Most overlooked folder?

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For me it is the Al Mar Shrike. No other $120 knife I have seen or owned has impressed me as much as the Shrike. It makes most of the $120 Benchmades and Spydercos look cheap. BM and Spyderco are two of my favorite companies and I own many more knives from them than Al Mar (only two).

Spyderco is #1 IMHO but BM is hanging around. If BM would make some flat ground blades for God's sake, they could be number one! Spydercos blades are much better designed than BM IMHO. The overall quality of BM esp the handles is better than Spyderco but I find myself buying only Spydercos and AL Mars right now and no new BMs lately.
 
EKA Swede 88. 12C27 blade and bubinga wood handles. Thin, scandi grind blade might as well a lockback razor. Got mine from Ragnar for $19. It's light in the pocket, light on the wallet but high in cutting power. Seldom mentioned but a great little knife.

Frank
 
I think I'll probably go with the S&W SWAT folders. My roomate's got one, it's tough as nails, and it's got the nicest, strongest, least-worn liner lock I've seen in a knife yet. I see CRKt M16s one after another that jam in there when you open them hard.

It's heavy and tip-up carry, which I hate, but it's a solid knife for the price.

_z
 
I think the aus8 model of the Cold Steel Ti-Lite is amazing. I've had one for 5 months now and love it. Slices like a laser, great edge retention, easy to sharpen. Blade is nice and strong. Most comfortable folder thats ever been in my pocket. Lock is incredible. I have no worries about continiously snapping it open as hard as possible. Got mine for $55 on ebay.
 
I'll go with the Eka folders, too. I have one they made with Wenger (called "Wood Hunter"), with nice wood scales, rock solid lock-up and great cutting power. I love it.
 
You guys are comming up with some good ones because I have never heard of most of them! :D

I have a S&W SWAT that fails the spin whack test everytime. Check your SWATs! Mine was the early model, CE, silver blade and handle with rubber inserts, it was the medium or small version (can't remember what they called it). Other than the spin whack test problem, it has never let me down. Poor to average steel but I still think it was a good buy at $27 about 5 years ago.
 
Yeah, the spine whack test fails on this one, too. But it does so on my CS Voyager which I've carried for 2 years. I've yet to have it come undone in regular use. But I'll let you know next time I try to drive nails with the back of the blade... :D

My point being it's not a realistic test IMO...Cliff might disagree, but I've yet to run into any problems.

His SWAT takes a lot of abuse, and he uses it for everything. Steel isn't any S30V, but it's solid, sharp, and hasn't snapped yet (to my surprise on many occasions)


_z
 
z537z said:
Yeah, the spine whack test fails on this one, too. But it does so on my CS Voyager which I've carried for 2 years. I've yet to have it come undone in regular use. But I'll let you know next time I try to drive nails with the back of the blade... :D

My point being it's not a realistic test IMO...Cliff might disagree, but I've yet to run into any problems.
_z
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Picking up my freshly cut fingers from the ground would definitely constitute a problem for me, but hey, we're all different. :D Your roomate sounds like the lucky one, as the S&W SWAT's blade (if it's as dull as mine was) probably wouldn't harm his fingers too much, but with that CS Voyager, watch out! :eek:

The following quotes are kind of a contradiction, wouldn't you say?:
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I think I'll probably go with the S&W SWAT folders. My roomate's got one, it's tough as nails, and it's got the nicest, strongest, least-worn liner lock I've seen in a knife yet.
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z537z said:
Yeah, the spine whack test fails on this one, too.
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Spyderco Calypso Jr. Especially for the price you can pick them up now. Light, fairly strong, good steel and a GREAT cutter. I just wish sales for this model were strong enough for Spyderco to make one out of premium materials, i.e. S-30V blade and a dual liner Micarta or G-10 handle. Simply one of Spyderco's best designs.
 
Kgriggs8,
Actually, Benchmade does have flat-ground blades on nearly all of their knives.

As for the most overlooked folder?
SOG seems to make some good folders, like the Tomcat, but you don't hear much about them.

Allen.
 
normally i would say the kabar folding hunter....dozier design....for $20.

but blademan is right....for about $32 shipped, you can get a caypso jr.

a great slicer for a phenomenal price!!
 
Overlooked? The spyderco ATR SS. Most people will usually recommend BMs at this price point, but I REALLY love that knife
 
GarageBoy said:
Overlooked? The spyderco ATR SS. Most people will usually recommend BMs at this price point, but I REALLY love that knife
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The most overlooked knife? The Spyderco Salsa.
 
I must say that BM makes one very flatground blade, the 530 Axis lock. It is a really rugged utility knife. I think their Redline framelock is also a flatgrind model, it's a good knife too but the handle feels funny in my hand.
 
AG Russell FeatherLite One-Hand knife hardly ever gets mentioned.

Some of the names listed above are new to me, and I'm going to look at pictures right now. Others listed above get mentioned around here quite a bit, so I wouldn't consider them "overlooked".

Best Wishes,
Bob
 
Another is the Spyderco Centofante III. It's been out for quite a while and only now have people experienced how good it is at slicing
 
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