As a retired chef, the classic chefs knife is made to do everything if you have proper knife skills. Good job choosing the UG Tools, it's copy of the Global 7" Asian Chef's Knife
Fixed blades are better than folders imo for every reason. Cheaper, more durable, more consistent, easier to make, less things to go wrong. Awesome video best damn EDC
Awesome video legends! I could genuinely feel your struggle. Maybe even more because we've went through the same hahaha! It makes you feel guilty towards your own knives and breaks your brain! Awesome picks! You even made it harder with the folders added! Thanks for the shout out! Stay sharp 🤘
1. 9.5” gyuto pattern chefs knife 2. 4” blade scandi ground camp knife, ray mears pattern 3. 3.5 thin edc folder, pointed tip also use for paring and light kitchen 4. 3” hunting fixed blade. Drop point with belly 5. 6” semi flex boning knife, have to use for filleting fish too.
cruwear delica for daily carry, magnacut seb 31 for dress up, wustoff urban farmer 6" for the kitchen, s30v dragonfly w/ votix micarta for the light days, s90v pm2 as the yard beater
Technically I own more than five knives but only ever carry one and I use 3 different ones in the kitchen. Paramilitary 2 for EDC for rest of my life. Had that knife 15 years and it’s the last knife I’ve ever bought outside of a chef knife to replace the one I broke.
I keep my collection to a maximum of 15 knives total. If one’s added, a lesser knife goes. No budget stuff, really nothing over $300 currently aside from ones that have been given to me and they aren’t counted in the 15. A few fixies, a few slip joints and the rest are high end production like MY zaan, xm18 and SnG or cnc semi customs like my Oz Rosie, holt haptic and Koenig mini arius. The xm is next to go i think.
My favorite video content! CRK large sebenza drop point/micarta inlay, Benchmade Bailout w/ awt scales, white river hunter, Gollik knives Custom 5.75" elmax fixie, and a standard 7" chef knife.
CRK Umnumzaan is a decent knife. I think with a few slight design changes it could be soo much better. On the other hand , a Rick Hinderer xm-18 slicer grind is soo much better daily user. As well as the Zero Tolerance 0562mic.
Such a difficult task to choose just 5. Great list though for sure. Definitely jealous of that green zan. For me I'd have to go - 1. 8in chef knife (kitchen) 2. Bark River JX5 (Camp/Chop/Survival) 3. Bark River Bravo 1 (Camp/Hunt/Truck) 4. Primitive Woodsman EDC fixed blade (EDC/Hike, Backpacking) 5. Leatherman Arc (EDC). I would say Skeletool CX but I want the scissors and the better pocket clip
Fantastic list video (and similar) ... makes one both really consider what's truly important for functionality/use, reliability/long-lasting, and what can vs. what should be compromised. Luv the consideration of a neck knife in the list. Nice categories. Thanks for the share. You only considered what is in your collection ... so please pick an HM of one you don't own and what would be replaced from your list! Thanks for the share/vid.
I'm very biased with my knives I own obviously that's why I tend to keep knife collection super small no more than 10 but I can't imagine not having the Rosie as top 5, could be because I have one of the rarest ones but can't imagine leaving it out regardless.
Damn, this is a question I ask myself a whole lot since I narrow down rn. I think... in no particular order it'll be: Zaan, Masutani Gyuto, Manix 2 15V, Borka Stitch and a custom fixed blade from a friend in Aeb-l
Would love to see an EDC weekly style video where instead of people's EDC's, its there top 5 knives with an explanation as to why they picked those knives.
