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I have family in France and a lot of the time I just used little 5" Opinel 12's or the four inch 113 kitchen parers - tough, cheap and good carbon or S/S steel.

Great for a picnic, camping or kitchen - brilliant all-rounders.
 
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I hardly have any pocket or outside knives although I've got a Michael May 6 inch utility in O1 carbon steel with Yorkshire Oak handle for the kitchen - absolutely love it - must get some more kitchen cutlery from him.
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I’d love to ask Michael if he’d make just blades for me so I could pop my own scales on. Done this a few times and it’s very satisfying plus it keeps the cost down a little. Either way him using this new SF100 steel, I might actually have some decent kitchen knives. House and and garden are a mess but heh, I can cut and shave stuff! :ROFLMAO:
 
Gairdner said:
I’d love to ask Michael if he’d make just blades for me so I could pop my own scales on. Done this a few times and it’s very satisfying plus it keeps the cost down a little. Either way him using this new SF100 steel, I might actually have some decent kitchen knives. House and and garden are a mess but heh, I can cut and shave stuff! :ROFLMAO:
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Good idea Gairdner; I love Michael's work but not really into outside knives or pocket knives - apart from a couple of huge knives.

If I'm not mistaken SF100 ( 100 years of Sheffield Stainless Steel ) is a recycled stainless made in Sheffield and it ain't half bad IMHO - hard at HRC60 but tough, doesn't rust easily and easy to sharpen for a S/S.

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I have a Savernake 8" chefs DNA in SF100 and it's brilliant - full tang with a lovely Micarta blue Denim handle - it takes a very good edge by hand with my Diamond stones, Ruixin Pro 9 or with my little Tormek T-1 kitchen knife sharpener.

For the quality it's good value IMHO.

I also have a Savernake bespoke 8" caidao in RWL-34 with full-tang and no rivets with Asian Striped Ebony handle which is unreal.
 
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There is some gorgeous artisan pocket knives about in Britain - we're so lucky.

I'm not on facebook but apparently there is a forge in Didsbury around the corner from me in Sth Mcr and the custom knives start at a ton - I'd love it 'cos I was a smithy in Yorkshire and Hong Kong back in the day - made thousands of horseshoes mostly but did about 500 carbon knives and about 100 stainless and PM steel ones - over nearly 30 years - even made my own steel out of iron sand with a trad bloom stack in a 19th Century forge without electricity and running water in Macau - happy days ! Got family in Guangzhou ; I must visit before I'm too decrepit.

Now I see why people collect pocket knives - I used to collect a lot of sharpies of all kinds but ran out of space and money eventually haha !

Now I just collect rare ouds and attars - crazy hobbies heh !
 
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