Don't leave home with out my Buck 119 Special. Its sharp, clean and dang good.

A Ka-Bar fighting knife, sharpened to a razors edge.

I love collecting pocket knives of all types, but a few of my favorites are Buck, Schrade, and Gerber.

I also have several knives that were handmade by an uncle of mine, those knives hold a special place.

I'm a massive fan of that sharpened pry bar the fallkniven F1. And of their awesome customer service and free refurb.

Not cheap anymore, but heirloom quality, and often cheapest in the US

SBW

When I was a kid, my Dad would say, "Buster, always carry a knife. You never know when you will need one." I've lived by that and am stiunned that my boys are threatened with expulsion if the carry their pocket knives to school...

My favorive knife of all time is a Finnish Puukko designed by Tapio Wirkkala. I had one that I carried all over the Panamanian jungle back in the 80's. The knife was unfortunately lost by the airlines. Since Tapio was a famous artist / designer, NIB knives are available only at museum quality collector's prices. Used ones sell on ebay for $150 - $200 -- and they are REALLY used. You can see a photo on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapio_Wirkkala

I like them all, but Kershaw is tops with me.

My Favorite use knives are 1. Ka-Bar fighting knife as my camp Bowie/ hunting utility knife. 2. #8 or #9 Opinal for my Fishing/ camp kitchen knife. Both of these are reasonably priced, hold up well with heavy use, and if they get lost they are easy to replace. The Ka-Bar can be bought for around $50 and the Opinal runs around $20 now.

My favorite all around survival knife is a Tratamonte Machete from Brazil. They can be bought for under $10. Once you resharpen the edge geometry, the blade last for a long time. I have one I have been using for over 20 years.

my buck kife i never go hunting with out it

my buck kife i never go hunting with out it

My hunting knife is a Western with a guthook.

Ka Bar survival knife because I can use it for about anything and it has stayed sharp, it is durable, and has a wide range of uses from digging up dirt to skinning a deer.

I like the Buck 110, they work the best for me. Although, I am finishing up making a Bowie Knife out of sheet metal, it looks pretty good. I'll put up the pic when I'm done with it.

The Gerber Skeleton knives are great. They're good quality and dirt cheap. I have one in every tool box, every car glove box and on me every time I head out of the house.

My favorite knives are any Gerber or KA-Bars they are nice knives and they keep a good edge. I also like are the super knives they aren't very common knives but they are really good, they are spring assisted opening knivesthey are really good for when you are working and you only have one hand to open a knife they are really handy knifes.

Favorite Tools:
Fixed blade= Gerber LMF II
Folder= Gerber AR 3.5 (half serrated, half regular blade)
Multi Tool= Leatherman Wave (first model before the redesign)
Hatchet= Geber sportsman axe

As for a hunting/gutting knife; a 4 inch drop point fixed blade Buck-for general camp chores; K-Bar Marine, and I also carry a multi-tool and a folding saw. An AX chops, and a saw cuts; use the right tool for the right job!

I always carry a Case Stockman, a Sod Buster, and a Buck Folder Model 110.

gerber combat knives just because they look cool and they are good knives

I am never without my Buck 119 speciel in the woods, My Victorinox Champ goes everywhere with me.

any sog or buck

You mean I gotta pick just one?

I guess I'd have to say for folding knife Spyderco Caly3, and for fixed blade my Gerber LMF II.

Whatever I grab on they way out of the house, usually the buck 119 or the SOG Trident.

Folding Buck and machete

My dad's old 9" Kabar sheath knife with stacked leather grips was a wonderful tool. Unfortunately, twenty years ago some jerk broke into my truck when I was elk hunting and stole it and everything else he could. Then pulled the light switch to kill the battery. Darned near killed me when I had to walk out that night. Happened exactly thirty years after my uncle gave it to Dad for his birthday. A few years ago I bought another one off eBay. It's a bit older than Dad's - has no finger grooves. A lovely knife that keeps a fairly sharp blade well. Not stainless so have to be careful and keep it clean and dry. I am not a fan of razor sharp hunting knives. They are too much of a good thing, especially when you're trying to gut an animal with both hands out of sight down inside where you have to work by feel or instinct.

I carry many surgical tools for my victims... mwahahaha.

Anywho, I carry a sack with...

A custom made knife that mostly resembles a Bear Knife. Oh so sharp. And that baby held an edge through two deer... so far.

A buck 110. Kept sharper than the bear, but doesn't hold quite as long.

A buck something or another with a gut hook. My "backup". I dont use the hook anymore.

A ball of rubber bands and a butt out.

