Favorite Brands other thank Spyderco?

[Donut]

ESEE, DPx, Victorinox, Canal Street Cutlery.

Those are the brands that I own and like.

[jmh58]

I am a CASE man thru and thru.. Was/is my first love.. There are others that I have an interest in but CASE does it for me!! And you aint taking any of my Spydercos away from me either!! John

[Officer Gigglez]

I tend to only carry Spydies, but I like other companies, namely Fox and Kershaw. I dabbled in other brands, but I haven't been terrible impressed by them. Not saying they are bad, just didn't spark my interest.
EDIT: For some reason it escaped my mind at the time, but I am very keen on handmade custom knives as well.

[SolidState]

I like my Diaz Tools Rana. I guess as far as pocket knives go, I'm all Spyderco.

[ugaarguy]

I was almost all Benchmade until my friend (and one of the co-designers of the upcoming Spyderco custom collaboration Shirley-Owens ARK) John Shirley got me interested in Spyderco again. I've since received one Benchmade as a gift. I did buy a Benchmade / HK Mini Pika folder to compare to the Byrd Meadowlark. My Spyderco purchases have been much greater in number in that same time frame.

I like selected models from other makers, but Spyderco has the overall lineup I like best with Benchmade somewhere in between.

[xceptnl]

I forgot to mention I have a secret (not anymore) love for Alox Victorinox folders with Marlinspikes (or sacking needles) or pruning blades. It's a specialized list of available knives, but they are so sweet in my eyes.

[Spydersense]

Benchmade. I have a 300-1 that is smooth as silk.

[Revival]

ESEE, DPx, Victorinox, Canal Street Cutlery.

Those are the brands that I own and like.

I forgot about Esee. I love their knives.

[bdblue]

I have a few ZT/Kershaw and a few Benchmade, but more than half of the knives I've bought in the past couple of years have been Spyderco.

[Rwb1500]

ESEE, Tops, Lionsteel, and that's really about it.

I have a few Kershaws, I have a MiniGrip, I have a couple SAKs, but nothing speaks to me like Spyderco.

[wrdwrght]

My leap to Spyderco came after years of pocketing a SAK of some kind. I still love them (have a Mini-Champ on a pocket dangler), as well as Opinels for their old-timey simplicity and good steel.

For fixed blades, ESEE is a go-to for me.

I had my eye on Blind Horse Knives (neat stories behind the company name and the company's sourcing of their steel), but it recently went out of business. Should have pulled the trigger on its scandi Bushcrafter, but dawdled, and now none are to be found.

But just this morning I got an eBay-ordered Blind Horse Knives Bushbaby in O1 and it told me instantly my interest was warranted.

Fortunately, the founders of Blind Horse Knives have split into Battle Horse Knives and L.T. Wright Handcrafted Knives, so their work ethic and design aesthetics are now doubled and each will have me as a customer.

[Noah]

I don't carry any folders but Spyderco anymore, but I do like Leatherman multitools.

[dtoad]

Al Mar
Leatherman
Busse Combat/Swamp Rat

[GronK]

Many Spydercos of course, and I have several GEC, Canal Street Cutlery and Case traditionals as well as a couple of Protech autos just because.

[RanCoWeAla]

Case is my Classic slip joint knives and Spyderco my lockback/tactical brand. I always carry a Case 087, Canoe, Sway back jack or drop point Russlock in my lfp and a Spyderco clipped to my rfp. I'm a life member of the Case Collectors Club have about 1500 posts there and spend my time back and forth between the two forums.

[Prof68]

There's a great passage in Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief that sums things up for me: "I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility."

Aside from the fact that this relates perfectly to knife collecting in general, in a narrower sense it's a good argument for focusing your attention on a single brand (or style, or maker, etc.). In other words, there are just too **** many great knives out there, and concentrating mostly on Spydercos "whittles" the knife world down to a more manageable size, at least for me.

All that said, I do enjoy the occasional Mcusta, having always had a weakness for Japanese-style designs:

http://www.mcustaknives.com/

[wrdwrght]

There's a great passage in Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief that sums things up for me: "I was starting to believe that the reason it matters to care passionately about something is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. It makes the world seem not huge and empty but full of possibility."

Aside from the fact that this relates perfectly to knife collecting in general, in a narrower sense it's a good argument for focusing your attention on a single brand (or style, or maker, etc.). In other words, there are just too **** many great knives out there, and concentrating mostly on Spydercos "whittles" the knife world down to a more manageable size, at least for me.

I like the ideas here.

[senorsquare]

I like ESEE for fixed blades. They make some good, tough knives.

Right now I am wanting to try out the Lionsteel SR-2, but haven't quite got around to pulling the trigger.

[JT]

SAK:s (Vic+Leatherman) and Opinels.

[opusxpn]

Well just to make things clear Spyderco is my only favorite brand. Now other brands I collect would be (in no particular order) Kershaw, Cold steel and Case.