At this point mine is narrowed down to: EDC. Flipper delete Koenig Arius. I have been carrying mine most days for a year plus and it’s perfect, minus needing a deep carry clip. It was my original grail knife and now that mine is cerakoted armor black, it’s perfect. EDC work knife. Large CRK Sebenza 31 drop point with ti connector studs, cerakoted black, and Lynch flat top deep carry clip. I had 2 zaans in DP and tanto. Loved them and carried them because of your reccomendation, but when I got a sebenza I traded the zaans away. I prefer the detent, the ergos, the lockbar, the ability to front flip on the Seb. Mine is the smoothest in the world ;) Fidget knife. Machinewise SliftT balisong. I almost put a edc fixed blade instead of this but I’ve really gotten into flipping and this is by far the best Bali I’ve flipped, the sound of the TI, and the blade shape, ahhh it’s so cool!! If I did a small fixed blade instead for edc it would be the quiet carry current or white river exodus 3. Fixed blade for camping and bushcraft tasks. Fallkniven A1x. Convex, beastly, and ready for anything. Second choice would be a bark river gunny scandi. Both are great recommendations from DBK that I got hooked on. Kitchen knife: bob kramer/zwilling Meiji. Just an incredible design and handle and my favorite food prep knife.
Good thing is multitools don't count as knives right? 😅 I'd be screwd up complete. I've spend the whole video thinking about my 5. The thing is, for me it's choosing between not only knives but makers too. Which makes it even harder. Can't tell right now
I had a little edc I lost when I got fired while off sick! It was a Whitby edc yellow handle and black blade! I’ve not been able to find one! It cost me £2.50
Demko AD20.5 as the best all around, I don't own a Zaan tho. Camping fixed blade would be Esee or Ontario. I carry 2 hard use knives in my truck, Cold Steel SRK and a Cold Steel Code 4. Code 4 could really be any of several CS folders. There must be a Spyder on my list and probably Para3 G10 s45vn. Or the new Magnacut once it's released.
@@danc2651 1. XM-24 Bowie in 20CV, it has value due to me getting it on a lucky drop after 2 years of trying. 2. WinterbladeCo factor 8ight. 3. Rockstead Higo DLC
Yeah wasn’t something they started, MaxlvlEDC did a “if you could only own 5 knives” almost a year ago and even then I bet someone was before him so to call it a “DBK set” feels wrong. Granted they specifically mentioned no folders so sticking to that criteria I guess it works since their “set” is identifying fixies only not in knives in general
Plenty of other people have done similar videos. I even have. I’m just saying they did it so that’s what made me want to make this one. Don’t read too far into it
He's no gentleman. But his knives are drooly-enticing... His knives have class. Interesting how my $159 worth of 5 knives (all I own) fit the bill exceedingly well. That was accomplished by getting DEALS and hand making some of them. 1. Leatherman Signal ($50) 2. Condor Kephart cut down to Izula2 size and micarta handle ($40) 3. Gerber Prodigy ($60) 4. German icing knife cut down and profiled to kitchen use ($1) 5. Milwaukee utility folder ($8)
Lamson Chinese Vegetable Cleaver (Had mine for 30 years. Use it everyday. Does everything in the kitchen.) CCK Big Rhino Cleaver (Can chop through a hog femur clean with no blade damage) BPS Knives BS3 CSH (Basically a full tang Mora Companion) Rough Ryder Congress (reprofiled an setup for wood carving) Opinel Garden Knife
I don't care for slip joint knives. I cut myself enough when I was a kiddo and the blade closed on my fingers, lol. If you haven't, try a scenerio based on cost.
The concept of a dress knife just never made sense to me. Maybe I don’t dress up enough or have enough money to care, however I’ve never looked at any of my other tools and thought they weren’t fancy or dressy enough for me 😂.
Hey, I really like your channel. I watch it not every day, but I try to watch it a lot. And I like. Everything you talk about, but I was just wondering. I just got not too long ago from BIG IDEA DESIGN they’re very first fix blade the lookout and I really really love it but I was just wondering do you know of any company that makes a really thin leather sheath that would work for my lookout fix blade or that’s made for the lookout fix blade and also has a really good pocket clip or can use the ULTI-CLIP on it, and it doesn’t cost very much money for the leather sheath that would make the knife sit in my pocket way lower
The American-made Lookouts have a leather sheath. I’m not positive, but you could ask Big I who the maker of that sheath is and see if you could commission one
@ @ are those leather sheets really good or would you recommend a different one? I also was wondering, how can I contact you by email? I would like to ask you some questions.
