What Is The Strongest And Sharpest Folder Knife?

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WHAT IS THE STRONGEST AND SHARPEST FOLDER KNIFE?

I heard some good things about the MPF1-Ti from Mission and read some positive things about the Benchmade models.

Right now 1 model from Boker is catching my attention!!

It is the Boker Leo-Damascus Folder knife

Subscribsion of this special knife:

The Leo-Damascus, a high performance steel, was made available to Boker through a noted European Damascus forger, Markus Balbach. This particular steel was forged out of the barrel of the German battle tank Leopard I, thus the name Leo Damascus. This specialty steel is not available on the market and there is no material number even assigned to it because it is only used by the military. Herr Balbach was fortunate to acquire some of it for Boker exclusively.

A chromium-manganese and vanadium tool steel alloy was added to this extremely wear resistant barrel steel. The result is a remarkably high hardness for Damascus steel (63-65HRC). The pattern provided on the blade is labeled "small pyramid" providing a spectacular work of art and, as with all true Damascus, every blade is different. Handle material is hard coated 6061-T6 aluminum and features exotic desert ironwood inlays.

Each knife includes a certificate of authenticity and gift box. Serialized.

Blade length: 3-3/8"
Overall length: 7-7/8"uot;

My top 3 production knives: Chris Reeves - Strider - Benchmade

I would like to hear your top 3 of strongest and sharpest folder knives!

Thanx in advance!
 
Productions knives would be strider and chris reeves for sure. Most will agree on that. Number three would Benchmade imho.
 
The sharpest is probably the Spyderco Calypso Junior.
That has no relationship to what is the strongest.
A good combination of strength and sharpness try the Spyderco Chinook II.
 
I think it is likely that the strongest and the sharpest are probably two different animals.

The sharpest folding knives I have seen are often slip-joints, like stockmen Swiss Army knives and the like that have had their edges thinned out for wood carving and such. They are pure cutting knives.

AS for the issue of the strongest knives, do you mean the blade, the lock or the overall package?

I think the old REKAT Rolling lock was the strongest lock ever made (next to a fixed blade!), with the Axis lock a close second. I understand the New Spyderco compression lock is very strong,and I would trust any of their MBC rated line.

Although some people may disgree, I think framelock knives, ala the Sebenza are very strong.

Probably the strongest overall package I have used is the Benchmade 630 Skirmish, if I need anything stronger than that a full tang fixed blade knife is in order.
 
Magnum440 said:
My top 3 production knives: Chris Reeves - Strider - Benchmade

I would like to hear your top 3 of strongest and sharpest folder knives!

Thanx in advance!
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Couldn't agree more.
John...
 
Sharpest and strongest don't really go together. you might be better off picking up a cheap opinel, arguably one of the sharpest and best cutting knives available and a strider, spyderco chinook, benchmade afck, or sebenza for the strong folder.
 
Ok, sharpest and strongest don't walk hand in hand, however let me rephrase my question: What is the most sharp, strongest knife? or for that mather what is the most strong, sharpest knife?

regards.
 
I can safely say that the strongest will not be the sharpest. to make the blade super strong, the edge has to be thicker and the bladestock is generally thicker - this sacrifices cutting efficiency.

strongest - Strider SNG/SMF
sharpest - yup, the indomitable Calypso Jr! :D
 
Sharp for what -- shaving your beard or carving a walking stick? I got a tanto SnG that had just been sent back for resharpening. It is extremely sharp, and as tough - reliable - strong a folder as I can imagine.

If you're looking for a knife that's stronger than you are and can still slice easily through materials short of metal and rock, go for something like a Benchmade Ritter Griptilian.
 
Strider. They are build like tanks and are scary sharp.
Also consider Extrema Ratio and the Lone Wolf Harsey folder (especially the older model with the Lake&Walker knife safety).
 
Hi Esav,

I like working with wood, so basicly I will use this folder knife to create/carf something out of wood, sometimes hard wood. Will use it for general purpose to.
 
If you don't mean to use it abusively, as a prybar or chopper, a small Classic Sebenza would be great :D

For that kind of work, I like a pointy blade but not a particularly long one.

Have you seen the Strider PT? That's the small version of the SMF/SnG line.
 
Esav,

I like the Chris Reeves Sebenza Classic, already thought about buying that one for quite a while. Right now I am crazy about that Boker Leo-Damascus folder knife and the CR Sebenza Classic, however I have to be patient because my knife madness costs lots a money, 2 bad!!!

What do you think of that Boker Leo-Damascus folder knife?

Thanx for your advise!
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Sharp for what -- shaving your beard or carving a walking stick? I got a tanto SnG that had just been sent back for resharpening. It is extremely sharp, and as tough - reliable - strong a folder as I can imagine.
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This caught my interest as I currently have an SnG on order. (Drop point).

Why are you sending it back for sharpening rather than doing it yourself? Since sending mine back is a little more time consuming and expensive than it would be for you I plan to do my own sharpening. Are these particularly difficult knives to sharpen?
 
how about a benchmade 42? there's a strong, reliable mechanism that you can put through hell and still work. ;)
 
What knife is the sharpest? This question always irks me. If you have two knives from the factory, say a Sebenza and a Benchmade 710, and the Sebenza is sharper out of the box than the Benchmade 710. Does that mean the Sebenza is a sharper knife? What if I take that 710, sharpen it, and make it sharper than the Sebenza? Now is the 710 the sharper knife? What if I then take the Sebenza and make it sharper than the 710? Then I take the 710 and strop it and make it sharper than the re-sharpened Sebenza? !??!
 
WadeF said:
What knife is the sharpest? This question always irks me. If you have two knives from the factory, say a Sebenza and a Benchmade 710, and the Sebenza is sharper out of the box than the Benchmade 710. Does that mean the Sebenza is a sharper knife? What if I take that 710, sharpen it, and make it sharper than the Sebenza? Now is the 710 the sharper knife? What if I then take the Sebenza and make it sharper than the 710? Then I take the 710 and strop it and make it sharper than the re-sharpened Sebenza? !??!
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Eventually you will have two knife handles attached to two extremely sharp and extremely short stubs. :)
 
gajinoz, I traded for the Sng. The previous owner had sent it back for sharpening. I do my own sharpening, but with this one, I got a chance to see what the Strider guys consider a good edge. (A VERY good edge! :D )

Of course, WadeF is right, in the sense that once you've used any knife, however sharp it may have been out of that mythical box, you have to maintain or improve that edge. The only question then isn't how sharp it was, but how sharp it can get and remain under your care.

I've gotten pretty good at this, entirely thanks to discussions here at BFC and working with the Sharpmaker.
 
3 words: Scott Cook Lochsa

Think of it as a Sebenza's better brother. Handle milled from one solid piece of Titanium (not two slabs and a spacer like the Sebenza), a stainless steel pivot and thumb lug, Bronze bushings and washers, and a blade of 154-CM, S30V, BG-42, S60V, S90V, or Damascus (your choice), all for between $500 and $700 depending on what you want in it. Really a top notch piece.
 
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