Wanted: Fat handled folder. Suggestions?

I agree with Walking Man. The LCC is a handful. Get the D/A model, if you are able. The Al Mar SERE 2000 is quite beefy, IIRC. Dual liners, G-10 scales. Don't remember the specs but it seemed thick.

DD
 
Biggest handle on any folder I've ever owned is the Lone Wolf Harsey, bar none. I made new scales for mine just to thin it down a bit and it's still thicker than anything I've ever owned. Not bad, just thick ;)
 
Spyderco D'Allara Rescue has palm swells and dual steel liners. Has a textured bi-directional grip on FRN scales. This all adds up to a "fat" knife.
Just hold one in your hand and check it out!
 
Hello gang,
The winner of the fat handled folder award will go to the Gerber Gator. Very hand filling. Everyone I've ever handed mine to commented on how well the knife filled and felt in their hand. IMO, there is no more comfortable folder made. Of course, it has no pocket clip. It's not really what I'd call an inside the pocket kind of folder. It has to ride in it's own sheath on the belt. As for the steel, my drop point model has a very thin edged ATS-34 blade that cuts like a puukko. Gerber doesn't do much that interest's me, but the drop point Gator has proven to be the exception.
Now, some of you are thinking "so, do you carry this Lazy-Boy of a folder?"
No. I carry a Chinook II in my left pocket and a Cuda Maxx in the right when I'm not carrying one of my own fixed blades. The Gerber has earned it's place in the display case and there it will stay till I feel the need to strap it on the belt again. Folders with pocket clips are just too darn convenient.

Still, it's the fattest, most comfortable handle on a production folder I've experienced to date.
 
Howdy all! thanks for the input. I'm sorry I've been quiet over the past few days/week, we're in the midst of a move so I have to use a computer whenever I can find it, and usually I can only check email. I had a Chinook, and I traded it because, alas, I don't think I'll ever be able to carry it if only because of the blade length. The Lil Temp is tempting (no pun intended), but I'm not sure I'm convinced on the compression lock and its ability to hold up over time.

Now, I am REALLY interested in the Chax knives idea. Does anyone have a link to them or any more info? I'd probably be interested in a rehandle on a 705 if the scales can be put back if I should ever have the omega springs break. Though MY only concern comes from the opening of the axis lock. I'm worried that 3/8" scales might eliminate the quick usability of the axis feature. I had a 710, but traded that too because I couldn't carry it, AND it was just too thin for my tastes. Any help here would be appreciated!

Also, where did you find a Gator with ATS-34 in a DROP point? When I think of Gator I think of some kind of 440 and a clip point!

Thanks again for all the help and please lets keep this going! a 705 that's over an inch thick....Hmmm....

Sincerely,
Anthony
 
Hey, Spyderjon, I also have an aversion to thin-handled folders. This has kept me from getting a Spyderco or various other knives. The best hand-filling folder I have encountered is the Benchmade Griptillian. However, it does have an approx. 3.5" blade, which is bigger than your specs. In lieu of that, the Mini-Griptillian is a very nice, small knife. The blade is 2.91" and the handled is very nicely swelled and contoured. I own the larger and have handled the smaller and, if blade length restrictions forced me to, I would have no problem downsizing to a Mini-Grip. They come standard in 440-C; my own is from Cabela's in D2. I hear that Benchmade's 440-C is very well-finished steel.

The CRKT M1 is also a wonderfully hand-filling knife. However, the blade length is somewhere around 3.25", so it may not work for you.

Good luck and let us know what you decide on. :)
 
I haven't held one, but the CRKT Hammond Cascade folder sounds like it would fit the bill. Ergos are made to be a working knife, with hand-filling grippy handle.

Also (for twice the price) the SOG AirSOG, SOGWinder and Tomcat.
 
My suggestion:
Extrema Ratio Fulcrum Folder IID. Very comfortable handle, good steel, 3,74 in. blade.
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