Originally Posted by hawkesnightmare
I've enjoyed flipping them since I got them, and I've had cheapos since the beginning. I was hoping I could get something a bit better with this knife, but didn't get anything much better than I already had.
Ah. Hoping for a better flip, gotcha.
Donkey, do you have any ideas for a forum event we could do together (something big)?
Butterfly knives are rather inefficient. They look cool and all, but compared to a decent regular folding knife they don't got much going for them (also lol for calling them weapons).
It is also not true that you cannot get a good quality knife for a low price.
The truth is that American brands either produce very very high quality for a very very high price or shit quality for cheap.
If you go to Scandinavia, for example, where there is actually a survival knife culture, you can get good quality for cheap. The difference is the attitude. Scandinavians actually need those knives to survive and they need them cheaply because literally every knife you're actually gonna use in nature is going to wear down. So you need knives that can be easily maintained and if necessary be replaced. You don't get that with a 250$ knife.
What expensive knives are good for are specific purposes they got designed for. A good cooking knife, for instance, will hardly ever see any abuse in its days unless the owner is an idiot.
I don't really see that happening with a knife you wish to carry around. Unless, of course, you are one of those people that carry around a knife to open boxes and envelopes. In that case a 250$ knife is definitely worth it. )o)
For every day use I would recommend Mora or EKA knives. I carry around an EKA Swede 8 and am very happy with it. Sturdy as fuck, doesn't require much sharpening, gets reasonably sharp (not super sharp but you don't need that in every day life anyway) and looks great as well.
If you want something for selfdefense or whatever, don't get a tiny knife. Get a baton, pepper spray or just a huge ass kukri machete. 8/ Butterfly knives are ridiculously inefficient.
It is also not true that you cannot get a good quality knife for a low price.
The truth is that American brands either produce very very high quality for a very very high price or shit quality for cheap.
If you go to Scandinavia, for example, where there is actually a survival knife culture, you can get good quality for cheap. The difference is the attitude. Scandinavians actually need those knives to survive and they need them cheaply because literally every knife you're actually gonna use in nature is going to wear down. So you need knives that can be easily maintained and if necessary be replaced. You don't get that with a 250$ knife.
What expensive knives are good for are specific purposes they got designed for. A good cooking knife, for instance, will hardly ever see any abuse in its days unless the owner is an idiot.
I don't really see that happening with a knife you wish to carry around. Unless, of course, you are one of those people that carry around a knife to open boxes and envelopes. In that case a 250$ knife is definitely worth it. )o)
For every day use I would recommend Mora or EKA knives. I carry around an EKA Swede 8 and am very happy with it. Sturdy as fuck, doesn't require much sharpening, gets reasonably sharp (not super sharp but you don't need that in every day life anyway) and looks great as well.
If you want something for selfdefense or whatever, don't get a tiny knife. Get a baton, pepper spray or just a huge ass kukri machete. 8/ Butterfly knives are ridiculously inefficient.
Last edited by Redundant; Mar 20, 2015 at 02:49 PM.
I used to work as cook in a restaurant. There are many expensive as fuck knives you need in that environment in order to work efficiently.
At home, however, I think you only really need 4 knives:
A 10$ peeling knife for peeling shit and when you need to stab shit. Most peeling knives are curved so they are no good for general usage. That's why you also need a 10$ small kitchen knife or paring knife you can use for everything that doesn't require a long knife. Then you come to the two knives that should have reasonable quality: Two nice chef knives. Get a smaller one and a bigger one. With those 4 knives you can do everything that needs to be done at home fairly efficiently.
A bread knife is optional. If you want to fillet your own meat for whatever reason you also need a very good fillet knife.
Fillet knives are the ones where quality actually matters the most because they need to be hella sharp and flexible.
Also invest some money into good sharpening stones and learn how to use them. The spyderco sharpening system is very good if you don't want to spend a lot of money (protip: don't actually get the whole sharpening system but only spare parts. The sharpening stones or whatever they are called are very easy to use free hand)
But I agree, owning a lot of different knives for all sorts of different things is fun. (o/
At home, however, I think you only really need 4 knives:
A 10$ peeling knife for peeling shit and when you need to stab shit. Most peeling knives are curved so they are no good for general usage. That's why you also need a 10$ small kitchen knife or paring knife you can use for everything that doesn't require a long knife. Then you come to the two knives that should have reasonable quality: Two nice chef knives. Get a smaller one and a bigger one. With those 4 knives you can do everything that needs to be done at home fairly efficiently.
A bread knife is optional. If you want to fillet your own meat for whatever reason you also need a very good fillet knife.
Fillet knives are the ones where quality actually matters the most because they need to be hella sharp and flexible.
Also invest some money into good sharpening stones and learn how to use them. The spyderco sharpening system is very good if you don't want to spend a lot of money (protip: don't actually get the whole sharpening system but only spare parts. The sharpening stones or whatever they are called are very easy to use free hand)
But I agree, owning a lot of different knives for all sorts of different things is fun. (o/
Last edited by Redundant; Mar 20, 2015 at 03:08 PM.
