Do you have a favorite folder knife?

Question for you ^ | 5/18/21 | rebelbase`

[Rebelbase]

Hello FReepers. I am curious about your favorite folder knife. I'm looking for recommendations from people who carry for every day use. Preferably made in the USA and want to stay under $100 but will consider higher.

Do not want a cheap stainless blade. Need something that sharpens to shaving level.

Thank-you in advance.

[KC Burke]

Some of the Kershaw Leeks are under $100 and use 14C28N steel which is the first choice in the linked article that ConservativeMind posts at link 12

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Benchmade Crooked River Mini.

[Rebelbase]

I haven’t bought a harmonica in over 20 years. Besides Honor and Lee Oskar are there any other brands that worth looking into?

[jy8z]

Yes it is variable speed. The Ken Onion uses 5 different graduated grits and also sharpens one side of the blade on the upstroke, the other on the down stroke.

I, also use a strop as a final finish to bring it to shaving sharp.

[KC Burke]

Seydel !!!!!!!!!!!

Stainless steel reeds — five times the service life.

Blues harps, Chromatic, Tremelo, Big Six, Octave, custom keys and tuning. Richter, Paddy Richter, Melody Maker, Half-Valved Gizzell tuned (easy bending) Will Wilde Rock tuned — the list goes on and on. Low tuned, high tuned, gold plated — Seydel does it all.

https://www.seydel1847.de/epages/Seydel1847.sf/sece6995b9782/?

ViewObjectID=8246&Currency=USD&ChangeAction=IC_TopicWorld&IC_TaxModel=0

For harmonica amps, try Lone Wolf

[Rebelbase]

Thanks. Just looked at the Seydel, Lee Oskar and Marine Band prices. 35-40 bucks for the last two. I remember buying my first Marine Band for $4 in the ‘70s and paid $20 for a Lee Oskar in the late ‘90s.

[dfwgator]

‘70s and paid $20 for a Lee Oskar in the late ‘90s.

Is that named after the Lee Oskar who was the harmonica player in War?

[KC Burke]

I also checked a link. Lone Wolf now only sells their effects pedal boxes, delay, reverb etc. They have sold out the line of Harp Train Amps they made which is a sad loss. For 300 bucks it was the best Harp amp in the world comparable to amps at 1800.

[KC Burke]

sorry to get your thread off track — off to bed

[Rebelbase]

Yes, the one and only.

[gundog]

S&W licenses Taylor Cutlery to make their knives.

[OKC Patriot]

Benchmade for 15 years now... loved it from day 1.

[logi_cal869]

Do NOT get Kershaw.

POS

[logi_cal869]

My last job the agency owner’s son frequently came in. One day he had a folding knife with him.

We chatted for a bit and I advised him that he should never, NEVER use a knife in a stabbing action without a bolster/guard/quillion unless his desire was to slice his hand or cut off his fingers.

i.e. ‘proper use/technique’, not that movie shit.

I carry a folding knife only for opening boxes (Gerber. POS); my kit has a 24” machete and a dagger of a brand I cannot recall.

For the record, I bought my boy a Zero Tolerance Model 0100 to take to Afghanistan and he was the envy of all others. Anyone who can find them used will score a most awesome knife (they are long discontinued).

If I was looking for a new knife, it would be ZT, but I know nothing about their new line of manual/assisted folding knives.

[Cobra64]

“Something that sharpens to shaving level?”

Why not just get a straight razor?

[The Right Edge]

It’s about the blade steel. China turns out millions of knives with a mix of cheap crap that doesn’t even get close to real blade steel. Good luck trying to sharpen it.

[The Right Edge]

Look for something with ATS-34, 154CM(later CPM154). There are some swedish/german/... steels, but not plentiful enough to suggest. The price would rise well above your expectations.

[mfish13]

Agreed.

[Bob434]

yeah i use variable grits too- but mine doesn’t have variable speed unfortunately- so i gotta be a bit careful with hte heat buildup