Boker Anti-Grav

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I'm looking for a very light weight (~ 2 oz) rust-proof folder and I'm considering the Boker Anti-Grav with carbon fiber handle.

I know that ceramic has limitations (e.g. chipping, impossible to sharpen in the field) so steel would be my first choice but I don't know if a folder with a rust proof steel blade (like H-1) could ever be as light as something like this with a ceramic blade. Maybe something with a Ti blade? Though Ti blades don't get that sharp.

The Boker would just about fit the bill (except that the screws and clip are surely steel). My biggest concern would be the liner lock, however, does anybody know that that is made out of on this knife? I can't find that information online.

Thanks!
 
if its gonna be a user, I would not buy ceramic.

ceramic does not take an edge after dull even if sharpened on diamond dmt sharpeners.

I thought I could buy one and use dmts to sharpen it but the dmts still leave micro chips that never quite sharpen out.

I eventually did a destruction test and threw out my ceramic kitchen knife and was fed up with it.....

The ceramic breaks with little to no pressure.

I didnt have top of the line ceramic but id imagine boker isn't using the best ceramic either.

this is all just my experiences, but I wouldn't want a knife that the company itself could only sharpen. just seems impractical.
 
The only truly rust resistant knives that I know of are the Boye Cobalt blades and anything with H1 from Spyderco.
 
Mission knives makes 2 sizes of all Titanium folders: the MFK, and the MPF-3. I like the Boker Plus Anti MC with a ZrO2 blade and Titanium handle. The Boye folders in Dendritic Cobalt (Stellite 6B) are very rust resistant. Boker made an Aluminum handled Cera-Titan which had a proprietary blade made of Titanium with added Titanium Carbide for wear resistance and Silver for ductility. Tom Mayo makes custom knives out of Stellite 6B and 6K. These alloys are roughly half Chrome and half Cobalt (they can't rust).
I have also had good luck with the William Henry B-15 series. The blades are sandwich construction 410 stainless on the outside and a ZDP189 core. The Titanium handles are skeletonized internally to keep the weight down to 55gm.
 
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