Whats the best brand of folding knives?

[danjuandesiga]

The folder on the bottom is a SOG Trident. It opens fast almost like a switchblade and has 2 locking/inlocking compartments. Very durable.
These two are among some of the ones I carry.

[7r14ngL3Ch0k3]

Ive got the Columbia River(CRKT) Snap Lock knife, it sooo cool!

[vegemite]

CRKT Ryan

Excellent folder,

Veg

[Tant01]

A page from Mick's Gallary..

Strider knives.

Take a peek at the product>>>> http://www.ikariya.com/strider/gallary/

[cocoy]

Strider knives.

[BoarSpear]

dont inertia open cheap knives. it breaks them And virtually any knife that is well made and has a blade that is heavier than the handle can be inertia opened with practice and working the blade in...CRKT blades are awesome for inertia openings!! no spyderco is capable of inertia opening though....yuk, i hate 'em. (except the James keating chinook, its a folding bowie and heavy enough to inertia open)

[DarthBator]

Just a quick question, an inertia opening would be a blade which opens with a flick of the wrist correct (in opposed to an assisted opening mechanism like the wave, or the kershaw speed assist, or a purely manual opening like the thumb guided opening of a spyderco/Smith and weston or any other of the billions of folders out there). If I'm assuming correctly (that inertia opening implies a flick of the wrist) I don't think you could be more correct, that is by far the smoothest and most reliable deployment mechanism out there. I had a cheap 10$ Falcon blade that opened like this, since it broke I've been scouring the net for a blade that would open the same way and have yet to find anything, even in the 120$+ price range.

[BoarSpear]

the flipper design didnt seem to bad. i checked one out at the knife shop, it allows the knife to be opened fast, like a switch blade. im sure it can fail, but it didnt seem to bad. the m16 knives also have the lawks system on them. now the lawks system seemed like a gimmik to me, but u say its good boarspear?

with practice the lawks folder can be opened and the secondary lock engaged all in one move IF you use inertia openings and reverse grip...its such a habit to my wife she cant open it without engaging both locks on the opening...the flipper puts your hand in an odd position for quickly using the knife (the whole point to the flipper)

[EmptyneSs]

Actually the "flipper IS a "gimmick" it doesnt work all that well, causes you to use an odd grip and could be replaced by inertia opening. The quality of the blade is typical CRKT which is great for what you spend Look at the Kasper folder, the small one is really nice..it has the Lawk locking system which is not a gimmick and nearly makes the knife a fixed blade.

the flipper design didnt seem to bad. i checked one out at the knife shop, it allows the knife to be opened fast, like a switch blade. im sure it can fail, but it didnt seem to bad. the m16 knives also have the lawks system on them. now the lawks system seemed like a gimmik to me, but u say its good boarspear?

[BoarSpear]

Actually the "flipper IS a "gimmick" it doesnt work all that well, causes you to use an odd grip and could be replaced by inertia opening. The quality of the blade is typical CRKT which is great for what you spend Look at the Kasper folder, the small one is really nice..it has the Lawk locking system which is not a gimmick and nearly makes the knife a fixed blade.

[Tant01]

Good fishing knife...

i checked out the desert cruiser the other day at the knife shop. i kinda didnt like the handle, and it was a little too big for my taste. however it looked pretty robust.

what do you guys think of the crkt m16 series?

http://www.1sks.com/images/crkt/cr-m16-catalog.jpg

Kit Carson has added a "flipper feature" stud to the base of the blade... seems Gimmicky...





Kidding....

It's a knife. It folds. Can be had in Tanto style with surgical steel...(AUS-8).

Price is right... (cheap) I would hesitate to trap or hit with blade back because it folds...

That eliminates a few uses that I practice but I would put it in my tackle box.

The bigger CR-M16-04 (plain edge tanto) or CR-M16-14 (serrated) would make a good fistload.

[EmptyneSs]

i checked out the desert cruiser the other day at the knife shop. i kinda didnt like the handle, and it was a little too big for my taste. however it looked pretty robust.

what do you guys think of the crkt m16 series?

[Tant01]

I had a lock back and a liner lock folder close on my (little) finger... That will never happen again. Modern folders are strong and do a fine job at most any task you can use a knife for but I refuse to use a folder for anything but cutting fishing line these days.

My little k-bit will have to do...

[BoarSpear]

Nope... My most expensive knife is a karambit (fixed blade) I mean If my life depends on it I don't want it folded to start with... I'm too slow.

Yeah because when you get old you get slow... Cmon man you mean you aint got one of Ernies FOLDING Kerambits? you heard Mike its AWESOME...and it folds..."gee why dont i make a weapon i cant use right because it folds? i bet people will buy them if i make 'em"

[Tant01]

Not Emerson...

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Hey tant, do YOU carry a wave blade?


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Nope... My most expensive knife is a karambit (fixed blade) I mean If my life depends on it I don't want it folded to start with... I'm too slow.