What's your dream knife /out/? >pic related

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>>811717

>tfw when $300

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I'd kinda like an antique bowie knife. i have zero use for it though, really

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>>811717
Fallkniven PHK

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>>811717

There's something so attractive about knives.

What makes a knife attractive to you /out/? Functionality? Beauty? Design? Wood/Bone/Plastic/Metal handle?

For me stained wooden engraved handle is a thing of beauty.

>pic related

>>811728
Functionality, durability and degree of comfort for me. That knife is a thing of beauty but if something feels better in my hand and lasts longer I'd take it.

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>>811720
Himalayan Imports AK Bowie? I got a used one of those for around $80 off of a forum. A bit thick and heavy for woods use, but damn near bombproof.

Watch the Himalayan Imports subforum on Bladeforums. They sell seconds and other discounted stuff on there. A new AK Bowie was going for $150 like a week ago.

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>>811733
>Heh, Strayan and tfw.

Something like this for me, would prefer ffg but that's the overall style.

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Vintage Puma Original Bowie

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>>811717
This most definitely. And if fixed blades I would want a Bark River Rogue or a Randall model 1 or 3

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A seax for sure

>>811717
the sword from batman beyond that was sharpened by lasers with an edge no thicker than a molecule

>>811717
>dream knife
jesus christ poorfags lmao

>>811884
Whether we have the money or not is irrelevant, some people just don't want to spend large amounts of money on something they want but don't need

>>811886
>dreaming about knives
lmao

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I don't care that it's showy and completely impractical, I think it's sexy

>>811916
Well we are talking dream and not practical knife purchases.

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>>811886
>>811889

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>>811840
>And if fixed blades I would want a Bark River Rogue
Knivesshipfree is having a closeout sale on their stock of Bark River Rogues.

The cheapest Rogues are going for $191

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I guess the Old Timer Woodsman made with good carbon steel (high carbon stainless would work), solid brass fittings and bolsters, some really nice hardwood for the handle.

Just a high price and premium Old Timer Woodsman in other words.

It's my favorite design of knife.

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>>811717
I already found my Knaifu.

>Moora

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J Neilson. His shop is about 15 minutes from my house. His website is full of knife porn.

This one is about $1200.

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>>811723
This desu. I'd probably be better off with a kershaw camp 10 if I want to chop but they're just so fucking sexy.

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Would settle for a replica. Actually, rather than a counterfeit version what I'd maybe like is an updated version with the best materials, heat treat etc.

Quite illegal to have these in my country.

>>812587

Ever watch Forged in Fire? He's a judge on it. He really likes canister Damascus.

>>812601
you wouldn't find something like that "updated"....they were never meant to be show pieces

un-godly versions are cheap and readily available, though shipping would be another matter

http://www.budk.com/Trench-Knife-WWI-1918-Replica-1088

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>>811728
Good question. Knife is something that is very hard to manufacture in the wild yet its very simple in design. So simple but with it, living is made possible. I can create fire, shelter, traps, fishing equipment, all kinds of things. It's almost some primordial feeling of safety that it brings. Well after saying that, I don't consider myself as a knife fag. I only carry one when in the wild hunting or hiking.

>>813140
Yeah that's where I first saw him, so I decided to look up his knives and where he's from and turns out he's like 25 minutes down the road from me.

>>812601
are you wanting to use that primarily just for self defense, or are you wanting to use it for regular stuff? the knuckles really restrict how you can hold the knife

all these huge, super heavy bush knives, what's the deal

not sure if I missed the memo or if /k is here

>>812583
Anything about that size and shape with good steel. Big knives are not ideal for dressing animals, IMO. There simply isn't enough control near the point.

>>811717
Something that would keep a razor edge forever no matter how much use and abuse you'd put it through, have a blade that's about 8 inches long, and a good handle. Actually, I could do with a shorter blade and even a shit handle as long as the blade was made from some magical material that never dulled, because fuck having to sharpen your shit all the damn time.

>>811851
Amen

>>813313
>I could do with a shorter blade and even a shit handle

Judging by that, you never use your knives, so just pick something at random and it will never dull anyway.

A good handle is even more important than the blade - try working with a knife for an extended period of time while using different grips and you'll see.

>>813310
Reeeeeeeeee.

