list your favorte flashlight makers/modifiers and knife makers

[blackbalsam]

here is a list of my favorite flashlight maker/modifier and knife makers not in any order. (FLASHLIGHT) 1.Milkyspit 2.Mcgizmo 3. malkoff. 4.zebralight. 5. liteflux 6.HDS 7.surefire. 8.Elzetta. (KNIVES) 1.CHRIS REEVES 2.Bark river. 3.microtec. 4.emerson 5.benchmade 6.kershaw 7.strider 8.tops knives.

 

[kramer5150]

Lights:
Surefire
Malkoff devices
Maglite
First-Light
Fenix
Zebralight

Knives (just getting into it)
Kershaw
Spiderco
CRKT
Leatherman (multi-tool)

Watches (a little OT, hope no one minds):
Citizen
Ball
Blancpain
Omega
Casio

 

[RobertM]

Flashlights:
SureFire
HDS Systems

Knives:
Benchmade
Spyderco

 

[jimbo@stn23]

For flashlights, Surefire, don't mod them much except withrun of the mill parts, AW cells.

Knives, Chris Reeve, Bob Terzoula, and have a few Spydercos. Seem to really like the work of Ray Laconico for an affordable custom knife but haven't bought one yet. Very clean and nice lines.

 

[Tom_123]

Lights:
Olight
4Sevens
ThruNite
Dereelight

Knives:
Friedrich Olbertz (Eye Brand, Bulldog)
Boker
Hubertus
Pohl Force
Queen Cutlery
Aitor
Muela
Lionsteel

Multitools:
Leatherman

 

[Dual]

Nitecore
4Sevens
Sunwayman/Sunwayled

Spyderco
Benchmade
Bark River

 

[Vortus]

Malkoff
Elektrolumens
Mag
Eagletac


ESEE
KBar
Leatherman
CRKT

 

[ishmael]

Surefire, Malkoff, 4sevens

Charles May, Randall (for strictly sentimental reasons because while I do love them they don't hold a candle to others when it comes to cutting), Dozier, Koster, Camillus.

 

[JWRitchie76]

HDS
Muyshondt
Rick Hinderer
Ernest Emerson

And since I've only ever had one mod done and it turned out great Travis a.k.a. Tekno-Cowboy.

 

[Bierkameel]

Lights: HDS, Nitecore,Trunite.
Knives: Strider,RAIDOPS, Bark River, Chris Reeve.

 

[jhc37013]

HDS
Surefire
Malkoff
Fenix
Spyderco

 

[FenixIlluminated]

Neat thread here..

Flashlights:
Fenix
JetBeam
NiteCore
NovaTac
Polarion (This 50 watt LED flashlight produces 5,200 lamp lumens so you can throw a beam of light over a mile!)

Knives:
Benchmade
Bradley Cutlery (The beautiful Bradley Mayhem)
Kershaw

 

[onlylooking]

love Kershaw and Benchmade..but with that being said...a custom knife maker..Gil Hibben lives about 60 or so miles away from me..made ALOT of tv and movie knifes...including the Rambo 3 and 4 knives..as well as at least 2 knives from The Expendables....

 

[alanagnostic]

Lights:
HDS/RA
Surefire

Knives:
Benchmade
ESEE

 

[n0k1a]

Lights:

- SureFire
- Malkoff
- CMG

(the Infinity Ultra is virtually indestructible, and nicely satisfies the 'new' low-brightness craze, despite being almost an antique...my EDC Ultra ran through a washing machine years ago, and has been sunk to the bottom of a swimming pool several times, and still works flawlessly - but note that I do not like what Gerber did with the design later on)


Knives:

- Leatherman

(switched from dedicated knives ~10 years ago; not looking back)

 

[coyote223]

Makers: Surefire, Malkoff devices

Modders: milkyspit, Moddoo

Knives: Horton Knives, Busse, Benchmade