Which Company Now Offers the Most Extreme Price:Product Quality/Performance Folders?

They surely do cut great and if that is primarily what you are after than you are going to be happy with them. For me, a pocket knife needs to have more though. Above anything else, a pocket knife is supposed to be convenient. It should cut well but it will never cut as well as a super thin kitchen knife. It should be sturdy but it will never be as sturdy as a thick fixed blade. It should be handy but it will never be as handy as a purpose build pairing knife. There are compromises.

In that vein, the opinel folding knives do cut well. But they are not convenient in my eyes. If I am holding something that needs to be cut, I cannot retrieve and open my opinel with the other hand due to the nature of the nail nick. Then after getting the knife out, i need the other hand again to operate the collar lock that it features. Opinels are great first knives to teach knife safety and they cut like a demon but in terms of the convenience that i look for out of a pocket knife they dont scratch that itch.

I agree. I typically attend 1-2 BBQs/month. (Prior to the pandemic at least.) Great food, but very flimsy plastic tableware. I typically take an Opinel #12 and a double-ended fork/spoon with me. The Opinel works beautifully in that application. As an EDC however? I think they are a great many better, less-compromising options out there in the ways you illustrate.
 
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I have an Old Hickory Butchers knife with a 14" blade that I paid $19.95 for about 5 years ago brand new. It's great bang for the buck. I keep it in a Marbles machete sheath that was about $11.00 -- with a stone!

You can get a 14" Marble's machete with their sheath & stone for not much more than $11.
 
Have you checked lately they have increased their prices since they dropped US distributor, sadly.

I picked up one of their Patriot fixed blades in the EU equivalent of D2 right before they dropped their US distributor and I am very happy I did. Great knife for the 50-60$ that I paid for it with a better sheath than you currently get out of knives more than double the price. Sorry to see that they are now priced higher because they were really punching above their weight for a while there.
 
You can get a 14" Marble's machete with their sheath & stone for not much more than $11.
Oh? You have a source for a 14" Marbles MR393S Sheath with a machete and a stone for "not much more than $11?"

Where? Thanks.

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What’s the point of asking for opinions and then telling people their opinions are wrong? What’s your “scoring” methodology?

The point is that it makes the average internet know-it-all feel better about himself/herself. Really ups the "self absorbed scores".

And as far as scoring, the equation has been around forever. Goes thusly...

[(# of $ you spent on it) / (what you think about it on a 1-10 scale)(# years it'll last)(# vouches you have)]

Pretty basic stuff.

Scores. Indeed.

 
For me one of the most important factors to consider in a folder is if I can count on it to stay open in all situations/uses.
With that in mind Cold Steels Tri-ad lock is at the top of my list.
 
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It's probably WE and their sub-brands. The first Civivi I bought threw off my entire scale for what a budget knife should look like. The Praxis was one of their original models, and still retails for $42.50. WE build quality for a budget price. The liners are skeletonized steel, fully polished, and then electroplated with a gold mirror finish. Spyderco and Benchmade can barely be bothered to deburr their liners on knives that cost 3-4 times as much.

I picked up one of their Patriot fixed blades in the EU equivalent of D2 right before they dropped their US distributor and I am very happy I did. Great knife for the 50-60$ that I paid for it with a better sheath than you currently get out of knives more than double the price. Sorry to see that they are now priced higher because they were really punching above their weight for a while there.

They're still pretty cheap on Lamnia, since they're EU-based. I've heard their shipping is pretty fast, too.
 
Oh? You have a source for a 14" Marbles MR393S Sheath with a machete and a stone for "not much more than $11?"

Where? Thanks.


It might be a different (longer) sheath, as the handle sits down in most of the way. Check at Smoky Mountain Knife Works, who I believe owns the Marble's brand. They have 2 different 14" machetes.
 
Fixed: Morakniv
Folding: Civivi
Traditional: Rough Ryder
Stupid s*** (punch daggers and such) Cold Steel

People argue Kizer, Artisan but in my experience Civivi's fit and finish, action are better than either...theres a reason they're more popular.

Real Steel's getting close, but not quite. I dont own that many traditionals but have a few RRs and they're finished very well for...20 bucks.

Mora? Need I say more?
 
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