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#210443 - 10/28/10 12:23 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: Art_in_FL]
Teslinhiker Offline
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Art:

The OP was asking about a folding knife..how does a Maxpedition RolyPoly relate to a knife...or am I missing something here?!
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#210460 - 10/28/10 03:02 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: GauchoViejo]
ireckon Offline
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Loc: Northern California
Cold Steel Espada, Large (5.5" blade) or X-Large (7.5" blade)
http://www.coldsteel.com/espadaseries.html

Spyderco Police, 4.375" Blade
http://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details.php?product=358

These knives are awesome, but maybe out of your price range. The XL Espada is the knife to get if you have a taste for the ostentatious. It's a monster. View those Cold Steel videos to get a sense of how big a 7.5" blade folder really is. A blade of 4.5" on a folder is already pretty huge. I've handled these knives, but I don't own them because I have a policy of not paying more than $75 for a folder. wink
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#210461 - 10/28/10 03:07 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: GauchoViejo]
tomfaranda Offline
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Registered: 02/14/08
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Well the cold steel spartan is more of a weapon then a tool. But it is one hand opening and has a four and a half inch blade.
Only costs around $50.

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#210519 - 10/29/10 03:11 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: GauchoViejo]
Mark_R Offline
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 863
Loc: Southern California
Originally Posted By: GauchoViejo

Right handed. Clip irrelevant. Ditto assisted opening. Thumb stud preferred but hole in blade acceptable. Any steel. Up to $150. Minimum Blade length 4.5" MANDATORY. Plastic handles unacceptable. Weight irrelevant.


Do you have an intended use for it?

Cold steel Spartan (plastic over steel liners)and Ti-Lites both meet your requirements as does the Benchmade 13220, but the geometries are completely different. The Spatan's a chopper, the Ti-Lite's a dagger, and the 13220's a mild clip.

http://www.coldsteel.com/folding-knives.html
http://www.benchmade.com/products/13220

Spartan


Ti-Lite


13220
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#210523 - 10/29/10 05:23 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: Teslinhiker]
Art_in_FL Offline
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Originally Posted By: Teslinhiker
Art:

The OP was asking about a folding knife..how does a Maxpedition RolyPoly relate to a knife...or am I missing something here?!


Yes, you are missing something.

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#210531 - 10/29/10 10:40 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: Art_in_FL]
GauchoViejo Offline
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Registered: 03/06/08
Posts: 94
Loc: Argentina
I just bought a Benchmade LFK. Seems to be exactly what I need. It will probably arrive within the next two weeks. I'll let you know how it worked out. Thanks to all for your input (although I'm still mystified by the Maxpedition backpack).

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#210533 - 10/29/10 10:57 AM Re: Folding knife [Re: GauchoViejo]
njs Offline
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Registered: 10/01/10
Posts: 41
Loc: Colorado
I know the OP went with a Benchmade knife but I thought I'd put these out there in case others are looking as well. The Dozier knives from Kabar are a real bargen, tough, sharp and good quality steel . I found them online for considerably less than the MSRP.


Here are two models with 3.6" blades, one with a thumbstud and one with a hole, both are ambidextrous.


https://www.kabar.com/product/productDetail.do?productNumber=4070&mode=category&categoryId=1,2,3,7&categoryName=Hunting/Sporting

https://www.kabar.com/product/productDetail.do?productNumber=4071&mode=category&categoryId=1,2,3,7&categoryName=Hunting/Sporting


I have a 3" blade model that I Found for $19.00 at a local store.

https://www.kabar.com/product/productDetail.do?productNumber=4065

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#210564 - 10/29/10 07:06 PM Re: Folding knife [Re: GauchoViejo]
darin Offline
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Registered: 02/01/10
Posts: 9
benchmade. I think its called the combat folder?

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#210569 - 10/29/10 07:24 PM Re: Folding knife [Re: darin]
Mark_R Offline
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 863
Loc: Southern California
Originally Posted By: darin
benchmade. I think its called the combat folder?


Are your thinking of the AFCK?
http://www.benchmade.com/products/806
It's got a 4" blade

The one he's getting is part of their Harley Davidson collection and sports a 5.2" blade and a retractable fin in the pommel
http://www.benchmade.com/products/13220
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#210570 - 10/29/10 07:29 PM Re: Folding knife [Re: Mark_R]
ireckon Offline
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Registered: 04/01/10
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Loc: Northern California
Originally Posted By: Mark_R
The one he's getting is part of their Harley Davidson collection and sports a 5.2" blade and a retractable fin in the pommel
http://www.benchmade.com/products/13220


They're making the handle shorter than the blade. I wonder what the purpose of that is. The blade sticks out from the handle when closed anyway. So, I might as well have a handle that's longer to cover the blade. That retractable fin is yet another moving part on a folding knife. Is this knife gimmicky?
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