good heavy use or tactical folder knife, any suggestions

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I, looking at a good heavy use knife, maybe a cold steel Spartan, or recon 1.
criteria
- tough, sturdy, will last
- 80-90 dollars max, 100 if I really like it
- don't want it to look like a chunky peace of crap
- 4 1/2 to 5 inches
- plane or combo edge, just not fully serrated
 
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The Paradox isn't a heavy duty knife. What's your price range? In the same price range as the others you could get something like a Spyderco Manix 2 or Kershaw R.A.M., which have better steel, quality, and warranty. Very tough, too.
 
I don't have one but I'm willing to bet the titanium handle sypderco military is a beast.
 
The Entrek Strike Point is very plain, but is a beast of a knife.
 
Just A Short List:
Cold Steel American/Mini Lawman
Cold Steel AK-47/Mini AK-47
Kershaw Scamp - Great Knife, Will Withstand A Lot, And It's Around $20.
Spyderco Manix 2
Benchmade Griptilian or Mini Grip - Great Knives And Can Withstand A Lot.
Kershaw JYD II
Spyderco Sage - I Suggest The Sage II Because It's A Heavy Duty Titanium Frame Lock.
Spyderco Military
Spyderco Police
Spyderco Paramilitary 2
ZT 0200
ZT 0300 Series
ZT 0350
ZT 0400
ZT 0500
ZT 0551

And Many Many Others.
 
Zero Tolerance 350, great solid knife for $112 online. Or an Emerson if you want to spend a little more. Check out the wave feature. Wave=aweseome!!!
 
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allright guys sorry, kinda new at this, here are my criteria.
- tough, sturdy, will last
- 80-90 dollars max, 100 if I really like it
- don't want it to look like a chunky peace of crap
- 4 1/2 to 5 inches
- plane or combo edge, just not fully serrated

btw, I love the rajah 2, it's just a little to big. and what I meant by saying the paradox was just it's esthetic appeal.
 
The Buck CSAR-T and the ZT200 are what first came to my mind also the Cold Steel American Lawman is a very cool, tough, and affordable knife.
 
A friend of mine who recently threw a folder to a tree and it stood well to the abuse.

CRKT's Carson design Tanto and i'm hooked to get a spear point version. AUS-8 though.
 
If you can go to $100, the ZT 0200 is about as tough as you can get. The liners are very thick, as is the G-10 (which has a CNC'd pattern for better grip). The blade is 4mm thick, has a tough saber grind, and the steel isn't very prone to chipping. The pivot is a solid bolt instead of the standard male-female threaded screw assembly. Plus, if you ever break something on it, Kershaw/ZT will fix it for free, whereas Spyderco won't replace blades and Cold Steel won't do anything outside of warranty or past 1 year. There are a good number of tough knives out there, but ZT is really the company that focuses on toughness, and you won't find anything engineered better above or below that price point (assuming toughness is your focus). Spyderco is more focused on slicers, and with Cold Steel you're paying for advertising more than quality.
 
Another nod for the ZT0200.

If you want a real beast of a knife that will last you forever, for just around $120 (if you can afford $100, then what's another 20 bucks)... then that's the one you want.
 
when i said i could pay 80- 100, i didn't mean I just had a 100 bucks laying around. this is going to be my last serious knife buy for about a year or more. i'm only fourteen, and a 100 dollars doen't come easy. i'm thinking about getting a weekend job, so that should put some extra money in my pocket. I have about a 1,000 dollars saved up, but i cant bow it all on knives (wish i could).

by the way, the zero tolerance 0200 is an amazing knife, i just don't like it's esthetics. and if it's gonna be my last knife for a year or so, i wan't to like it alot. that's why i wan't it to be sturdy, because if it breaks on me it won't get replaced by anything near as good for a while. and even though i don't live outside or go camping twice a month, the time's i do go, i expect it to perform. do you know where i can ge a zero tolerance for cheaper, that's definitly going on the list.
 
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