True (real) Working Folder.

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Bill McWilliams

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Guys....
The only folder I've really put through hell is my REKAT Pioneer 1 with the stone-washed drop point blade. It has done everything.Been washed out in a creek, neglected, forgotten, sharpened for a better day, and just used without discrimination.
I also love the Carnivore, but the old Pioneer is all steel and tough as a tank.
Just love that knife. I have some that are far more elegant, but the Pioneer is my "knife"
Bill
 
Bill-
my "real" working folder, the one I've put through the most hell, is the Gerber Gator. It's been on my side through many years of construction work, stripped thousands of yards of insulation off 500mcm copper wire (read=extra knife money!), been put up wet, and used as everything from a knife to a prybar. Still going strong, and after a Flitz polishing session and a trip to the Sharpmaker, it's looking good and begging for more.
Cost me $25 about 8 years ago.
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The Sebenza has to take this trophy, unless you consider cost. In which case, the Buck 110 has to win out, unless you consider weight, girth and lack of clip/one handed opening.

Though I am not Benchmade's biggest fan, the 750 Pinnacle (Sebenza knock-off) or AFCK, especially in M2 has to be considered, along with offereings by Spyderco, CRK&T, etc. Just depends on where (if at all) you place purchase price in the mix.
 
Real and really working folders -- Spyderco Endura and Military. Been through adverse conditions with me and back!
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Sam

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have spydies
will travel...
 
Spyderco native. It's cut everything I've thrown at it and is ready for more. Fits my hand and looks good too.

Paul
 
Two tough bastids...my BM 350 and my REKAT PIONEER II in tanto with black coating.

Both knives NVR cease to amaze me!

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What we do today in life...echoes in eternity...
Every man dies...not every man lives...
 

BM Striker.
or A knife that I've been putting through heck recently has been the KA BAR D2 Xtreme folder; and it's holding up like a palm tree in a hurricane.

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Formerly known as "EdRozen"
 
An old Gerber Bolt Action.

It has hacked, sliced, skinned, gutted, perforated, trimmed and sharpened anything you can think of, and still goes through rope like Godzilla through downtown Tokyo.

And all this with NO CLIP! How IS that possible?
 
Spyderco Delica. Four years abused. The lockup is tighter than my six month not too abused BM's.
 
The Benchmade 705S Mini-Axis has been clipped in my back pocket and used daily since May 1999. That's not that long in the grand scheme, but it's the longest I've carried, used, and loved one knife.

Professor.
 
my little opinel. I pound on it, all the time.I suppose pound is a relative term, but during my tenure as ann organic farm employee, it did every single chore i asked of it,from feed bags to water lines to basic tractor maintenance, without qualms for the many deep scratches on the pearwood, or the pearwood handle, that i would have had on something much more expensive. I must admit, though, I love to use the Delica on the less messy chores
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Bill - yes yes yes! Pioneer 1 drop point - "tank" is the perfect word, the thing is indestructible, feels good in the hand, locks up like a bank vault, stays sharp, and is ugly enough that I never worry about blemishes. I drilled a few holes in the liners to reduce weight a bit, and it makes me sad in a way, because my "user" pocket-knife niche is really permanently occupied with this baby, which will easily outlive me. Talk about dependable! BUT - admittedly a little bulky for daily suit carry, for that I have my daintier (and much prettier) Calypso Jr.

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The beatings will continue until morale improves.
 
Well Bill, out of all the knives I own I still take the Boye Zytel folder to work every day. It's light, flat, holds an edge, and you gotta love that flat grind. Gotta admit the Zytel handle can flex a little too much, especially when stripping 500 mcm THHN(ptpalpha, I find a utility knife with replacable razor blades tough to beat).
Mike K.
 
My Spyderco large Wegner would be my first choice now, but the knife that I have carried the most and used the most (two or three years, every day) is my old AFCK.


Mike
 
Old model fully serrated Endura. 10 years old, clip broken off and plastic stump ground flat, but the thing still locks up tight after 10 years of flicking and thumbing open. It's basically my kitchen piece at the moment. Cuts meat, bagels, cheese, opens packages, spreads butter, gets left covered in crap and then just rinsed off and left to dry. Still looks new except for the missing clip. Brilliant. I have no excuse for not buying a newer plain-edge model, but there are just so many other blades to get... :)

Everyone should have an Endura/Delica or three regardless of what else the own or carry!
 
My spydercos all have been used and abused, and keep working like new even if they don't look new anymore. They are tough especially my delica and edura here are just a few of the things they have survived, I have hacked through a 2x4 with my endura, cut copper pipe with my serrated delica, dropped my delica 3 stories onto a concrete floor, had my endura run over by a bobcat with metal tracks on its tires, I lost my endura for about two days, and as we were pouring concrete, I saw it on the ground just as the truck dumped out a big pile on top of it, I fished it out, hosed it off, and put it back in my pocket. For two relativly cheap knives, they are a hell of a value. I would doubt it if some of my more expensive folders would survive some of the things I have done to those two. After two hard years of abuse, the only noticeble damage is a a slightly chipped tip on my endura, and a few scratches on the handle from where the bobcat got it.


Kyle
 
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