For the heck of it I went out and purchased a Buck Canoe knife
made in China. Sadly it the sharpest knife.
Compared to the German made Hen & rooster
and the US made buck I posted earlier in this thread.
Actually the China made Buck Canoe is razor sharp.
Kind of a shame in a sense.

I did not know this but will continue with my every day carry Benchmade as I really like the knife, no matter who made it.
I have a Case collection that I add to and pet but never carry.
My other carry knife is an Old Timer Muskrat with the ugly carbon blades that even a clutz like me can get razor sharp.

Zim

Case stockman for me. Working on the second one now. First one lasted 34 years.

With you there Zim
I like my Benchmade a lot and will continue to carry it. If I loose or break it, Its going to be a tough one to replace with something else. Not looking forward to that time for sure. I'll have to see what the laws are in Tennessee about carrying knives. Maybe I'll carry a fixed blade there that I made. That way I am not going to feel guilty about the manufacturer

Check out guntalk.com and hear Feb.26th's show. You can find better companies to support than this and get a quality product. If you are a gun owner why would you cut your own throat with a benchmade?

Some nice knives and good info being kicked around. Been watching this thread since it started. Went to look for my pocket knife about two weeks before it started and can't find it. Been looking ever since. It was a cheapo Winchester with bone handles (looked bone anyways), someone gave it to me, said it wasn't valuable and I needed a pocket knife. So now I'm looking at for a nicer quality knife that actually can be used for skinning small game and other task that pocket knifes are handy for. Mostly cutting tape and string in my world. I can't see paying a lot for something I could lose or might "walk-off". I'm thinking more like a Case Muskrat. Anyone have one of them and care to give your opinion on it? Or, is there a similar, but better quality knife I should consider? I need something I can actually skin with when I need to. Thanks!

I carry 3 knives on me most of the time...

Buck 110 in a horizontal carry sheath on my belt.

A Frost River Cutlery trapper in my pocket (China made, but takes and holds a very good edge)

A Klein cable splicer's knife in a sheath with Klein scissors. Sheath rides on my belt opposite side of my Buck 110.

2 disposable lighters in my shirt pocket. Lol

Mike

Does the Klein cable splicer work good for stripping copper wire?

That's what I use it for.

Mike

Case #07406 Muskrat w/ 2 clip blades... been using them a long time. I have 8 or 10 new ones here so hopefully that'll get me thru my remaining trapping years.... sharpen easy, carry easy, modest price, quality knife IMO...

Thanks, Mike

run, if you're doing electrical work the scissors are just about as handy as the knife.

Mike

My EDC is a cheap Ozark Trail (Walmart) I think I paid $3 for it about 4 years ago and has outlasted other knives and am getting ready to replace it. For years I carried either Buck and Old Timer.

Carried one of those in my teenage years

Case !!!
Or any knife made in USA or Germany

Knives Made in China,...Nope Nope Nope Nope!

Mostly this crkt, but i like my buck vantage pro also!

I inherited this knife from my grandfather
It says

Germania
Cutworks
Germany on the blades

it has a wooden handle with brass rivets, it has to be pretty old

Found that uncle Henry lay next to water yesterday.

This is the American Made .....watch out for the Chinese version