best Benchmade blue or black class (or HK) large folder under $150?

[Krieger]

I recommend the Benchmade HK14205.

 

[dangreco]

943 for sure, just as good cutting for most people and not that funky reverse tanto.

 

[bchan77]

What makes a knife "best" is not the knife, or its features, or whether it is blue class, diamond class, plutonium class, or whatever, but how well designed it is for what the user intends to do with it, and when, where, and how he or she wants to use it. Always begin your search by analyzing how you will use the knife, then look for the one best suited to you. The user, not the tool, is the first consideration.

So, tell us how you plan to use this knife, and maybe we can give you a hand finding the one that is best for you.

Excellent advice. :thumbup:

Just an example: if you are intending to use it as an icepick (like a fellow member did some time ago when he complained about the ruining of the tip of his AFCK) then I would say none is suitable.