Best Folding Knife Recommendations

[Alan]

Hey folks, I'm on the hunt for a good folding knife and could use some suggestions. What do you all carry around? I'd love to hear your recommendations and the reasons behind your choices. If you've got pictures, feel free to share!

 

[Surrywoodman]

I guess it might not be ONLY a folding knife but it has a couple of good knives in it. For giggles on a day to day basis I use a Leatherman Wave. It is not new so I don't know if the Wave has changed over the years but the main knife is super sharp and tough. Holds an edge. For hunting I use fixed blade knives, a smaller one for skinning and a larger Bowie style that a guy in VA Beach made, he was starting out in forging at the time, both knives have antler handles. I took them to Backwoods Leather out in Windsor and had him make a double knife sheath for them.

 

[Bedfordboy]

Hard to beat a 4” Buck 110

 

[Vbguns072]

I alternate between a Benchmade Griptilian, Benchmade Bugout or Spyderco Delica 4 & back it up with a CRKT CEO.

 

[foxfirerodandgun]

As Bedfordboy stated, a Buck 110 is hard to beat if you don't mind wearing it on your belt. My main 110 has been my work/utility knife for 25+ years. I don't seem to be able to wear it out. I refer to it as my "Take a lickin' & keep on cuttin' knife". If you are looking for a pocket knife, a Case is an excellent choice. I have a 1970's "Peanut" (small), Case that I snapped the blade off at the tang. Called Case, sent it back, and they replaced the blade and made it look like new. There was no abuse of the knife when the blade snapped, just using the back of the blade to loosen a small screw.

 

[Swamphunter]

Cold steel has some good quality and budget friendly folders

 

[Jim0001]

SOG stands behind their knives as does Benchmade. I have one of each.

 

[Short Bus]

I have had this knife since the mid70's and it has never failed. Keep it sharp and well taken care of and it apparently won't die... LOL It has skinned many a deer. They aren't expensive and work great. It is the Imperial Schrade Old Timer Sharpfinger. I keep the leather sheath well oiled and it still looks like the day I bought it.

 

[sterlingguy01]

Ask a dozen outdoorsmen (or women) and you'll get at least 2 dozen recommendations! Personally, my EDC is a 3 1/2 inch Gerber tanto-style folder or my trusty Kershaw 3" folder. For hunting I'll switch to a small Buck fixed blade that is much easier to clean than any folder.

 

[Grannyman]

Spyderco paramilitary 2

 

[The Binary Son]

I use the Cold Steel Code 4 Tanto blade. Use it for work breaking down boxes and such but also as a last resort for defense.

I went with the Tanto shape (the Code 4 comes in 3 blade shapes) because I read that American Tanto style blades were particularly good for thrusting, though it cuts just fine too. I also went with the Code 4 specifically because it was the longest blade that was less than 4 inches (it's 3.5") that Cold Steel offered that was within my budget at the timd. I live in NOVA, and places like DC describe their knife restrictions as allowing blades LESS than 4 inches, not 4 AND below.

And I went with Cold Steel because they're awesome. Seem like cool people and I LOVE their videos on YouTube.

I actually have two Code 4's because I had lost one that I recently found again, so not sure what I'm gonna do with an extra hahahaha.

 

[The Binary Son]

I guess it might not be ONLY a folding knife but it has a couple of good knives in it. For giggles on a day to day basis I use a Leatherman Wave. It is not new so I don't know if the Wave has changed over the years but the main knife is super sharp and tough. Holds an edge. For hunting I use fixed blade knives, a smaller one for skinning and a larger Bowie style that a guy in VA Beach made, he was starting out in forging at the time, both knives have antler handles. I took them to Backwoods Leather out in Windsor and had him make a double knife sheath for them.

Oh man YES! A multi-tool is a MUST HAVE for EDC. I use it every day for all sorts of random stuff that happens. I use the now discontinued (but you can still find them out there) Leatherman Juice XE6 - it had the most options for my price point, including a corkscrew (I'm a Bartender so it comes in handy), which is an item that many if not most multi-tools no longer have for some reason, and Leatherman has removed the corkscrew from their entire lineup completely.