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My bench knife -- LT Wright Lil Muk in A2
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This little guy does more cutting than any other knife I own. The thick fob and copper bead give it a bit of weighting in the back of the palm -- good for a small work knife, helps keep it in your hand -- and the fob also gives extra grip when necessary for when you're using a three finger knife for a four finger job :) . Easy to keep sharp with a strop and a little aluminum rouge, and the 17 DPS bevel gives a good blend of sharpness and resilience.
Opinels are the sliciest folders most people will ever have in their hand.
If you've got an Opinel and a Mora you're got your bases covered for, like, $30 USD. Both cheap, both well made, both very good knives and can be made razor sharp with improvised sharpeners like coffee mugs and river rocks and leather belts. The Mora has the heft for heavier work and the Opinel's thin blade stock is perfect for precise cutting.
don't get me wrong, I love my expensive, finely machined customs and midtechs and high end production knives for what they are. But there's something about excellent budget knives that you've just gotta love. That's what it's really about in terms of tools being put to work in the real world. Just about anyone can afford 'em, anyone can learn to sharpen them, and people aren't afraid to actually use them lest they damage an expensive purchase.
There was a really good budget knives sub over at the place not to be named. Hope we get something like that going over here.