Combat Folder: Opinions

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Nakk77

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Looking for a combat folding knife.
FYI It will see use as a "combat" folder. I'll leave it at this, I need a bad places folder. Need something with length, strength, and durability. That being said I'm looking at a few different right now:

Gerber Combat Folder
Spyderco military
Benchmade 710

I'd like to keep the price 120 bucks or less; less being better because knives tend to get lost easily doing my work. Thought about the Spyderco Resilience but seems a little to reflective. Let me know your suggestions. thnx guys.
 
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thanks for zt 200 idea i forgot about it. Not real big on flippers though, and i have trouble deploying Zt's with thumb stud.
 
ZT 0200 has thumb studs that don't hug the frame. If you are talking about having to use the knife in a bad place at a very bad time then you will probably just worry about inertia opening anyway. People need to record themselves and/or some buddies trying to get a folding knife out, utilizing a thumb stud or flipper, and getting a slightly decent grip as fast as possible.
 
Honestly, I think at some point you'll shift away from tacticool and want something geared more towards utility. So for something that will work for both SD and utility, take a look at the Spyderco Tasman, Harpy, and Spyderhawk (a serrated hawkbill blade is good for rope, cardboard, and slashing defensive strokes). For more traditional blade shapes, the blades you mentioned are great (if you swap the Gerber with a ZT).
 
Emerson CQC7.
 
In the right hands, any blade can be a combat blade, so I think you would be pleased with either a Military (light weight) or a 710 (better for piercing), both of which are available with a black blade.
 
It might be purely psychological, but a black blade is way deadlier :D
 
"...Looking for a combat folding knife..."
- Nakk77

your prayers have just been answered with the
boker plus jim wagner reality-based blade tactical folder.
if that doesn't do it,
so help us all...
should anyone ever need something far worst to make bad a situation go away.
 
"knives tend to get lost easily doing my work" - What is your work, exactly?

Extreme combat folder? I'd recommend something black, tactical, partially serrated, with a tanto point that features some kind of gimicky assisted opening technology and a bloated pricetag to go with it. :rolleyes:

If you want a knife that will actually perform, though, I recommend a Manix-2, and some other popular designs include the American Lawman and the ZT 30X.
 
fishface5 said:
I was thinking the CS RECON 1 - tacticool but actually super-sturdy while not too expensive.
(specifically the 2010 updated model http://knifetest.com/forum/showthread.php?p=18350 )
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+1 on the new Recon 1 very light and strong. Spyderco Military, BM 710, Spyderco Police 3 in black G-10, Spyderco Resilience for about $50. These are all relativly large folders, combat worthy is up to you. I'd want a Rajah 2 for a knife fight - 6" blade, wave opening and lighter than the prettier Rajah 1.

You'd be better served to pack a fixed blade for "combat" i.e. knife combat IMHO :)
 
CS Vaquero Grande
CS Voyager X2
CS Gunsite XL
CS Rajah II
CS Espada XL

Pocket swords, whip one open and your potential attacker will crap his pants. Or laugh. If he does, that's when you slice.
 
Since Busse combat knives still hasn't made us that folder yet I would still check out a piece from Strider. Excellent knives. I also enjoy my Remington Tango II special forces model (black). The S.O.G Trident assisted opener (black)is nice and the blade is quite thin. Also, I will second the above comments for a Spyderco military.
 
Get Demko to make you a megafolder. Don't ask for a Navajah like mine, he won't do it.

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