r/knives 16h 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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Thanks a lot for stopping by our subreddit, we’re always glad to share our passion and knowledge about knives with newcomers and veterans alike. Please take your time to explore the subreddit, you can also write any comment or question you may have on the comment section of this post. (This post will be refreshed once a month in order to keep any information and discussion in the comment section fresh)


r/knives 9h ago

Showcase Mosaic Damascus Bowie — twist Damascus along the edge, mammoth ivory handle

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New Bowie in my own collection. Mosaic Damascus body, twist Damascus billet along the cutting edge, handle in stabilized mammoth ivory.

Thanks to my friend Francisco Wlach, who forged the mosaic. The pattern control on that billet is beyond what I can do — hat off to him.

The ivory is fossil mammoth, stabilized before shaping. Untreated tusk checks on me every time.


r/knives 14h ago

Meme My knife has a poison effect

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r/knives 6h ago

NKD! The Dumbest Knife I've Ever Seen

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It's a clone, my first and only. This thing is downright comical... Does anyone actually carry one of these?


r/knives 4h ago

Showcase Delica Appreciation Post

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r/knives 7h ago

Showcase Tanto/Titanium Tuesday Pocket Check

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37 Upvotes

Chaves Rendencion 229 kickstop chisel blade
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Spyderco Muleteam Magnamax

What are you guys carrying today?


r/knives 3h ago

Showcase My collection:)

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This is my little collection over the last 15 years.
My FKMD Sierra tactical rescue and my Leatherman supertool 300 are missing as they are always in my car and the real steel observer is lend to a friend right now. What do you guys think ?


r/knives 5h ago

NKD! Easily one of my new top 3!

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r/knives 1h ago

Discussion Manix 2 xl + AWT Scales

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How did I do for my first knife? Getting flytanium ball cage and MXG clip next. Was a bit of a pain to take apart and reassemble my very first time. But she is all oiled up. Plan on shining the blade edge soon. Gonna stick with a stock spring.


r/knives 3h ago

Showcase Happy Ti/tanto or whatever you want it to be Tuesday 🤘🤘🤘🤘

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Tkell agent 001 D/E , manganas Caimano and a 229 Chaves protech....have a great day everyone


r/knives 3h ago

Showcase The coolest 💚 carry with the kanseptcutlery Colibri tech XL 🔥

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r/knives 16h ago

Showcase Worst screwdriver ever

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144 Upvotes

Ended up just tossing it. Mr. Reeves, I'm disappointed.


r/knives 3h ago

Question DLC or Satin?

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The RR Stations


r/knives 5h ago

Showcase just got my knife, handle is made from deer antler, found it on etsy and the rest is made from a local black smith...now i just need a case for my knife..!

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r/knives 11h ago

Showcase Have a great day everyone....im trying REALLY hard to love this M48....just still not 100% on it...

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Medford M48, benchmade altitude, tuff knives Templar and a free P4 from Leatherman.....have a awesome day guys


r/knives 5h ago

NKD! Not Bad!

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I have always liked the idea of an ultra lightweight knife, but haven’t been too keen on FRN. Picked up a Benchmade Bugout Vapyr on a whim (WAYYYYY too expensive) and genuinely been enjoying it. Not even close to be worth the asking price, but if I were to look past that it is nice. Poor heat treat aside the edge geometry is good and nice and thin blade stock makes it sliceyyy. TLDR: cool for people who enjoy benchmade and don’t mind throwing money in the garbage


r/knives 19h ago

Showcase My 31-year collection

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I'm 35 and I've been collecting for 31 years, and I know there's a handful of my knives missing from my pictures but I did my best to get all of them, some are junk some of them are good some are super budget some are valuable and a couple I either modified or made when I was a kid. I would love to hear your thoughts of my collection.


r/knives 1h ago

Showcase My fix blade EDC and bushcraft knife. Peltonen M95 ranger.

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r/knives 7h ago

NKD! NKD za-pas knives from mystery box

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NKD, first time i bought knives from my country Poland they are made here nothing from china, and i choose mystery box for 70$. Ive got 2 rly nice knives both with 1.4116S steel(59-61 HRC), high quality knives rly well made. Small one EHO-COVERED perfect for edc. And bigger one hunting knife M10M. Both worth around 110$.


r/knives 22h ago

Discussion These Are My Favorite Folders and Why.

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Every knife in this photo I love but my number 1 favorite right now is the full Ti G&G Hawk Talon. Number 2 is the full Ti Demko MG AD20 Cru-wear. They are both my favorites because of the sounds that they make. So clicky. How about you?


r/knives 11h ago

Showcase Today's new arrivals

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Somehow convinced myself that buying a bel air or a bugout was to expensive, then a couple drinks later and well these 2 arrived in the mail today. Still less than I would of paid for one of the others but let's see how they go as an EDC. Small one Cold Steel Tuff Lite #20LTB bigger one VOSTEED Raccoon 2.0


r/knives 9h ago

Showcase Too bad I'll never have enough.....

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This is the bulk of my collection, missing a few, did not include broken ones, fileting knives, kitchen and butchering knives (except top left), hatchets, axes, sickles and scythes, tomahawks, or most of my keychain knives or multi-tools. Some of these still need work and some are just cheap ones


r/knives 5h ago

Showcase Today's Carry

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Today's carry is the Vosteed Thunderbird. An Elmax blade on bearings. Titanium scales. It's a button lock with front flipper, back flipper and blade hole for deployment.


r/knives 3h ago

Showcase The coolest 💚 carry with the kanseptcutlery Colibri tech XL 🔥

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r/knives 6h ago

Showcase Tanto fixed blade

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5 Upvotes