Which is the best tactical folder?

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Why I ask is that I don't see Tactical as equating immediately to fighting with the knife. I see it as tool/aid to an job. You can purchase tactical sledgehammers for example (generally black and in an intermediate size, a quality one will have an insulated handles etc) that are an MOE aid and not for smiting foes Thor like. I personally read "Tactical Knife" the same way, it is a tool or aid to a task (if we are calling it tactical that task being LEO/Military "like"). Things such as an MOE aid, cutting rigging lines, webbing, laces, prying, aiding in clearing significant stoppages on weapons, as well as the general tasks a knife may be called upon to do. Fighting with a knife would most probably be a VERY last recourse in most "tactical situations" I would have thought.

Hey Andy , thanks for the post ! I surely agree that "tactical" has several possible meanings which causes much confusion . Also the terms "combat knife " and" survival" and "emergency rescue " and "camping, hunting , bushcraft " are often ill-defined . I've seen basically identical knives advertised as all of the above .

Part of the problem is pure marketing hype . So much cooler and macho to buy something "tactical " .