You don't skin with the point of knives anyway!!! Rounded bellys make best skinning knives for a reason! You draw cut while rolling the knife to use all the edge.

>>813368
There's more to dressing an animal than just skinning. Like when you're making the incision up the belly where you *don't* want to puncture the shit on the inside, because shit, piss and bile could spill on the meat.

>>813308
I like to use a large knife. Some of my friends prefer bringing an axe and a small knife. I guess what ever is your cup of tea.

>>813308
Lots of people like to take an axe and a small knife. Personally, I like to use a tool that can do the jobs of both.

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MSK-1

>>813393
Same. I routinely baton with my SAK.

>>813242
thats a sexy knife. what is it?

>>813698
looks like a terava skrama

>>813698
https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/terava-skrama-bush-knife-carbon-steel/28025

>>811855
Shatter the moment you strike wood or bone

>>813426

holy shit, that's a retarded knife...

>>811851
More like sex.
heh

>>813310

Yep

You can cut kindling with it just fine too

Spyderco Endura 4 with Emerson Wave

>>813197
>you wouldn't find something like that "updated"....they were never meant to be show pieces

I don't mean the exact thing, right? I mean if it was some bastardized knuckle knife that only resembles it as far as being a knuckle knife: I'd be okay with that.

>>813301
Regular stuff and LARPing, in my room, feeling like a dangerous man.

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>mfw

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On the left.

It's ridiculous I know.

Reconsidering getting the Sub Saharan 7 as its a little more realistic to use.

>>811851
I went to the national maritime museum here in England a few weeks ago, they've got a vikings expedition on right now. I forgot just how fucking big seaxes were.

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I've never needed a big knife for anything.

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>>811717
>What's your dream knife /out/?

I’d love to stumble across an original Gladstone made Marble’s Ideal (1898) Expert (1906) and Woodcraft (1915) knives.

what are your guys thoughts on the US standard issue m9?

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this one. it's so beautiful and expensive i'd never take it out though.

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Busse Battle Mistress

>>816866
you must not get out much...

fairbairn sykes knife to cut a bitch + a mora to do everything else

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hnnnnngggg

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>>811840

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French Trade knife

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>>811717
Pekka Tuominen Tommi puukko is pure sex, i'd buy one if he made them in 52100 because i hear that 115crv silversteel is brittle

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A bayley knife.

>>818038
There's a Spanish brand called RUI that make a replica of the Bear Grylls custom Bayley knife

>>818034
I don't see why it would be, the Silicon, Vanadium and Chromium in it all aid strength in the quantities they are present, I can't see it being any more fragile than 52100.

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this

>>818154
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDYBl6e950E&hd=1

>>818166
This cunt talking about steels is like some raghead that rides a donkey talking about cars

>>818182
I know, he's overly excited and very nonspecific about anything he 'reviews', but I thought it's better to link to a video with a decent look on the knives than directly to the store like some marketer or something.
https://elementalknives.com/collections/karambit/products/fade-1
also for that price I wouldn't expect to much t.b.h. but it may still make a nice deskpiece

>>818166

oh man, those are the best knives I've ever seen!

>>818188
Don't you just love rip-off designs of pre-existing knives? The gut knife is a Gerber freeman gut hook for example, but most of the knives are actual knives put in the game, but EK are making technically illegal knives

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Shawn Hatcher custom Tursiops one-off. made last year sometime but it's easily one of my favorite knife designs overall. i think it was priced at around $700

>>818243
sexy handle, wat it be?

>>818290
Some sort of dyed buckeye by the looks

>>811728

>engraved handle

FYI, that handle is not engraved. The wood is heavily "figured". The pattern you're seeing is IN the wood, which has been sanded/shaped flat and smooth.

As an amateur knife maker, I'm all about the custom pieces. I think mass production knives have no place being admired.... but that's just my heavily biased opinion. And once you see some truly beautiful hand crafted knives you'll be throwing rocks at that store bought shit.

>>811855

Steel can't get that sharp. It's not mechanically possible, but Obsidian can. They make expensive scalpels with it for eye surgeons an whatnot. It's brittle as shit though and any sideways pressure just snaps it.

>>811884
I just got back from a knife maker convention where Edmund Davidson was showing us his pieces, which actually sell for tens of thousands of dollars. His most expensive commission was worth a total of 118 grand USD which was commissioned by some rich Saudi.

