SOLID Folders that feel and perform the most like a fixed blade.

Shotgun said:
Maybe you guys didn't understand the question? If all you have is a sak classic then that would be the folder you owned most like a fixed blade...
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"None" is a perfectly legitimate answer to the OP. I did actually read the original question. Even thought about it some before I responded. I have a bunch of folders and fixed blades, every one of them used by me to some extent. None of my folders feels like a fixed blade to me in use. Not one.
 
yexactly said:
Which if your folders feel and perform the most like a fixed blade?

Mine is the Spyderco Sage 4 that features a back lock.. when it locks up it makes a loud snapping noise.. The base of the blade is 0.2 inches thick and fits flush against the titanium handle.. and snaps in 0.5 inches deep to the handle ZERO blade play and the weight of the knife (vs the other Sages) make it feel as solid as a fixed blade to me when cutting.
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NO. Just no. ;):thumbup::D
 
I've used my Cold Steel Rajah 2 for some things that broke a couple of cheap fixed blades from back in the day when I bought cheap crap (teenagers! :D).

So should the original post ask what folder feels most like a quality fixed blade?
Because most of my folders beat the hell out of cheap crap you get for $10 at a gun show. ;)
 
Any high quality balisong. The breeden bali by mil-tac probably being the most robust.
 
Yes. Wait, wtf was the question?... Oh yeah, uh, none. :yawn: That seems to be the safe answer.

While none of my folders feel like fixed blades, the Spyderco K2 would be answer #2. It's huge; the lockbar sticks, sitting completely under the tang, but doesn't touch the presentation side. It's annoying to open at first, but after a while, I felt that the K2's eccentric design made strengths out of tendencies I see as flaws with other knives. Definitely the most solid feeling folder I've used. Not fixed-blade solid, but solid. The Adamas, the Contego, the 0560/61, the Manix 2 XL -- all of them seem pretty tough.

PURPLEDC said:
Any high quality balisong. The breeden bali by mil-tac probably being the most robust.
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:thumbup: I wasn't think of Balisongs as folders, but they certainly do fold, can't argue with that :p. You've got two thick pivots, and it's virtually impossible for the 'lock'/latch or handle to fail. There's plenty of fun ways to hurt yourself with a bali, but a good bali should hold up well. The only Bali I learned on was a BM Model 52, which isn't a great knife for hard-use. But I've seen plenty that are big solid knives -- the Alpha beast, and especially some of heavy-duty monsters by 29 Knives.
 
Spyderco Pacific Salt. Have put it through everything. It is tough as nails.

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Those teeth will cut like a chainsaw, cutting and ripping everything...and this lock ain't gonna fail. Rock solid. Tough. Reliable, so don't be scared my little friend!

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Cobalt said:
Wow, it basically turns into a fixed blade. I say this is the winner.
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Well we just had a long conversation about that. The consensus was that a single-blade knife cannot be both a real folder and a real fixed-blade. Still, I'd say the RAO is about as close as a folder can come to emulating a fixed-blade without actually being one. You can check out the conversation here if you're interested:

www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1307784

PS: Take a look at FortyTwoBlades telling description of the difference between a fixed-blade and folder in post #171. I've reproduced it below for reference:

"If the blade is able to change its spacial relationship to the handle at any stage of its use, carry, or other operation then the knife is no longer a fixed blade. So regardless of what you choose to call such knives, they are patently not fixed blades. A removable bolt is no different from any other locking mechanism. When a frame lock is engaged the knife blade is fixed in position...but that does not make it a fixed blade because it both can, and is intended to, fold. In that act it breaks the fixed spacial relationship with the handle (user interface) causing it to no longer classify as a fixed blade. The bolt is nothing more than a unintegral locking mechanism."
 
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bld522 said:
Well we just had a long conversation about that. The consensus was that a single-blade knife cannot be both a real folder and a real fixed-blade.
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Actually, the consensus was that we liked turtles. ;)
 
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