What is the best Ceramic/Ti folder on the market?

[The General]

I am looking at somepoint at a ceramic folder. I realise the weakness of this material and that Kyrocia make most of it anyway. What is the best... I want to add it to my collection, together with a Ti knife. Any ideas on both? The Boker models seem rather good.

W.A.

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[billries]

The ceramic knife thing is a tough one. I was just thinking about the same thing, and there doesn't appear to be a lot of options. For ceramic folders, boker seems to be the only game in town. However, the gamma/infinity both have some metal in them, which could be of concern for certain applications.

In fixed blades, Mad Dog has what appears to be some amazing stuff, at equally amazing (read high) prices. No metal in the LE version, and a metal strip in the 'consumer' version.

If you need non-magnetic, rather than ceramic specific, the titanium is a great choice. Several choices there; any knife site's search feature will point you to them. There are apparently other non-mag materials/alloys, but I'm not clear on the specifics of the various options (Stellite, Boye Dendritic Cobalt).

After poking a bit, I'm thinking about a synthetic/composite/laminate style knife, which clearly doesn't get or stay as sharp as any metal, but satisfies the some of the same "subjective criteria".

Hope this helps...

-Bill

 

[Frantium]

Toughest ceramic knives I know: Mad Dog MirageX, but no folder so far. Boker's stuff (using Kyocera's ceramic) are so-so. Don't overlook Puma. You know ceramic's limitation, but if you insist...

Best Ti folder: Mission Knives and Tools' MPF Ti, IMO.

 

[Daniel Dorn]

I recently fell into a great deal on a couple of Puma Keramiks. I sold one and kept the other. Their designs are classy, and the ceramic came very sharp, even considering the angle had to be a little blunter to add a little strength. I never really cared for the overall quality of Boker knives, although I haven't handled a lot of them, and I've never seen their ceramic folders. Puma has a few neat looking designs, and even sells one or two with the fiberglass reinforced nylon handles leaving them with only the pivot pin and locking bar being made of metal. That's less metal than a car key. I am really pleased with my purchase, and glad I put off getting the MT LCC. The Puma just looks cool and it's fun to tell people that it is a ceramic knife.

I ended up paying about $70 for each of the ones I purchased, but that was a fluke auction thing. They are hard to get in the US for less than $100.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

BTW, The model I kept was the Puma Seargent.

Daniel D.