Is there a perfect folder?

jackknife said:
Of course there is, I've had at least a dozen different folders that were absolutely perfect. But they were all different and at different times in my life when my life style had changed. It all depends on what stage of life you are in.

When I was a young troopie in my 20's and serving in the army, the perfect folder was different than in my 30's in the civilian world, where I was driving a mini van and being a budding soccer dad and Boy Scout dad. In my 40's the perfect folder changed again, the kids were older, more independent and life was a little less hectic. In my 50's it changed again, and in my 60's it was a bit different. My dad was right, it all depends on who you are, what you're doing, and where you're doing it. My perfect folder has went from a Buck 301 stockman teamed up with a medium SAK, to a Buck 303 stockman still teamed up with a SAK. to a Case peanut and smaller SAK, to a small SAK in my senior years. Things change. Needs change.
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That's actually a way more optimistic way of putting it than I was thinking... I've been laboring under the idea that it doesn't exist. My carry has certainly evolved a bit over time. I'd chalked it up to being a fickle fanatic, but once I find something that fits the bill it stays for a while.
 
Spyderco! (So many great designs)
-PM2 and M2 (my favorites)- I just love them.
-Endura VG10 orange handles for winter excursions- easy to see in fall brush or snow and the steel takes an amazing edge easily.
-Tenacious is a fantastic knife for chores that you wouldn’t want to treat another knife to. I hate that they are made in China- but they are a great design, and can seriously take a beating.

-Of course just about any SAK with great blades, great saw, great scissors, and great tweezers.
 
JAB said:
For close to 30 years now I’ve found that while I may occasionally flirt with something else I always end up coming back to one of these.

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I never thought I would buy one of these but I'm so tired of sifting through new productions looking for a rock solid "less is more" design and not finding it... that I've pretty much settled on saving up for a large sebenza and calling it done.
 
KenCaz said:
For me would have to say the 0452 in MagnaCut. I do have the S35VN CF Version but will be trading up soon... For about $300 with good build quality and classic shape make it one of the best all around...

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For me the smaller 0450 also hits the spot for perfection. I have 3 of them, but think I'll only keep 1, the first pictured here...Zero Tolerance ZT0450SE S35VN Reaper1.jpgZero Tolerance ZT0450 Paisley S35VN Reaper2.jpgZero Tolerance ZT0450 S35VN Reaver.jpg
 
Wild Willie said:
That's actually a way more optimistic way of putting it than I was thinking... I've been laboring under the idea that it doesn't exist. My carry has certainly evolved a bit over time. I'd chalked it up to being a fickle fanatic, but once I find something that fits the bill it stays for a while.
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No, you're not being a fickle fanatic, okay maybe a little, but it's that life changes as we age. Being a genuine old fart I can attest first hand that your needs and Desirees change as you get "older". By your 50's, you are no longer doing what you did in your 30's. I reached an age where I didn't really want to hump that backpack anymore up and down mountain trials on the A.T., or anywhere else. Traveling cross country, I really lost the desire to ride my motorcycle in any weather rain or cold. You reach an age where you know you won't be seeing real wilderness again, or having any fantasies about being the concrete commando. After a certain age, things get real, and see life in the light of day.

A new pragmatic thinking comes to the for, and you start taking a harder look at what you're doing, and what you need to do. And by retirement age, you look at things in general with a whole other outlook than say 20 years before. And it depends on who and what your mentors were. You reach a point that you realize "Hey, they were right all along, and such and such is all bull hockey."
 
My grandmother used to tell the story of me around 5 years old, sitting on the curb and rubbing the blade of a pocket knife against the concrete curb to sharpen it up, I don't recall it myself but I never doubted the story. That was 65 years ago and through those years I've owned and handled a good number of knives, some I've owned several times over but that's another story.

Right now this one is riding in my right front pocket and I rely on it daily, good blade size not too large or too small, thin enough to cut, solid lockup, fairly good steel of magnacut and the scales are machined with texture that provide a solid grip while using.

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and if I need a bit larger knife, a fixed blade isn't too far away

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