Recommendation? Overbuilt knives

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Grizzly88

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Hello everybody! I have been looking at some of the overbuilt knives out there and man do i want one, but they are too expensive for my budget. I was wondering if you guys can recommend some less expensive knives that has that overbuilt feel and look to it. Thick blades and scales on folderknives. I really liked the boker albatros but i cant find it anywhere.
 
Take a look at Artisan Cutlery. Some of them are a little big, but they have a nice solid feel, and seem to be well built. They are very well priced for what you get.
 
My budget is around 200$. I really like the stuff Medford does and the ZT 0300 BW is right up my alley.
 
ZT 350s come up on the exchange now and then. I don't see as many 300s tho.

The 566 is being discontinued and can be found for $130 most places.

In addition to the Cold Steel AD10, the Ultimate Hunter ~$120 or Recon ~$99 are also solid knives.
 
soc_monki said:
Cold steel ad10. Would be my pick.
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I was thinking of the same knife. A very stout folder, for sure. Realistically, nearly any Cold Steel that uses a tri-ad lock fits the term “overbuilt” since they have locks that have superior physical integrity to both the handles and blades, meaning you’ll break one of those before you get the lock to fail.
 
Comeuppance said:
I was thinking of the same knife. A very stout folder, for sure. Realistically, nearly any Cold Steel that uses a tri-ad lock fits the term “overbuilt” since they have locks that have superior physical integrity to both the handles and blades, meaning you’ll break one of those before you get the lock to fail.
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I watched a video by Andrew Demko, hanging 850 lbs off the handle of one of his ad10s. 850 lbs. And it still functioned fine. A little blade play, but he ran out of weight to hang! I know the cold steel isn't a demko custom, but if it can hold half that weight I have a feeling you'd never get it to fail in use unless you were extremely unlucky.

I thought my 0562 was a stout knife, and it is. But when I first handled my ad10 I knew that that was a strong knife. Not a had carry either, and very ergonomic.
 
Lots of overbuilt options out there. I lean more towards light knives myself, but I'll borrow links and photos from knifecenter and suggest a few boat anchors:

Buck/TOPS CSAR-T (8.6oz):



Benchmade Adamas (7.7oz):



Since you liked the Albatross, imagine it was a flipper and even heavier and you might have something like the Boker Impetus (7.5oz):



Hogue EX-02 Flipper (6.6.oz):



SOG Tomcat 3.0 (6.5oz):



Maserin 680 Police Flipper (6.3oz)



Cold Steel Immortal to scratch that pocket sword itch (5.9oz):



ZT 0350 BW (4.8oz):



And finally, let me add a third recommendation for the boat anchor I'd choose of the bunch, the CS AD-10 (6.8oz):

 
unwisefool said:
What about the AD15 from cold steel? Very sturdy with a unique lock.
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IMO, the AD10 feels more overbuilt, doesn't have a texture that will destroy your pants where the clip lands, and the handle is more comfortable as well. Both are solid options as far as being stout, though.
 
evilgreg said:
IMO, the AD10 feels more overbuilt, doesn't have a texture that will destroy your pants where the clip lands, and the handle is more comfortable as well. Both are solid options as far as being stout, though.
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Oh it's definitely more overbuilt, but I like the ad15 better because of the lock. Now admittedly I only have the custom version and not the cold steel one so no first hand experience.
 
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