I also carry a machete, not to cut stuff like mesquites, but because chopping up an occasional cactus patch is really fun and stress relieving. I really need an axe, though.

gerber

I can't believe some of these folks carrying axes, machetes, leatherman tools, combat knives, meat saws, etc. with them into the woods. Talk about a lot of excess weight and junk hanging all over waiting to get tangled up in things. My suspicion is that these folks don't go very far from the vehicle/camp and not in very rough country. I have quartered up and packed out a lot of animals in my time. I carry a good knife (and for many years a not-so-good knife) with me hunting. That's it. Probably wouldn't take that if I could figure out a way to gut animals with my fingers. I'm always going to have to make another trip in with horses, packboard, or help to get it out so I bring the tools then. Won't be loaded down with my rifle or daypack. And I sure as hell don't carry or use one of those worthless T-handled mini meat saws. My brother had one and I had to use it to quarter up a nice 7-point bull he shot in western Montana. That useless knuckle-busting SOB went sky-diving down the mountainside when I finally finished. Followed closely by a blue cloud of expletives. I'm sure it's the only time I ever left any litter in the wilderness. By the way, I have gutted more than one elk and deer with just a simple pocket knife. It can be done fairly easily but be careful cutting the windpipe if the blade won't lock open. In that case just cut the windpipe off inside and remove it later when a better knife is available.

I like Gerber folders and the cold steel bushman and buck sheath knives. I usually go with a hatchet when camping cause that's what my dad carried and I thought it was cool when I was a kid. 30 years later I still do.

i perfer my boker deer knife it has good balance and when sharpened properly stays sharp through about anything

Honker — I agree that folks are listing lots of knives (like I'm about to), which would be heavy to carry, but I'm not sure people are carrying a whole buch at once, except maybe when getting to camp.

For fishing (and often for everyday) I use a one-handed opening Kershaw. A very simple, very plain, small kersahw lock-back folder gets dropped in my daypack as a backup.

I'm still playing around, figuring out what my sheath knife will be, but I don't need one for the vast majority of things I do.

I've also dug out an old "boy's axe," that I'm planning to use, along with a bow saw, on camping trips, beginning in two weeks. But that stuff is staying by the fire, not getting hauled all over by me.

But I

I like a fixed blade knife because handle comfort and control while using the knife are the most important factors to me. I don't prefer gut-hooks nor serrated blades. For field dressing deer, I have been carrying in my pack a Grohmann Mini-Skinner, but I intend to upgrade that to a Fallkniven TK6. These knives have 2.5 to 3 inch blades and I find a knife of this size easy to use inside the carcass; not too large nor to small. I no longer bother splitting the pelvis in the field unless I need to quarter the carcass to put it on a packframe. In 29 years, I have not carried a general purpose/survival belt knife, but will soon begin doing so and I am considering the Buck Vanguard, Fallkniven S1 or A1, or possibly a Gransfors Bruks mini-hatchet. Also, I don't carry a Leatherman nor Swiss Army knife while in the field anymore, but I do keep a pair of the Swiss Army tweezers in my survival kit-they are the best and I consider them essential!

I've got a Marble knife, i think its called the woodsman.

It seems I'm destined to carry cheap knives. The more expensive the knife, the faster I lose it.

I love me Puma 3-blade Knife, Camo Finish
1/4" drop point
3 1/4" guthook
3 1/4" bone and wood saw.
Aluminum handle.
7 1/2" and l.12 ozs

My everyday carry is the CRKT tanto point M16. Awesome knife, love it. A little big but still great. When afield I also carry my Buck 110 folder and a Gerber multi-tool (I forget the model). They serve me quite well, but I'm thinking about upgrading to a full-tang fixed blade for hunting/survival. I may go with an Ontario Knife Co. RAT7 or the Knifes of Alaska Bush Camp knife. Haven't decided yet.

I never leave home without my folding SOG Spec Elite I. fearsome edge, great handle and the best locking mechanism I know. Hands down the best folder I've ever owned. Fixed blade, a Cold Steel Pendelton hunter or a SOG seal pup, both excellent knives, sharp, light, strong and dependable.
100% agree with ishawoaa: always cut away from yourself.

my favorite knife is my caribeaner kershaw=]

my favorite knife is my cabela's texas bowie.its big bad and has a blade to match

The crkt m21-02 it will lay you back 70 bucks but is worth every penny. I also like a leatherman wave for a multi tool, I own both

i carry a kukri style machette, thicker than thick blade with out the too much blade of a gurka original, sharper than hades and well balanced. i also carry a hand made d2 steel handmade piece that i made in iraq. i sometimes strap on my ontario Air Force survival knife. i also.... when i have a long camping experience planned.. i carry my sog tomahawk. and top it all off i have a ridge runner, this is a small knife i have attached to my survival necklace, it has a clip point blade and a straght razor styled blade, both of which are scary sharp.

when i was in iraq i carried a CRKT tactical tanto.. this thing was a monster. i also carried a Kabar folder and my ontario Air Force survival knife.... the survival knife saved my life when i had a close encounter with a bad guy.. but other than that .. i dont have any others that i put through much abuse.

