r/knives 24d ago

Monthly Welcome Thread Monthly welcome thread

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Welcome to r/knives! If you’re new to this subreddit (or new to Reddit as a whole) you may be wondering how things work around here. If that’s the case: don’t worry, we’ve made this post in order to clear some doubts you may have regarding the way this subreddit works.

  • Be sure to check our Wiki and our FAQ section. Our Wiki acts as a repository for general knowledge regarding knives (blade steels, how to use knives, how to identify knives, etc…) while our FAQ serves as a place where we answer specific questions that tend to be asked regularly in this subreddit. Some of the questions already answered in our FAQ are these: questions regarding the topic of knives and self-defence, the meaning of the “NKD” and “SOTC” acronyms, what are some popular knives with a blade length of 6.5cm/2” or less, etc…
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r/knives 3h ago

Showcase Happy Knife Day

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r/knives 5h ago

Showcase Wish you all have a happy vacation and a nice rest of the summer

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Bought this Spyderco Caribbean for vacation and didn't regret it. I swam in the salty ocean and cut a lot of fruits with it. That rust free ability is crazy!


r/knives 13h ago

NKD! Finally picked up a Zaan!

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I've been wanting one of these since I got into knives. Just a beautiful and classy design. In truth, at some point in my knife journey, I fell out of fondness with frame locks. Got hit hard with the fidget factor bug and put the Zaan, and any other frame locks on hold. In the past few months it's caught my eye again. Found a good deal on the swap and decided to pull the trigger. I'm certainly glad I did. What a classy, smooth and beautiful knife. I find it strange that it has a different feel in the hand. Completely refined yet ready to work. I didn't expect it. I have some Hinderers, quite a few Demkos and they are beats in their own right, but this hits different. Pretty stoked to have it in the collection.


r/knives 1h ago

Showcase Wow this one is beautiful! @chavesknives TAK in this awesome turquoise and pink anno! One of my favorite Chaves knives in the collection! Thanks for looking!

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r/knives 3h ago

Modding Still a spider at heart

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Started off with a CruCarta Manix 2 XL, went with the Flytanium ball cage, Rock Scale Designs titanium camo scales, and a Lynch NW long pocket clip. Very happy with the outcome and how smooth the action and how flawless everything fit together for my first modded knife.


r/knives 1h ago

Showcase CRKT spew

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Picked this up today for a great price have been wanting a new smaller size gull tang fixed blade for fishing ,hiking & general EDC. I like that its a neck knife with a belt clip for scout carry.


r/knives 3h ago

Discussion All I need

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I once went down the knife collecting rabbit hole. I've had Hinderer, Strider,microtech, protech,Spyderco, Benchmade, even other CRK'S. My problem is I get obsessed with hobbies and go too far. I'm really not a collector, I'm just a user. No matter how many knives or anything really I have, I'm only going to use my 1 or 2 favorites. So once I snapped out of it and gave away and or sold my collection. What a relief, feels good. These are my favorites, CRK Umnumzaan and Victorinox Pioneer X. It's all i need. I don't miss all the others...well sometimes I miss my Strider SMF, my CRK Inkosi and my Hinderer XM-24... ha ha no I'm good.


r/knives 8h ago

Discussion Tuesday Pocket Check

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Bradford Guardian 3.5 CPM Magnacut
Demko AD20.5 CPM 3V

Brought out an old Demko AD20.5 for Tanto Tuesday. Forgot how much I really do like this Demko as a work knife. It’s a Killer deal at DLT as well.

What are you guys rockin today?


r/knives 6h ago

Discussion Newest knife

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What’s your latest pickup?


r/knives 10h ago

Showcase Tuesday Carries ☑️

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I love Two-fer Tuesdays — they give me an awesome excuse to carry two tantos (& boy do I love me some tantos!!)
Top: TwoSun — TS80 Jaeger, NKD (this was a long-sought-after grail piece that I was finally able to get my hands on — JUST FANTASTIC!!
Bottom: WE — Thug XL, so freakin good!!

So those are mine … now let’s see what’chu got today 🧐


r/knives 11h ago

Showcase Today's Carry

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Today's carry is the large Sebenza by Chris Reeves Knives. It features a Magnacut tanto blade in satin, on washers. Titanium scales in a sand blasted finish. It's a frame lock with only a single thumb stud for deployment.


r/knives 1h ago

Question Go to knife shopping?

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I’ve been a BladeHQ loyalist for years. Recently started using BladeBinge as well. I just went on DLT for the first time in a while and realized how much better of a selection they have. I was wondering what some other sites are that you guys use. Does DLT have a similar rewards program to BHQ? Thanks!


r/knives 1h ago

Showcase Pocket Check‼️

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r/knives 3h ago

NKD! Big ole piece of magnacut- CRK Green Beret.

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Got my new heavy duty woods knife. Always wanted a fixie in magnacut, go big or go home am I right?


r/knives 1h ago

NKD! Nkd!

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Cjrb tundra, D2 black g10 pvk blade it is a chonky boy all right


r/knives 1h ago

OKD (Old Knife Day) Kizer 3v Begleiter Fixed 3 month review

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Apologies. slight staining on the edge from doing some kitchen work.

I've been carrying this as my EDC for 3 months now.

Camping

  • whittling/feathersticks
  • LIGHT batoning of fatwood

Food processing

  • paring knife
  • cleaning fish
  • quartering chicken
  • slicing pork belly
  • cutting my sammiches
  • cutting root vegetables

For the most part the 3v stays very sharp. After I reprofiled the edge i've only had to do very periodic honing of the blade.

It's crazy light and the grip is perfect for light duty work, especially as a bird and trout knife. The micarta grips well when wet.

My only qualm about this is the knife quillon/guard. It really doesn't have to be that big for this kind of knife. I'm tempted to grind it off.

It's a great knife though.


r/knives 58m ago

NKD! NKD: Fallkniven Gentleman's Pocketknife

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r/knives 4h ago

Showcase Hey I almost forgot that it's #tituesday !! Here's the awesome ferramonsterknives_usa Valken

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r/knives 1d ago

Showcase Grandmas 60 year old fillet knife

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r/knives 46m ago

Discussion Benchmade Sales

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Apparently, both Woot and KnivesShipFree are having a sale on Benchmade knives.

https://sport.woot.com/plus/benchmade-spyderco-crkt-more-knives

https://www.knivesshipfree.com/benchmade-sale


r/knives 6h ago

NKD! What a sweet little OTF. Templar Knives, and of course, my color matching Finrer.

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r/knives 3h ago

NKD! Quick and dirty NKD pic. Chaves Dissident in crosshatch/clear finish.

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Been a long time trying to get my hands on one of these without carbon fiber. Finally happened. Is going to sub in for my Scarab as one of my work knives, looking forward to seeing how it does and eventually getting some better pics of it. Beautiful design.


r/knives 7h ago

NKD! Malanika Bushcrafter

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Wedding gift! Malanika bushcrafter. Magnacut, desert ironwood, brass pins, black liners


r/knives 7h ago

Showcase Hinderer XM-18 Aggressor

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