What is a good folding knife that wont fold back and cut my fingers off after heavy use

[NJ Brazen_3133]

I am getting the impression a folding knife has only light applications then. Like opening letters, and packages, or cutting some thin strings.

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

I am getting the impression a folding knife has only light applications then. Like opening letters, and packages, or cutting some thin strings.

Here is a part of one Forged in Fire episode with large friction folding knives:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNPL2RVyADA

Those knives are built differently than most folding knives you are looking at and that allows them to stand up to the punishment that show delivered. Most folding knives have a very short tang and that puts a lot of the pressure on the sides of the grip; especially if you would give it the punishment given those knives on that show.

[Pughnose]

Cold Steel has some knives with an extra-thick lock. I own and like the tanto bladed Voyager. Buddy shoved one into a 55-gallon metal drum just to see if he could.

https://www.coldsteel.com/voyager-lg...-edge-10a.html

[Larry Caldwell]

I have a Fire Fighter knife that is pretty sturdy. The locking mechanism is a piece of spring steel that moves sideways when it is open. It takes a hard push to get the lock out of the way to fold the knife up. The handle is a full palm width on a big man.

[turf3]

Well, if you go back to the OP, he's asking about using a pocket knife for jobs that aren't well suited for a pocket knife. If you use the right tool for the job, and the right tool for the jobs he mentioned, is a Stanley retractable blade utility knife ($9.99 at the local hardware store), then the nature of the blade lock on the pocket knife won't matter, because you won't be using it for a job it's not suited for. The original question is analogous to


"If I use my pocket knife as a pry lever to open paint cans, which one won't bend or snap off the tip of the blade?" to which the most rational answer is "well, silly, don't do that!"

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by turkeydance

spyderco.

They have some good knives.

[catz&dogz]

Originally Posted by Happy in Wyoming

I use a fixed blade knife, not a folder, for hard tasks. A Mora in Stainless is my favorite—inexpensive and indestructable.

^^^^

No folders for heavy work.

[NJBoy3]

Buck 110..