Eliminate Price: What Is Truly The Greatest Folding Knife

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BuildItMan

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When I think about the qualities of what makes a good folding knife; I immediately think of Edge retention, Durability, Lockup, General Strength, Functionality, and of course price. What I really want to know is what the greatest knife is if you eliminate price. What blade fits the aforementioned categories the best. Is it a Chris Reeve Sebenza, a Strider SMF, a Microtech Matrix, a Spyderco Tuff, a Benchmade 940 Osborne? Imagine you have the opportunity to get whatever production, or semi custom folder for free. What would you choose? Disregard bang for your buck, disregard price, disregard all monetary aspects. What knife stands tall among all the rest. What folder truly deserves the title of Greatest?
 
... Lightsaber? LOL

I think the answer to this question will be very opinion oriented.

For me, a ZT350 would be my dream knife.

It's not that pricey but it's size and construction are perfect. ;)
 
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Demko ad-10 carbon fiber M4 steel. Watch the YouTube vid. That's a custom, as is Sunfish forge upscale tactical, mammoth tusk handle mosaic bolsters and custom Damascus.
Rockstead is claiming best on the planet, price goes along with it too. Hinderer as well.
I would always pick, if I have the option-DEMKO!
 
I would pick the ZT 0350, in just about any of its glorious flavors. I've had four or five; love 'em. Great combo of balance, ease of carry, good blade-steels, heavy-duty capability, great flipper. Spyderco Brad Southard is another great one.
And, of course, you could get a blem Kershaw JunkYardDog model 1725CB JYD for $55 from KershawDave at this link:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1016191
 
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Pohan Leu Bluephin. Best handmade I've ever owned and I've owned a ton of them. keepem sharp

PS best prod. folder is the CRK Sebbie.
 
Buck 110. Oh, I thought you asked what was our FIRST knife :)

Best: XM-18 or Sebenza. For hard use.

Best for looks: William Henry

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les george vecp with different blade steel, any of yuna's knives, and jake hobacks are in the running for me
 
I think this is best done by size.

Extra Large: Black Bear Knives - Intimidator
Big: Hinderer XM-24. It doesn't get any better for me.
Medium: Spyderco Paramilitary 2
Small: Strider SJ75
Very Small: CRKT Eros
 
David Boye custom lock back in Boye Dendritic Steel with Sunburst opening detent, and ebony covers.
 
I consider my Sebenzas my "best" knives. They are just all around the most ideal knives in my uses and desires. My finest made knife is a Shirogorov Model 95 Hati. I believe, as I get to know it more, that my new Sebenza 25 will prove to be the finest frame lock knife ever made at any price. Hard to believe, but on paper it certainly is! In hand it is nothing but impressive.
 
BuildItMan said:
I immediately think of Edge retention, Durability, Lockup, General Strength, Functionality, and of course price. What I really want to know is what the greatest knife is if you eliminate price.
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I think for most of us, and though we may not acknowledge or even recognize it, aesthetics supplants all of these. And thats so subjective that "best" is very personal to the individual. I own 100+ knives, and its not because the first 3 or 10 did not possess to adequate degrees the fine attributes you have listed. I do it to make myself feel good. I guess what I'm getting at is that I own maybe dozens of knives which could reasonably be argued are objectively the "best" in terms of durability, lockup, etc. What separates them is how good they make me feel, and also how you weight those factors, because no one knife will be the "best" in each category.

Ok, I'm rambling. Maybe I just need to say that I can't pick a best one, because "best" changes for me about every 3 hours.
 
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Imagine you have the opportunity to get whatever production, or semi custom folder for free.
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Production, or mid tech.

I would go with another Sebenza. I wouldn't spring for one of their mammoth bark ivory and damascus versions, but if it was free I would take it.
That, or a high end William Henry. I have a couple of their sub $1000 models, but would take one of their really high end models if it was free.
 
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I think for most of us, and though we may not acknowledge or even recognize it, aesthetics supplants all of these. And thats so subjective that "best" is very personal to the individual. I own 100+ knives, and its not because the first 3 or 10 did not possess to adequate degrees the fine attributes you have listed. I do it to make myself feel good. I guess what I'm getting at is that I own maybe dozens of knives which could reasonably be argued are objectively the "best" in terms of durability, lockup, etc. What separates them is how good they make me feel, and also how you weight those factors, because no one knife will be the "best" in each category.

Ok, I'm rambling. Maybe I just need to say that I can't pick a best one, because "best" changes for me about every 3 hours.
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I agree with all of this.
 
This thread is redundant.

There are levels to knives.

Value - Premium - Quality - Custom - Exclusivity

There is no greatest knife, there is no one knife to rule 'em all.

Imagine calling a Veyron the greatest car, then someone else says nope the 2012 Ferrari F1 car is the greatest car. See where I'm going?
 
Best all-round value = Paramility 2 or Buck Vantage Pro

Best fit&finish quality value = CRK

Strongest = Demko

Most irreverent = Hinderer XM

ฺBest unique mid-tech = Yuna
 
Buck 110..Honestly,I never needed to buy another knife,I just wanted too..It wasn't my first knife but it easily could have been my last...I've seen a bunch of old beat up 110s but never a broken one....You can't beat it..
CD
 
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