High Quality Folding Bushcraft Knives?

I really appreciate the input that everyone has provided. I've been out of the knife game for a while and there have been a handful of folding knives mentioned that I've never heard of. Great stuff! The reason I mentioned "CRK-quality-ish" is that I like a Ti folder with a real frame lock. I assumed that something like that would cost ~$500.

How much a knife costs isn't what motivates me, however, I do want something that performs well and is solid.

Please keep the suggestions coming folks. I'm Googling every model that's mentioned and am learning a lot.
 
Shorttime said:
Daniel Koster's folding bushcraft knives are Scandinavian grind. His last run was in late '22. Seems like the last couple batches of these have needed a "Kick" to "start(er)" them, on another website.

Seems like production companies don't believe we're ready for convex bevels, even though CNC would make it dead easy to do. An outfit called Trivisa makes a couple they say are convex bevel, but none of them match the shape we're used to for a bushcraft knife.

Real Steel makes a Scandi folder, they call it the Pathfinder. Scandi grind, crossbar lock, micarta scales, three color options.

If convex bevels are what make or break it for you, your options right now seem to be either buy one that's good otherwise and try to reshape the bevels yourself, or put the money into a bespoke folder.
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I looked at the Trivisa folders. Are they a "to zero" grind, or are they a typical secondary bevel knife that has the opposite of a hollow grind? It's hard to tell from the photos and literature.
 
A Demko AD20S would do the job. Not many folders I would be comfortable hammering on, but that knife is built like a tank. You're not gonna get a scandi on it, but if you can get one of the slicers, the geometry would work. Finding one is the hard part. I have seen a few pop up on the boards recently though.


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jacobconroy75 said:
I looked at the Trivisa folders. Are they a "to zero" grind, or are they a typical secondary bevel knife that has the opposite of a hollow grind? It's hard to tell from the photos and literature.
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The more conventional drop-point with the two-tone handle, and the funky wharncliffe-style with the wood handle both look to have secondary bevels, though they seem smaller than most other knives'. I think there's a good chance you could sharpen it out and have yourself a convex zero. Not sure about the rest of the package: both are pretty far from what we're used to for the shape of a "bushie" knife.
 
rlewpolar said:
A cheaper but seemingly very capable bushcraft folder would be the Cold Steel Finn Wolf. Zero ground Scandi edge, Triad lock. If I was going to baton with a folder, the only folder I’d ever try that with would have a Triad lock.

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Dude, that looks like a perfect little camp/hike/bush folder. That's impressive that they put a real zero ground scandi edge on it, plus the Triad lock for the price.
 
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