What’s the folding knife you feel comfortable using for everything and anything

All my knives are users
I try not to abuse them but I have some exceptions

i use a PM2, a GB2 and a CS pro lite for construction work in and out of the house
Those have been quite beaten to so extreme and have over performed
Just the steel on the pro lite is disappointing
 
AntDog said:
Nope, he was gonna load it in the car. He said he was in a rush to throw it on his belt to see how it carried.

I never would’ve believed it if I hadn’t seen the gun. It didn’t get dinged up too bad, but it definitely had a few spots that were buggered up. Still shot great! Just not what you want for your brand new high dollar gun.

To answer the OP’s question, it was my Sere 2K, but she’s semi-retired. Now it’s probably my two sprint run Enduras. I have one of the two on me every day.
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I bought a Colt Detective Special (38spl) that appeared to have been dropped and slide across a concrete surface. I would never intentionally do that to one of my guns, but it sure made that gun a carry gun. Eventually I went to something lighter, but I still have a rig for it. A lot of people who are interested in guns like that Det special.... quality piece.
 
There isn’t one
But these two come close
Hibbard Spencer Bartlett 1961 on its third set of scales still going strong
Jet-Aer 1974
Two knives under $30.00 combined still standing the test of time
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Yep, a medium sized Victorinox Swiss Army knife, like the Deluxe Tinker, is a great everything-and-anything pocket knife.
 
PM2

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flatblackcapo flatblackcapo [Herisson, what are your thoughts on your Nontron knife?]

I like it more than a SAK. It's in my left pocket everyday. It's the "just in case" knife : need to pry open a can lid, pop a cork, pierce a hole, cut something without stressing people around, that kind of stuff... For strictly knife stuff, I prefer to use my necker or my pocket fixed blade. Just what's the most convenient. Maybe you're interested in what the fit & finish is ? Well, it's on the rough side : scales and liners had to be sanded to my liking BUT all pivots are nicely tight and the springs are strong and snappy. That's my kind of slipjoint !
 
Large Sebenza 21. Been carrying one or two everyday for a few years now. One is my constant companion at work. :)
 
@marchone [How are you guys going to chop herbs or a pile of onions with a small knife? Bit by bit?

Do Chef’s knives not figure into daily use?]

The truth is these two guys have been my go to kitchen knives for decades (and it shows...) :

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And that is before I got interested in kitchen knives and real kitchen gear (not just a knife and a pot to boil a stew or fry slabs of bacon with eggs). Now, I revel in the pleasure of using the best tool for the job, especially in the kitchen. I'm also way more interested in cutting and preparing stuff than eventually eating it.
 
herisson said:
flatblackcapo flatblackcapo [Herisson, what are your thoughts on your Nontron knife?]

I like it more than a SAK. It's in my left pocket everyday. It's the "just in case" knife : need to pry open a can lid, pop a cork, pierce a hole, cut something without stressing people around, that kind of stuff... For strictly knife stuff, I prefer to use my necker or my pocket fixed blade. Just what's the most convenient. Maybe you're interested in what the fit & finish is ? Well, it's on the rough side : scales and liners had to be sanded to my liking BUT all pivots are nicely tight and the springs are strong and snappy. That's my kind of slipjoint !
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Thanks for the info. I may look around for one sometime down the road.
 
My advice is : buy it over the counter or "in hand". Nontron is one of the oldest French cutlery towns, same level as Thiers, more or less, and that's not a light assessment. I like Nontron a lot for several reasons, and one of them is the traditional use of boxwood which I have been in love with for a very long time. However, the "handmade French knife industry" seems to stay content with a rather rough level of end finishing. I don't agree with this. It's a price vs what you get thing... And the price generally seems a bit high for me.
 
Well, I love all my high end knives, but there are naturally certain things I don't use them for because I want them to remain pristine. "YA GOTTA YUUZ YER SH&$^T!!!!", yeah, I'll be the judge of what and how I use anything I own. So, if I had to choose one knife out of my collection that I would use for ALL chores, both light and heavy, I'd choose something that would be small enough for detailed work at need, and big enough I could pry something if I needed to do so. It would have a lock that wouldn't fail on me, and it'd be in a steel that was an all around great performer, but not "supersteely" enough that I couldn't bring it back to spec with whatever I had at the time. It'd need to be able to cut food, cut all other material, be strong, stout, and trustworthy, yet cheap enough where if it got damaged, I could buy another. It'd need to be all those things.

It would be my Cold Steel AD10.
 
I'm a 5 to 8 knife per day kind of person (less if I don't carry a day bag, which often I do).

I usually have a few nice customs fixed blades that get carried regularly. Usually I have a few traditional pocket knives as well, and often a modern folder. The traditionals and modern folder get used more than the fixed blades.

This is a typical line up. The finger knife is a little box cutter by J. Todd, and gets used a lot. Carried every day. Super handy. AEBL and a real slicer.

The Tendick fixed blades are nearly daily carry.... the larger in a kevlar lined aluminum/warthog sheath. The warncliff is the designated user. Scratches, and all.
I will often neck carry the bigger in that sheath.

I have at least two leather slip sheaths that keep the traditionals from banging into eachother in pocket.
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This is a Sunday carry (dinner at the Mother In Laws house). The bit sheath knife is obviously belt carried (but I am not out running errands or 'socializing' with that monster). Though I do stop for gas occasionally with it on.

This is another days carry. The fixed blade Phillip Patton hunter (AEBL steel, has a very trim dangler sheath, that sits low, and visible with an untucked shirt.

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No fixed blade this day.

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So, I usually have a less expensive knife when I need to cut something.

When I go camping, or am doing yard work chores, etc, I'll almost always have an Opinel on hand for real dirty jobs/gritty cutting.

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Often the "work" knife is a nicer traditional, which I don't mind getting dirty.

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I've used high dollar knives for dirty work, including castration.
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So I'm never a one knife guy. But if I am doing real dirty work, or camping in sand/muck I will alter my cary to knives I am not concerned about getting dirty or such.

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I choose one knife to carry every day. Not always the same knife, but I usually only carry one. Most of the time I'm fairly sure what I'll need a knife for throughout the day and choose one that I like that'll work for what I know I'll need it for. For days where I'm not so sure, I'll take something like a Spyderco Native 5. Simple 3" blade, lockback, comfortable in hand, and feels sturdy in use.
 
When it comes to cost range , that could be a pretty wide range . I go as expensive as I could afford , the every day carry for me is the Hogue EX-01 3.5" TANTO . It's made for hard use , so for me it's expensive but I want a knife that I will have for awhile and use it for everything . It has to disappeare in my pocket and be there when ever I need it . Buy once cry once . Hope I Helped in some way .
 
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