Who here prefers thier inexpensive knives?

[Spencer Stewart]

My EDC right now is an old Schrade Sharpfinger a friend gave me because he lost the sheath for it and it wasn't "pretty" anymore. Well, I cleaned it up, made a kydex sheath for it and I absolutely love it. It's fast and easy to employ, blade geometry is well-suited to many tasks, comfortable ergonomics, and it is scary sharp. I may consider shelving my Benchmade once I get it repaired.

Spencer

 

[homeka45]

Buck 110 and swiss army knives are my cheap knives yet still manage to do the job.

 

[Rupestris]

Inexpensive oh yes =) not generic, If I were to buy a 2-300$ pocket knife id just end up losing it, and if im going to buy a knife im buying it because I intend to use it.

Same here. Most of my carry knives are good quality, brand name knives but definately on the lower end of the price range. Mostly because I have found some stellar deals. A Spyderco Dragonfly for $30 NIB, a Bench Made Mini Griptilian 556 for $45 NIB, a Gerber LST Free with the purchase of a Gerber Multi tool that was on sale at Costco, SAK that I found while fishing,...

 

[rexelbion]

I'm afraid of losing expensive pocket knives. However, I'll pay the extra if its worth it!

 

[pete f]

While i have a tighe and emerson folders, I use a Buck Odessey with the ats-34 blade as edc for the past five years. I bought four more when Kmart was clearancing them out for $18.00. NON serated they stay sharp for a long time and still sharpen up fast when the time comes. I also have a couple of the Buck mini mentor sheath knives, 14 bucks at Gander, These do not have the ridiculous guy hook and thus have enough blade strength to pop open the pelvis on deer, We also have a few of the buck 110's with the plastic handles scattered about in cars and back packs as emergency kit knives.

 

[13.45]

inexpensive- never cheap i get a lot of milage out of my victorinox swiss army knives, and some very nice examples can be had for $25-$30

 

[crawfordew]

Frost's Swedish Army Knife and Opinels are probably the best "cut for the buck" knives on the market. Just MHO.
Gene

 

[Fred Fuller]

Most always have a couple of folders in my pockets, and usually one of them is inexpensive. A Spyderco Dragonfly ($25 used), or the Kabar/Dozier lockbacks ($20 new) are cheap in my book but great knives.

The other one's an old Benchmade Mini-AFCK fwiw, and that's the most expensive folder I ever bought.

lpl/nc

 

[p35]

I've started carrying one of those Husky folding utility knives that sell for about $10 at Home Depot. The big handle/small blade configuration is the most useful for about 90% of cutting jobs, and there's a lot to be said for the ability to put in a new blade anytime you want- no worries about hard use. Not the most refined design, but really useful.

 

[Greymoor]

That's why I always carry an inexpensive pocket knife in my left pocket. If I have a chance to destroy a knife it will be my Old Timer not my Sebenza

 

[DSRUPTV]

As I have mentioned in another post I have a Buck Diamondback that I used for landscaping for about a month and a half. It cost me $15 and has held it's edge very well under some pretty abusive work. I have since used it a lot and it's still going strong.