Show Your Knife

[jyl]

Curious to see what people have as their favorite knife/ves.

Doesn't matter if it's a pocketknife, kitchen knife, fighting knife, tool knife, specialty knife. If you really like it, use it, value it, then let's see it.

I guess we'll draw the line at swords and sawzalls.

[Tishabet]

In my kitchen:


In my pocket:


But for attracting the ladies, only a cold steel katana will suffice!

[vash]

timing is perfect!! prepping for a family bbq!

here is my kitchen knife. i use it 92.3% of the time. i love it. basic wustof classic 10"


and my bagel splitter. i have it with me all the time. except maybe on airplanes and courthouses.




both are razor sharp!!

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Ooooh boy. Can o' worms with this one.

[cgarr]

Here is one we have that was made and used by my Uncle during the war. The Sheath was made from boot leather and the aluminum from a Japanese aircraft which he carved in the islands that were visited and laced with dental silver wire. If my Son gets deployed to Guam I would like to send this with him!

[vash]

my backup pocket blade:



and there is no substitute for a patina'd high carbon blade. both of these are my ghetto blade i use to take apart large animals. they stay in my truck. these are the only two blades i can shave with. i got one for $5 and one for free. the only blade you want to yank thru a femur or ribcage needs to be cheap, long and sharp.

[daepp]

Daily knife - Columbia River assisted opening



My souvenir I picked up in Venice:





A knife and sheath my father made in the Boy Scouts before WWII.

[targa911S]

Everyday carry for 28 years. Hoffritz



work knife...old german carbon steel. like a razor



favorite... 9" Kris blade Italian frank beltrame horn sides



2nd fave.. another betrame only 11" dagger horn sides



most unusual. a folding henkles !2" fruit knife.

[onlycafe]

pocket.


kitchen; general.


slicing.


paring.


santoku.


eldridge.


hiking.


lockback.


anti-social.

[Geronimo '74]

Don't have on me much. Cheap, razor charp

[James Brown]

Kitchen and killen'



Hears a question, what does everyone use to keep them sharp?

[slodave]

A cheap knockoff of the above.

Another cheap one a friend gave to me.

My old backpacking knife.

One I found in Durango, Co. many years ago.

Picked this up in Aspen, Co. years ago.

My first attempt at making one.

One my father carried for a while, now mine.

One from the German side of the family. From WWI.


I have others around somewhere.

[GDNF2ET]

The longer one is an Italian Stiletto...

[targa911S]

That 13" is good for about 20 years around here. Same as my 11". You can here the wind on those when you pop the button!

[chuckr]

These are the two I rotate for my EDC

[gassy]

I switch every month or so. Currently my 2005 Case Toothpick.

[n8marx]

Doh! I'd love to show my favorite knife but it happens to be stuck in a tree in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area at the moment. Forgot it there on August 22nd while swimming/eating lunch. If you happen to find yourself on Mudro Lake anytime soon there's a knife identical to David's Columbia River knife stuck in a tree about eye level directly across the lake from the campsite. I'll be back next year to see if it's still there. I wonder how it will whether the coming year?

[daepp]

Nate - were you canoeing with the Scouts? I have heard about some great trips they have up there!

[n8marx]

Not with the scouts. Never was one but plan to get my boy into scouts (he's currently 3). Just something I do annually ever since I was 12. I love it up there. Next to my living room it's the other place I feel at home.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hears a question, what does everyone use to keep them sharp?

Arkansas stones. It's straightforward and somewhat Zen-like once you learn how to do it properly.