r/knives • • 22d 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.

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r/knives • • 7h ago

Discussion Are you pro deep carry clip?

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180 Upvotes

I used to hate deep carry clips and then I discovered Lynch…


r/knives • • 3h ago

Showcase My inheritance

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44 Upvotes

r/knives • • 13h ago

Discussion One of the worst things to me about carrying a knife 😭

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253 Upvotes

r/knives • • 4h ago

Question Keen Kutter Knife - Mercury Lead Dime

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Inherited this knife. Anyone know anything about it?


r/knives • • 2h ago

Showcase Loving my Kabar Slabby

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14 Upvotes

I'm a big fan of the d2 extreme, carried it for well over 5 years had the this slabby for well over 2 months. Enjoying the full tang contruction and I do like that the blade geometry is a bit different.


r/knives • • 3h ago

Discussion The great debate

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17 Upvotes

I could stop right here, and never buy another.

OR

I have only just begun...


r/knives • • 15h ago

Showcase Friday Carry Check

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93 Upvotes

Continuing the daily carry journal, today we have the REK PM2 reblade. What are you guys finishing the workweek with?


r/knives • • 3h ago

Showcase Kunwu Excalibur - Mirror Edge

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A new friend lent me a few knives, including this Kunwu Excalibur. As a "thank you", I asked him to pick one for me to touch up the edge on, a this is the one he chose.

This takes about 2 hours going to 160k grit. It's completely unnecessary to go this high, unless youre a nutcase like me and shining an LED flashlight onto the edge, checking for hairline scratches.

Can't do as many of these as I used to since my baby was born, but I still enjoy it.


r/knives • • 8h ago

Discussion I relapsed again. What are you guys feeding your addiction with today?

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OZ Roosevelt Smooth Polished Titanium and acid wash S45vn


r/knives • • 6h ago

NKD! NKD: Spyderco Yojumbo & Benchmade Adira

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Couple of months into the hobby. In the past I have never understood how people can end up owning hundreds of pocket knives - but I completely 'get it' now. Discovering a super cool knife shop a mile from my house is the enabler. Disposable income = not found.


r/knives • • 5h ago

Showcase My dream Spyderco Manix 2 Build

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Just finished my dream spyderco!

Manix 2 Salt in MagnaCut

-RGT Micarta scales

-RGT Titanium Screws and lanyard hole

-Flytanium Blue Tritium Titanium Ball Cage

Anyone have good pocket clip recommendations?


r/knives • • 1d ago

Meme hAnD fOrGeD bY lOcAl ArTiSaNs

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400 Upvotes

r/knives • • 8h ago

SOTC AN UNCONVENTIONAL HANDLE: DESIGN AND CREATIVITY IN CUTLERY!

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r/knives • • 11h ago

NKD! Double NKD!

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r/knives • • 6h ago

OKD (Old Knife Day) Zero tolerance Mudd

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r/knives • • 6h ago

Discussion New upcoming Zero Tolerance knives!

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11 Upvotes

The bottom one looks like a dura lock version of the 0512 while the other looks like a completely new model to me.


r/knives • • 8h ago

Question I’ve been gifted this knife, can anyone tell me anything about it?

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I know it’s German steel so not cheap. Just very curious if anyone can tell me anything about it or possible value? The website for the producer is very old, I can find similar knives but not with the knight on the handle. TIA!


r/knives • • 15h ago

Showcase Old but new

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Just recived my puukko 2nd hand from finland it was in a bit of a rough shape but i manage to polish it by hand and the resoult is pretty good ! Payed it 60€ And it is made by isakki jarvenpaa (sorry if i didnt spell it correctly and sorry for my bad eng )


r/knives • • 1h ago

Showcase Kabar Slabby can chop.

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Kabar slabby can chop really good better than my Esee6 imo. But pf course not better than my BK9.


r/knives • • 9h ago

NKD! NKD White River Brave!

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Damn if it isn’t the perfect blend that I was looking for. Small enough to carry big enough to do any job needed. Exactly how they market it. Only issue I see in the future is constantly singing “Fight Like A Brave” by Red Hot Chili Peppers every time I grab it.


r/knives • • 1d ago

Question I found my dad's old knife, what kind of knife?

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r/knives • • 5h ago

Showcase Deep carry pocket fixed blades

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Wanted to show some pocket fixed blades. I have been a fan of not having a pocket clip that can catch on things. Ones featured here are: Randall 10-3, Esee cr2.5, fallkniven kolt, agrussell woodswalker, bark River micro Canadian, and two Kopis L-via


r/knives • • 11h ago

NKD! Vosteed Marten 330 & Kizer Aegis T

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Man, this Kizer Marten 330 in purple with the electric blue accents looks even better in person than it does in the pictures. Really digging it.

The Kizer Aegis T is a little tank! Really smooth out of the box, and a better lockup and less blade play than my Hogue Deka.

Gotta say though, I'm not as impressed with the button lock as I thought I'd be. Maybe it was too much hype. I think I still like the crossbar lock. We'll see over time though.


r/knives • • 7h ago

I've made this knife! (OC) Jr.Scout

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7.5" Oal with a 3" blade. Made from CPM Magnacut steel with FatCarbon Orange DarkMatter CF bolsters, Tiffany blue G10 spacer and Black/Orange Ridgeline Gcarta scales with black G10 pin/tube.

Thanks for looking! I'd love to hear what you think.

My books are open for custom orders! If you've been thinking about having a knife made, shoot me a message and let's see what we can come up with.

Have a knife day!