This little guy does more cutting than any other knife I own. The thick fob and copper bead give it a bit of weighting in the back of the palm -- good for a small work knife, helps keep it in your hand -- and the fob also gives extra grip when necessary for when you're using a three finger knife for a four finger job :) . Easy to keep sharp with a strop and a little aluminum rouge, and the 17 DPS bevel gives a good blend of sharpness and resilience.
For those of you who know Kunwu knives, it turns out that Ironfly is their budget line and they're reintroducing it to the market. The Ironfly Zesty is a good sized flipper in VG-10 and Micarta, it's very well done, and it's currently going for $49 shipped from China to your door.
www.ironflyknives.com
Worth checking out if you're a fan of top notch budget work.
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Opinels are the sliciest folders most people will ever have in their hand.
If you've got an Opinel and a Mora you're got your bases covered for, like, $30 USD. Both cheap, both well made, both very good knives and can be made razor sharp with improvised sharpeners like coffee mugs and river rocks and leather belts. The Mora has the heft for heavier work and the Opinel's thin blade stock is perfect for precise cutting.
don't get me wrong, I love my expensive, finely machined customs and midtechs and high end production knives for what they are. But there's something about excellent budget knives that you've just gotta love. That's what it's really about in terms of tools being put to work in the real world. Just about anyone can afford 'em, anyone can learn to sharpen them, and people aren't afraid to actually use them lest they damage an expensive purchase.
There was a really good budget knives sub over at the place not to be named. Hope we get something like that going over here.
Nice looking work IMO. And for a very good cause, at least if you're in the US.
Spyderco did this one in gray G-10 and BD1N with a lasermarked blade for the Knife Rights auction. The Alcyone is obv one of their cheaper models but I really like the walk and talk.
These guys are out of Ukraine and are a little more famous for doing SAK type knives with spiderholes. This is a one off slippy in jigged and acid washed M398 and hand carved, weathered brass.
The needle bearings give it a very distinctive, hissing action that I just love.
This is seriously one of the best knives released in the last few years at any price, and the US price is under $70. They're hard to find but it's a 4 inch VG10 blade, a titanium frame, and needle bearings.
It's glittery in the light and has a lot of what you'd call chatoyance if it were a wooden handle -- a bit 3D in the reflection of light. Beautiful.
TwoSun released two models in what they are calling 'crystalline anodization'. Not sure how they do it, but it sure does look nice in person.