Manly Wasp 18

At twice the price this would be a great value for money knife. S90V is an incredible steel. Add G10 scales, excellent build quality and great spring tension. You have the best value for money UK legal knife by a country mile (I M O). I have 2 (black and orange) and will be ordering the green to complete the set. As always service from H H second to none.

Just buy one, or two, like me. Seriously this knife has it all, great blade with high quality steel and fantastic edge retention. G10 scales and a really strong slip joint, so legal in the UK. I would say that the slip joint is stronger than the Boker Plus XS. Anyone who owns an XS will know what I'm taking about. A knife like this could easily be double the asking price, but it isn't so get one and stop reading this review!

I saw this knife on Pady's Potato Peelers YouTube channel. Pady's a good guy so I bought two, a green one and a red HH one too. They are both superb! The key point is the S90V blade steel, add the perfect grind, the full flat blade and the perfect fit and finish of the G10 scales and you're on to a winner, especially at £55 and under £50 for the HH version. So, where was the money saved? In the looks/style department, clearly. They're perfectly functional and feel fine in the hand, but they're no lookers! I also recently bought a SOG Terminus. In many ways they are similar - size, shape, function etc. - but the SOG uses CTS BD1 steel, spending the money on carved scales, a logoed clip and a more complex blade design/grind. I've spent a lot of time comparing the two and can't quite decide on which I prefer, but I like both! I've done a short review of the Wasps on my You Tube channel Slick's Slicers' and the SOG one will be up shortly. I expect I'll also do a comparison as I expect there will be many people choosing between these for their Christmas - neither will disappoint!