Another "another inexpensive knife"...

[Missourian]

Actually two this time.

One is yet another Grand Way...

This time a little boot knife for less than $9.00.

I have several of these Grand Ways in different styles...they have all held up remarkably well. This one is again supposed to be 440C.

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The other is a Doom Blades...which I've never heard of...I just liked the profile.

8cr15mov steel from China.

Just under $10.

Links...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073RFLVF9/?tag=usmb-20

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B46GTBC9/?tag=usmb-20

 

[mamooth]

If the name says "tactical", that means you can charge more for it.

 

[1srelluc]

Likely made of radioactive Chinesium.

Jeez.....If you want a good quality cheap fixed blade knife get a Mora.....For a folder get a Opinel.

both available on amazon.

mora

opinel

 

[deannalw]

I don't get along well with most knifes.

Seems like every time I use one in the kitchen, James appears like a magic genie and tries to be nonchalant while he watches me like a hawk.

 

[Missourian]

Likely made of radioactive Chinesium.

Jeez.....If you want a good cheap fixed blade knife get a Mora.....For a folder get a Opinel.

Not a big fan of Moras...like a blade sticking out of a lightbulb.

Opinels are fine for a small folder...but above an 8...no thanks. A No.6 is about the goldilocks zone for Opinels.

 

[1srelluc]

Not a big fan of Moras...like a blade sticking out of a lightbulb.

Opinels are fine for a small folder...but above an 8...no thanks. A No.6 is about the goldilocks zone for Opinels.

Mora, well they got those new-fangled fancy handles now.....I still rock a old wood 4.25" handled one. I must have a dozen of them of different flavors.

I like the #8 Opinel for all around use, the #6 is a bit small.

LOL....I had a big honking Opinel #12 we kept at hunt camp to slice country ham....It was huge.

I always wanted one of the #12 pull saws but never pulled the trigger.

 

[Missourian]

LOL....I had a big honking Opinel #12 we kept at hunt camp to slice country ham....It was huge.

Good grief does that look unwieldy.

I think the cheap Moras had that goofy rubber handle by the time I was turned on to them...maybe 10 years ago.

Edit...I see they still have some on the market...but no guard or finger stop. That's a deal breaker for me in a fixed blade

 

[Vastator]

Likely made of radioactive Chinesium.

Jeez.....If you want a good quality cheap fixed blade knife get a Mora.....For a folder get a Opinel.

both available on amazon.

mora

opinel

While as a blade aficionado myself... Reality chimes in. Its just a sharp, pointy thing at its core. Humans progressed, and did plenty of "work" when said tool was made of bone, stone, obsidian, antler tusk, copper, bronze, iron, and even high tech modern steels. Best not to overthink the tool, at the cost of the task. JMHO...

 

[cnm]

Or stop buying quantities of shit and buy one good one.

 

[Vastator]

Or stop buying quantities of shit and buy one good one.

Or buy a hundred "good enough", for the same price.

 

[cnm]

Its just a sharp, pointy thing at its core.

And the sharper it can get and the longer it can stay that way the better.

 

[cnm]

Or buy a hundred "good enough", for the same price.

But they're not good enough.

 

[Vastator]

But they're not good enough.

Good enough for what?

 

[cnm]

That's $1000 for 100 not good enough knives. A good enough knife will be only $200 max.

 

[cnm]

Good enough for what?

Getting sharp and staying sharp.

 

[Vastator]

Getting sharp and staying sharp.

No matter the era... A user knew his tools, their maintainance, and their usage. None of those things have changed. The job is the same.

 

[Vastator]

As big a fan as I am... Of modern metallurgical technology...
In no way am I convinced, that mankind has over-ridden his own biology. The rules of the "Mortal Coil" still apply. It's only the scenery that's changed. The "actors" are the same....

 

[cnm]

No matter the era... A user knew his tools, their maintainance, and their usage. None of those things have changed. The job is the same.

Way to avoid the point edge.

Kudos.

 

[Vastator]

Way to avoid the point edge.

Kudos.

How have tools become political? Despite tools politicizing themselves... The world, may never know.

 

[mak2]

Likely made of radioactive Chinesium.

Jeez.....If you want a good quality cheap fixed blade knife get a Mora.....For a folder get a Opinel.

both available on amazon.

mora

opinel

Just ordered an opiel I think it was the 8