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As a retired chef, the classic chefs knife is made to do everything if you have proper knife skills. Good job choosing the UG Tools, it's copy of the Global 7" Asian Chef's Knife
Fixed blades are better than folders imo for every reason. Cheaper, more durable, more consistent, easier to make, less things to go wrong. Awesome video best damn EDC
This trend needs to continue, I do this almost weekly in my own head lol.
Awesome video legends! I could genuinely feel your struggle. Maybe even more because we've went through the same hahaha! It makes you feel guilty towards your own knives and breaks your brain!
Awesome picks! You even made it harder with the folders added!
Thanks for the shout out! Stay sharp 🤘
Happy to see you guys here too 😅
"use your shit, sharpen your knives" quote of the year
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I started that quote back in 1997 😅
its been ericasedc's video outro for the longest time
@@snoozzzyyyep. Has been for years. Sorta silly to take someone’s outro but nothing I can do about it.
Erica's EDC called. She wants her outro back
The Knifecenter youtube channel has done similar videos, I especially like their videos where they choose the 5 best knives of a specific brand
1. 9.5” gyuto pattern chefs knife
2. 4” blade scandi ground camp knife, ray mears pattern
3. 3.5 thin edc folder, pointed tip also use for paring and light kitchen
4. 3” hunting fixed blade. Drop point with belly
5. 6” semi flex boning knife, have to use for filleting fish too.
cruwear delica for daily carry, magnacut seb 31 for dress up, wustoff urban farmer 6" for the kitchen, s30v dragonfly w/ votix micarta for the light days, s90v pm2 as the yard beater
I’d like to see a video on your take on veteran made knives/ knives you’d take into war. Would love to see your take on the subject
I have a Zaan and I love it, but that green one is awesome!
For the beater knife I would go with a Buck Special (119). 1095 steel, the best for that purpose.
Technically I own more than five knives but only ever carry one and I use 3 different ones in the kitchen. Paramilitary 2 for EDC for rest of my life. Had that knife 15 years and it’s the last knife I’ve ever bought outside of a chef knife to replace the one I broke.
1. Tojiro Santoku 7 inch VG 10 ( kitchen, BBQ)
2. Tojiro Petty 5.5 inch VG 10 (kitchen, BBQ, camping)
3. Victorinox Paring 4 inch (kitchen, BBQ, camping)
4. Civivi Mini Praxis (EDC, camping)
5. Victorinox Alox Bantum (EDC, camping)
All good choices, except the Umnumzaan at least for me. It’s a hot spot magnet, especially at the lock bar area…YMMV
A challenging question, thanks for trying this out!
I keep my collection to a maximum of 15 knives total. If one’s added, a lesser knife goes. No budget stuff, really nothing over $300 currently aside from ones that have been given to me and they aren’t counted in the 15. A few fixies, a few slip joints and the rest are high end production like MY zaan, xm18 and SnG or cnc semi customs like my Oz Rosie, holt haptic and Koenig mini arius. The xm is next to go i think.
Petition for a video of your whole small EDC fixed blade collection.
My five: chef knife, petty knife, heavy duty fixed blade, work folder (probably ad20.5 or para3), edc/dress knife (rockwall, slip joint, etc)
My favorite video content!
CRK large sebenza drop point/micarta inlay, Benchmade Bailout w/ awt scales, white river hunter, Gollik knives Custom 5.75" elmax fixie, and a standard 7" chef knife.
CRK Umnumzaan is a decent knife. I think with a few slight design changes it could be soo much better. On the other hand , a Rick Hinderer xm-18 slicer grind is soo much better daily user. As well as the Zero Tolerance 0562mic.