Dream knives can be expensive brah.

>>812583
The old (pre 90's) old timers were really good. The handle pictured is either natural or synthetic bone. That finish is really grippy. I lost my old timer my grandfather gave me. Shit makes me sad. The new stuff, after the company was swallowed up by one of those mega corps brand consolidator companies, their knife quality turned to shit.

>>812584
Excellent value. I own 7 Mora knives.

>>812587
I am now fully erect.

>>813313
unobtanium.

But seriously, learning how to sharpen a blunt edge to something that will melt hardwood is emotionally satisfying. I love making things sharp.

>>813368
A lot of people's first knife, that they intend to use for bushcraft, are actually big bellied skinning knives. It's super popular but not so practical.

>>813392
A good axe is a tool of power. Feels good to get good with one.

>>818034
birch handles are sexy

>>818898

>FYI, that handle is not engraved

No shit sherlock. You don't possess some kind of secret knowledge others don't by knowing that. It was merely an example of a knife that possesses some of the features I like you fucking autist.

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cedarlore forge custom.

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> i make dreams come true

Schrade.
Marbles.
Condor.

>>811733
name of knive?

A Jay Fisher knife
The guy make the most beautiful knives and functional too

>>819495

I'm sorry you write like an idiot.

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>>811717

>What's your dream knife /out/?
>dream knife

Something like that, because i have been using my Glock fieldknife for literally decades, nevr found a blade to replace it. All i have seen before had something on them i did not like.
Last month i was at my gunstore, to buy some ammo and my wife, like she always does, was looking through the knives. She found exactly the knife where everything from blade to sheath was like i wanted it, like i would design it. Now good old Glock, got a place of honor in my wifes knifecubbord.
It´s a puma alpine, by the way.

>>817112
>This is my grandads autism, I inherited it when he passed away. Really glad to have it, this is some high quality autism. They just don't make autism like they used to.

>>819594

>t. austistic manchild

>>819931

yep. You're only proving my point.

Does anyone know what kind of fixed blade knife has a drop point and a second blade on about 2/3 of the spine? My dad called it his paratrooper knife but when I look those up I get those weird folding ones from WWII. I would also like to get one for fucking around in the woods and for ROTC but I don't even know what the hell those kind of knives are.

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>>819936
Something like this, but knife sized?

This is a Baryonyx Machete.

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Bill Bagwell Hell's Belle

You hit diminishing returns with custom knife pricing real fast IMO. A Hell's Belle is the only 4 figure knife I'd consider buying if I had the cash to spare. Otherwise, at that price range I'm getting a custom sword.

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>>819936

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ceramic folder

>>822515
I would barely trust these things to cut that apple without breaking or chipping.
Perfect for the ultralight crowd who values low weight over performance and durability though.

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This Russian puppy, the samsonov by kiziyar. Caucasian walnut for the handle and folded steel polished so shinny I can see myself, it came sharpe enough to trip my mutton chops with. Not a bad knife

>>822557
Far too heavy for ultra light. Why do you think ultra lighters sacrifice performance with any of their equipment? We typically use excellent materials and the most ambitious designs to maximize performance

>>820006
>>819936

billhook

>>822624
Why though? Would be nice if you explained your reasoning behind owning something like that.

>>824300
Well, everybody says a knife isn't a good self defense weapon, so clearly a bullet with a knife hidden inside will be much better.

>>824304
>implying you'll have time to open that piece of junk whilst Jamal tries to rape you in the dickhole

>>822557
>I would barely trust these things to cut that apple without breaking or chipping.
Modern ceramics are a whole lot sturdier compared to the old ceramic knives which would break if you dropped them.

Having said that, I'm not much of a fan either.

>>824391
Nono, you shoot him with the bullet, the knife is just for daily use.

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This. That price tag though...

>>824744

What a mall ninja knife.

>>824744

low tier steel with a god tier price tag.

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>>811725
>>811851
>>813242
>>816973
>>817201
>>819501

These are my favorites in the thread. I've always wanted a simple Ka-bar, but I gotta admit this skull pommel is bad ass. I read somewhere that sailors from WW2 made these out of the scrap metal from Japanese kamikaze planes. Dunno if that's totally true, but still...

