Knives are tools that are mostly found in the kitchen of every house in the world. Mostly knives are used by women to perform different and daily tasks that are required from every ordinary and average type of knife. Some of the basic and the most important purposes of an average knife can be categorized as follows:
- Cutting different food items and things like tape
- Chopping vegetables
- Dicing leaves and herbs into small bits
- Slicing things like vegetables and fruits
Most people in this world consider knives as tools of the kitchen and don"t give them any further thought. But they are nave, because knives are the things that can perform several functions even outside the world of the kitchen.
Knives have been with us since the age of mankind. In the Stone Age, man first invented a knife to cut ropes and hunt animals. Since then the age of knife has been passed down to the current time. In this world there are many brands of knives present that can perform various functions and help people achieve many things.
The most basic types of knives that can be of different types can be listed as follows:
- Sheathed Knives
- Collectible Knives
- Folding Knives
Sheathed Knives:
Sheathed knives are the knives that are most commonly used in hunting areas and wild life regions. People use these types of knives to hunt animal. Another purpose that these knives can be useful is that if a person lives a life of outdoors, then this knife can perform functions that a normal knife can"t.
One of the best brands out there that produces these sheathed knives is the Ron Gaston knives by Ron Gaston himself. Ron Gaston knives are known to produce knives that are not only best in quality but they are also best in the case of durability. This has been recommended by Ron Gaston.
Collectible Knives
Collectible knives are those knives that people collect in the form of a hobby or simply because knives are considered as the best collectible items ever found. There are many types of collectible items that can be found. They can be in the form of table knives, sheathed knives, pocket knives or any other type of knives. The most popular brands out there in case of collectible knives are
William Henry Knives and
Chris Reeve Knives. Both William Henry Knives and Chris Reeve Knives produce those collectible knives that are favorable to every collector eyes.
The best thing about collectible knives is the shape and the sizes they come in, the blades of the knives can be old, ornamental, oriental and any other type. Whereas the handle can be constructed form wood, brass, stone, fiber glass and other such items.
Folding Knives:
Folding knives are the knives that are mostly used in tactical units of around the world, including that of the army, law enforcement, and even guerilla army. Folding knives can be of different types. The most common type of folding knives are the case pocket knives which are used by almost every person in the world as they are very comfortable and light to use. One of the best brands out there is the
Strider knives.
Case pocket knives are known to be the knives that can carried around by people in the pockets as a safety tool. They are also considered useful in many other aspects as they can perform tasks that a normal knife cannot. As said before that pocket knives are not used anymore, same is the case with a simple case pocket knife. They are not as famous as the other brands that are present in the world at this very moment. They are however considered as one the best collector items to this date.
In actual Case pocket knives are in fact a type of a folding knife. One of the most famous folding knives out there is the knives that, as mentioned above, are made by the strider knives company. Strider knives are famous on the basis that they are able to produce the best quality knives available in the market with the most expensive and solid materials that are available to man.
Most of the strider knives use different materials for both the blade and the handle of the knife. For the blade the most common material used are:
- CPM S30V Steel
- Beryllium
- Titanium
- BG-42
- Damascus Steel
While the handle of the knives are made from mainly two things:
- Fiber glass (G-10)
- Parachute cord
These materials not only provide stability to the knives but also grant them the power of durability. In the designing phase of the knives, each knife was given the treatment of high heat and then after it came out it would be bead blasted to give it a unique color. One thing that must be remembered here is that, because CPM does not darken after the heating a black oxide is coated over the blade before going into a high ranged heat chamber.
