What Is Your Favorite 3" Max Blade Length Folding Knife (No Liner Or Frame Locks)?

[mr2blue]

Fantoni Hide. Actually my fav knife

 

[sabre cat]

Can it be a little over 3 inches? If so, how about a Benchmade 531?

 

[G. Scott H.]

Cold Steel Tuff Lite.

Same here. :thumbup:

 

[Cursum Perficio]

3" is the smallest blade length in my rotation, a bit smaller than I like so it's folder I really like if I've kept it.

707 Sequel
484-1
Delica in SB
in that order.

 

[CPP]

Benchmade 485 Valet

 

[smith357]

SAK Farmer

 

[blades&wrenches]

Spyderco Native 5 and Delica

 

[WHT]

I've carried traditional whittlers of various brands for the last 70 years. My major problem with them is that they fall through holes in my pocket or work their way out when I sit. Lately my favorite knives have been a small sabenza rotated with a small inkosi which I keep clipped to my pocket. For a change of pace, I carry a small barrage but that may be illegal in your setting. What I like about whittlers is that the three blades fit every situation I face from cleaning or shaping a finger nail to opening boxes. I feel undressed when I don't have a knife in my pocket. Luckily, the only time I've had to dispose of a knife in an airport was a cheap one I had bought as a fill in at Home Depot.

 

[ourgon]

I would go with some Benchmade axis. 707, 705 if you can get it, Griptilian G-10.

 

[willc]

For smaller knives of this type the Native and Mini Tuff Lite are my choice.

 

[Aias]

GEC #42 Trapper--two 3" blades, the clip is for foodstuffs, the open blade is for all else. It gets very, very sharp and holds the best edge of all my GECs.

 

[Nfd538]

That would be the Axis lock mini Ritter in M390

 

[dlong]

Viper Dan 2 worth a look

 

[nick21]

Definitely the Spyderco Native 5.

 

[NorthernSouthpaw]

Benchmades
(in order)
Ritter Mini Grip (while you still can)
586 Barrage
707 Sequel
585 Barrage

 

[RamZar]

• Benchmade Mini-Axis
• Benchmade Mini Griptilian
• Benchmade Mini Presidio
• Benchmade Sequel
• Benchmade Valet
• Spyderco Battlestation
• Spyderco Caly3
• Spyderco Chaparral
• Spyderco Delica4
• Spyderco Kiwi4
• Spyderco Native5
• Spyderco Ouroboros
• Spyderco Para3
• Spyderco Sage3
• Spyderco Sage4
• Spyderco Sage5

 

[mbp]

Al Mar Hawk would be my vote, in either the classic or especially the Ultralight. Classic look and feel with a killer grind. Don't be put off by AUS-8--as done by Moki, I prefer it to most "supersteels" other than CPM154.

 

[SBXT]

Delica or SAK Cadet

 

[ATJ999]

A few months ago I got a mini grip with an M4 blade, it has become a favorite among my small knives. Also recently got a William Henry knife that is pretty good. The mini grip is a better EDC for me though.

 

[Deltadag]

Any iteration of the Spyderco C52 Calypso Junior would work. I do wish they would also resurrect the fish scale texturing on some other FRN-handled models.