You lost all of your knives. Which 10 do you buy first?

[vivi]

Your entire knife collection was lost/stolen/destroyed in a fire. Even the EDC knife in your pocket!

Luckily insurance has you covered. You have a fresh slate, and a blank check to buy whichever 10 knives you want.

What do you buy? Why?

Out of production knives are fine, let's assume you got lucky on ebay.

Here's my ten, in no particular order.




- Victorinox 10" Chef Knife. This is my go to for food prep.

- Leatherman Micra. Favorite EDC multitool. It's been a part of my EDC longer than any other item.

- Leatherman Rebar (black). My favorite full sized multitool I've tried.

- Spyderco Pacific Salt SE. It's a Pacific Salt, what else is there to say. Could go PE or SE, chose SE for edge holding + variety.

- Spyderco Police 4. Go to folder when being rust proof or saving an ounce isn't a concern.

- Scrapyard Dogfather. I like the overmolded handle for shock absorption, and you can't beat S7 for a chopper IMO.

- ESEE Izula 2. This is my favorite EDC sized fixed blade.

- Landi EDC. A2 full flat grind blade with contoured micarta scales. Offers another inch of blade over the Izula 2, good work horse fixed blade.

- Tromontina 24" machete with synthetic handle. No nonsense bush clearing.

- Gransfors American Felling Axe. Everyone needs a good two handed axe. Currently I own a Fiskars, but if I were to splurge, GB it is.

[Larry_Mott]

A chef's knife - usable, if cumbersome for every task in the kitchen
A Delica - really all you/i need as every day carry pocket knife
Eight Kopas- the remaining eight to follow :P :)

[The Deacon]

KO5 PE Small Utility, K08 Santoku, Stretch II, and a Piranha Excalibur, then haunt eBay for a couple jigged bone or red bone Kiwls to carry and a VG-10 FRN Stretch and original SS Stretch to mod and carrry.

[tvenuto]

FRN Delica
FRN Delica SE
Nishijin R
Ouroboros
Sage 3
Yojimbo 2
Maxamet Native
Sustain (or a custom FB for camping)
9” chefs knife (no brand in mind ATM)
5” santoku

[Evil D]

Autonomy
Sliverax
Military (52100 if possible, M4 as second choice)
Dragonfly Salt SE
Manix 2 (hard to say since mine is custom, some version in G10)


The rest I'm having a hard time thinking about which says a lot about the others in my collection. I think it's time I sell some off.

[xceptnl]

1. Military (Cruwear or BG-42)
2. Manix 2 LW in S110V
3. Caly 3.5 in Superblue
4. Ladybug hawkbill in H1 SE
5. Phil Wilson 5" in S110V
6. Police 4 in K390
7. Catcherman SE
8. Santoku in MBS26
9. Caly Jr. in ZDP189
10. Strider SNG in Zwear

Great thread btw, took me a while to hash out my choices.

[TomAiello]

1. Manix 2 LW (Maxamet)
2. Phil Wilson B&T
3. TRC K.O.
4. Chaparral CF
5. Baronyx Machete
6. Dragonfly 2 ZDP
7. Military 204p
8. Urban K390
9. Roselli Puuko UHC
10. Ladybug HB

[MichaelScott]

Chef’s, Slysz Bowie, Lum Chinese folder, Rhino, Lil’ Lum G10, Brouwer

[wrdwrght]

Reduced to ten (and having not yet experienced Rex45, Maxamet, 3V, 4V, 10V or any of the knives on my radar or in my dreams), I’d first replace (for variety of function, form, and steel):

M390 PM2 (for rotation)
M4 Manix2 (BBS exclusive; for rotation)
K390 Police4 (for rotation)
204P Military (KnifeWorks exclusive; for rotation)
S30V Shaman (for rotation)
VG10 Delica4 (for rotation)
H1 Spyderhawk (for garden)
XHP CF Chaparral (for city visits)
1095 ESEE-6 (in Go-Bag)
O1 Blind Horse Knives Bushcrafter (in Go-Bag)

[Bodog]

M390 PM2
Esee 6
Leatherman Charge TTI
Council Tools Bad Boys Axe
Spyderco Santoku
Another paring knife from Luong La
Swiss Army knife with extra tweezers and toothpicks
Merkur 34C with 1000 blades
A good pair of shears.
600 grit diafold takes the place of a knife

That's all I'd need

Would probably need a 1" hand drill and a planer too but...

[bearfacedkiller]

Dexter Russell Chinese Cleaver
Dexter Russell Connoisseur Paring Knife
Cruwear Military
Maxamet Native5 LW
Rapala Fillet Knife
Becker BK9
Bark River Wilderness Explorer
Mora Companion Carbon Steel
Victorinox Craftsman
Original Leatherman Wave

I left out axes. I heat with wood and without my Stihl, my Fiskars Super Splitter and my Husqvarna hatchet I wouldn’t survive winter. I suppose I could make kindling with the BK9 but I would rather use the hatchet.