>>824744

A bit more research and I noticed that a lot of the online reviews were for knives made decades ago and how great they were. Then I learned that puma stopped using 440C as their primary blade steel about 25 years ago and now they're using shit tier cheap steels.

Then they go on to say how this knife is hand finished in a 25 step process.

So what you've got here some stag handles slapped on shit-tier 1.4116 Stainless steel and made expensive by labor intensive hand finishing.

This thing is, not to put too fine a point on it, a polished turd.

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its my dream knife, because i want it, but its probably not actually a good idea for what i need

>>819512
Not sure what model, but it's a Survive! Knives GSO.

>>817201
I have this. The blade is thick and requires a lot of grinding to work efficiently, but its still a pretty good knife out of the box.

But considering the work required, it would be smarter to buy an Old Hickory and modify it to that shape.

i need to buy a knife for canoe camping... are those bear grylls ones any good

>>824796
>now they're using shit tier cheap steels.

That´s why you should buy puma IP or regular instead of pumatec, which uses cheap steel but comes to an affordable price. Pumaknives always had three grades of quality, they renamed them from former gold to bronce, to stupid new names, you can´t make sense of. Former silver(IP) and gold(regular) still use high-quality steel like always.

>>813426
>D2 steel.
>$350
>stuff goes in handle
why?

Why are custom makers usually incapable of making knives from stainless? Is this processing too complex?

Why do people even get non-stainless knives? They do not have any advantages in edge retention or sharpness.

>>826226

Firstly, most carbon steels often used by custom makers (1084, 1095, 52100, O1) have much better finer grain structure, and as a result apex stability, than most commonly used stainless steels.

Basically, this means that those steels tend to be better suited to thinner edges, lower edge bevel angles, and more polished edge finishes than most stainless steels, which tend to have much coarser grain structures and lower apex stability that is better suited for coarse edge finishes and thicker edges.

Secondly, many stainless steels are considerably more complex and expensive to heat treat than the carbon steels often used by small makers.

One well known exception to this would be AEB-L, a stainless razor blade steel designed behave like a carbon steel, which does get used a fair bit by custom makers (though the heat treat is often outsourced to Peter's HT).

>>826226
>>826247
Pretty much this, well heat treated carbon and tool steel knives can be run thin, the sort of thin a mass producer would never even consider, I've got a knife in Cruforge V which is about .004" behind the edge, which means their cutting performance is off the chart, they might not hold as edge as long but they'll cut better than any production stainless could dream of.

Also plenty of modern high carbide stainless steels require temperatures that are at the limit of or beyond many small scale kilns capabilities.

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>>825876
Budget?

They're Gerbers, which aren't bad but there are a lot of nice brands for a similar price that aren't endorsed by frauds who drink their own urine or eat elephant shit.

>>813426
>1/4" thick
>4" long
Whew lawdy the autism is strong with David, but then again he is the guy that shills Bear Grylls products and regulary gives them 4-5/5 stars

>>811916
Not sure if autism or I want it.

>>826368
Autism probably but I'll admit it's pretty lookin'.

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>take boots off
>see this

>>826507
fug

>>826226

It's more expensive, in every way. The material costs more, it wears out your abrasives faster, and it's harder/more expensive to heat treat, and harder to sharpen.

And you can make really excellent blades from the common non stainless choices.

Also, a lot of guys want knives that are easy to field sharpen. Unless you're highly skills or carry bulky, expensive equipment, some high end steels can be a real pain in the ass to sharpen.

The inverse of that is that if you get a good custom hunting/skinning knife and you're careful with it, you can do half a dozen big animals with it before you really need it sharpened. I know guys that only have their hunting knives sharpened once or twice a year. I also know guys that carry carbon steel that touch them up as they go. Those guys are always holding a razors edge. So, to each his own.

Also, if you're making a chopper, 5160 and the like are the best choices. Carbon is still the best choice for some circumstances.

>>826247

I disagree. Properly heat treated CPM154 or s35VN are superior blade steels, but they're very expensive. And like you said, they're harder to heat treat.

I think money is the main issue. For instance, s35vn is easily 3 times the cost of 1084 or 1095. It wears out your belts faster and requires cryo to maximize it.

I agree about AEB-L being awesome. I picked some up and I can't wait to make some deadly kitchen slicers with it.

