What's your favorite knife brand?

I too like Kershaw, a good balance of value and quality

Buck and Gil Hibben knives.

Also the knives of my EDC are

Gerber paraframe (or paraframe II,not sure)

Winchester folder

And either the buck 119 or the winchester fixed blade,If Its going to be a long day I take the smaller winchester,its more comfortable.

I do not carry the gil hibben because while its legal it is huge and would give people the idea im a serial killer...

S&W.

Here's why: I was changing the oil on my dads car and we went to some auto shop. Being a guy I see a knife that's under $20, since my dad's not a jerk like my mom can be he says that I can buy it.

So at home I take it out and put it through the test, I have a few other knives and I always test them by running the blade lightly against my skin, my dad has corrected this by doing it against hair not skin. But with every other knife I ever got new, none ever drew blood. As I ran the blade using hardly the things own weight I cut myself immediately I was like holy crap this mother trucker is a sharp mother trucker (The actual way that it played out was much more vulgar). It cuts well and I would trust my life with it if I ever had to use it in a fight. A great knife and I can open it with one hand in under a second and it's not a switchblade.

I've had a lot of good experience with a Gerber fixed blade, especially for backpacking and hiking. Very dependable.

Knife brand, Cold Steel.

Knife material, AUS 8 stainless.

I prefer Gerber. I find their knives to be the ideal combination of quality and price for me.

But that is just my opinion.

What I carry in my pocket is a kershaw skyline and for big fixed blade I go with ka bar.

I have two great ones that. Buck and a Schrade "Uncle Buck" both have gutted and butchered many deer. Hold and edge good too.

Case xx

SOG, expensive but, high quality.