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Carbon steel just looks beautiful and ages so naturally. It's really hard to find knives with blades not made of stainless steel - at least in reasonable price

• Yetanfou 8y ago
  They're easy to come by here in Sweden, just get a 'Mora kniv' (Mora knife) with a 'kolstål' (carbon steel) blade. It'll set you back around 55 SEK, around $6. There are more luxurious versions but the whole point of these knives is that they are tools to be used, not mollycoddled or used for snobbish whatever-signalling purposes. Use it, keep it sharp and clean and oiled and that $6 knife will last you a long time. Here's that ~$6 knife: https://morakniv.se/produkt/basic-511/ https://morakniv.se/produkt/basic-511/ ...or a somewhat more fancy model for ~$15 https://morakniv.se/produkt/classic-612/ https://morakniv.se/produkt/classic-612/
  • analog31 8y ago
    What's the legality of carrying something like that around in a backpack? When I've traveled overseas, my first port of call when I arrive is to buy a SIM card and a knife that will cut bread and cheese. Then I'm ready for anything. ;-)
    • Yetanfou 8y ago
      Officially you're only allowed to carry such a knife if you need it in your job - e.g. carpenters use them. Packing a knife in a backpack should not be any problem assuming you're not going to use it for self defence, in which case you'd be in dire straits. I regularly carry a knife in some form, from multi-tool to this type. I've never had any problems with it but then again, I live in the countryside and police is about as rare here as hen's teeth.
  • rags2riches 8y ago
    In my grandfather's old workshop there are dozens and dozens of Moraknivar all over the place. There is always one within arms reach.
• luminiferous 8y ago
  The Opinel no. 8 is perhaps the classic carbon steel pocketknife, and it goes for about $15.
  • rv-de 8y ago
    I was intending to refer to kitchen knives. In that area there is nothing chef knife sized below 100 Euro with carbon steel.