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Good folding knife for general yard/utility use?

Apr 24, 2011 11:45 PM

Light, sharp, easily fits in my pocket and can handle every day life opening boxes, snipping plants, opening plastic packages, prying things, slitting throats etc. When I think of the way it's going to be used, I remember my grandfather pulling out his buck knife(or a pair of vice grips) to fix anything and everything.

A good balance of blade life vs cost is important, it will definitely be taking a beating.

edit: nothing swiss army knife. I just want a simple general purpose blade.

dextermeth dextermeth

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Spyderco... http://spyderco.com/

Pick what you want for your needs...

hobbitss hobbitss
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One of my personal favorites: http://www.gerbertools.com/Gerber/Knives/22-07179/Firestorm-Tanto-Blade-Fine

xarous xarous
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I love my old timer bearhead is one of my first pocket knives and still my go-to knife for random cutting.

vinithehat vinithehat
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I have a Stanley Sport Utility knife - folding blade on one side and a utility knife/box cutter in the other end. It's still going string after 5 years. Something like this - http://www.amazon.com/Stanley-10-801-FatMax-Sport-Utility/dp/B00005QVQD

prosperouscheat prosperouscheat
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I'm a big Leatherman fan (lol, rhyme.)

Unforunately they discontinued my absolute favorite knife of theirs:

http://www.leatherman.com/product/e302/e303

BUT: they have since come out with a new model that has the same functions:

http://www.leatherman.com/product/c33T/c33Tx

I can vouch at least for the first one (and the second if they kept their quality standards for the past 4-5 years, i'm assuming they have.), if you treat it right it will last you a very long time. The blade is easy to extend - there is a "quick launch" lever on the back that gives it mechanical advantage when extending.

They have links to their dealers on the left hand side of the pages.

diehardferret diehardferret
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I'd go with CRKT or Old Timer. The Old Timer has been around a lot time and as was posted earlier...you can't go wrong with one.

Here is a link to some CRKT knives: http://www.pocketknifecentral.com/crkt_knife

Here is a link to some old timers too: http://www.pocketknifecentral.com/schrade_old_timer_pocket_knife_pal

pocketknifecentral pocketknifecentral

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