Anyone else here love knives?

Only in the sense that I derive a great amount of satisfaction hand sharpening them, any. Several times a year I hit up goodwill and St. Vincent DePaul, buy used kitchen knives, set as nice an edge a given piece of steel will have, and redonate to St. Vinny's.

Spouse and I are a little obsessive about knives, each for our own reasons and not necessarily to own as collectors.

He took up knife and axe sharpening, and general farm tool refurbishment during the pandemic lockdowns. All hand grinding and sharpening with Japanese whetstones. We'll still stop at a barn sale from time to time so he can look for new projects. [No, we did not re-enact any scenes from The Shining, thanks for asking.]

I've just got an appreciation for the craft of Japanese kitchen knives, and browse constantly. I own exactly one nice wa-handled santoku and one petty knife, because I can only hold one knife at a time.

Yes. I have a small collection, mostly of folding pocket knives, with some spring-assisted. My favorite is probably an old Case that belonged to my great-grandfather.

I love Kai Shun kitchen knives and treat myself to one every now and again!

Absolutely! One of my favorites is a Ka-Bar to convince fence-jumping coyotes to stay away from the dog. Fortunately I haven't had to use it yet.

I have several generic folders, including a Stanley (my favorite), a Buck, and a Case.

I keep these knives and kitchen knives sharp with coarse and fine Dia-Sharp flat sharpeners.

Yes, though if amount of actual use over time is any judge then my favorite is a fully serrated Spyderco Endura that's so old the scales are attached with rivets and not screws.

An after market device made by Wise Men can screw on over the thumb hole and gives it an Emerson Wave opening. It can be tightened or loosened with a nickel (US 5-cent coin).

It's light and durable and is useful around the property and I even take it into the surf clipped inside the sleeve of my wetsuit. I just run fresh water over it in the surfer shower afterwards. No rust at all. At the beach, it serves two vital functions well: cutting rope and slicing limes.

I love knives. I mostly buy cheaper ones. But I have a lot of older ones that have been given to me. I have a knife of my grandfather's that is a small 6" blade I'd guess. No name or anything engraved on it. But you can kind of make out a small logo. A hand holding 3 arrows. From what little I could find it was made in Germany 1920-1960 or so. That's probably my favorite.

I love knives! I wouldn’t say I’m an avid collector as that can get quite expensive. However, I have collected my fair share. I EDC a large Sebenza, bog oak, in S45VN.

Otherwise I have:

Benchmade 940-1, carbon fibre, s90v
Paramilitary 2, blurple g10, s110v
Paramilitary 2, black g10, s30v
CRK Large Inkosi, natural micarta, S35VN
Benchmade Contego, black g10, M4
Marzitelli Tactanto, micarta, D2
Marzitelli Bear-Tac (2 of 30), micarta, d2
Esee 3, 3D sculpted g10, 1095

I really want to add a Bradford to my collection, but haven’t gotten there quite yet. Even better if I can pick it up in Magnacut.

I have quite a few knives but being UK based I have to be careful what I use as an EDC - basically has to be a folding non-locking blade of three inches or less.

We can carry other types in public but we have to have a good reason to do so.

I like knifes. I mostly like making them, but I don't get a lot of time to do that right now. Once I made a sword

I have a nice Io Shen santoku which is my daily driver in the kitchen and a handful of prep knives I've made. I should get back into making them, it's fun. My current favourite build is a super pointy and scary-sharp 25mm blade with a nice hefty wood handle that's designed for opening parcels with. Box cutters do the job, sure - but why not have something with ludicrously over-specced SF100 steel, solid brass bolster and a big chunk of exotic hardwood?

I got my first nice knife recently. A Sakai Takayuki Santoku Knife from https://hasuseizo.com. I saw them at a local festival. I like the balance and wow does the sharpness make a difference. And it's beautiful. It does scare me some. I only clean it gently with a rag after I cut my finger the fist time I cleaned it. I hope to get another smaller knife if I find one that balances as well.

My friend enjoys forging knives which got me looking at them. I enjoy seeing the damascus patterns they make. The one I got is stainless steel because I didn't want the upkeep that their handmade knives require.

I have far too many. I rewarded myself with a Microtech Ultratech not too long ago and that thing is super fun.

Yes, but only insomuch as I appreciate any good quality tool. Cooking in particular becomes much less enjoyable with a bad/dull knife - not to mention dangerous.

Right now my kitchen knives are some ancient brand that has weathered away which I actually inherited from my grandmother. Sadly she was never a very good cook so they have lasted quite a long time; they've likely been sharpened many times more under my care than they were under hers. The only one in the set that had significant wear on it (including an unfortunately bent tip) was the paring knife, which she would use for basically everything because she was afraid of the big chef's knife.

Not too into knives, but I'm around them a lot because of my job so I definitely have some preferences :p . My edc and my favorite is a double-edged dagger blade microtech. Two sharp edges make it twice as fun to use! (and also twice as likely to cut yourself...)

Yes, I've always liked knives. My favourites are my old victorinox I've had since I was a kid, and a beautiful locally hand-forged carbon steel skinning knife with a native timber handle.

Someday I'd like to give knife throwing a try. Not really for combat/self defense purposes (doesn't seem like the most practical thing, at worst you basically just handed your adversary a free knife) but just because it looks cool and seems like a neat hobby. If I ever get into that it'll probably open the floodgates to having a collection of all kinds of knives. I've definitely ooh-ed and ahh-ed over knives in the past, some very interesting designs out there.

When I was younger and in scouts I had a collection of over 60 pocket knives, mostly old crappy ones I found at camps and cleaned up. When I started working and had some money I spent a lot on fancier pocket knives but now that I'm in a Tech career I can't really use knives for much anymore so they've fallen off for me heavily.

I still like them but I don't collect them anymore and haven't really used one for more than opening a box in years.

Went down a deeeeeeeep rabbit hole of folding knives. Ended up getting two and probably won’t be collecting any more. More for practical EDC reasons than anything else (cutting boxes, pruning vines).

I've always enjoyed traditional/grandpa-style pocket knives, particularly smaller ones. I also got into chef knives for a hot minute but I'm more interested in sharpening than collecting. Still can't get them screaming sharp, but I can at least get a nice working edge that cuts through root veg like butter

What's your best bang for your buck budget knife recommendation?

I'm looking for a good all around pocket knife for general camping/hiking. Like most things, I don't want to pay a ton but want something with decent enough quality that it doesn't become a piece of garbage in ten years.