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What is the stronget folding knife not larger than 10cm closed and for less than U$100?
I want a knife to carry on my keychain that can do any task: cut, carve, baton, pierce, chop, etc. I want to be able tothrow, hit and abuse the knife without worrying if it will break. I know no knife is made for this abuse, I'm just asking which one would be better in the case someone did it.
I got in my mind two options: cold steel mini lawman. They really abuse the knife on their video, it's lock seems to be one of the best and it's very sharp.
The other option is the enzo birk 75. It's blade looks very sharp with good edge retention, though i don't know if it's lock is as good as CS nor if it is very strong. Also it is a little more expensive, so for now I'm sticking with the mini lawman.
What you think?
 
The mini-Lawman is a very strong knife...so strong that I can barely open it. The spring is very strong.
 
ffp said:
Good to know that.



I know that, I said in my first post...
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Cold Steel Tri-Ad Lock would be your best bet, but a Mini Lawman is far from a "keychain knife".
The Enzo has a liner lock, which IMO is not as strong as a lockback.

I suppose you could always get a CS Recon XL and put it on a keychain?
 
DPX HEAT/F is tough little bastid though a bit out of your price range. Its only a 2.25" blade, so it will be legal just about everywhere. Pluses are the wave/bottle opener on the top of the very thick spine, a deep carry clip, titanium frame with G10 scale, and a glass breaker on the back. Save your pennies for one. $145ish.
 
DAVE_M said:
Cold Steel Tri-Ad Lock would be your best bet, but a Mini Lawman is far from a "keychain knife".
The Enzo has a liner lock, which IMO is not as strong as a lockback.

I suppose you could always get a CS Recon XL and put it on a keychain?
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Isn't the XL huge? I'm currently edcng a mni boker kalashnikov which is almost the same size as the mini lawman...
 
ffp said:
Isn't the XL huge? I'm currently edcng a mni boker kalashnikov which is almost the same size as the mini lawman...
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It was sarcasm. Most people don't even want to put a Spyderco Ladybug on a keychain, let alone a mini boker or a mini lawman.
 
I have a Strider PT, and it's a wonderful little knife! Blade's a little longer than the Mini Lawman, but the handle is shorter, so it carries slightly smaller.
 
Try out the Mini or Micro Recon, I prefer the Mini, legit G10 and fits the hand better
 
The Kershaw Cryo (I not II) is a very solidly built knife in a fairly compact size (2.75" blade) and isn't expensive at all ($30 or so). It's not really designed to be carried on a keychain, but it has a big lanyard hole so I don't see why you couldn't just remove the clip and carry it that way if you so desire.
 
The Spyderco Manbug may be down your alley; can be bought well within your price range.
sonnydaze
 
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