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To fold or not to fold....

DOC-CANADA said:
Only to those not skilled enough to use them. :rolleyes: :)

And zombie killer, we try to stay civil around here, even when we disagree with somebody. You've probably been on other forums where that isn't the case - here it is.

Please consider editing your post.

Thanks.

Doc
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sorry mate
 
Both.

I'd rather not be without either. I seldom am.

If I had only one, I wouldn't wish for the other.

"Better" is a dime-store mask for "I prefer."

Singer, not song. Run whatcha brung.
 
I was a folder guy, until I realized that an Izula in the back pocket feels fine in the right sheath. Now I cary at least a SAK, and some sort of thin profile knife in my back pocket sheath. I still can't resist the urge to put a large folder clipped to my pocket; I feel naked without it.

The fixed blade gets used 99% of the time, and the large folder is at this point dead weight. With the sheath I built, I can remove, use, and replace my knife from any position without looking, and it will always be quicker than any un-waved folder to deploy.
 
So let me understand. In the days of Yore, folks called fixed blades "sheath knives".

Then what did they call big sheath-based folders like the Buck 110 and the Schrade 125OT Mustang? :D
 
As has been said before on this thread, the right tool for the job. Pocket knives have their place, as do fixed blades. My main issue is sheeple friendliness. I know many people think "Screw it, I don't care what anyone thinks. I'll carry what I want." However, in the real world, it's not always that simple. Not freaking people out IS a factor in what is carried on a day to day basis. So I carry a small Buck, or Case, or SAK. In an effort to be prepared, I try to do as much as I can with my small slippie. It is the knife that will be on me all the time, no matter WHERE I go and no matter what else I am carrying. You never know when disaster or an emergency will find you, and what you have on you. I may not have my multitool on me, or my fixed blade. There may not be an ax near bye or a machete. So, I try to train myself to use my slippie for EVERYTHING, and kind've figure it out, you know? That way if anything WERE to happen, I know I could handle it. I KNOW a fixed blade can handle themselves. I just want to know my slippie can as well. I think that was Mr. Van's point as well. You may not have anything on you in a survival situation but what you have in your pockets, so you better know how to make that work.
 
I don't know how someone would function without a Leatherman wave in their pocket.
 
If someone would design and make a large carbon steel folder production knife I would buy it , I think Ontario made one many years ago. I still like fixed blades a lot large and small but a folder with the properties of 1095 would be neat and useful.
 
mkhop said:
If someone would design and make a large carbon steel folder production knife I would buy it , I think Ontario made one many years ago. I still like fixed blades a lot large and small but a folder with the properties of 1095 would be neat and useful.
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Queen mountain man, among others. Chris
 
There is something to be said about a folding knife being at the mercy of being held together with a small pin when that rare occasion of heavy use comes up .
 
Although I like sheath knives, I feel the trouble I could get into wouldn't be worth the trouble in town. I could carry my 38 and that would be O.K. with a permit, but add a sheath knife and I will spend some money that I shouldn't have had to on some kind of fine. I have my sheath and neck knives and they are O.K. out in the bush. I also carried a Buck 110 in the Marines till Gerber came out with one of those thin folders while I was on liberty. I do like the large folders with 2 blades, double the choices. More edges, more variables. I can open a folder with one hand, just drag it on your leg and pull the blade out. I don't have to have the studs or holes to assist the effort of opening the knife. I can keep my joints clean for the most part by being aware how I use the knife. I try not to over think the issue. Such as, if I was in a burning car and had to cut my leg off. Folders ar just fine for most tasks for me. If it's really bloody or fishy, I would prefer a fixed blade, but the folder would do. I have cleaned deer with a small stockman, it works but not ideal. Keep yourself out of trouble and have more money to buy knives. Carrying a fixed blade and getting into trouble over nothing might not allow you to get a CCW or affect a potential job when they do a background check. But, if I was walking through a park and a doberman jumped out of the bushes at me, give me a kukri. The police would probably only ask about the knife. Just kidding. Regards
 
When it comes right down to it it, I won't limit myself to one or the other. There are many strong folders that I would not hesitate to use as a fixed blade. I will continue to use both and be happy with either or both.
 
Different approach, similar results:

As I said above, I tend to not want folders to emulate fixed blades in an in the sticks situation. I do at other times but not then. The aspect I like about folders in the sticks is they increase my tool range. If I max out the useful aspects of a folder in that situation that are useful to me; sharp, small, very light, and very easy to manipulate it extends my comfortable working range. But then I always regard knives as part of a kit rather than in isolation.

On the other hand there's a professional stalker I can think of up in Scotland that uses his very solid Spyderco Chinook to work deer. That wouldn't be my choice for a bunch of reasons but it clearly works brilliantly for him. And he's one of the old tweeds that I strongly doubt is limited to alternatives either in terms of access or salary.

Bottom line for me – if it solves the problems I want it to solve its on wages.
 
For me, folders fall into different catagories. Single blade or multi-blade. I am currently moving from the single blade I carry in my front pocket to a small fixed blade. However, a SAK or MT represents a whole different animal, as it provides so many uses aside from a blade. I carry a XLT on my belt everday, and will continue to do so. My current goal is to replace my single blade folder with a three inch fixed (max legal length) and carry it with my XLT.
 
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