It’s becoming easier and easier to add quality knives to your collection without breaking the bank. Here are new knives with price tags of $200 or less.
Bear & Son Cutlery 5A08
The 5A08 from Bear & Son Cutlery attaches handsome stag to an automatic platform. $164
- Blade Material : 440 Stainless Steel
- Handle Material : Genuine India Stag Bone™
- Open Length : 8-3/4″
- Closed Length : 6-5/8″
- Blade Length : 2-3/4″
- Weight : 2.9 oz.
- Extras : Lockback & Pocket Clip & EDM Precision Locking Mechanisms
Benchmade Proper
The Benchmade Proper sports a classic design with either canvas Micarta or G-10 handles. $135
- Mechanism: Slip-joint
- Action: Manual-opening
- Blade Steel: CPM-S30V (58-60 HRC)
- Blade Length: 2.86″ (7.26cm)
- Blade Thickness: 0.090″ (2.286mm)
- Open Length: 6.69″ (16.99cm)
- Closed Length: 3.85″ (9.78cm)
- Handle Thickness: 0.40″ (10.16mm)
- Weight: 2.32oz. (66.0g)
Buck 110 Auto Knife
The familiar Model 110 receives an automatic overhaul in one of Buck’s latest releases. $200
- Blade steel: 420HC Stainless Steel
- Blade shape: Clip
- Blade thickness: 0.120″
- Blade length: 3 3/4″ (9.5 cm)
- Weight:7.1 oz. (201.3 g)
- Handle: Macassar Ebony Dymondwood
- Carry: Genuine leather, friction fit sheath
- ORIGIN:Made in the USA
Columbia River Knife & Tool Raikiri
The CRKT Raikiri won a Most Innovative Design award at the 2018 Shot Show. $99
- Blade Length: 3.759″ (95.48 mm)
- Blade Edge: Plain Edge
- Blade Steel: 1.4116 SS
- Blade Finish: Satin Finish
- Blade Thickness: 0.134″ (3.4 mm)
- Closed Length: 5.112″ (129.84 mm)
- Weight: 5.0 oz
- Handle: ADC12 Aluminium; Casting
- Style: Folding Knife w/Locking Liner
- Overall Length: 8.938″ (227.03 mm)
Gerber US-Assist S30V
Don’t be fooled by the button on the handle. This is an assisted opener, sporting Gerber’s smooth-deploying B.O.S.S. tech. $119
- Blade Material: CPM S30V with stone washed finish
- Blade Length: 3.0″
- Overall Length: 7.2″
- Weight: 3.9 oz
- Handle Material: Glass-filled nylon
- Lock Type: Plunge-lock w/ cross-bolt safety (locks blade open or closed)
- Made in USA
KA-BAR Ek Model 4
The Model 4 bakes in the spirit of the jungle fighting knife that inspired it. $135
- Weight: .70 lb.
- Steel: 1095 Cro-Van
- Blade length: 6.625”
- Overall length: 12.625”
- Edge angle: 20 degrees
- Grin: Flat
- Blade thickness: .154”
- Blade width: 1.125”
- Shape: double-edged spear point
- Handle material: Glass-filled nylon
- HRC: 56-58
Kershaw Bareknuckle
The Kershaw Bareknuckle is similar to the Natrix, but there’s one important difference: the Bareknuckle is made in the USA. $109
- Steel: 14C28N, stonewashed finish
- Handle: 6061-T6 anodized aluminum
- Blade Length: 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)
- Closed Length: 4.7 in. (11.8 cm)
- Overall Length: 8.2 in. (20.7 cm)
- Weight: 3.4 oz. (96.4 g)
Spyderco Manix 2
The Manix 2 receives a tune up with G-10 handles and CPM M4 steel, exclusively for Blade HQ. $189
- Overall Length: 8.03”
- Blade Length: 3.37”
- Steel: CPM M4
- Closed Length: 4.66”
- Edge Length: 2.92”
- Weight: 4.3”
- Blade Thickness: 0.125”
- Handle: G-10
- Lock Type: Ball Bearing
- Grind: Full-Flat
- Origin: United States
