so pretty and I would hate to scratch it up. I think I will keep it on my desk and regulate it to letter/parcel opening duties with the occasional cardboard box breaking down.

2233

Pretty one! :+1: This little CH is on my wish list too. :slight_smile:
I also have its big brother, a green “half-skulled” with S35VN blade. I bought mine ~ 2-3 years ago and that time a cheaper version with 9Cr18MoV blade was also available for ~ $30 less. So I suppose our big ones have real S35VN blade.

2234

HX OUTDOORS ZD - 010B. Good but heavy knife:

2235

Just a short flag up on a, maybe for some of our attendant blade-friends potentially interesting, sales action with a massive price drop
for a (i.m.o) really good folding blade , meaning that the Kizer Ki4426,
12,7 cm (5”) closed 8,9 cm (3 1/2”) CPM-S35VN Blade Titanium Framelock Bamboo Etched Folding Knife
is currently, with still 15 pices in stock, available at

- US ebay-shop ecop! for the i.m.o. “sensationell” price of 66.78 $ (plus 13.50 $ for international shipping / ca. 69,00 EUR),

  • US amazon-shop ecop! for the “even more sensationell” price of 57.97 $ and free shipping in the US ( no international shipping :expressionless: ),
    and also Blade HQ has a super sales price of 59.99 $, whereas the rate for international shipping unfortunately starts with 32.95 $ :frowning: .

My one, ordered at ecop! ebay-shop arrived within a week, and what I got is i.m.o. an amazing, very well machined, awesome working and even very good looking folding knife (in reality the anodizing is looking much better, as on the pics from most of the web-stores),

  • at least for less than the half of the money that you have to pay in Germany respectively Europe. :slight_smile:

:heart_eyes: & :beer:

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Funny, I actually mentioned this deal yesterday on a youtube comment to someone saying he loves Kizer knives but cannot afford them.
Actually, if you’re OK with the design, this one is pretty hard to beat for what you get vs what you pay for, even among unbranded Chinese knives.
Another good deal for people in the US from Amazon.com is the Ki4431T for $75 (these ones are being discontinued). I just got a family member in the US to purchase one for me yesterday.
Another good deal on a Ti/S35VN Kizer if you like the design (I personally don’t) is the 4433 on amazon for $60.

Edit: Oh, and there’s a Massdrop going on within the next 2 days on a Kizer Kane from the Vanguard series for $40.

2237

Yeah, that’s really kind of funny!

In the USA especially some of the Kizer Models sometimes get on sale with a really huge discount price. :+1:

I’m pretty fine with the design of the Ki4426 Bamboo design and would absolutely subscribe that
” this one is pretty hard to beat for what you get vs what you pay for, even among unbranded Chinese knives.”

2238

New arrival:

Excellent quality.

2239

Follow up to my post here : ALL THINGS BUDGET KNIVES - #2218 by AgentSteel

So I got myself another one : black/non serrated.

There is a small defect out of the box, a small crack (I don’t think it happened during transport because the package was very well protected with bubble-wrap)

Also, the grinding is not 100% even and the tip is very slightly bent (the blade on the left in the picture)

All in all, nothing too bad but I’ll try to ask the seller for a partial refund on this one, just because :slight_smile:

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Awesome! :+1: What are your first impressions (blade play etc.)?
I’m tempted by a Paladin P98 DA OTF at the moment. :slight_smile: