Knife for a 50th present

What knife did he lose?

There's a fair bit of difference between your average Swiss Army Knife and a Leatherman

Try Niwaki.

Look at the type of steel it's made from... AUS-8  you can't really go wrong, they are quite popular types of steel.

If the advert doent specify the type of steel it's made out of, plus list a hardness rating, that's a red flag that it might be crap.

For £100 on a Leatherman, a Wave is probably best bang for buck

For £50-60 you can get a nice SAK Huntsman

Most is not all SAK's are legal UK carry too. Most Leatherman aren't

Leatherman Arc has the brand new, possibly best knife blade material (MagnaCut) but costs £260

After my own knife research I love my £75 Vosteed Raccoon I use for work, but it is not UK legal carry on the streets

The website linked above is a good resource for UK legal carry knives

Multi-tool or knife?

Leatherman etc tend to be multi-tools and nothing wrong with that.

For a knife, I like Opinel. Lovely simple knives. Nowhere near £100 for most options though. 

https://www.opinel.com/

Good point @igm

Does he want a single blade or a Swiss army knife multi tool type thing? 

I know you said a £100 quid but you could remortgage and buy him an Emberleaf. :o)

My wife got me a lovely made in Sheffield pen knife. I'd have to go into the shed to see exactly which one but similar to;

https://www.sheffield-made.com/acatalog/115C_Pruning_knife.html#SID=19

Im selling my custom titanium SAK if you're interested.

Never used..

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Not all SAKs are legal to carry in the uk.

I've got a Fox Baby Core and used to have Spyderco Urban, both great UK legal carry knives. Loads more choice on the HH link from Charlie Farley above.

Not all SAKs are legal to carry in the uk.

I think all the lozenge shaped ones are aren't they?

As in "shut your eyes and picture a swiss army knife" swiss army knives.

As has been pointed out many times, it’s highly unlikely that anyone carrying any sort of multitool would get into trouble carrying it in public, unless they’re acting in a way that would attract the attention of the police. Taking one onto an aircraft in carryon luggage, on the other hand would almost certainly mean confiscation. Personally, as a special birthday gift, I think I would prefer a good quality folding pocket knife, the sort of single purpose tool that, looked after will last for decades, and will have very little to break or malfunction. I have two pocket knives I inherited from my dad, one is a pruning knife with checkered horn scales, and which I think he might have owned since he was a boy, and which he carried everywhere, and which is probably close to a century old, the other belonged to a member of my family, who was killed at the battle of Arras in April 1917; I think he was in his very early twenties. The main blade is pretty corroded, and very worn, but is very sharp, and Dicky would have had that from a very early age. They’re heirloom items, and I treasure them greatly. A gift for a special birthday I think should reflect that, and be usable every day and be easily carried. As suggested, Heinnie is the ideal source of really good quality U.K. carry pocket knives.
My personal favourite, and which I do carry every day, using a marine bronze carrier with parachord attached to the knife. It’s a very simple construction, with a slight detent so that it clicks lightly when fully opened, but has a finger choil at the base of the blade so with the forefinger in the choil, and the thumb on the back of the blade, it’s impossible to accidentally close the blade on your finger - something that can’t be said of a SAK, which I know to my cost, and which I why I stopped carrying mine many years ago.

It’s a CRKT Pilar, designed by Jaesper Voxnaes, and is legal pretty much everywhere.

I’ve had it some time, you can see the wear on the edges of the G10 scales. The one below is one of the few old family heirlooms I possess.

If you give a knife to someone, they must pay you something for it.

1p is generally accepted as sufficient.

This one’s rather nice, the blade is a nice shape, and the handle scales are copper, which is unusual, will be very hard wearing, and get a nice patina over time. I’d be pretty chuffed if I was given one, and it’s got a lanyard hole, something many pocket knives don’t have, but I think is important ’cos it’s very easy for a small knife to just slip out of a pocket, unless it’s in a small belt pouch.

https://heinnie.com/black-fox-ciol-copper/

Nice one thanks all for the replies. I think he is into a multi blade/tool. I’ll have a look into all mentioned. Cheers

It’s bad luck to give knives as presents.

I wouldn't bother with Emberleaf (not that it's in budget or a multitool!) but I had one and sold it.

If you want something slightly different in pocket knife then have a look at Michael May in Sheffield. I've got one he made me from a bit of cherry tree I cut down and it's in my pocket all the time.

I got my mate this for his 5oth

https://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/658-Fallkniven-TK4-Folding-Pocket-Knife/

I think a blacksmith course where you make yourself a knife is a thing.

It’s bad luck to give knives as presents.

How come, is there a risk that Santa Claus is going to stab the Tooth Fairy?

How come, is there a risk that Santa Claus is going to stab the Tooth Fairy?

🤣 Depends on what the Tooth Fairy was doing at the time…

While I acknowledge the "risk" of getting. Caught with a locking/fixed blade is minimal if you are at the pale end of the paint chart.

It is still illegal to carry one without a purpose. For a present-1p a knife that's perfectly legitimate to have at all occasions is surely a better gift?

I nearly always have a rambler on me or a huntsman.

I can only conclude that those actually or nearly injuring themselves on a non locking blade are not safe to carry any sharp edges tool.

If you give a knife to someone, they must pay you something for it.

It’s bad luck to give knives as presents.

How come, is there a risk that Santa Claus is going to stab the Tooth Fairy?

Superstition innit. What you do to avoid 'problems' is include a penny/pound/doubloon/coin of your choosing, using which the recipient can pay you for the knife.

Ive been toying with a nice multitool for a while.

Pretty tempted by this. Maybe not the slickest or nicest in the world, but im an absoloute sucker for open source and customisation

Goat Tool

Its also got some good features, such as a proper bit driver, and you can choose locking and no locking on the included knife