This warehouse monkey wants a folder!

steve-in-kville

steve-in-kville

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Looking for a traditional folder, just need one blade to open boxes and such. Price range of about $50. Bonus points if it has a sheath but can be pocket carried. This will be a worker, not a safe queen. Kinda like a Christmas present to me.

I welcome your suggestions.
 
Opening boxes sounds like you need (?) something with a sheepfoot blade. I would suggest a CASE Medium Stockman for that kind of task. Just a great knife and can be easily pocket carried. But you can also get a sheath for the knife (or build yourself a sheath for it). I think it should be in your price range as well.
 
Sounds like a Buck locking folder of some nature would meet the requirements, if you just want a single-blade knife.
 
Good idea Andi Another possibility within the price range is a CASE Slimline Trapper single blade in carbon or stainless, fine long blade but it doesn't weigh much in the pocket at all, you wont need a sheath and fiddling about with one at work could get annoying.
 
Keep in mind you can always buy a belt sheath separately, either specifically made for your model knife or a generic one for the size.

Questions to answer are:

Do you need/want/prefer a locking blade?

Are you open to two or more blades, or really set on a single blade?

Stainless or carbon steel, or no preference?

From a sharpening perspective, do you prefer something that is easy to sharpen but that you may have to sharpen more often, or something that is harder to sharpen but you don't have to do it so much?

Size-wise, do you want something large enough where belt carry is pretty much mandatory, or something that is still pocketable?
 
For warehouse work I would recommend a buck 110 for a locking knife or a Case full size sodbuster for a slipjoint. There are smaller versions of both of those knives if the big versions are too large. Both of those knives are tried and true, and cheap and easy to find. The stainless steel in both those knives (420 HC for the buck and case tru sharp) is easy to sharpen and takes a nice sharp edge. However, I would recommend the cv blade that is an option on the sodbuster. It takes a wicked edge and it really easy to keep in tune.
 
I don't need anything too long, and I would be open to a two-bladed knife. The Case canoe's look enticing (blade at both ends). Just need to open boxes and such tasks. Not dressing out a deer!
 
I'd go for a Case Mini Trapper with wharncliffe (the spey blade is useful in its own right, but the wharncliffe's straight edge will be handier when it comes to boxes). It carries bigger than its 3.5" length, and comes in (at recent check) at just $3 over your stated price range.

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~ P.
 
As others said, pretty much any single bladed slipjoint should work but this is a recommendation thread so I can't pass an opportunity to put my own two cents on the table :D
A single bladed straight edge is what I would look for. Wharncliffe or sheepsfoot.
Maybe in your price range you can find one of those single bladed sheepsfoot GEC 47 hayn' helper in O1.

Fausto
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Pretty much any traditional knife can cut open boxes and other typical work, so it's hard to narrow it down for you.

Buck 302 Solitaire would be a good sturdy workhorse, with synthetic black handles at about half your budget. Any of the Case Sod Buster patterns, full sized or the smaller Sod Buster Jr. You can go anywhere from around $20 up to close to your budget, depending on choice of handle material.

If you prefer D2 steel, a Queen Country Cousin is a similar knife within your budget.

If you would want a one-hand opening option, the Case Russlock would actually be a good knife for that. It has a versatile and sturdy clip blade and a liner lock. Once you get used to it, you can open and close it about as fast as any other one-hand knife.

The Case Mini Copperlock is another good choice if a lockback is acceptable.
 
How about an Opinel? They are very durable, cut like a laser, you can pick your size and they are very affordable. Avaliable in carbon or stainless,use it hard, replace as needed.

Jim
 
I like stockmans, Sheepsfoot is great for opening boxes, the clip is for your apple . if you don't eat apples , you will now. The Spey is for opening your mail or sharpening a pencil if the Sheepsfoot gets dull. I like gec 66,68,81
 
For comparison of sizes: A Buck 110, a Case Sod Buster Jr, and a Case Mini Copperlock.



 
Cardboard and that string reinforced tape that is so commonly used calls for a robust blade. Something with carbides so that the blade keeps cutting after the razor edge is gone.

A Queen Country Cousin has a goodly point and D2 blade steel. Those are well within your price point.
 
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