>>826287

I'm all about edge retention. IMHO, if you have to stop and sharpen you're losing that time to work. I consider that a measure of performance. For instance, 420HC will take a pretty fine edge, but the retention is crap. I consider it's poor edge retention the factor that relegates it to the shit tier of steels.

>>827420
>I disagree. Properly heat treated CPM154 or s35VN are superior blade steels, but they're very expensive.

In general, I don't think it makes sense to talk about blade steels in terms of superior and inferior. Typically, each blade steel represents a different set of compromises between wear resistance, strength, toughness, apex stability, corrosion resistance, and cost.

To describe s35vn as "superior" to 52100 is like saying that a marathon runner is "superior" to a sprinter, i.e. comparing apples and oranges.

Also, the finer grain structure and higher apex stability of steels like 1095, 52100, O1, Aogami, Shirogami, and AEB-L as compared to higher carbide volume, coarser grain structure stainless steels like s30v, s35vn, etc. are well established empirically and not a matter of opinion.

For clarification, apex stability is a little known property of blade steels that describes the tendency of a blade steel to resist microscopically chipping or rolling at the apex, meaning necessarily in very thin sections. As the apex stability of a steel increases, steels become better able to take and hold very thin high sharpness apexes, and become better at retaining their high sharpness (since micro-chipping and micro-rolling are the primary mechanisms by which the "razor sharpness" of an apex are lost).

Conversely, the coarser grain structure and high carbide volume of high carbide steels is typically associated with low apex stability, meaning those steels are highly prone to losing their "razor sharpness" very quickly, but then afterwards retaining their "working sharpness" for a long period. It also means that thicker edge angles are recommended to stabilize the apex as much as possible against micro-chipping through carbide tear out.

Again, these comparative properties of blade steels have been established by published, peer reviewed research, though much of the work is not well known.

>>818907
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>>827582
>Attention whoring: The post
that's why

>>827507

Your initials wouldn't happen to be C.S, would they? Your writing style sounds familiar.

Since we're on /out/ lets define "superior" as being the ability to continue bushcraft, hunting, etc... without cracking out a sharpening device.

In that context, a high CPM steel like s30v or s35vn that's built for tough work will continue cutting rope, wood, whatever long after you need to sharpen your 1095, 52100, O1, Aogami, Shirogami, and AEB-L.

This isn't /labconditions/ or /shaving/ or /tomatoslicing/

For /out/ type tasks, the steels I favor are superior. Plus, resisting corrosion is superior in an outdoor knife because it translates into less maintenance in the field.

>>827582
Because fuck you. Deal with it.

>>827420
>I'm all about edge retention. IMHO, if you have to stop and sharpen you're losing that time to work.

What I was talking about there is cutting ability, you can have the cleanest edge you like on a CTS-204p knife but if it's .020" behind the edge and thicker than 1/8th" then it's never going to cut as well as a knife which is .004" behind the edge and less than 1/8th" FFG(And high carbide stainlesses run that thin are going to have a cunt of a time not chipping out). It will need sharpening more often but the trade off is better cutting ability.

>>827683
>This isn't /labconditions/ or /shaving/ or /tomatoslicing/

No but it is /out/ and probably 3/4 of my /out/ time is spent hunting and a knife which cuts well but might need dressing after a carcass is preferable to a knife which can cut 4 ok

>>824106

if you were stabbed with that the wound would never close.

>>827751

Not everyone wants to to dress their knives as often as that.

>>827683

No, I'm not him, though I happen to agree with some of his work.

I already agreed that if you preferred coarse edge finishes at near factory edge bevel angles, and placed primary importance on how much soft abrasive material (e.g. rope, cardboard) you could cut using the "working sharpness" of the edge before it was so dull you absolutely had to sharpen it, then high carbide steels are likely to suit your usage pattern better.

I disagree that this makes those steels "superior" in any absolute sense, since not everyone is going to have the same preferences as you. As I already mentioned, my personal preferences are quite different than yours in knife steels.

I will also note a couple of additional things:

1) The thinner edges and blade geometries that high apex stability steels enable significantly boost edge retention in practice because they can dramatically lower the force required to make cuts.

2) Most high apex stability steels are so easy to sharpen that ~5-10 passes per side on a pocket sharpening stone would typically be sufficient to restore most of their initial sharpness. This would literally take well under 30 seconds in the field.