Have been carrying a Gerber Diesel Multi-tool!
I've no idea of how many jams the thing has gotten me out of!

Bubba

Any Spyderco Salt in yellow!!! I like the H-1 steel, its rust proof and great quality. The yellow because it's easy to find in a hurry. I prefer a combo edge over the full serration so that I can cut rope with easy and in less motions than a straight edge. I also have a few CRKT and enjoy the M16 models but have found the Spyderco to be a little better quality.

http://www.poorfish.com/p-6560-spyderco-atlantic-salt-frn-serrated-knife...

My favorite knife got dropped into a swampy area while I was crossing a stream on a rope bridge at night... I never found it.

Now I don't have favorite knives, just ones that get the job done, take abuse and are affordable.

My buck 55 is probably my favorite

EDC: leatherman wave or CRKT m16

yard work or maitnance, KA BAR USMC SHARPENED TO A RAZOR EDGE!!!

I have a sog seal pup elite as my main survival knife and it's sharp enough to shave with. My hunting knife is a scharade 498 hunting knife passed down to me from my grandfather.

Gotta go with the spiderco with H1 steel, won't rust, easy to put an edge on, will hold that edge for a long time

Lately, while hunting, I've carried Cold Steel's 'Boar Hunter'. It's 8.75-inch blade comes from the factory shaving sharp. It's a straight single-edged design patterned on Northern European blades before 1000 AD. The handle has a double-hilt that greatly helps in blade control and keeping your fingers off the cutting edge. I got the chance to use it a couple of weeks ago to dispatch a wounded 9-point whitetail. The blade went all the way though the chest with hardly any felt resistance. Gutting the deer with such a long straight blade was a challenge but with care it did the job.

When I'm not hunting, I carry Cold Steel's 'Bushman'. It has a tapered hollow handle that mates easily with a tapered walking stick, making a spear. (I use a pushbroom handle for my hiking stick). The blade is long enough for hacking undergrowth on tight trails.

My favorite folder is the discontinued Benchmade AFCK. I've gutted many deer and pigs with it. The thumbhole blade lends itself to easy one-handed opening. Benchmade's Onslaught is slightly longer but would be very similar in function. I also like SOG's Sogzilla.

Of course I also carry a multi-tool when adventuring. Mine is Buck's discontinued Buck-Lite. I've ordered a Leatherman Blast for my wife that should be here any day.

I normally have a SOG flash II and a Gerber multi tool on me. In the woods I add either my Ka-Bar or SOG Seal Pup. I have a nice gerber combat folder that I will carry at times. I have a lot of other knives in my collection, but these are the ones I use the most.

I am a fan of the Knife and Hatchet combo. An old timer pocket knife (I have the single blade delrin) and a good lightweight hatchet/axe. My favorite would have to be the Cold Steel Trail Boss Hatchet.

Anybody else a fan of the Cold Steel?
http://www.hatchetsandaxes.com/cold_steel_trail_boss_hatchet

In general, I carry a small folder, single blade that I keep sharp all the time. I got it in Budapest a while back at a fair where this booth was selling hand-made knives. Here is their website, but its in Hungarian.

http://www.bicska.hu/index.php?function=listItems&category=0

In the field, I'll also carry a fixed blade, but I'm not a fan of razor sharp, big knives that do the bulky chores because I'm always resharpening the edges. When doing fine cuts, I prefer to use the smaller blade.

I'm awaiting a new CRKT knife to add to the Hungarian one for EDC. My other one disappeared when my old pants got thrown away one day... I was tearing the house up for a week looking for it. I'm still going through some stages of grief on that one.

Buck Vanguard.

Doug Ritter Griptilian..S30v steel, nuff said

I was recently given a new knife that I would like to add to my list of favorites. It is a Dozier skinner. Sharpest knife I have ever handled, and the D2 tool still holds the edge EXTREMELY well. I can't wait to bag something so that I can try it out.

favorite knives Puma, followed closely by Silver Stag. for hunting while i carry a Benchmade everyday. Puma and Silver Stags are harder than chinese arithmatic. takes a long time to sharpen them but they stay sharp. Benchmade is tough, and can be sustain all kinds of abuse, stays sharp for a long time with alot of use.

My favorite folder is a Chris Reeve large Sebenza. My favorite fixed blade is a Randall #14. I have to admit, though, that I have other, more inexpensive, knives that I use for rougher jobs, even though the Reeve and the Randall are both extremely tough.

I love my folding Kershaw 1650 Vapor II. My wife won it at our Trout Unlimited Banquet and I talked her out of it - it has not left my side since then. I can not believe how long an edge lasts on it. If I lost it, I would buy another one in a heart beat.