One folder to last the next 40 years

Either the BM Griptilian or Adamas. If BM isn't your taste, the ZT line are tanks. Kwon also mentioned the Recon 1. If it is works for some SEALs, I can't see why it won't last 40+ years.
 
evanPGH said:


Hands down the best knife I have ever handled or owned.

The action of the flipper is so mechanical and intimate, like the feeling you get every time you change gears in your car.
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Very nice knife, which one is it,never seen it before.
 
rexromic said:
Very nice knife, which one is it,never seen it before.
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Thanks man!

It's a Les Voorhies Model 9 Flipper.

IKBS, titanium linerlock with brass and ti overlays, ti pocket clip and it's actually at the maker right now for some love. The old steel pivot screw had a spot of rust inside the torx hole so Les swapped it out with ti parts.
 
There is no folder that will actually last 40 years. The lock will wear out no matter what mechanism it uses. I can see the blade lasting that long for someone like me that doesn't use it that frequently. I would guess a sebenza or umnumzaan being able to withstand lock wear the longest but nowhere near 40 years. Maybe 15 to 20 years max with proper maintenance. A well made friction folder with a wide blade and nice safety choil would be my choice.
 
kawr said:
There is no folder that will actually last 40 years. The lock will wear out no matter what mechanism it uses. I can see the blade lasting that long for someone like me that doesn't use it that frequently. I would guess a sebenza or umnumzaan being able to withstand lock wear the longest but nowhere near 40 years. Maybe 15 to 20 years max with proper maintenance.
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ummm...ok.
 
Victorinox Electrician. Don't really need anything more than that in a pocket knife.
 
JPD1998 said:
Well I already have this one for about 30 years.



and this one for almost 40



They're not worn out so I guess either one would be all i need.
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kawr said:
There is no folder that will actually last 40 years. The lock will wear out no matter what mechanism it uses. I can see the blade lasting that long for someone like me that doesn't use it that frequently. I would guess a sebenza or umnumzaan being able to withstand lock wear the longest but nowhere near 40 years. Maybe 15 to 20 years max with proper maintenance. A well made friction folder with a wide blade and nice safety choil would be my choice.
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LOL...it pays to actually read the other posts sometimes. :D
 
My head votes for this one out of sheer utility. Sometimes what you need isn't a sharp edge; but when all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail... ;) The Pioneer can simply do more than my CRKs (which are fantastic, imo.)

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Victorinox Pioneer

My heart is torn between all the traditional folders I own. There is a certain pride & joy to carrying a quality classic pattern. Timeless, perhaps? As of now, my choice would be a tie between my Case/Tony Bose Coffin Jack (154CM steel and chestnut peachseed jigged bone covers) and my Great Eastern Cutlery Tidioute #68 Pony Jack in ebony wood...

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Case/Bose Coffin Jack

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GEC #68 Pony Jack

If the choice was restricted to modern one-handers only, I'd choose my small Sebenza 21 Insingo micarta hands down.

-Brett
 
kawr said:
There is no folder that will actually last 40 years. The lock will wear out no matter what mechanism it uses. I can see the blade lasting that long for someone like me that doesn't use it that frequently. I would guess a sebenza or umnumzaan being able to withstand lock wear the longest but nowhere near 40 years. Maybe 15 to 20 years max with proper maintenance. A well made friction folder with a wide blade and nice safety choil would be my choice.
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I have a spyderco police that now has more than 20 years of daily use. Nothing special. There are bucks that are 40 years old, and I guess one can find penknives that are 100 years old. With such long time blade usage is main concern.
 
kawr said:
There is no folder that will actually last 40 years. The lock will wear out no matter what mechanism it uses. I can see the blade lasting that long for someone like me that doesn't use it that frequently. I would guess a sebenza or umnumzaan being able to withstand lock wear the longest but nowhere near 40 years. Maybe 15 to 20 years max with proper maintenance. A well made friction folder with a wide blade and nice safety choil would be my choice.
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Except for all the traditional folders that have already lasted that long without problem. Kinda like the Buck 110 posted above. But other than that, you are totally right :rolleyes:
 
BM 710D2. It is well built, in my opinion a great design, really like the gentle recurve blade...the size is just right too...
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Or...of course...the 110
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kawr said:
There is no folder that will actually last 40 years. The lock will wear out no matter what mechanism it uses. I can see the blade lasting that long for someone like me that doesn't use it that frequently. I would guess a sebenza or umnumzaan being able to withstand lock wear the longest but nowhere near 40 years. Maybe 15 to 20 years max with proper maintenance. A well made friction folder with a wide blade and nice safety choil would be my choice.
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I don't agree. It really depends on starting with a quality-made knife, taking care of it, and knowing it's limitations. I have U.S.Schrade lockbacks that lock up with no play whatsoever in any direction, one of them built around 1979-80. I knew the previous owner, and I know this knife took a bit of abuse in it's time.

I've got slipjoints that are 70-80 years old, used hard & blades sharpened to less than a fifth of their original size, and while they don't lock, their backsprings are still strong and the joints are still tight.

As much as I love my knives, I'd get along fine with my old U.S. Schrade 51OT, LB-7, 7OT, or 6OT.

~Chris
 
I "generally" EDC 3 knives. I ALWAYS carry my Buck 309 "Companion". I bought the 309 in 1977, so that is only 36. I hope it is in my pocket when i die.

It is big enough for 99% of the things i have done. I have once dressed a deer, and almost all of the game smaller that i have bagged. It is small enough to carry anywhere, and you never know it is there. Holds an edge well, sharpens with relative ease. Had a female deputy asked "what are gonna do with a knife that small"? Another deputy responded "that is his pocket scalpel. regards Henry
 
I'm going to go with my SwissChamp.

I love my other knives, and I've no doubt I use them rarely enough that they'll easily last 40 years, but I can see the SwissChamp both lasting and being useful for that period and given the history I'm confident I'll still have company support then too.
 
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