heavy duty folders for edc

[Sonnydaze]

....But it is heavy for its size .

Yes, aren't they? I dislike pocket bricks. Blades thicker than 0.150" or so have very little use other than heavy-duty. They generally do NOT slice well; they drag your pants down....try to slice a tomato with one of them.
For my daily "casual" carry, I prefer 1/8"-5/32" thick spines, with bevels about 30 degrees inclusive.
Remember that Sal (Spyderco CEO) personally designed the MILITARY with a 4" blade of 0.145" thick, and only 4.2 ounces. Soldiers and cops love 'em. That should tell you something...
My personal limit in any folder is five ounces...and that includes CRK's Zaan and large Sebbies so I'm all set.

 

[patrickthealmighty]

i often do a lot of prying with my knives

 

[Esav Benyamin]

Pocket bricks don't pry better unless they have reinforced pivots. Pry bars are cheap and safer to pry with.

 

[bored2deth]

Kabar mule.

 

[jackknife]

i often do a lot of prying with my knives

Why???

 

[patrickthealmighty]

looks great but im limited to 150 quid in the uk

 

[patrickthealmighty]

i open crates, dig out airgun pellets from wood and i would like to know it could do even more.

 

[patrickthealmighty]

nah materials are a bit naf

 

[patrickthealmighty]

but i dont want to carry yet another 3 ounces or so

 

[Insipid Moniker]

I'll second the Cold Steel Recon 1 Tanto or Ultimate Hunter if you're doing some prying. Both are more than tough enough, but still offer good cutting geometry.

 

[NeilB]

I'll second the ZT0550. I have one and it will slice a tomato. It will slice a really ripe tomato. It will slice the finger you're using to keep that ripe tomato from falling apart. Because it's stupid sharp. However, I basically pry apart watermelon rinds with it because the blade is very thick.

ZTs are nice, if you don't mind spending the money. If that kind of money for a knife offends you in the same way someone using their folder to pry offends you, get something else. Life is short enough that I'd rather not listen to someone else preach about how I made the "wrong" decision and am now damned to knife hell

It's only a knife.

 

[Gizler00]

DPX HEST/f 2.0, strider SNG or SMF, Zt 0551, Zt 0300

 

[sideways]

I have been considering a zt0350ts for a while what do you guys think about this and other tank knives

I think knives should cut things... Their ability to survive being run over by a tank is an irrelevant performance metric.

 

[augostos]

Ontario Utilitac II

 

[patrickthealmighty]

just seen the 0200 totally sold and not much more than the 350, blade steel is still great, fine for my needs

 

[patrickthealmighty]

how about the 0200 probably going for that instead

 

[patrickthealmighty]

aus 8 hell no

 

[NeilB]

Lot of blade on the 0200. I find that the 154CM sharpens up incredibly well. It's obviously not a slicer like a Spyderco Chaparral, but it's stout. It's a liner lock, though. Some people prefer a frame lock.

 

[patrickthealmighty]

it may be a liner lock but its bloody thick

 

[afishhunter]

my EDC heavy duty knife is a Rough Rider large sunfish. My job requires any knife I use to "not look like a weapon" which eliminates all modern tactical knives.