If you can find one a Benchmade CSK II is a heck of a knife. Its 1095. Which as DirtySouth said is a great steel. VERY easy to sharpen and gets very sharp. I paid 80 bucks for my CSK and it hasnt let me down.
I have a couple of replica swords (A gladius and a Hand-and-a-half) I Have very high quality replica Spanish rapier replica with matching conquistador helmet. The real kings of my collection are my French esqe Lance, My handmade wakazashi and , My pride and joy, A Ghurka Kukiri. The kukiri Is...