My 2025 Rob’s Nerdy Knives knife awards… here we go!

My 2025 knife awards. Warning: this is not thorough, exhaustive, or holistically scientific. These are my awards based me and what I recall from 2025.

00:00:00 - intro
00:01:18 - Best Budget
00:03:00 - Beat Super Budget
00:04:24 - Best Insane Super Budget
00:06:11 - Most Innovative of the Year
00:07:26 - Best Utility Knife
00:09:46 - Best Fixed Blade
00:14:11 - Best Custom Scales
00:23:43 - Best Non-USA Production
00:33:18 - Best USA Production
00:41:37 - Best Knife-$100-$300
00:47:56 - Best High End-$300-$600
00:54:45 - Best Mid-Tech-$600+
01:03:56 - Best Full Custom
01:18:22 - Best Knife of the Year
01:24:38 - My Best of the Year
01:29:50 - summary ramblings
01:32:09 - outro

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