Quality folder suggestions?

[Yester5]

Add $50.00 bucks and buy a Strider AR. It eats all the other folders for lunch Seriously, I just got one and it is the most overbuilt, bad ass knife I have ever used. A serious tool.

 

[Chris "Anagarika"]

Try this comparison of three most popular knives to learn from ..
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=241702

710 vs sebenza: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=189119

and specifically the military:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=264955

and good luck.

My own knife: CRKT Point Guard with low hardness AUS6A blade is good in prying ... won't snap that easily .. but with more often sharpening need when used often ..

 

[Trout Tamer]

Well, I recommend you get a Greco folder - if he still has any. I have a Falcon and Whisper folder, and they are ferociously stout. The handle is a black-coated steel and the blade is 8670, which is used in industrial applications as a steel cutter and in sawmill blades. Mine holds an edge well and has the best pivot system I've yet come across in a folder. These knives are amazingly simple - part of the handle becomes the lock - but they are extremely stout. And, for an additional $9, you can get a repair kit that comes with all of the knife's parts, save a new blade and handle. You can basically rebuild the knife completely. I don't know what John has got left, but you can see his stuff here:
http://www.grecoknives.com
John is a great guy to work with and his knives, at least for me, have been wonderful. One caveat - the folders are on the "ugly" side but, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the hand of the knife user!

 

[dennis75]

if you really want either clip or tanto and nothing else, then you might want to check out the folder line-up of MOD (masters of defense). the 875-series is particularly nice. other recommendable brands would be Benchmade and several others

if you can wave the blade-point design preference then get an AMK Sere 2000, no competition for its price whatsoever.

other sugg's would be a TOPS CQT 711/747 or a (Buck-)Strider, but those knives would probably not fit your 'not too heavy' criterium

 

[DJ _Wolf]

I like the Sebenza, the 710, and the 722......

If you want to pry, get an Atwood Prybaby, or a Pocketwrench II.....

A search on the forums will yeild a lot of info on either..

I carry a Pocketwrench II myself.....5 bucks to save my folder? You bet!

 

[godot]

For prying you might want to check out these knives
http://www.grahamknives.com/
They look as though they could pry anything.

 

[cds1]

I reserve my $5 "Made in China" special for tasks such as prying, unscrewing, etc.