3) Wood cutting is primarily push cutting work where the primary blunting mechanisms are going to be microscopic apex chipping and/rolling rather than slow abrasive wear as in rope cutting. As a result, high apex stability steels should be better suited to this type of work.

4) While high carbide stainless steels gain in wear resistance and corrosion resistance compared to most high apex stability steels, they also tend to be significantly worse in terms of toughness.

None of this makes high apex stability steels better or worse than high carbide stainless steels, merely better suited to different use cases. I was merely noting that for some knife buyers, the use of high apex stability steels and thin blade geometries in handmade knives was a large part of the appeal.

>>827775
Never claimed they did, I was countering your sarcastic tomato slicing comment with an actual reason for liking low carbide, fine grained steels /out/, one of many. For EDC I love high carbide stainless steels, for /out/ work, there are lots of situations where they're less suitable.

>>827789

>1)...
That sounds more like theory, unless you can cite some sources.
>2)...
I know personally that a lot of people pay to have their hunting knives sharpened by others. Those guys aren't field tuning their edges.

>3)...
Maybe the way you do it.

>4)...
I don't use my knives as crowbars so this doesn't really impact me.

You're the only person I've heard of recently talking about apex stability. I mean, you felt the need to explain it, so to say it's a common selling point is pretty disingenuous.

>>827811
>That sounds more like theory, unless you can cite some sources.
Simply look at Ankersons cutting tests, he set a minimum and maximum force required for his benchmark cut test, most of his customs didn't qualify for the test because their initial cut force requirement was significantly lower than the benchmark, meaning they already had a number of cuts under their belt before they even reached the start point for the average production knife with a .020" bevel.

>I mean, you felt the need to explain it, so to say it's a common selling point is pretty disingenuous.
He never claimed it was a common selling point, he specifically said for "some" knife buyers, the reason you buy customs is because they're made in steels and geometries mass production manufacturers would never release, I'm one of the "some"

>>827832

I guess 0.0001% is "some"

>>827846
As is generally the nature of low volume handmade goods. They would hardly be handmade if they were making 5k of each knife a year.

>>827846

ok, 1 guy out of a thousand custom knife customers talking about apex stability is a market force. You're a business genius.

>>828378

People can prefer thinly ground custom knives and the carbon steels they tend to be made in without having to understand the science behind why those steels are well suited for those thinly ground knives.

>>828484

I actually wasn't saying differently. I'm just saying this apex stability stuff you're all about is niche.

You keep trying to move the goal posts.

>>828665

There aren't any goal posts to move, I merely noted that the types of steels predominantly used by small makers suit the thinner grinds often produced by small makers.

I never intended to suggest that most of their customers were familiar with the science behind *why* this was the case, though a fair number of small makers *are* familiar with the benefits of fine grain structures in steel.

>>827846
>what are chef knives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgqJBF_K6Yc

>>828872
Believe what you want. 99.99% of knive makers don't even advertise their thickness behind the edge because 99.99% of customers don't give a shit.

You're in the 0.01% and you don't know it. That's your issue.

>>828935
I was mocked when I mentioned "tomato slicers" being on /out/ and now you post a video of the very situation I was talking about.

Thank you.

>>828966

Custom knife makers don't advertise the thin geometry of their knives?

Please, do tell this to:

Phil Wilson
Michal Gavac
Robert Erickson
Joe Carlton
Daniel Rhode
Jeremy McCullen
Loreno Knives
And most of the other custom makers that post their knives for sale on BladeForums custom knives forum.

Because, as far as I'm aware, all of those custom makers typically give blade geometry measurements for the custom knives they make, or at least clearly state the thin geometries of the knives they make.

>>828966

Oh, also, I'll let highly regarded custom.maker Michal Gavac give you an education into what of hard use a thinly ground knife in a fine grained steel can take, as well as how valuable blade geometry is to cutting ability, just to dissuade you from the notion that thin edges are too fragile for real work:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krZJUj70r1c

>>828973
>>828974

That's still only a tiny fraction of all the custom knife makers out there.

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>everyone in this thread

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>>811717

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csgo boiii

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>>824391
pic related
it's you

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>dream about knives
dreaming of phallic symbols
how homoerotic!

>>831522
>Sigmund Fraud

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i own it, payed $200 for it, will post pic of mine when i get home

>>811717

I know this is dumb, but I have spent the last three years learning everything I need to know about the Chernobyl exclusion zone. My plan is to travel to Belarus and hopefully scavenge at least two types of steel, ideally 3, and some nice hard wood (probably from furniture).

