Folding equivalent of a fixed blade

KenHash said:
Yes I hear nothing but praise about tjhe CS Triad Lock. I'm excluding Extrema Ratios on account price range.
I guess a simple way of putting my question would be " Which folding knife would you be willing to hammer into a tree, stand on it,
maybe lightly bounce on it, with reasonable confidence that it won't break?"
I know I could do this with nearly all of my 4 inch and over fixed blades.
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I don't think I would every want to try that with a folder. This is a bit of a can of worms. A folder can never replace a fixed blade for strength.

That said, the axis lock is great for strength and the tri-ad lock is even better IMO. Is you Adamas the Auto version? I had an Adamas but found the handle a bit to big for the short blade length. I do love the 810 Contego.
 
The Spyderco Bug is the correct answer.

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I guess if you don't mind having a couple less fingers then you can ignore the fact that folding knives can and will fail. There's no current lock available that I'd be willing to trust my fingers on, though there are some pretty damn strong ones. Most all locks should be adequate and if you're using the knife to the point where it'll fail, you're not using it as its intended.
It ain't a crow bar.
 
Case Peanut.

Really though, probably the Cold Steel Pocket Bushman. Be careful when disengaging the lock though, I've heard of a few people nearly cutting their fingers off when doing so.
 
I would personally say a well built balisong, when open and secured with the latch, is the most similar folding knife to a fixed blade.
 
stonproject beat me to it, a well built bali is the closest thing I own. Open and latch secured, I'd trust a quality balisong over one of these gas station stick-tang POS FBs any day.

And I say "closest thing I own", meaning that I believe in no "folding equivalent" of a quality fixed blade.
 
No A/O or any folder for that matter is as strong as a fixed blade. A folder is already broken and just put back together with screws and rivets etc. I just got a beautiful beast of a little f.b in a R C Johnson 01 and W1 forged in san mai style. .25" spine and a very stout taper to the tip at a blade length of 3.5". Superbly sharp and carries very descreetly with the sheath on my belt and sticking in my back pocket. But good luck man. Gerber used to make a folder with a solid bolt that locked it up that might be the strongest with lateral pressure applied to it that I've tried. Drop point design. Wish I could remember the name of it but hell for stout folder, but not an a/o. keepem sharp
 
longbow said:
A folder is already broken and just put back together with screws and rivets etc.
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People often say that...but when Demko tested the Spyderco Tatanka and Cold Steel Voyager, the blades broke off before lock failure.
The blade on a fixed blade can also fail...

Any knife can fail.
Just pick one that will do whatever it is that you are looking to do with a knife. :)
 
It's not in the size you want, but I'd say a DPX Hest F would be pretty strong... a framelock folder with an actual lock screw should be pretty sturdy. My guess is you'd snap the knife at the pivot before you disengaged the lock from abuse.
 
If I were stuck with only a folder I would want my DPX gear T3. The Roto lock is one of the better mechanisms out there as far as " immobilizing " the lock bar. I'd say try any model with the Roto lock from DPX or Lion steel.
 
ev13wt said:
Guys. FFK.

Right?

:)
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Beat me to it.

Fixed blade strength in a folder.......proven lateral strength.......mumble, mumble, something......something....



I can voucher for the triad lock. The new 2015 offerings look even better with new steels!

It will be sharp....

Course I use slip joints most days.....whadda I know from lock strength!
 
stabman said:
People often say that...but when Demko tested the Spyderco Tatanka and Cold Steel Voyager, the blades broke off before lock failure.
The blade on a fixed blade can also fail...

Any knife can fail.
Just pick one that will do whatever it is that you are looking to do with a knife. :)
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Didn't they break right by the pivot? They both had much smaller tang pivot sections compared to the blade height.

Folding knives can break a pivot, break the blade at or near the pivot, break the stop pin, break the scales or break/bend the lock. So a really tough folder is going to need to have either a tall or thick pivot section as well as tough pins and locks running into metal or metal and composite scales.

I don't trust lockbacks because they can break towards opening when pressing down. I also have my doubts about the Compression Lock's single sided stop pin.
 
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