Ultimate production woods folder?

My GEC #23 Pioneer is robust enough, but I prefer a multitool paired with a fixed blade.

A Vic Outrider would be a good one too.
 
Benchmade Griptilian. It is my EDC and just keeps working. Tough, light, not too expensive, many carry options and it cuts things! I love the lock-- bar none the best one-handed opener/closer with no spring assist. Completely ambidextrous too.

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Personally, I like my folder to do more than my fixed blade can do, so I opted for the Victorinox (German issue military folder) Trekker. The additional tools on the SAK make it an excellent partner to my fixed blade and in fact, it is usually my *go to* blade for most chores.:thumbup:
 
As many have already said, it is tough to beat a SAK for the woods. I like just about any model with a saw for woods use (and EDC). My favorites are the Farmer and the Rucksack.

However, I always have a locking folder with me as well just because it is part of my daily carry gear. I have owned who knows how many folders in the past and the one that I keep coming back to is the Spyderco Endura, especially the waved model. The steel is excellent VG-10 which is probably one of the 3 or 4 stainless steels that I actually like. It sharpens easily in the field and holds a working edge for a reasonable amount of time. It has the proven lockback - no break prone springs, no fancy stuff, it just works. The thumb hole is easy to use with or without gloves (which is an oft overlooked quality that a folder for the woods might need). The wave feature is ingenious - props to Ernest Emerson - even if one arm is disabled or busy with other tasks. The plastic handle feels "warm" in the cold weather and the nested full steel liners really add strength.

I have always looked at the Endura as a modern version of the beloved Buck 110 and the waved models are just the next step in that evolution. I can't bring myself to carry anything else. It is one of those knives where magic really happens and it ends up being more than the sum of its parts.
 
I had Tom Krein regrind a Spyderco Native C41PBK to a full convex with a convex micro bevel. It is currently out on a passaround, but it has been excellent as a companion to my fixed blades for woods use! I typically have multiple knives on me so any of those would help in the woods.
 
I'm going to be different here and say, a Case traper, I have a nice 2 blade job that works for me when I can't carry a fixed blade.
 
Nothing beats a SAK or Leatherman when it comes to folders for the outdoors. I'd take my Trekker, Farmer or Locksmith before any of my Spydercos, as much as I love those for EDC use.

If I'm suggesting one handed single blade knives, I'd go for something light. I'd take a Spyderco Pacific Salt in either PE or SE. I feel SE is a good back up to my PE multitools and fixed blades, but PE can be useful too.

I like my Spyderco Military a lot, especially with the CPMD2 blade steel and reprofiled edge. Carves exceptionally. I just feel the H1 knives are super low maintenance and super low weight, and something like a Buck 110, Spyderco Manix or Zero Tolerance doesn't offer me any advantages, just heavier pants.
 
Most production knives are good, but for a small folder to accompany a larger camp knife, I like my BM 707, pretty much the same as a BM mini Grip, but with aluminum scales.

Thin blade is great, slicer and good whittler, small and light.
 
Prior to my Vic Red Alox Farmer, I carried a Vic GAK Trekker. Prior to the GAK, I carried a standard Vic Trekker. I have carried a SAK of some sort as a woods folder since I was a kid. If SAKs had been around when Nessmuk was coming up with his woods folder I am betting he'd of used one instead of a 2-bladed muskrat.
 
I agree that nothing will be a SAK or a Vic multitool while out in the bush. However, if I had to have a folding knife, a Buck 110 would definitely be the one I took. Just have to many years with one to not trust them.
 
As mentioned , a mutli-tool can come in handly in a variety of situations while camping , hiking , hunting.

Personally I would pack my leatherman and if I chose a folder over a fixed it would probably be my Outdoor Edge Magna or my Kershaw Groove or Enrg.

You have to think of what needs you want from your woods folder. Strength of course , I would prefer a drop point... something easy to clean and maintain.

My Buck 110 would also be a great choice , some may say it is too heavy but I'm not a light packer.

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I'd have to say my Ritter grip. Is my EDC for woods and city. Hands down my favorite production folder.
 
Well...I wouldn't replace my fixed blade with it given a choice but I am really liking the Vic. Swiss Army Soldier Knife I got recently. So far it covers all the bases I need covered by a folding knife in the field.
 
I carried a Buck 110 mid-70s thru the early eighties. Then I bought a Kershaw 1050 Folding Field. I own, and use, dozens of folders, but I have never had one that is as tough as the 1050. Check on out, it is a tank.
 
I, too, like my folder to be versitle, I carry the Victorinox Forrester, along with various fixed blades.

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With the exception that I often have a back up clipped to my back pack, the Cold Steel Pocket Bushman. in case I need a beater.

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I, too, like my folder to be versitle, I carry the Victorinox Forrester, along with various fixed blades.

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Hmmm...the forester looks almost identical to the soldier knife in handle shape...I wish I could get one of the soldier knives with the cork screw instead of the Philips screw driver for those little "romantic picnics" my wife and I have sneaking a bottle of wine down on the river bank just outside the glow of the streetlights down town. I've never tried one of their cork screws, do they work well or am I better off just doing as I always do and pack along my own trusty corkscrew?
 
I've never had a problem with this corkscrew, I used it New Years Eve at my sisters. One of her friends showed up with a bottle of wine and my sister couldn't locate her corkscrew.

I prefer it to the phillips too, the can opener/small screwdriver works fine on a phillips screw.
 
Wasn't aware of the Forester. That looks like a perfect tool selection. Me and my girl enjoy some breitenbach from time to time :)
 
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