I am decent enough at forge welding and stock reduction that I could make myself a genuinely one of its kind knife. This is still 2+ years in the future though.

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>>831278
my

>>819911
What's this from

>>832092
Wranglestar

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I guess I already have my dream knife, pic related.

>>811717

A free one.

>>831808
Nice sheath there m80, is that a hollow grind i see? I'd never pay $200 for THAT sheath and a hollow grind. What steel is it?

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>everyone in this thread

get a practical on at least you losers

>>832988
Yes we are all pathetic edgelords, except you, all mighty perfect anon, all your opinions are objectively correct and everyone else's opinions are stupid and wrong except yours.

>>831278
I don't really see the point in full tang kukris. Every chop would send such a massive shock up your arm. You may argue that it is stronger than a stick tang, but I have personally never seen a stick tang kukri fail even when used for heavy chopping and heavy battoning

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>>811851
>>816805
i have got a terrible hard on for seaxs lately anyone know where to get a decent one for not a fortune? something to fill the role of doall big knoife with thick blade.

>>833116
I've got that model Kukri and it shocks more than an axe or hatchet but a similar amount to doing the same work with a knife or machete of similar weight, it's not particularly noticeable unless you've just put down a hatchet basically.

>>833449

When it comes to splitting wood and such, I don't really see how a machete can out perform an axe.

>>833513
It can't

>>826507
What is it?

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I want this knife really bad.
The guy who makes these is from my federal state. He runs around in the area and collects "Raseneisenstein" "lawn iron stone"(Schleswig Holstein has much of it) .
He melts the stones down into pure iron and creates traditional knives from scratch with material from the area, like our ancestors did.
Fuck, it doesn't get more real than that.

350€ though. Gotta find some lumps and try myself I guess.

>>833859
just buy a puukko

>>833859
Are they steel or just forged iron?

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>>833407
Kris Cutlery has some.

The had some quality control problems a few years ago when they switch forges, but I think they've got those all worked out now.

A simple 1060 steel one is $65 and a laminated one is $85 ($95 if you want it dark etched to make the laminations stand out more, see pic).

>>811717
I got an Ontario 499 for about ten years now. Fits all my needs perfectly. Cant think of a better outdoors knoife

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SAKs are the dream. My dream knife would be the Hunter Pro in wood. I plan on buying it later along with a few other knives. For my urban /out/ings I carry a Super Tinker. I usually have the Nail Clip 580 in my bag too.

>>834150

Check their Amazon info. They're an import company.

This is chineese made shit.

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>>834179
BASED
A
S
E
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>>819507
What is the folder on the left with the marlinspike?

I want an SAK with a single handed opening blade that locks, and also has scissors and pliers. Literally nobody makes this and it's incredibly annoying

>>834829
They used to get their stuff from the Philippines. If they actually get it from China, then they've gone downhill.

>>835414

It's all 3rd world manufacturing. Shit quality.

>>835354
Heh, that's the exact combo my workmate has been looking for.

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Zlatoust Knifes are my favorites... and this is why

>>835354
That's why I like the Skeletool. Blade opens easily with one hand, locks, has good pliers, plus screwdriver. No scissors, but at least it doesn't have 10 other tools I will never need.

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>all these people posting uncomfy knives
(insert joke about big knife blades and penises)

>>836564
Is it just me or does the blade kinda look like a Turley Gasconade?

>>819911
kek

>>836759
my fucking dick

>>836759
I cummed

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>>811717

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its just so simple

>>826507
planters warts
nothing to bad

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>>811717

>>838121
Well son of a bitch. I may need that

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Spetsnaz Machete

Axt.

Why cause knifes are shit and I can do everything else /out/ does with my axt.

>Dream
>12$ handaxt
Dream is reality

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>>811717

The infamous GEK 2000.
outstanding german quality
but its like 300 bucks.

the one-solid-piece-of-steel version is even more expensive
like 500€

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My custom knives

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>>842704
Me in peak physical condition

>>842589
if they ever make a version built for human hands it will be 800 yuros. Pushing a thousand if you want useful blade geometry.

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For human sacrifices, hunting, batoning. All the usual stuff.