Folder designed for prying?

Chris Pierce

Chris Pierce

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I use my EDC for prying at work a lot. So i was wondering if anyone knows of a quality folding knife designed for prying?
I've long since broken the tip off my CRKT Cruiser and it works fine for prying now, but i just feel a little strange EDCing a "broken" knife.
And i bought a CRKT Nealy Pesh and i found that the reinforced tip is a good idea, but the shape leaves something to be desired. And the clip tends to get bent out of shape too easily. So any ideas?
Thanks
-Chris
 
Put one of them Atwood Prybaby's in your pocket and use your knife for cutting.
 
ac1d0v3r1d3 said:
So i was wondering if anyone knows of a quality folding knife designed for prying?
-Chris
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i dont know there is such a thing. knives are not 'designed' to be pry tools. it puts too much lateral stress on the hinge. a fixed blade would be more suited to prying, a strider .250 " thick or busse .250" or .270" thick.

that said, look for knives with very thick blades. the strider folders are among the thickest.
 
If by prying you mean opening lids of cans I'd say most beefy quality folders will handle this level of prying just fine.

But if your prying needs are aimed at breaking, say wood constructions or similar heavier work no folder is going to take it well. It will certainly age the knife very fast.

Personally, I don't use my folders for prying. Some form of specific prying tool in small size might be your best choice.
 
Since you NEED something to pry with, I would suggest that you look at Peter Atwood's PryBabies , Bug Out Bars, and Wedgies!! They ARE GREAT tools!
 
You are up against an engineering trade off , that which prys well wony be the greatest slicer . Some hard use folders will put up with some intermittant prying , none will thrive on a steady prying diet . Some that will handle a fair bit of guff are the Strider SNG tanto , the SMF tanto , and the GB .

You are indescibably better off with one of Peter Atwoods gadgets , or if on a tight budget - the small Stanley Wunderbar . If I were king of the world I would decree that all who own highend folders , must also own a Prybaby .

Chris
 
I'd go with a small prybar from any hardware store. I don't quite get the Atwood products. The prybaby is too short to do any prying beyond what I feel I could manage with a multitool, and both it and the bugout bar don't have a spot suitable for striking, which is especially important for pulling nails. YMMV
 
Buck makes (made?) a crosslock "deputy" model that might be good for you. It has both a conventional blade and a thicker screwdriver/prybar type blade with a wide flat tip.
 
ac1d0v3r1d3 said:
I use my EDC for prying at work a lot. So i was wondering if anyone knows of a quality folding knife designed for prying?
I've long since broken the tip off my CRKT Cruiser and it works fine for prying now, but i just feel a little strange EDCing a "broken" knife.
And i bought a CRKT Nealy Pesh and i found that the reinforced tip is a good idea, but the shape leaves something to be desired. And the clip tends to get bent out of shape too easily. So any ideas?
Thanks
-Chris
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CRKT Pesh-Kabz is pretty impressive in prying:

Old cookware

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Car

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This from review by Tibet from Chita (city in Russia)
http://playground.sun.com/~vasya/CRKT-Pesh-Kabz.html

I can also add MOD Mark I and Mark II. Plus new Jim Wagner Boker. Spyderco capitan may be, may be Offset? And some Striders has similar blade geometry.

Thanks, Vassili.
 
ok, heres an example of what i did with my knie at work yesterday. Opened paint cants, cut rags, pryed a threshhold out of a door jam, pryed t-nuts out of the jam. Just so you have an idea of what i'm doing with my knife.
I was just hopeing that could find something to double as a knife and a light prybar.
Does anyone own any of Art Wood's little prybars and such? They look pretty neat.
Thanks for the opinions
-Chris
 
The Atwood products are very nice, but pricey. Stanley tools makes 3 different size prybars that are very durable. The smallest is key chain sized .
After a serious gash in my hand from a failed linerlock, for real effort I now use a prybar.
 
Use the proper tool. It will help in avoiding injury to you, and more importantly .. to someone else.
 
Something in titanium works well. There is pic in one of the ablums in my profile of a little all ti folder I made a few of for guys wanting to pry up staples and stuff like that on the job that work quite well for that. Titanium can hold a fair edge for scoring or marking wood, cutting softer materials and also for some basic everyday carry tasks but it will never be the edge keeper that a steel blade is. They do offer better prying performance over steel though. Otherwise you are looking at buying something like a small diver knife with a flat screw driver type head on it or maybe as someone else suggested one of the pry baby type tools.

Some thicker bladed knives like the Buck Strider 881 with a 4.5mm blade thickness or perhaps the Extreme Ratio Fulcrum folder that is basically a sharpened pry bar would be a good choice also.

STR
 
Yes Buck Strider, Vic. soldier ( has stout screwdriver blade) many tantos would hold up to some form of prying. I understand not wanting to carry around a bunch of stuff and just carry a knife capable of your uses.

At work I carry a small Stanley wonder bar which works very well. Another option is a can opener, you know the old "church key" type.
 
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