I'm looking for an inexpensive knife that would fit into an Altoids sized PSK. Any suggestions? I found one yesterday (not sure of the brand) but it was $25.99 - more than I'm able to spend - I'm looking to make several of these kits to stash in various bags, pockets, truck etc. I normally EDC several decent knives - but I'd still like to have one in the PSK just. in. case.

Sometime in my past, I picked up a small (approx. 2.5”)lockback knife from Blackjack Knives Blackjack-this is not my stuff, just some examples , it had a keyring arrangement. The knife fits nicely in the Altoids tin. I ran a search, but am unable to find this particular model. It was not too expensive, $10-15 maybe less (IIRC).

Pete

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Dave

The trouble with folders is bulk. Razorblades and hobby blades are compact but limited in usefullness. My solution was a small scandinavian unfinished blade with a rattail tang. Mine fits diagonally in my BCB tin. It requires making a field expedient handle, but is a nice compromise and leaves room for additional stuff in my tin.

I have several Gerber Microlight LST scattered around my various kits. One on my survival keychain, my wife's keychain, and a backup in my main kit. Just $15, available pretty much everywhere.

You might also consider packing a few flat arrowheads. Sharpened on one edge you could use them as utility knives. Sharpened on both edges, you could use them as -- well -- arrowheads. -- Bear

How about one of these things

Wyoming knife

With the holes it has it could be lashed to a stick to make it more like a knife. The only problem I see is it has 2 edges on it. You could maybe dull the straight edge, or take something like credit card type plastic and make "handle slabs" to cover it.

Although I wonder if this thing isn't just a glorified razor blade.

I found a gerber ridge knife for around $15 at wal mart

Remove the belt clip, and it's very flat.

The gerber ridge and mini-ridge ($20 and $18) are good knives for an altoids tin, since they're nice and flat with the clip and thumbstud removed. That's still probably more than I'd want to spend if I had to buy half a dozen of them. If you could find a cheap knock-off, you'd be set.

Knifezilla.com has a few things that might be close, judging from the specs they list, but I've never seen any of them. Their $8 KISS half folder is a ridge-style knife, but it has a 3" blade compared to the ridge's 1.75". It's probably just slightly too large to fit the diagonal, but you might be able to "fix" it with a hacksaw and file, taking off the rounded end with the lanyard hole. Even if you cut it down, a 3" blade may take up more space than you want to give up. The $8 keychain CQC7 with a partially-serrated 2.1" blade looks like a better candidate. Or the $7 thumb fighter. Shipping is going to cost you another $6, so it still gets expensive if you want to order one, see how it fits, and then order the rest.

For one you might be able to look at locally, there's the gerber mini-paraframe with a 2.25" blade at bestknives.com for $10. I've only seen the full-sized one and it's fairly thin, but that's still a lot of space to devote to a knife. Maybe you could pack the holes in the handle with tinder or something.

I don't know if any of those knives would work for me; I'd have to make some hard decisions if I went with anything larger than the ridge.

Ah - that's an interesting idea.