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Knife guys: stiletto automatic (switchblade)

Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:23 pm
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
63241 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:23 pm
I’m not interested in some high end Italian knife, but wouldn’t mind having a budget model to keep in my truck door if needed.

The ones that I’m seeing in my price range (under $50) are Chinese made with stainless blades. I’m not opposed to that, but is there one brand or two that are decent quality?

Switchblades were really romanticized when I was young, and I’ve always kinda wanted one.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
18345 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:24 pm to
Get a good OTF.


When you say you want it in your truck in case you need it, what are you thinking you might need it for?
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
73478 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:27 pm to
quote:

in case you need it, what are you thinking you might need it for?


The only certainty in a knife fight is everyone is getting severely fricked up
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
36791 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:28 pm to
quote:

When you say you want it in your truck in case you need it, what are you thinking you might need it for?


This. If you want it for self-defense just keep a handgun in there.
Posted by Sam Quint
Member since Sep 2022
10100 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:29 pm to
i have two Benchmade Infidels (the big one and the little one) and they both failed within a year of owning them. take that FWIW.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
44379 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:30 pm to
If you ever decide to splurge and treat yourself to one really nice, I highly recommend Microtech. Start in the low $300's I think.

Fairly expensive but I've had it for years as my truck knife. Something happened with the spring at one point and they fixed it no questions asked and sharpened the blade. Very versatile. Cleaned a deer with it this past weekend.
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 2:32 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
107132 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:33 pm to


Stay gold, ponyboy
Posted by Huey Lewis
BR
Member since Oct 2013
5227 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:35 pm to
If you want some OTF knives for the novelty, just get a couple Master Cutlery knives from Palmetto State Armory and call it a day. They're fun for what they are and perform well enough at light tasks for the money.

If you want an OTF for real, heavy-duty use then IMO the OTF route is the wrong way to go and nowhere remotely worth what it costs to be worse for the job compared to a different kind of knife (I.e. folder, fixed, etc.)
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
73478 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:36 pm to
Benchmades quality has gone to shite.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
75987 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:36 pm to
So one day I was jogging on the Lakefront and on the ground was a clean stilleto.
First time I ever saw one.
Posted by cubsfan5150
NWA
Member since Nov 2007
19349 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:37 pm to
I have two benchmades, one two decades old and the other a decade old and both still function great. Need to send them in for some PM though.
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
23866 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:37 pm to
All I know is that in knife attacks, the person wielding the knife almost always fricks themselves up a bit as well.

I've watched a lot of Dateline to come to this conclusion

Posted by Cracker
in a box
Member since Nov 2009
19418 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:39 pm to
Every man carries a knife

But if you need a knife and you are in your truck I suggest putting the truck in drive and gtfo of the situation!
Posted by contraryman
Earth
Member since Dec 2007
2167 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:42 pm to
I have one that I will sell you. Got it at an auction a while back. Wasn't the cheapest and certainly not the most expensive.
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
13542 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:43 pm to


It’s a butterfly knife, but still. Good movie and book.
This post was edited on 11/3/26 at 2:46 pm
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
11514 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 2:45 pm to
Why you trying to bring a knife to a gun fight?
Posted by ThuperThumpin
Member since Dec 2013
9792 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:14 pm to
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Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
40709 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:18 pm to
This is poor news.

But thanks for the heads-up.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
133762 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:19 pm to
I just keep a kershaw brawler in pocket most of time

Flips open as fast as a stilleto
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Member since Nov 2011
40142 posts
Posted on 11/3/26 at 3:20 pm to
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