Which folder has the most respected construction and action?

James Y said:
I personally don't see any advantage to convex edge bevels on a thin, hollow-ground blade, and feel they would perform even better (and be ground more evenly from blade heel to tip) with flat V-ground edge bevels.
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Thank you.
I always feel like a bucket of gasoline waiting for a match when I say that.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Cold Steel folders are all pretty tough
G2
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Some of my most favorite, but modded, work knives are Cold Steel . . . but . . . I certainly wouldn't call them :
  • Excellent lockbar tension?
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  • Buttery smooth opening?
  • Godlike detent?
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  • Actually usable blade shape?
No . . . not by a lorry load. But dang I like them once I get done working them over.
 
Yah kinda impossible list to hit every one, which is why I stated as I did

Tough edc folders
G2
 
Lapedog said:
CRK. They even use hardened screws that won’t likely strip and can survive continual disassembly
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That's HUGE !
I did not know that.
I'm being serious; I do get tired of the squishy torx screw syndrome and I don't disassemble much at all I'm just talking about changing clip position.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Yah kinda impossible list to hit every one
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You have been doing all this longer than I have and know more than I do.
I figure you've had a Rat 1 some where along the line.
What did you think of that ?
My D2 is pretty much there and is inexpensive.
 
I’ve not had any of those, just never liked the overall looks but that’s just me, I know that a lot of people really like them and have a good following
And D2 is a very good steel that I have had in other knives
G2

Edited to add, I might have been around longer but I wouldn’t say that I know more than anyone else. :). But I do know what I like ;)
 
Gary W. Graley said:
I’ve not had any of those, just never liked the overall looks but that’s just me, I know that a lot of people really like them and have a good following
And D2 is a very good steel that I have had in other knives
G2

Edited to add, I might have been around longer but I wouldn’t say that I know more than anyone else. :). But I do know what I like ;)
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You are too kind and modest.
I could learn a few things from you (I think I just did).
If you have a buddy that would lend you a Rat for a day you could possibly maybe be surprised. I used to ignore them.
I used to poo poo the Mini Grip too. Boy was I wrong there.
 
Wowbagger said:
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If you have a buddy that would lend you a Rat for a day you could possibly maybe be surprised. I used to ignore them.
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Sounds like a good idea, just looked at some images on line, I always thought they had their tips high which I don't like so much.

Right now I have two very very nice folders that are competing for my right front pocket, Benchmade Freek and Mini Freek, the action is excellent, lockup solid and razor sharp blades. I did take the washers out of each and polish them on fine spyderco double stuff ceramic which gave each folder a super smooth opening. And the texture of the scales provide a very grippy surface, but, I don't know how long that will last or if used in harsh conditions, but, my work any more doesn't bring those as a concern so for me, I think they will hold up fine. And each blade has the point lower so for me that is an important aspect of the knife.

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G2
 
Para 2
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The action and edges on the many that I own (and would never give up) are, alas, all over the place.
The best one wasn't the most exspensive but was actually the more basic one with Cammo scales and S30V.
 
ZTFan said:
Actually usable blade shape?
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IMHO,

After all of the stated parameters are met one is left with this. Or perhaps I've never gets past the silliness of the dramatic configurations, holes, and studs hanging out like earrings on a tattooed biker. It's become it's own sub-culture.

Just give me a 4-inch full flat ground blade in a steel I can actually sharpen myself and I'm good. Folding or fixed. An exception for bushcraft is a longer blade, like a 5-inch Kephart. I wouldn't baton a folder when I have a better choice in a fixed blade.

YMMV.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
I always thought they had their tips high which I don't like so much.
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Agreed !
Over all package is so good though I feel embarassed for paying them so little for it.

Weird high tip blade is why I could never consider the Slyze (sp) Bowie and look at the high praise that thing rates.
 
Gary W. Graley said:
... I always thought they had their tips high which I don't like so much. ... each blade has the point lower so for me that is an important aspect of the knife.
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Gary, you hit on something I have considered critical to knife design and never heard mentioned before.

To my simple mind, I find it enormously useful to see a centerline from butt to tip through the handle and the blade. That gives me confidence my knife tip is where I'm pointing it. Where my fingers are pointing. As inside a carcass cavity I can't see into for instance. Any blind cut.

Too many knife designs I see have curves in so many places I could't guess where the thing is pointing unless I look at it twice.
 
I got to handle one of the Spyderco Slysz bowie folder at Lewisburg PA show and was surprised at how thick it was behind the edge, way to thick for me to ever consider buying one for sure...
G2
 
marchone said:
IMHO,

After all of the stated parameters are met one is left with this. Or perhaps I've never gets past the silliness of the dramatic configurations, holes, and studs hanging out like earrings on a tattooed biker. It's become it's own sub-culture.

Just give me a 4-inch full flat ground blade in a steel I can actually sharpen myself and I'm good. Folding or fixed. An exception for bushcraft is a longer blade, like a 5-inch Kephart. I wouldn't baton a folder when I have a better choice in a fixed blade.

YMMV.
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You said the topper of the thread there !
I cannot agree more. That's what it's about.
I would encourge you to check out the modern stones especially the resin bonded diamond stones. There is nothing you cannot sharpen yourself.
 
Lance Leon said:
My vote for amazing consistency, build quality, and holding up to use, is Brian Nadeau's mini Typhoons (or any of his other knives, though the mini Typhoons are, in my estimation, the most suitable for general work and use).
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Never saw one other than online, but I believe it from what I’ve seen. Looking forward to the Evo Typhoon I ordered.
 
Cold steel. Most solid, always centered, razor sharp out the box, best lock in the industry. Take it apart and it goes back together perfectly centered every time. And pretty much everything else you said. But then again you better not mind a fat guy who stabs car hoods and boots full of meat testing his wares. You know knives are only meant to open packages of edamame and slice vegan bologna loaf in a tranny bistro.
 
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