Knife center made a big hooha on their social media about this release, about how you must purchase this before its gone etc..

Turns out consumers have voted with their wallet, we don't want companies raising prices arbitrarily. It hasn't sold out and i don't think it will because no shaman is worth 300 dollars.

I haven't read up much but just took advantage of the Bladehq free shipping and also cashed in on $5 off with the points from joining their mailing list - on a large Schrade Imperial Sodbuster which was going for $8 so it was $3 with tax out the door. Aside from being ultra cheap I'm just wondering what the attraction is overall since I have very little experience with traditionals but have been generally curious. With this price it's a cheap entry level option without much investment at all though I may want to get a Case at some point, just curious about all the options and thoughts out there.

I bought a Cold Steel Air lite and a mini recon 1 , a Civivi qubit and a Civivi Sokoke not bad for a budget collection

Found this while doing a perimeter leafblowing around the building i manage. I assume it's pretty cheap, because form over function, but it's still a cool find for me.

Joked to my coworkers that if this was CS:GO, and it had a stattrak module, i could've gotten a steam deck.

Feel like David C. Andersen has been teasing his new folder prototype for a while now. I have no useful updates myself, but would like to add the words ‘please’ and ‘gimmie’

Is it just me or are vendors on AliExpress not bothering much to hide knockoff branding any more? I've seen a number of listings explicitly using brand names (eg Ka-Bar and others) and even showing the knockoff packaging in the images.

They seemed a bit more crafty about how they advertised knockoffs in the past. Maybe with the escalating trade war with China they're not as concerned about protecting US brands. Of course the knives themselves probably come off the same production lines. 😂

Anyway, I just picked up a SOG Instinct Mini for 5 bucks.

Think i am gonna buy some scales for it. Any recs?

Looking for a budget beginner bushcraft knife planning to make some bows and arrows and from what I read and videos I watched was leaning toward one of these pretty similar from what I've seen and curious of opinions between the two or if yall would suggest something else. (Other uses would be fishing-gutting- hunting and was considering a old timer sharpfinger for this)

Can't believe the price for this one. Insane deal, it's my favorite in my collection and have used it everyday for months since the day I got it. Bought a Drop Bear and still haven't touched it because I love the Sheepdog so much.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/126183580137?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=hopd-yihrc6&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=oPvrAiieRdm&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Got the penguin for free a while back from a BladeHQ sale. Just had to spend 175$ to get it free. Oddly enough, these are also the only two D2 knives I own.

May have gone a little overboard.

This group has helped me with some great knife choices. I am looking for some advice on any knife recommendations with a gut hook...any opinions? I'd be ok with either fixed blade or folder.

Kobalt with the knockoff Wurdig? Kurdig?

“stainless steel” lower quality than the wurdig, different button for flipping. $14.99. Idk what exactly these G10 style grips are but they’re okay. Action isn’t the greatest.