What Folding Knife did you personally own, or have owned you would call?

[RevDevil]

Spyderco Manix the original

 

[whp]

It may or may not be my strongest folder, but my Buck Strider/Tarani Police model, which looks much like the current Sng, has been used hard in outdoors work for about 10 years. The ats34 blade has worn down a bit with the multiple sharpenings, but it still holds a sharp edge for some time. The lock up is still rock solid and I ve never adjusted the pivot. Some of my ZT s and my Strider Sng may be as tough and durable, but it will take 10 years of hard work use to prove it.

 

[ManOfMisery]

I'll second the Adamas 275 and ZT 0300. I ended up selling the Adamas as my 0300 does everything I need it to. Everyone has their ideal tough folder and the 0300 is mine.

 

[bladeboss]

Benchmade Adamas, ZT 0200

Yup. What he said. And a Cold Steel Mini AK-47. The only folders I'll chop with.

 

[Shotgun]

I split small pieces of kindling with my sak electrician on occasion. It's my edc and my main work knife.

 

[Bob6794]

I put my first knife a Vic Recruit through it's paces when I was young and it's still looking good now. Just needs to be sharpened up and cleaned and it's ready for pocket carry once again. I own far heavier duty knives than that but that knife has seen it all and lived to tale the tell.

Use a knife for it's intended purpose, cutting. If you need an axe get an axe, need a pry bar get a pry bar, don't use a knife for everything it's not designed to do.

 

[PayneTrain]

Spyderco Gayle Bradley. The blade shape and grind is much more confidence inspiring than anything other folder I own that I would call "tough". The liner lock is enormous, it's M4 steel, and it's from the famed Taichung factory. The hardest I've used it was to break up some delaminated plywood, but I can't imagine a situation that could break this knife.

 

[leghog]

SAK. Particularly Alox models. They're just excellent knives, but my Farmer is neither beat nor abused, but it is carried and used every single day. They are tough and wear so well mine doesn't looked used/ugly.

A good friend and mentor of mine used SAK Mauser in the SFQC 30+ years ago in answer to the very question the OP asked.

 

[TBL]

I have a few.... First off is my CS Spartan. I've used it for tasks as small as cutting cardboard to splitting 3 inch in diameter wood pieces. The day I got it when I was on vacation in Florida I opened up coconuts for everybody that was around (10 or so) and it was working sharp after.

Next up is are my ZT's. This past winter I used them quite a bit to remove branches that had fallen off during ice storms.

While it is not a folder. My favorite go-to knife for ANYTHING under the sun considered a hard task or even what people would consider knife abuse is my BK2.

 

[SixStringSamurai]

I will definitely echo the Cold Steel sentiments in this thread. They are absolute beasts, ESPECIALLY considering their price points. I recently picked up a Mini Recon 1 for $35 shipped.

Say what you will will about Cold Steel/Lynn Thompson/Taiwan production, I don't care. They produce incredibly high value knives and invented the strongest folding lock currently available.

+1 to this.
My CS lawman in the original steel lined version took an absolute beating and always begged for more. Triad locks are the only ones I consider "hard use". Until someone does one of those 'proof' videos with a framelock I'll never believe they are as strong as the Triad. I've got linerlocks and framelocks that grace my pocket occasionally, but the Triad takes the cake.

 

[rivertamer]

I love the beast folders that I have.....zt301, BM Adamas and my new dpx folder.... all beast and hard to beat for the money.
Thumbs up

 

[Akapennypincher]

Zero Tolorence is a name that has been mentioned many times above.

 

[AntDog]

I would swear by my Cold Steel Recons. Any size. They are tough as hell, and when locked open they are practically fixed blades. The only other folder I put that much trust in is my Al Mar Sere 2K.

 

[kevnkar]

My Swiss Army Hiker is older than many posters here and there is a reason why I call it my multi-purpose hammer knife. I can abuse it all the way up to sawing a 2x4, slap anew edge on it occasionally, and it is always there ready to handle whatever task is at hand. I love plenty of other knives, but I never am without my Victorinox Hiker.