Best Choice for a "Beat the Living Be-Jesus Out of" Folder

VultureParade

VultureParade

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Hey knife ladies and gentlemen, How is everyone, Staying SHARP?!?!?!

Anyway, This might be a bit of a tough one, or maybe not. I'm looking for a folder that will be used as my "put through hell and back" knife. I plan on beating this knife until I can't beat it no more. It will be used for everything from cutting rubber, cutting rope, slicing through small woody weeds if needed, cutting string trimmer line, tearing up plastic, digging in the dirt, craving in wood, prying, etc, etc, etc, and so forth. It will be abused, I don't care if the finish wears off or if the blade gets scratched, as long as it functions.

I'm looking for something with a 1/2 serr blade for sawing and getting through tougher stuff. Do I need the 1/2 serr? I've heard mixed opinions on the issue.

Blade length can be whatever, just not ridiculously big. steel? likewise, as long as it holds a good edge for a reasonable amount of time and is durable as all get out. I also want a strong lock that won't fail me

Price. I'm looking for lowest possible price here. I know I'm going to have to pay some money but if at all possible I'd like to keep it under a hundred. Haha, in a perfect world, under 50.

any company, any model, any material as long as it preforms and can take a beatiing. Let em fly.
 
Bench Made 710HSSR (M2 steel, very tough stuff and holds a great edge, excellent wear reistence). The knife is bulit like a tank, dual steel liners with dual g-10 liners. Axis lock, possibly the strongest lock on the production market. You have a combo edge almost 4 inches in length, plenty of serrations, plenty of plain edge. Only thing that might hold you back is the price, probably in the $130 range.
 
Benchmade Griptillian, get a D2 one from Cabela's. I have one and love it. It was $69.99 :) They even come in 1/2 serrated. And two sizes. And have a strong(est) lock. Looks like it fits the bill.

Thor
 
I also suggest the Benchmade 550/551 Griptilian.

The CRKT Crawford/Kasper FF is also a pretty stout folder, but I wouldn't bet MY fingers on its' liner-lock during hard stabs, even with the blade-lock engaged.
 
I've got a 710 and a 550, and they are both great knives. But the Buck Strider can pound any axis lock to rubble :D You can get the mini with a 3" blade. If that's not tough enough, try the MOD CQD Mark II, 3.25" blade, satin or black coated, with good but unobtrusive serrations. If you really need a ridiculously tough folder for a very easy price, get a Greco, if he has any left. No serrations, unless you can get him to put some on special, but his knives are practically indestructible.
 
It may be a peculiarity of my (large) Buck Strider, but ... when you chop with a linerlock, it forces the lock further over, and makes it hard to release. On the B/S, it doesn't do that. No matter how hard I open the knife, it unlocks smoothly.

The edge is extremely durable. I've chopped a lot of thornbushes, and it still shaves. My Greco folders and hatchet do the same.
 
Mmmmh, Spyderco Chinook II, $105 at NGK, 4 mm S30V blade and a lockstrength close to a ridiculous 800 pounds :eek:.
Alternatively Spyderco Paramil, or Mil
 
For around $50.00, you could get an Endura or a Griptillian. Since you are really going to use the knife hard, breaking a $50.00 knife is much easier to accept than breaking a $130.00 + knife.
 
I beat the crap out of a pair of these for over eight years running before I gave up and sold them (in still servicable condition) to fellow BFC forumite 'deputytom'...

Hell, there was a running joke with Sal Glasser of Spyderco fame that if I ever 'killed' them, he'd replace 'em...I never killed them.

Yet, once they were gone I tried to find suitable replacements, and after two years and 30 plus potential EDC's later, I finally settled on another pair...yep, you guessed it, the Spyderco Endura/Delica combo in 'old style' FRN 50/50 blade grind.

And that folks, is all I have to say about that... ;)

Mel

p.s. Picked up the Delica in a local pawn shop for $2, and sold a Randall tonight for $950...go figure
 
Personally, the knife I count on when I have hard, dirty work to do is a large Sebenza. Yeah, there is an initial resistance to beating on a $350 knife, but you get over it. The Sebenza can soak up abuse like no other.

The Benchmade 710 is a good suggestion, though, too. It's not as tough as the Sebenza, but is gives you a lot of bang for the buck.
 
What about the Spyderco ATR?
Isn't that exactly what this spyderco was made for?
The chinook's tip is a little pointy.
 
The MPC Extrema Ratio.

Hopefully we will be seeing the Dark Ops knives from Frank after the blade show available. I plan on getting one of his newly designed knives that is similiar to the MPC when they are available.

Strongest folding knife I have held and used is the MPC, then it's a toss up between the Chinook2 and the SMF Strider.

Brownie
 
My CRKT Prowler is my favorite beater. It is very sturdy and comes with the LAWKS locking system. I know the steel (AUS 6M) isn't great but in my experience it can be easily resharpend. They go for under $40.00 on 1SKS.com.
 
All mentioned are good choices, here's a bit more food for thought:

Spyderco Lil' Temperance: MBC-rated compression lock, 4mm S30V, no side-flex on the handle, not ambi but works for lefties.

Less costly, but rock-solid: CRKT Grant Hawk D.O.G, Al handle with steel locking bar, 4mm AUS-8A, no side-flex, totally ambidextrous.

After reading these posts, it makes me think of like the current situation for motorcyclists looking at the 600cc and liter classes; spoiled for choice.

Best regards.
 
On your list of tasks, the only really tough one's are "digging in the dirt" and "prying."

I recently planted a lot of ground-cover plants in an area adjacent to a pine tree, which resulted in a lot of root-cutting - and it wasn't the roots or the dirt that caused edge-damage - it was the rocks. Don't let anyone BS you into believing that some super-alloy blade is harder than rocks.

I'd get a heavy-bladed belt-knife with a good carbon steel - which is easy to sharpen - and assign those tasks to that blade.

Just about any $100 folder can easily handle the other tasks.
 
Tough, low bucks? Gerber EZ-Out, for sure. Works well, holds up, easy to clean and sharpen, has a pocket clip and blade hole-thing, won't break your heart if you loose it; can pick one up at MonsterMart...$30
 
the only really tough one's are "digging in the dirt" and "prying." ... get a heavy-bladed belt-knife with a good carbon steel
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Good thinking, and a shorty Ka-Bar or a SOG Seal Pup is cheap, compact, and will hold up a long time. But maybe something like the BK&T Tactool would be even better, a kind of breaking & entering tool.
 
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