Such a difficult task to choose just 5. Great list though for sure. Definitely jealous of that green zan. For me I'd have to go - 1. 8in chef knife (kitchen) 2. Bark River JX5 (Camp/Chop/Survival) 3. Bark River Bravo 1 (Camp/Hunt/Truck) 4. Primitive Woodsman EDC fixed blade (EDC/Hike, Backpacking) 5. Leatherman Arc (EDC). I would say Skeletool CX but I want the scissors and the better pocket clip
This is great. So many options and the struggle is real.
Fantastic list video (and similar) ... makes one both really consider what's truly important for functionality/use, reliability/long-lasting, and what can vs. what should be compromised. Luv the consideration of a neck knife in the list. Nice categories. Thanks for the share. You only considered what is in your collection ... so please pick an HM of one you don't own and what would be replaced from your list! Thanks for the share/vid.
I'm very biased with my knives I own obviously that's why I tend to keep knife collection super small no more than 10 but I can't imagine not having the Rosie as top 5, could be because I have one of the rarest ones but can't imagine leaving it out regardless.
It would be so difficult for me to choose just 5 lol. My Gen 1 Zaan is most definitely high on my list. But awesome vid, love it! 🤙🏻
Damn, this is a question I ask myself a whole lot since I narrow down rn. I think... in no particular order it'll be: Zaan, Masutani Gyuto, Manix 2 15V, Borka Stitch and a custom fixed blade from a friend in Aeb-l
Would love to see an EDC weekly style video where instead of people's EDC's, its there top 5 knives with an explanation as to why they picked those knives.
At this point mine is narrowed down to:
EDC. Flipper delete Koenig Arius. I have been carrying mine most days for a year plus and it’s perfect, minus needing a deep carry clip. It was my original grail knife and now that mine is cerakoted armor black, it’s perfect.
EDC work knife. Large CRK Sebenza 31 drop point with ti connector studs, cerakoted black, and Lynch flat top deep carry clip. I had 2 zaans in DP and tanto. Loved them and carried them because of your reccomendation, but when I got a sebenza I traded the zaans away. I prefer the detent, the ergos, the lockbar, the ability to front flip on the Seb. Mine is the smoothest in the world ;)
Fidget knife. Machinewise SliftT balisong. I almost put a edc fixed blade instead of this but I’ve really gotten into flipping and this is by far the best Bali I’ve flipped, the sound of the TI, and the blade shape, ahhh it’s so cool!! If I did a small fixed blade instead for edc it would be the quiet carry current or white river exodus 3.
Fixed blade for camping and bushcraft tasks. Fallkniven A1x. Convex, beastly, and ready for anything. Second choice would be a bark river gunny scandi. Both are great recommendations from DBK that I got hooked on.
Kitchen knife: bob kramer/zwilling Meiji. Just an incredible design and handle and my favorite food prep knife.
Good thing is multitools don't count as knives right? 😅 I'd be screwd up complete. I've spend the whole video thinking about my 5. The thing is, for me it's choosing between not only knives but makers too. Which makes it even harder. Can't tell right now
I had a little edc I lost when I got fired while off sick! It was a Whitby edc yellow handle and black blade! I’ve not been able to find one! It cost me £2.50
That UGTool Svartisen is sick. Really want it but its not on their site
Demko AD20.5 as the best all around, I don't own a Zaan tho. Camping fixed blade would be Esee or Ontario. I carry 2 hard use knives in my truck, Cold Steel SRK and a Cold Steel Code 4. Code 4 could really be any of several CS folders. There must be a Spyder on my list and probably Para3 G10 s45vn. Or the new Magnacut once it's released.
Video with a quick overview of gear and vehicles?
Nice job using the Ozark Grail in the ad scene
You need more tkell knives. The reif is great but you would probably like the taylor's ridge better from tkell
have you looked at LUC Knives? i’m loving both my squall and mini squall! i carry my mini squall most days now
I saw you hesitate pushing that izula aside;)
Nice watch Mr. Martin
The meat crafter is a monster!!! I got one for me and one for the wife!!
