12-10-2008, 21:13
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Bladesmith to the Quiet Professionals
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Best Knife You've Ever Used
What's the best knife you've ever used?
standard disclaimer: this isn't a test and I ain't fishing.
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12-10-2008, 21:38
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Steak. 
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12-10-2008, 21:41
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DAMN, you!!! 
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12-10-2008, 22:00
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Seriously though, it’s a broad question. My mom was an Oklahoma State Employment Department office manager when I was in High School. She didn’t hand out checks; she put people to work. If they wouldn’t work at a job she offered, they didn’t get a check. I was her utility player when no one was available.
I spent two weeks as a meat cutter. One of the guys lent me his boning knife. These guys sharpened constantly (and several were missing finger parts). This knife was whittled down to about ¼ inch and went through meat like butter. I have no idea what brand or type of steel it was, but I remember it like it was yesterday. That was in 1967.
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass
"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
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12-10-2008, 21:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
I ain't fishing.
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12-10-2008, 22:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill Harsey
What's the best knife you've ever used?
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FOR WHAT?!?!?!
Not meaning to "belittle" the question, but Sir William, for what TASK, or combination thereof, is the question intended, kind'a set the stage!!
A knife that is good at Caping, would most likely not be one intended, for taking out an adversary!!
A good Fish Filet blade (from your FISHING comment!!) WOULD NOT do what the Yarborough will!!
Now that I have more than adequately MUDDIED the H2O, Bill.................????
It's all yours!!! 
Later
Martin
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12-10-2008, 23:00
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I have many but only 2 that I consider the best.
The first one, I carried from 1976 to 1992. I carried it onmy belt with a modified loop of braided 550 cord. This set up allowed the sheath to lay sideways across my back on my belt with the handle facing the right side. It was a 3.5 in blade spear/drop point "Weastern" ( I believe the model # was 14, the new ones are Mod # 84. Never gets in the way and is also a great thrower.
The second is one I assembled from a 6in Solingen Korium blade Epoxied into a drilled out "practice' Tanto handle, (a black plastic material by Cold Steel). The knife is not the prettiest, but it is an exceptional handler. very sleek.
An old team SOP was to throw your biggest knife last. We all carried about 5.
Blitz
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12-11-2008, 07:28
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Although I think "Steak" is the best answer, I have had a Buck folder, Hunter 110 for over 30 years.
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12-14-2008, 13:10
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I carried a "sir-your-blade-is-bent" knife. That was a Gerber that looked a great deal like a dagger, but with a little more "meat" to a blade that was bent to one side. It felt a bit strange in the hand, but wherever you attached sheath to body, it caused both ends of the assembly to slightly press into the body, and almost flatly Refused to catch on vegetation.
Lost during a hasty evacuation, but I keep my eyes open for a replacement.
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12-14-2008, 13:41
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I carry on duty a Benchmade auto Stryker that is a very nice blade. However, a nice fixed blade, like some of the ones mentioned here, is in my current wish list.
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12-15-2008, 07:16
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Randall Airman
For the last 29 years I've worn a Randall Model 15 Airman to the woods. Purchased in 1979 just outside Bragg, probably at some shop on Yadkin. I remember they sold a lot of Safariland gunleather too. I have found it's length more confortable to handle than a Model 14 Attack. And I know I'll wear out before this knife does.
The more places this knife goes and the more things I do with it makes it as much a talisman as it is a knife. Lately it's just used to make kindling for familty camping trips and that's just fine.
The knife in my pocket is any Case folder that caught my eye at the time. It stays a while until I fancy another one.
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12-24-2008, 16:56
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Best knife
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Originally Posted by Blitzzz
The first one, I carried from 1976 to 1992. I carried it onmy belt with a modified loop of braided 550 cord. This set up allowed the sheath to lay sideways across my back on my belt with the handle facing the right side. It was a 3.5 in blade spear/drop point "Weastern" ( I believe the model # was 14, the new ones are Mod # 84. Never gets in the way and is also a great thrower.
The second is one I assembled from a 6in Solingen Korium blade Epoxied into a drilled out "practice' Tanto handle, (a black plastic material by Cold Steel). The knife is not the prettiest, but it is an exceptional handler. very sleek.
An old team SOP was to throw your biggest knife last. We all carried about 5.
Blitz
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12-11-2008, 08:47
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ambush Master
FOR WHAT?!?!?!
Not meaning to "belittle" the question, but Sir William, for what TASK, or combination thereof, is the question intended, kind'a set the stage!!
A knife that is good at Caping, would most likely not be one intended, for taking out an adversary!!
A good Fish Filet blade (from your FISHING comment!!) WOULD NOT do what the Yarborough will!!
Now that I have more than adequately MUDDIED the H2O, Bill.................????
It's all yours!!!
Later
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I am with Martin on this one.
Best knife for what?
The answer to this would seem to be the same as the one about what is the best pistol? The one you have on you.
At times, my best knife has been a Kabar, a Swiss Army Knife, a Leatherman, an Al Mar, a Chris Reeve, or a Harsey. All are knives, but they are vastly different in terms of specialization and capabilities.
You tell me what application, and I will tell you what is the best I have used.
TR
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12-11-2008, 09:46
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It's a lot easier to pick the worst one.  I'll nominate the Gerber Mk Is & IIs I bought when I first graduated the Q Course. (I never needed them for their design purpose and they sucked at everything else!)
As several others have noted: the best ones were "the one I had on me when I needed it". (Usually something along the lines of a Demo Knife and a K-Bar when I was in the field.) I've since acquired better examples of the respective types but they still set the baseline. BTW - That's TWO best knives; it took both to cover the range of required uses. HTH
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12-11-2008, 10:18
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Steak knife, IMHO, is a great answer. On reading the question, I thought, what knife do I naturally gravitate too? That led too, what is the task at hand?
I carried a buck folder alot (still have it and it is over 35 years old).
Hunting I have a Kreshaw multi blade out fit. (Alaskan Blade Trader).
Probably the most used knives now are kitchen knives.
In RVN I carried a German made sheaf knife.
Boating, a rigging knife w/fid.
Until I joined this forum, I thought my choice of knives was based on some kind of reasonable opinion. After joining this forum, I found out how much I didn't know about knives.
A small notation, regardless of what I carry, being retired means choice is not as critical as far as for someone in the military or LE.
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