If you want a great knife for cheap, then I found a moderate fixed blade on Amazon that is great.
I was searching for an Esee 3 for my son a couple of years ago for a birthday present and found a Chinese copy that was under $20. It got rave reviews.
I bought the Esee for my son and bought the Chinese knife for myself.
It arrived and seemed to be of good quality and felt good. That hunting season, my dad got a deer and we were skinning it out. He was using a Kershaw and I was using the Chinese knife. His knife dulled pretty quickly so I handed him my knife while I went to go sharpen his. He finished skinning the deer and asked about the knife. I told him it was under $20 on Amazon.
He was impressed. It was still sharp after processing a deer, no damage after hacking bone, and it handled very well.
I got him one for Christmas, but the price had gone up to $21.
I just looked it up and they are now $24, which is still a heck of a deal for such a handy and decent knife...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K7M0S6Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I was searching for an Esee 3 for my son a couple of years ago for a birthday present and found a Chinese copy that was under $20. It got rave reviews.
I bought the Esee for my son and bought the Chinese knife for myself.
It arrived and seemed to be of good quality and felt good. That hunting season, my dad got a deer and we were skinning it out. He was using a Kershaw and I was using the Chinese knife. His knife dulled pretty quickly so I handed him my knife while I went to go sharpen his. He finished skinning the deer and asked about the knife. I told him it was under $20 on Amazon.
He was impressed. It was still sharp after processing a deer, no damage after hacking bone, and it handled very well.
I got him one for Christmas, but the price had gone up to $21.
I just looked it up and they are now $24, which is still a heck of a deal for such a handy and decent knife...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K7M0S6Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1