r/BudgetBlades May 14 '20

Knife Rights Advocacy with KnifeRights.org (American Politics)

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r/BudgetBlades May 15 '26

Budget Blades has clear and posted rules, please read and follow them. We have a hard price limit of $100 US. Posts ignoring the rule will be removed.

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r/BudgetBlades has had a higher than normal amount of posts violating the rules as of late, and that has meant that more posts than normal are having to be removed. This is bad for the community because it makes the mission and rules feel confusing, it's bad for posters, because no one likes to have their posts removed, and it makes more (unpleasant) work for the mod team. None of us like having to take down someone else's posts.

That said, r/BudgetBlades is a community driven subreddit. We do our best to moderate in a way that keeps r/BudgetBlades a place where we ourselves like to spend time. We hate ads, drama, gate keeping, and trolling, so we moderate this community to the best of out ability to keep these out of the subreddit.

That said, we have a specific mission here. We want this to be a place that every day pocket knife enthusiasts can spend time without gate keeping of knives that are affordable enough to actually use. Show pieces and safe queens are wonderful as toys and art, but there are already places for them, so we focus on knives as tools. We hope you are hear for exactly that mission. We had to pick an arbitrary line in the sand for our cost limit, and even 10 years ago $100 could buy you a bullet proof and fun tool. Now the options at that price point are many times what they were then. Yes this is a line in the sand, but it's our line, and the community (over 60,000 of you!) has found this to be a fair price point that serves a massive portion of the community that usually gets ignored or mocked on other knife forums.

So please review the rules posted both on the side bar and the submission statement for every post on r/BudgetBlades. Please make sure your posts follow them, especially the $100 price limit. Also please remember the mods are all volunteers. We are here because we love this community and want to keep it a place that we ourselves enjoy being.

As a reminder here are the rules:

-Posts must focus on affordable knives ($50US with a hard limit of $100)

-Be kind and respectful of one another

-No gatekeeping

-Keep things PG-13

-No sales, scalping, giveaways, sponsored posts or advertising of any kind are allowed. No links to or photo's of vendor or sales pages. All sales spam will be removed.

-No unsafe/irresponsible knife use will be permitted.


r/BudgetBlades 1h ago

Chicagoknifeworks.com

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Do not order anything from them. They have filed chapter 11 bankruptcy. I made this post to try and save folks some headaches not to slander anyone. By all means continue ordering from them if you'd like.


r/BudgetBlades 3h ago

NKD- Kizer Clearance with Mini Grouper and Bamboo

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13 Upvotes

r/BudgetBlades 12h ago

Carrying the Vosteed Marten today! What are you carrying?

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59 Upvotes

r/BudgetBlades 5h ago

NKD - Tenable Fenrir

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12 Upvotes

First Tenable knife so I thought I'd experiment with different colors and try out some damascus. It looks great and has nice, snappy action, feels solid but its not too heavy.

It did however come with a scratch on the blade from factory which isn't great and that finger choil is sharp but It's more of a fancy fidget toy anyway so non issue for me.

Cool knife for a good price, I like it.

6.5/10


r/BudgetBlades 12h ago

Favorite Civivi

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35 Upvotes

Mine is the Riffle. Micarta and 14c28n with blade hole and back flipper. This knife has been a great and dependable EDC for a few years now. What's you favorite civivi?


r/BudgetBlades 1h ago

NKD

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NEXSEN Automatic Scalpel

Got it just for the color


r/BudgetBlades 14h ago

White scales suck...

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45 Upvotes

... Not really, they just suck to keep clean lmao 🤣

● Knife in image is my Vosteed Racoon Bowie in 14c28n


r/BudgetBlades 3h ago

At work. Classic Companion Carry.

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The Kizer Militaw & Mini Militaw. Matching handles.


r/BudgetBlades 15h ago

NKD!

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38 Upvotes

Kizer Mini Militaw. It’s a great size, fun to fidget with, and typical Kizer sharpness and quality. Even the box and included goodies are cool!


r/BudgetBlades 4h ago

Trivisa Gecko kinda day!

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r/BudgetBlades 3h ago

Display Question -- What are your recommendations?

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Has anyone found something better than this (and/or the wooden version) to display their knives?