[knivesandbooks]

GEC #71 Bullnose (sodbuster)
GEC #81 Bullmoose
GEC #78 American Jack
Cru Wear PM2
Hap40 Delica
SE Delica Wharncliffe
S110v Military
Spyderco Upswept Moran
Benchmade Contigo
CRK Sebenza 21 Insingo with micarta inlays

If I could do this hobby all over again, these would be the ten I would buy.

[Bloke]

In no particular order:

Military S110V
Stretch ZDP-189
Tasman HB SE
Gerber Pixie
Sprig
Southfork
Dexter Russell Lamb Skinner (Sani Safe)
Roselli Hunter
Esee Junglas 10’
Mora 106

And a Gransfors Bruks wildlife hatchet

[bearfacedkiller]

Bloke! I didn’t know you liked big knives. You like that Junglas, huh? I don’t have one but have used one quite a bit and it is a sweet blade. I have a handful of knives in that size range and love them, especially the BK9. I keep hoping Spyderco will make a chopper in that size range at a lower price point than the darn dao.

[ThePeacent]

well, probably the ones I use the most:

1- Victorinox Paring Knife (kitchen)
2- Swisstool Spirit (EDC Multitool)
3- Pacific Salt (main EDC folder)
4- Spyderhawk (Gardening, plants, secondary folder)
5- Aqua Salt (main "heavier duty" fixed blade but kitchen too)
6- Mora Companion (kitchen, also secondary "heavier duty" blade for things kitchen knives ain't made)
7- Victorinox Swisschamp (my belt SAK with all functions I need)
8- Wenger Pocket Tool Chest (keychain SAK)
9- Leatherman Micra (main mini Multitool and my most used scissors)
10- Cold Steel Rajah II (pocket chopper, hiking companion, "peace of mind" folder)

[juggler]

Folders:

Spyderco Native S110V
Spyderco Persian
Spyderco Manbug Salt
Opinel n°8

Fixed blades:

Mora 546
Mora 120
ESEE 3 HM

SAK:

Victorinox Classic
Victorinox Explorer
Victorinox Locksmith

Right now I have all of these except the Manbug.

[embry386]

Kitchen knives (for food):
largeish santoku, maybe Spyderco's, maybe not
smallish kitchen knife (~4in blade)
long serrated bread knife

Nostalgia knives (because these were my first Spydies and I'm still fond of them even if I don't carry them much anymore):
Spyderco Native 5 blackout serrated
Spyderco Native 5 blackout plainedge

Car knives (keep in car in case of emergency):
Byrd Cara Cara 2 Rescue orange serrated
some long plainedge fixed-blade thing (fullsize tanto blackout KA-BAR or Benchmade Protagonist, maybe)

Awesome EDC knives (for awesomeness and EDC):
Spyderco Rescue, old ATS-55 version
a second ATS-55 Rescue as a backup in case of losing the first one
Spyderco Endura 3 plainedge

[Halfneck]

1) Spyderco Delica 4 FFG
2) Benchmade Bugout
3) Emerson CQC-7 of some variation
4) Victorinox Walker/Lumberjack
5) Victorinox Compact
6) Jones Brother Puukko
7) Fiddleback Hiking Buddy
8) Mora 510
9) Condor Australian Army Machete
10) Gransfors Bruk Small Forest Axe

That would be a good start at replacing the knives I use the most on a day to day basic from work to the woods.

[Crux]

CPM s110v - burple G-10 (C223GPDBL)
CPM s90v - black carbon fiber (C223CF90VP)
CPM M4 - black DLC jade green G-10 (C223GM4PBK)
CPM Cru-wear - ash grey G-10 (C223GPGYCW)
CPM Maxamet - stonewashed grey G-10 (C223GPDGY)
M390 - carolina blue G-10 (C223GPBL)
CTS 204P - tan DLC olive drab G-10 (C223GPODFDE)
CPM REX 45 - burnt orange G-10 (C223GPBORE)
52100 - black carbon fiber (C223CF52100P)
CPM 4V - blood red G-10 (C223GPRDBK)

[Water Bug]

In no particular order...

- Buck 110 Folding Hunter, 440C: The first lockback folder I ever owned.

- Imperial Boy Scout Pocket Knife: A very well-designed, multi-purpose pocket knife.

- Leatherman Super Tool 200: My all-time favorite multi-tool.

- Boker 7474 Stockman: A nicely designed stockman pocket knife with carbon steel blades.

- Spyderco Military PE: My favorite of the Golden Spyderco knives.

- Spyderco C95 Manix PE: My second favorite of the Golden Spyderco knives.

- Spyderco Assist, Orange FRN: A nice companion to have with you when driving.

- Spyderco Delica PE: An all-around practical design for a small folding knife.

- Chris Reeve Large Sebenza: A wonderfully designed and ruggedly built folding knife that's designed to be taken apart for maintenance.

- Chris Reeve One Piece Range: I've always found Chris Reeve's One Piece Range to be a wonderful concept in fix blade knives.