Hey Taylor, I have a spare leather sheath that might fit the kitchen knife, hit me up with the dimensions if you want it.
Of all the folders i own. A CRK wouldn't even be on my top 10.
What's your top 3 folder ?
Ahhh, my Sebenza is an oooooollllllddd friend...
@@danc2651 1. XM-24 Bowie in 20CV, it has value due to me getting it on a lucky drop after 2 years of trying. 2. WinterbladeCo factor 8ight. 3. Rockstead Higo DLC
Yeah wasn’t something they started, MaxlvlEDC did a “if you could only own 5 knives” almost a year ago and even then I bet someone was before him so to call it a “DBK set” feels wrong. Granted they specifically mentioned no folders so sticking to that criteria I guess it works since their “set” is identifying fixies only not in knives in general
Plenty of other people have done similar videos. I even have. I’m just saying they did it so that’s what made me want to make this one. Don’t read too far into it
He's no gentleman. But his knives are drooly-enticing... His knives have class. Interesting how my $159 worth of 5 knives (all I own) fit the bill exceedingly well. That was accomplished by getting DEALS and hand making some of them.
1. Leatherman Signal ($50)
2. Condor Kephart cut down to Izula2 size and micarta handle ($40)
3. Gerber Prodigy ($60)
4. German icing knife cut down and profiled to kitchen use ($1)
5. Milwaukee utility folder ($8)
Hey, if they work-they work.
A Milwaukee folder is in all of my work bags. Incredibly practical. An OKNIFE Otacle U1 is often in my pocket. I like your list.
Where do you get your edc fixed blade pocket clips
UG Tools got awesome knives
Lamson Chinese Vegetable Cleaver (Had mine for 30 years. Use it everyday. Does everything in the kitchen.)
CCK Big Rhino Cleaver (Can chop through a hog femur clean with no blade damage)
BPS Knives BS3 CSH (Basically a full tang Mora Companion)
Rough Ryder Congress (reprofiled an setup for wood carving)
Opinel Garden Knife
I don't care for slip joint knives. I cut myself enough when I was a kiddo and the blade closed on my fingers, lol. If you haven't, try a scenerio based on cost.
I live in the UK, can only edc a slipjoint, my question is what do you think would be your best slipjoint knife?
I’d pick that Ranger
What’s the knife in the middle at 10:20?
I'd also like to know
Got it - Rhidian Rogue Wave
The concept of a dress knife just never made sense to me. Maybe I don’t dress up enough or have enough money to care, however I’ve never looked at any of my other tools and thought they weren’t fancy or dressy enough for me 😂.
Yeah, my knuckles drag on the ground too...😂
Next vid: What 5 knives would I choose with a $100 limit on each one?
If it’s the only knives you own forever. It’s truly. Buy once, cry once.
no Tkell knives in there?! come onn
Hey, I really like your channel. I watch it not every day, but I try to watch it a lot. And I like. Everything you talk about, but I was just wondering. I just got not too long ago from BIG IDEA DESIGN they’re very first fix blade the lookout and I really really love it but I was just wondering do you know of any company that makes a really thin leather sheath that would work for my lookout fix blade or that’s made for the lookout fix blade and also has a really good pocket clip or can use the ULTI-CLIP on it, and it doesn’t cost very much money for the leather sheath that would make the knife sit in my pocket way lower
The American-made Lookouts have a leather sheath. I’m not positive, but you could ask Big I who the maker of that sheath is and see if you could commission one
@ @ are those leather sheets really good or would you recommend a different one? I also was wondering, how can I contact you by email? I would like to ask you some questions.
rhidian all day
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Oh 3rd one to comment boy I feel special 🫡😁
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First love the vid ❤❤
You haven’t even had time to watch it yet lol
They watched it on 10x speed
Zaaaaan
Zaaaan is King
all knives are far too expensive... who pays 400 for a knive?
None, not even one person. That's why they exist. 🙄
@tkellknives all day