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#289383 - 06/14/18 12:07 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: hikermor]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
Posts: 5357
Loc: SOCAL
I have a Delica, but one with the SS handle rather than the much lighter weight FRN. What disappointed me was that the blade came with a saber grind rather than flat grind. That’s just the way Spyderco made them. Now that summer is here (in SOCAL summer comes early) the weight of a knife is noticeable particularly when wearing lightweight nylon. That brings me to the Delica at the link, however, the Dozier’s $21.38 is like 1/3 the price of $74.72 - nice.

Jeanette - The obvious answer is to get both the Dozier and one of the cheap utility knives. The Dozier goes with you as part of your EDC supplementing your EMT shears; the utility knife stays wherever you open packages and cut up cardboard. $.02, but that’s how I’d do it and it’s a rationale to buy another sharp wink

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#289384 - 06/14/18 12:32 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: hikermor]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 11/13/06
Posts: 2946
Loc: Nacogdoches, Texas
Originally Posted By: hikermor
For just a bargain knife, get a Mora. they are very good quality and astonishingly cheap, especially their classical items. It is hard to justify anything more expensive.

Aren't Mora knives fixed blade? I need a folder.

Jeanette Isabelle
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#289385 - 06/14/18 12:38 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
Russ Offline
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Registered: 06/02/06
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Opinel knives are mostly folders IIRC.

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#289386 - 06/14/18 01:21 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: hikermor]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Registered: 11/13/06
Posts: 2946
Loc: Nacogdoches, Texas
Originally Posted By: hikermor
Oh dear! We are talking knives... Will this ever end??

I think it fits since the reason I joined this forum is that I asked why is the knife is the primary tool. Eleven and a half years later I'm asking which knife to get.

Jeanette Isabelle
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#289390 - 06/14/18 02:15 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
dougwalkabout Online   confused
Crazy Canuck
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3219
Loc: Alberta, Canada
I picked up a couple of Doziers on clearance, some years ago. No regrets.

Good little utility folders. Decent steel, thin in the pocket and sturdy enough for any reasonable task.

I would take one on a hike without reservation.

My 2c.

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#289391 - 06/14/18 02:24 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
Phaedrus Offline
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Registered: 04/28/10
Posts: 3148
Loc: Big Sky Country
Dozier knives are usually good. A Spyderco Dragonfly or Ladybug would also serve you well.
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#289393 - 06/14/18 02:45 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
dougwalkabout Online   confused
Crazy Canuck
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3219
Loc: Alberta, Canada
I quite like the Dragonfly for a keychain knife -- handy to carry, but just big enough to be useful. But WAY too spendy unless (like a young chap I know) you snag it for half the outrageous MSRP. Great buy, dude, but why didn't you grab one for me?


Edited by dougwalkabout (06/14/18 02:47 AM)

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#289394 - 06/14/18 03:12 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: dougwalkabout]
hikermor Offline
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
All these posts and no one has brought up the Swiss army knife in its various permutations? Gotta be something there...
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#289395 - 06/14/18 03:27 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
dougwalkabout Online   confused
Crazy Canuck
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 3219
Loc: Alberta, Canada
The OP specified a locking blade. Otherwise a SAK would be first in line.

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#289398 - 06/14/18 07:02 AM Re: Folder for Opening Boxes [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
Bingley Offline
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Registered: 02/27/08
Posts: 1576
I'm concerned for Jeanette: why don't you already have such a knife? IS SOMEONE HOLDING YOUR KNIVES HOSTAGE???

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