I've been looking for a larger knife for work. I've got a small pocket knife... but sometimes it's too small or else I need a serrated edge for quickly trimming sheetrock and other stuff. But I need the blade to be a military grade crucible so it will last.

I was thinking of something like the Gerber Torch II Tanto G10 - Serrated Edge.

The only thing is though on that Torch II, it's got a 440A stainless steel blade... I'd prefer a S30V blade.

A friend of mine has a Gerber knife as well, and it seems to be working out well, but he's running a Yari II, and man.. that's one heck of a knife.

I've been drooling over some of the knives they got... anyone have some suggestions?

 

I personally only buy CRKT knives.

 

I only get Benchmade. Military grade aircraft steel...beastly and super sharp. They re-sharpen for free and have a nice warranty as well. Hand built with aerospace laser technology right here in the U S of A.

 

I've got the Fast Draw-CP. Has the serated edge too. One of the best pocket knives I've owned.

 

Gerber makes a great blade, but Columbia River Knife and Tool takes the cake!

 

CRKT, Benchmade, SOG, some of Ontario's stuff. Gerber used to be good, I have some of their earlier knives...ok, a lot of their earlier knives, circa Vietnam up until Gulf War I and it was quality stuff. These days the material seems cheaper and breaks easier.

I had a Benchmade Auto issued to me...ok, had a couple issued to me. One sits in the box while I contemplate on selling it and the other I have used daily since I got it in 2004. To date I haven't had to have it sharpened and its still as tight as the day I got it. The only thing is that the finish has worn off a bit, but then again the stuff I have gets used, not put on a pedestal.

 

i picked this up a couple months ago. i seem to like it.
http://leatherman.com/knives/crater-...55b-c55bx.aspx

 

I have three Gerber [Aluminum Presto 3.5 Serrated Edge, Applegate-Fairbairn Covert & AR 3.00 Series Clip Point Fine Edge] and two Leatherman [Klamath & Expanse e55B] knives.

I have the first two Gerber knives and the last Leatherman in my turnour coat & pant & fatigue pant pockets, and though I don't use them every day, the few times that I have, they've stood up to the plate.

I won't touch anything else.

Just for the record, I also carry the Gerber Legend Multi-Plier 800... best damn multi-tool I've ever used.... period!

PS: I'm a bit of a knives, multitool and flashlight holic.

 

I used to carry a Smith and Wesson Spec Ops knife that never let me down and then I picked up my Leatheman and that is all I carry now I am using it constantly for something.

 

I'm not a big fan of Gerber.

Have you checked out cold steel if you like folders. I have a voyager series that is 4" tanto. It stays sharp and is easy to sharpen. I'm not too keen on serrated though.

Lately I'm into fixed blade knifes, that's all that I carry right now. I have a bunch of Bark River knives. http://www.barkriverknifetool.com/

They use A2 in most of their knives. A2 is a tool steel (cuts other steels) so it's "tough" but easy to sharpen. They also use a convex edge which I prefer for the cutting efficiency compared to a V grind.

 

+1 on the knives and flashlights. Not so much on multi-tools (I only have 2)

You also need to start looking at watches, that's a heck of an addiction.

 

Yea watches are easy to get addicted to, so are guns....mmmmm....guns. I carry a Benchmade daily along with my Gerber Multiplier, EOD version....mmmm...bombs with my Surefire Kroma while wearing my Marathon TSAR. The cool thing is, I didn't spend a dime for any of it, all issued, all never asked for back when I retired. Gerber is in a quick deploy sheath, you can put it in extended and it goes back to being folded automatically and vice versa......mmmmm....vice versa, where's my girlfriend at when you need her.....

 

I definitely like benchmade knives to carry, but if you are gone to use it for work they seem a little pricey

 

Nice...

Yeah, I've started to get an indulgance for sharp toys, but practical toys... I've been using a small Winchester folding knife, with a standard 420 stainless blade.

I find it works ok, but I need to sharpen it a lot, hence why I want a space age blade.

 

Just an FYI and you all probably know this, Most of Gerber, all of Winchester (Gerber sub-brand), Also most all of Smith and Wesson and CRKT are all made in China. While they are good designs on most things, it is still China.

To be fair, We (Buck) make some of our stuff over there also. The cool thing is that Last year we pulled 50k units out of China and are now USA made, and This year we are pulling 200k units back to the USA and within 5 years, our stratagy is to be out of china altogether. We were/are able to do all this without raising prices to the consumer. All of our new products starting in 2009 with 2 exceptions (out of 60 new SKUs) are USA made. While I understand why everyone went to China, I have hated that we did. My time that I spent in China factories (some of the same factories that the above companies also use) to teach them how to make knives was one of the most painful periods of time knowing that what I was teaching them will/has turned into a competative advantage for China.

But I digress. Just wanted to make sure you all knew what brands are coming out of China.

BTW, that Winchester is made out of 420J2 (a low carbon), not standard 420 or 420HC (High Carbon). While Standard 420 can hit 58-60 blade hardness, and 420HC rockwells at 58-60 blade hardness, the 420J2 will only hit 52-55 Rocjwell, thus the ease of sharpening, but short lived edge life.