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You want a cheap folding knife that has a better lock than a liner or back lock, so...
Get an Opinel! It's a RING lock.

Chris
 
giorgakis2 said:
liner lock or back lock are some ... unrespectable.
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What the... a liner lock and back lock are just fine. Clearly you have some bad ones because every one I have had was excellent (but of course when I liked super cheap knives I did fixed blades). If you get something from a reputable maker, so long as it isn't a defect, the liner or back lock should be just fine. I have had at least 20 of each and haven't had a single failure yet.
 
giorgakis2 said:
liner lock or back lock are some ... unrespectable.
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Umm, what? Liner locks and even moreso lockbacks from respectable companies(like Kershaw, and Byrd which is just a division of Spyderco) are perfectly fine unless you're doing something incredibly stupid with your knife.

Still, if those aren't good enough(and I repeat, if they're not good enough, it's because YOU are doing something you shouldn't be), Opinels are cheap and have a ring lock(don't think any other knife uses it), and Enlan has a couple knives with a version of Benchmade's axis-lock.
 
A quality made knife with a liner lock or back lock will not fail on you unless you are doing something extremely stupid with it. If you are still dead set on something stronger buy a fixed blade.
 
The truth is that I have use knifes sometimes for heavy works....for example i have try to cut PVC, to make holes in hard objects, and yesterday to open a locked wooden box. But I steel use cheap knifes 5-10 euros.

A friend suggest me the BUCK BANTAM or BUCKLITE for good locks.
 
Opinel, Buck, Cold Steel, Kershaw and Spyderco have some great folders under $30. :thumbup: if you're looking for the strongest lock, get a Cold Steel Pocket Bushman. You can get them for $25 and the only way to make the knife fail is to break the blade or shear off the pivot pin. It's a total beast.
 
giorgakis2 said:
The truth is that I have use knifes sometimes for heavy works....for example i have try to cut PVC, to make holes in hard objects, and yesterday to open a locked wooden box. But I steel use cheap knifes 5-10 euros.

A friend suggest me the BUCK BANTAM or BUCKLITE for good locks.
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Welcome.

So you want a cheap knife that is also a drill and a pry bar? That is asking too much. A cheap knife is cheap....one is lucky if it can cut anything without falling apart.

I will also suggest an Opinel, plus a small pry bar.
 
If you really want a small inexpensive knife with a secure lock, try the Cold Steel Tuff Lite. If you want the best locking system ever invented on an inexpensive knife, get an EnZo Necker -- flat grind or scandi -- a sharp small fixed blade.
 
giorgakis2 said:
What you prefer for a cheap folding knife?
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Just go to one of your local corner gas stations. You'll find plenty there! Even automatics. ;-)

JK

I'm not going to make a recommendation here because the cheapest knife I have costed around $100.00. Probably not cheap to you though.

I do have several of the aforementioned El Cheapo Chinese autos though, but do not use them. Just have them for the novelty. Afraid the blade would go sailing across the room one day in the near future when the firing button is activated.:eek:
 
My suggestion, get a Svord Peasant... The lock is the most reliable ever : it's your hand. The knife is very well designed in this aspect : the (locking) lever behind the blade is one of the longest I've ever seen in this Piemont lock type of folder. The steel is great (L6) and you can customize the product to your liking (wood handle). Considering "fit and finish", the thing is quite overpriced but it grew on me. Maybe it can do it to you ...
 
if you're looking for the strongest lock, get a Cold Steel Pocket Bushman. You can get them for $25 and the only way to make the knife fail is to break the blade or shear off the pivot pin. It's a total beast.
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I read that the locking mechanism smash very easy and a guy loose a tenont when the blade just closed. Many love them some others saying that is not good.
 
I also like the CS pocket bushman for a cheap knife, they get the job done and I don't mind if I lose it or something. I've also had smith a Wessons for a cheap folder to just beat on. I refuse to spend a lot on something that I cld drop while rock climbing or lose or something like that. I do have nicer folders I carry daily when I'm just out and about, but when I'm out in the woods or something and worried I might lose the knife. Or i want something I don't mind beating until it breaks, those two have always held up pretty good and if it ends up going missing I just say oh well and buy another and I'm not really upset about it. As long as it cuts and does what I need it to, I'd buy a 5$ knife and I'm sure I'd be fine with that. As long as it has a sharp blade I can make it work.
 
I like a BUCK bantman bbw strong blade with good lock with a low price. what you say?

I dont try the bushman just i read some good and some bad. Good blade but cheap materials and strong but unreliable lock. The lock still work with 250 lbrs (by the company) but smash with the hand?

Nice and the bucklite but has bladeplay and is thicker.
 
giorgakis2 said:
I read that the locking mechanism smash very easy and a guy loose a tenont when the blade just closed. Many love them some others saying that is not good.
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There was a flaw in the first production run. The error has been fixed a very long time ago. The Pocket Bushman is the closest thing to a fixed blade.
 
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