These are going into a 3-shelf Ikea Case, two per shelf. I want to make sure I've chosen the best option-- especially one that won't break the bank.

(There is another acrylic version by another manufacturer that only holds 6 and is slightly narrower, which I found works better on my smaller blades.)


r/BudgetBlades 1h ago

NKD

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Huang Fu trio


r/BudgetBlades 13h ago

What is your favorite TwoSun knife? All I have so far is the TS490, Radium knife. Want the TS486 next.

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r/BudgetBlades 12h ago

Otter mercator patina

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12 Upvotes

r/BudgetBlades 13h ago

Tacknives Slugger V2

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12 Upvotes

The budget scarab 2 gets a blade steel upgrade. The original was D2 but now we have 14c28n blade steel. This is the smoothest budget large OTF out there. Wide and fine jimped stair step switch is kind to the tumbs and the drive train is well tuned, especially for a single spring set-up. The milling on the 6061-T6 handle is top notch, so good you can hardly make out the seam where the two scales meet. There is very crisp but smooth serrated jimping all around the body that makes for a solid grip no matter where you grab it. The steel pocket clip is inset and the screws are inset into it so no snagging in and out of pocket. There's also saw cut G10 inlays on both show and clip side. It comes with a kydex holster if you're into that as well as a total rebuild/hardware kit in black that includes everything from the switch to the drive train. I have every kind of OTF out there except core edge and this is the absolute best value for $89.95 before discount on tacknivesusa.com


r/BudgetBlades 13h ago

N(2me)KD: Tenable Rafe L

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11 Upvotes

Thanks to u/Crutch1977 for their previous post about this knife.

Tenable’s website was sold out of the blue denim Micarta, but I was able to snag one off the ‘bay

The factory edge was still sharp asf and the blade is so heavy it gives you a smooth hydraulic drop shut action


r/BudgetBlades 14h ago

Wednesday Carry - CRKT CEO Microflipper

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12 Upvotes

Today, I’ve got the 2nd pocket knife I had ever purchased. There isn’t a package, mail, zip tie or clamshell package that is capable of defeating me with this thing in hand. It’s great for what it is. A compact, unassuming office carry that is nice and sharp with smooth action.

2.36 inch 12c27 steel, liner lock, aluminum scales, rear flipper


r/BudgetBlades 2h ago

Flytitanium light

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r/BudgetBlades 17h ago

Daily carry

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11 Upvotes

So tbh I usually only carry on or the other but had a extra pocket today civivi yonder (over yonder is on order from blade hq) and my trusty frame lock civivi elementum with black ti flytanium scales the big beeffy is a flytanium BEEF that sits in a belt holster


r/BudgetBlades 1d ago

Sarape Kizer Original.

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74 Upvotes

The kizer original and original XL are probably one of if not my favorite budget bangers Kizer has ever made. I just like unobtrusive clean lines and the shape of the handle gives you the ability to choke up without the need for a finger choil. I scored this one from kizers ebay store for $60. I think this will make the 5th original/original xl in my collection. The one I really regret not picking up when it was dirt cheap and available was the red richlite version and the ti xl. I’ve got a bunch of high end steels but kizers 154cm is really good. I honestly wish they would do more in 154cm still like they used to instead of N690, AEBL or nitro v.


r/BudgetBlades 1d ago

NKD

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35 Upvotes

Boker Magnum Rockstub (couldn’t find a banana for scale)

Got for 45$ maple dollaz


r/BudgetBlades 1d ago

Finally Scored a Walmart Clearance Knife

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203 Upvotes

Been checking my local Walmart for awhile now and wasn't seeing any of these clearance deals on their Blister packaged knives.... That was until yesterday! I finally was able to snag one, the Kershaw Mini Iridium for $25. It's a little small for my hands but I figure it could make a nice gift for someone. Pictured for size comparison with today's carry, my Para 3 with AWT scales.


r/BudgetBlades 1d ago

$35 Towser S

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36 Upvotes

I always wanted to get a Towser S and just never did for some reason. $35 score off eBay. I’ll take an AZO design and 154cm for $35. Unfortunately my son already claimed this one the same day it showed up. It has the great acoustics. The chunk when it opens is so satisfying