Quality of edged weapons (101)?

Shakethetrees · 4th September 2014, 12:34 AM

I always feel that using the best is best, unless you might be placing you and it in a situation where something with sentimental value is taken.

Going camping or hunting? Find a well made knife and buy it not it go to the hardware store and grab the nearest piece of a Chinese garbage.

Today we can find, with a few keystrokes, a forum discussing almost anything. If you may need to get something your life could depend on do the research. I would no more take what I know is a great quality knife from my collection and drag it through the woods/water/desert! Great knives are available, but at a cost, as we all know.

One thing I carried was a German made Hubertus switchblade given to me by my Father when he went back there in the early 1990's for a reunion. It's of a small sentimental value, I'd be sick if I lost it, but I know it's of great quality and will do the job it was made for. I do t have to give it the oak plank test to have complete faith in it. The fit and finish is obviously superior to a lot of what's out there. This only works if you truly know knives and not impresses with generally shines things. You must understand how knives are made and what it takes to develop a high degree of finish and mechanical fit.

However, I would not carry his M-3 he carried in WWII, although it is well made, can do the job it was designed for, etc. too much historic/sentimental value here.

A. G. Maisey · 4th September 2014, 02:28 AM

STT response:-

yep, it should always be a balanced approach, but the balance depends upon one's own point of view.

I was a member of the Australian Knife Makers Guild for many years, I made a few complete knives, but mostly I sold blades to other makers, some in the USA. The only knife I made that I use myself is my desk knife, the first piece of damascus I made. My daily users vary depending on what I'm doing, sometimes its a Boker mini 3 blade stock, sometimes its a mini Swiss Army, sometimes a pattada, sometimes Star Cross (Rodgers) 3 blade stock. All depends on what I'm doing. Seldom carry a belt knife, and what I do carry is usually as small as will do the job. But I use a belt knife quite a bit for various jobs, mostly a Martiini carbon or a Mora laminated, just don't hang them on the belt.

4th September 2014, 12:34 AM	#1
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	I always feel that using the best is best, unless you might be placing you and it in a situation where something with sentimental value is taken. Going camping or hunting? Find a well made knife and buy it not it go to the hardware store and grab the nearest piece of a Chinese garbage. Today we can find, with a few keystrokes, a forum discussing almost anything. If you may need to get something your life could depend on do the research. I would no more take what I know is a great quality knife from my collection and drag it through the woods/water/desert! Great knives are available, but at a cost, as we all know. One thing I carried was a German made Hubertus switchblade given to me by my Father when he went back there in the early 1990's for a reunion. It's of a small sentimental value, I'd be sick if I lost it, but I know it's of great quality and will do the job it was made for. I do t have to give it the oak plank test to have complete faith in it. The fit and finish is obviously superior to a lot of what's out there. This only works if you truly know knives and not impresses with generally shines things. You must understand how knives are made and what it takes to develop a high degree of finish and mechanical fit. However, I would not carry his M-3 he carried in WWII, although it is well made, can do the job it was designed for, etc. too much historic/sentimental value here.

4th September 2014, 02:28 AM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,990	STT response:- yep, it should always be a balanced approach, but the balance depends upon one's own point of view. I was a member of the Australian Knife Makers Guild for many years, I made a few complete knives, but mostly I sold blades to other makers, some in the USA. The only knife I made that I use myself is my desk knife, the first piece of damascus I made. My daily users vary depending on what I'm doing, sometimes its a Boker mini 3 blade stock, sometimes its a mini Swiss Army, sometimes a pattada, sometimes Star Cross (Rodgers) 3 blade stock. All depends on what I'm doing. Seldom carry a belt knife, and what I do carry is usually as small as will do the job. But I use a belt knife quite a bit for various jobs, mostly a Martiini carbon or a Mora laminated, just don't hang them on the belt.