A "Gentleman Badass" Folder

mlanghornes

mlanghornes

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I've decided that the next knife I buy needs to be a "gentleman badass" folder. What I mean by this is, it needs to be a classy knife with the style of a gentleman's folder that can also be worked hard and hold it's own. It would look out of place on a battlefield, but it would perform very well. It should have:

-A 3-4 inch blade, plain edge, with a somewhat conventional geometry.
-No zytel/thermoplastic/frn scales. It should be a step above plastic.
-one-hand opening with a pocket clip

I don't care what type of lock, since if it's a good quality knife, I'll trust the lock to do it's job. I'm a regular SAK user, so I won't be stressing it anyway.

I guess the ultimate example of what I'm looking for would be a Sebenza with an inlay of wood, micarta, or mammoth. Style and performance perfected, IMHO. The problem is, I can't afford a Sebenza, and I'd be leery of carrying that expensive of a knife around. I need to have the price at or around $100. Extra points if you know of a knife below $50.

Thanks, everyone.
 
Benchmade Nagara about $65 (very attractive)

Benchmade G-10 Vex about $56
 
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I'm tellin' ya regardless of what you may think of the owner of the company that the little Mini Lawman by Cold Steel is one little badass folder! Small but quite stout. The American Lawman just as much so. Both of these are very stout get after it users with locks you can trust.

Another good deal is the Spyderco Manix 2 if made in the USA matters to you. Both the Cold Steel knives are made for them in Taiwan. Doesn't take away from their capability though. All these are great bargains if you ask me. The new Manix has some aggressive jimping grooves on the back of the knife that are quite abrasive but they work and the knife overall is flawless.

STR
 
Agreed! The BM Osbornes are beauties the new Red 960 is D2 (don't like it as much as the S30V)

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I like my little BM 940 foliage green reverse Tanto a lot!
 
Hi mlanghornes -

The Buck web specials site has a few variations of the Sirus assisted opener.

It meets all the criterion you describe IMO, at $30 - if you buy more than $50 worth you get free shipping - and at least in Illinois I do not pay tax there -

here is a shot of the two Sirus I just received -

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best regards -

mqqn
 
The Al Mar "bird" line use to be the go to tactical gentlemans knife, here's an updated Eagle version-

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Picture from www.rivertactical.com .

The older Spyderco Goddard, Horn, and Centofante folders were nice in that regard also.
 
Get the new titanium Spyderco Military and send it off to a customizing place like Santa Fe Stoneworks.
 
Those CRKT's that are a Crawford design with bone handles are pretty nice looking. Heavy weight but from what I have read they seem pretty nice. Very classy the bone handle models. Looking at pics from the originals and the CRKT's it would be hard to tell them apart side by side save for the logo's. thanks and keepem sharp
 
I'm also looking for a gentlemen's folder and i have narrowed it down to either a bencmade nagara or a Spyderco Terzuola Slipit. I am pretty sure im going to go with the benchmade though, titanium+liner lock= :D
 
The Nagara sure is nice. Once you get the hang on it it´s absolutely superfast! The titanium scales will get some scratches over time.
 
longbow said:
Those CRKT's that are a Crawford design with bone handles are pretty nice looking. Heavy weight but from what I have read they seem pretty nice. Very classy the bone handle models. Looking at pics from the originals and the CRKT's it would be hard to tell them apart side by side save for the logo's. thanks and keepem sharp
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if you dont get the white bone one you're fine, but the reports i've heard before i bought one was that the white bone scales crack very easily. I will probably buy one when I come back stateside but the jigged bone model over the white bone. Other then that they are very solid, look similar to crawfords custom line.

Go for the small one too, the big one is BIG...weights over 10oz.
 
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