Rugged but nice, low priced folding knife...?

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Hi all, here's the deal: Both for employment and pleasure I work outside a great deal and often need a good knife dozens of times a day. Right now I use an Opinel no 6 carbon a great deal but I'm looking for something a little more heavy duty. Here's my problem.

I don't like using my knives, lol. When I spend money on something I just hate to see it get beat up (particularly something as close to my heart as knives :P )

So basically what I'm looking for is a nice, sturdy folding knife, preferably one handed opening, that is in the $20 range and that I WONT MIND BEATING UP. :P Dare I say, ugly?

Any ideas?? :)
 
RAT 1. hands down the most underated knife out there. kicks butt, takes a beating, but always comes back for more. i bet with minutes there will be some echoes of agreement on this one
 
^ +1

also the buck vantage select, spyderco tenacious, buck 110 (hopefully a used one since they seem to be $40+/- these days) or if your willing you can buy a knife send it to me, ill trash it and youll have no qualms about using it
 
good call guys, those recent tan/olive drab/orange rat 1's are pretty cool. As long as you are okay frequently re-sharpening the AUS8 steel it's a solid choice.
 
Buck vantage select
Spyderco tenacious
Kabar dozier folder
Byrd cara cara 2 G10

Have you thought about a small fixed blade?
 
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Going solely off your guidelines, I would go for a blemished kershaw needs work. from all i can see, it is just a sturdy little knife with a nice blade shape for general purposes, good steel, and an interesting handle. also, other kershaw blems would be great choices, especially the Junkyard dog II. blems are knives with scratches, chips in the coating, and other cosmetic things that make it so that could not be sold as new, but they are still very solid. there is no way that they are worth anything as a collectors item, and so they are easy to justify using. All but one of my knives falls into this category because I can't afford to collect knives, just to have some users.

here is a link: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/797530-Kershaw-Factory-Blem-amp-some-NIB
 
thegeek574 said:
Going solely off your guidelines, I would go for a blemished kershaw needs work. from all i can see, it is just a sturdy little knife with a nice blade shape for general purposes, good steel, and an interesting handle. also, other kershaw blems would be great choices, especially the Junkyard dog II. blems are knives with scratches, chips in the coating, and other cosmetic things that make it so that could not be sold as new, but they are still very solid. there is no way that they are worth anything as a collectors item, and so they are easy to justify using. All but one of my knives falls into this category because I can't afford to collect knives, just to have some users.
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Cool, where do you go for blems? The companies websites?
 
sorry about that. I edited my post as soon as i realized that i had forgotten the link. The seller is actually here on BF. I have bought from him and it was just wonderful.
 
brets-ftw said:
^ +1

also the buck vantage select, spyderco tenacious, buck 110 (hopefully a used one since they seem to be $40+/- these days) or if your willing you can buy a knife send it to me, ill trash it and youll have no qualms about using it
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Kershaw. You can get a myriad of awesome knives for under $40.
 
A great folder - the Buck 110 'Folding Hunter' is a bargain at $27 at WallyWorld. A sturdy lockback, it is not a one-hander - but what a knife.

Stainz
 
I am another happy customer of kershawguy. I had to look pretty hard at my junk yard dog to find the blemish and there is no way it will affect the performance of the blade.
 
Ontario rat 1 hands down. But its closer to 30 bucks. Boker plus are nice and some of the s&w are good for the low dollars, but for quality, tough, and close too your price range the rat1 beats them all, at least in my book anyways. Btw, I own a bunch of lower end kershaws byrds, spydercos, and bucks, they are nice, but not as tough as the rat1, imho.
 
If you want a good beater and a 'loser' - 'loser' defined as being a knife that you wouldn't mind if it got lost - then some of the Smith & Wesson models aren't bad. Some are ridiculous, but some of them are okay. I've had several that were made well, locked up tight, and held an edge for quite a while; all three cost less than $20. each.

~Chris
 
Ive had a needs work and it is one of my favorite designs. had a rat too and it is also great. kershaw does a lot of great designs for excellent prices (trying to convert sheepple into knife weilding humans i guess haha)
 
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