toughest pocket knife ?

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fetland

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What is the the toughest three blade pocket knife out there ? I know a guy that is looking for a good tough knife , ranch hand and seems to break blades and replace knives far too often .
 
a victorinox soldier knife ought to have some prying in the flat screwdiver and scraping with the side of the awl. the farmer is the same but with a saw.
 
If it's the stockman type that he's interested in, I've had a Buck 310 for at least 20 years that's still doing a great job. I've reprofiled the edges and it's all scratched from the process, but it will no doubt have many more years of good use.
 
fetland said:
What is the the toughest three blade pocket knife out there ? I know a guy that is looking for a good tough knife , ranch hand and seems to break blades and replace knives far too often .
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It sounds like he's a knife abuser - he uses the blades for prying or turning screws. Get him a full sized multitool like a Leatherman Super Tool 200 or a Swiss Tool.
 
Suggest a LM Wave.

Easy to open the blade for simple cutting but has good strength for prying too (needle nose I mean) I used one as a pry bar to bust a padlock :)

+ the 25 year warranty...
 
LM Wave. 3-bladed slipjoints (or whatever they're called...(?)) are hardly ever 'strong'.
 
I'd be looking at a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife such as the Camper. You get two blades in a knife that is light and small enough to comfortably put in your pocket. It even has screwdrivers and such so you don't have to snap the tips off of the blades. The saw often comes in handy.

This model of the Vic Eco-line has nylon scales, making the scales even more impact resistant than your average Camper.
http://www.swiss-knife.com/asp/detail.asp?lan=EN&code=3.3613&shop=SK

A Leatherman Pulse is also a great idea. The Pulse only has one blade, but there's plenty of other locking tools to get jobs done. The file is quite handy. I find most other multitools to be far to bulky or heavy to toss into your pocket.

If somebody is constantly snapping the blades on their stockmans, they need to look at something other than stockmans, and more toward something better suited to the tasks at hand.
 
Leathermans, SAK, Stockmans, etc., are all very fragile in that regard and trivial to bend or break the main blades. The screwdrivers on the multitools are somewhat more robust, but the steel there is also soft. I would suggest trying out a very different type of knife, something like the Buck/Strider folder for all the hard work and a decent slim stockman for various precision cutting.

-Cliff
 
Good advice people and yes he is a knife abuser. There are guys around here that go though pocket knives and various pocket folding tools as if they owned the company ( they do invest heavily in the company) .
 
I would recommend the:
-Douk Douk
-Large Sodbuster
-Greco folders (if you can break this one, you are one strong fellow)
-Spyderco Wegner

Matt
 
Does he break the knife in two? Sounds like he could use the multitool, that would give him severl options. Does he have to have a folder? A fixed blade is stronger. Maybe he sould carry three fixed blades. What is it that he needs to do with a knife, but it breaks when he tries.
 
Victorinox Solder (or Farmer). The metal (aluminum?) handles are tougher than the plastic ones, and lend their strength to side-to-side strength of the blades. The flat screwdriver/bottleopener slip-locks into the half position, allowing you to torque-pry. Only around $20 too, so not a huge loss if he manages to break it.
 
I think thin bladed slipjoints are by nature fragile. The more blades it has (especially with those thin spacers) the less sturdy...

While we're all voting for strong folders, the CRKT m-16 series are pretty strong for the price.
 
I'm doing to do something really radical and actually suggest what fetland was looking for: the toughest three blade pocket knife out there. Obviously we're talking a heavy user here, no fancy pearl handled fingernail cleaner! :D With that in mind, I'd suggest looking for a Queen D2 stockman (about $40), a Buck 701, or Buck's stockman in the 300 series that had an awl/punch blade - it's no longer in production, but I bet you could find one on Ebay or somewhere out there in cyberspace.
Also, Case makes a bone-handled medium stockman (with clip, spey and punch blades) in carbon steel. Having that punch blade might keep your pal from breaking blades.

Meanwhile, this Kershaw two blader always struck me as being a rock of a working knife! Oh, damn, I went and broke the rules, suggesting one that doesn't have three blades!
:p
 
WHATS MY NAME!!
If he lives in an Auto friendly state try a Severtech. Nice for cutting your way out of a grain silo ot 55 gallon drum. A car trunk if you is from "Joisey". 4 of the six mechanics in the shop where I work have one...at least one!
 
What's wrong with the Schrade Old Timer Senior Stockman - I have had one for years and used it for everything inc. a screwdriver in a pinch I am not a knife abuser but mine has had plenty of work on the farm.
 
fetland said:
...yes he is a knife abuser...
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Why don't his knives just leave. Don't they know that in this day and age there are options for knives in their position? They don't have to put up with this sort of abuse. There are programs and people willing to help...it's 2004 for God's sake! This sort of thing shouldn't happen anymore.

OK, off soapbox now. It just gets me so angry to read about this sort of thing. I knew a knife that was abused as a kid...it was a sad story.

;)
 
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