Quality folding knife recommendations?
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I carry Benchmade knives daily. I own several other brands, including Emerson, Spyderco, Buck, Gerber, etc., but I always go back to Benchmade. Right now, I'm carrying a Benchmade Lerch Impel auto with a 1.98" blade in my right pocket, and a Benchmade Osborne 9400 first production auto clipped in the left pocket.
Carry knives are very individual, kinda like holsters. Willing to bet everyone posting has the big drawer(s) o' knives right next to the holster boxes
Carry knives are very individual, kinda like holsters. Willing to bet everyone posting has the big drawer(s) o' knives right next to the holster boxes
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At the moment my box of knives still fits in my holster drawer. 
Great thread.
Great thread.
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Funny you mention that. My knives are kinda scattered around in different boxes and I've been thinking about getting some kind of case or roll bag to keep them all together.
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OP, "what determines a quality knife"?
The short answer is the steel used to make the blade. The higher quality the steel the better the edge retention, corrosion resistance and wear resistance.
The short answer is the steel used to make the blade. The higher quality the steel the better the edge retention, corrosion resistance and wear resistance.
I carried Buck 501s for over 20 years. After I lost the last one I went through a few different brands until I found a Browning folder made by Mcusta. It's a keeper, the blade holds an edge better than any other stainless steel I've seen. It's also light and strong.
Browning no longer sells the Mcusta made knives, so when I do need another pocket knife, I'll be shopping for one directly from Mcusta.
Browning no longer sells the Mcusta made knives, so when I do need another pocket knife, I'll be shopping for one directly from Mcusta.
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I thought that knife was pretty cool when I first bought it. I liked the heft and the feel of the G10 scales. As a flipper, it was a pretty good fidget toy.
After a while, though, the appeal wore thin. It was bigger than I like to carry, and the public at large (I won’t call them sheeple) did not react well to it. The Veff serrations worked pretty well until I relied on them to get into a coconut. The time it took to straighten them told me that was my last coconut.
The M21 became one of two knives a junkie relative selected to steal and pawn for drug money. The other was a Mini Barrage. I would really like him to replace the Benchmade, but I’m not holding my breath.
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1911haulic
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Look at SOG
kamloops67
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Kershaw or CRKT
I carry one everyday , but I’ve also broken a couple over the years from hard use/abuse
I think any brand will fail if pushed , so just get one that feels good to you and go with it
I carry one everyday , but I’ve also broken a couple over the years from hard use/abuse
I think any brand will fail if pushed , so just get one that feels good to you and go with it
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At the moment my box of knives still fits in my holster drawer.
Great thread.
Knives and holsters in the same space? Is that natural?
Careful you don't get your drawers in a twist.
mikeruns
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I most often carry a spyderco Endura 4 wave...it is lite and sharp, stays sharp, sharpens well when needed, has the tough zytel or hard plastic handle - but this one has metal liners inside so it's rigid...the pocket clip stays sturdy so it doesn't slip out, and after getting used to the blade deploying hook-it will come out of the poct opened quick as a switch...4" blade is good vg-10 steel...I also have carried a benchmade barrage 580 assisted opener, 154 steel acts like the spederco, sharp, stays sharp and sharpens great when touch up is needed...have a couple zt knives, both very sturdy and thick blades, I measure them up to a Chrise Reeves Sebenza that I own, yet the ZTs' are half the cost of the CRK and I carry them less because they are over $200 each and the 1st two I mentioned are great quality work inives that you can easily press into defense mode....I don't know that I would do that for myself as I usually have a heavy hand tool around diring my work day
Ugly Hombre
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Benchmade Mini- Griptilian is what I carry everyday. Its light, smaller sized, stays sharp. I put some red para cord in the lanyard hole helps me to keep track of it sad- I have lost some good pocket knives.
New Benchmade Mini Griptilian Knife with G10 Handles and Better Blade
Here is a review of the Mini Grip- Bench made makes different versions of it its a good choice imo.
https://pics.knifecenter.com/fit-in/1500x1500/knifecenter/bnchmd/images/10100sbp.jpg
Benchmade is a great company there knives are first rate- I also have a Benchmade "LFK" that I like a lot- don't use it as a EDC knife though-its to big for that.
The Buck 110 is classic can't go wrong with that- but its heavy for pocket carry and no clip for IWB carry.
New Benchmade Mini Griptilian Knife with G10 Handles and Better Blade
Here is a review of the Mini Grip- Bench made makes different versions of it its a good choice imo.
https://pics.knifecenter.com/fit-in/1500x1500/knifecenter/bnchmd/images/10100sbp.jpg
Benchmade is a great company there knives are first rate- I also have a Benchmade "LFK" that I like a lot- don't use it as a EDC knife though-its to big for that.
The Buck 110 is classic can't go wrong with that- but its heavy for pocket carry and no clip for IWB carry.
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cjcutter1
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I keep mine in a top chest of a roll around toolbox.
Ray
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Well I´ve never tried to split a coconut with and probably never will.So in this matter I can´t opine , but in the concealment issue I can offer this: In these past times no one ever saw me carrying that blade.The reason is the way carry it. Inside my pants or shorts with the clip covered by the belt, not in the pocket with the clip in full view.
I can assure you that by carrying that way nobody will see a thing unless you want to show it.
Regards, Ray
I can assure you that by carrying that way nobody will see a thing unless you want to show it.
Regards, Ray
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terry_tr6
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Kershaw speedsafe
I have been very happy with the Kershaw assisted opening knives. About as quick and easy to open as a switchblade but no legal issues. I have bought 3, two for me(lost one) the other for my son. His friends at college in NROTC were impressed by it too and became owners. Good steel, reversible pocket clip (hate the ones that hold the knife the "wrong" way on your pocked. Totally reliable mechanism
I have been very happy with the Kershaw assisted opening knives. About as quick and easy to open as a switchblade but no legal issues. I have bought 3, two for me(lost one) the other for my son. His friends at college in NROTC were impressed by it too and became owners. Good steel, reversible pocket clip (hate the ones that hold the knife the "wrong" way on your pocked. Totally reliable mechanism
