A good knife for under a tenner?

[John Fenna]

Whoah Greg old son!
No need for the swords of doom!
Everyone is entitled to their preferences...
How are you getting on with your carbon damascus, wood handled, custom leather sheathed knives...?

 

[Glen]

This is my 440C Stainless steel knife with black micarta handles. It is hollow ground which I personally like and has a great feel, again my personal feelings about it.
It holds a good edge and when I bought it, it came razor sharp - took the hairs right off my forearm no bother.
And it only cost me £10.
Heres one on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CLASSIC-BUSHC...ryZ72046QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I have nothing to do with the seller other than being a satisfyed customer.

I got 1 of those too, mainly to try out a different blade geomety and thinking about pratice handle making for it..

Out of the box I hated it, the handle felt quite small and thin with very severe sides, really dug into my hands, 5 minutes with a multitool file on the edges and it became quite comfortable completely transforming the feel of the knife.

Last weekend I tried my first real carving project a handle for a Black Spur ( chosen as it's similar shape to a Clipper and @ £2.75 a good one to pratice sharpening )
Upshot was I found my Frost Mora was better at cuts in one diretion and the one in your link better in the other. It may have just been the way the wood was grained but overall I used that one more.

So if you want 2 knives for £20 I go for a carbon Mora and one of those

 

[jlfblacksmith]

I bought a frosts and it has lasted years. Its also great if your not the best sharpener as you can literally afford to mess up the bevels.
James

 

[cakey]

AFAIK Winchester knives are made under licence by gerber