What is your favorite pocket knife (for anything- utility, self defense, collecting, etc)?

Question

I collect knives and I was curious at to what kind of knives other people like to collect or use everyday. My favorite knife, that I recently acquired, was a 4" Cold Steel Ti-Lite, which resembles the typical Italian bayonet style stilettos of the 1950's. It isn't a switchblade or a spring assist, it is a flick of the wrist knife or a manual opener, so perfectly legal. It is pretty much a self defense knife, although it is sharp enough to use for utility purposes, although it isn't designed for that.

So is are your guy's favorite knife and why? I will give 10 points to the person who says what their favorite knife is and thoroughly explains why it is their favorite knife.

Oh, and please, no corny answers that insult my intelligence like "butter knife", "plastic knife", "x-acto knife", "letter opener", "kitchen knife", "carpet knife", etc and so forth. I'm looking to hear answers about pocket knife folders only (I will make an exception to the x-acto knife, because it sometimes come in the form of a lockback as a utility knife, or as a manual folder).

Answer 1

Wow I will have to think hard. I am a big time folding knife collector and have easily over 50 of them.



While I rotate some here and there, I have some definite favorites.



My best Every-Day-Carry is a discontinued model called CRKT BladeLock by Michael Walker. It's a 3.5 inch otherwise simple folder with a unique feature. It's thumb-stud is the lock, and it locks in its open and closed position. You press the stud into the blade and push. It's easier than it sounds and I can open it faster than most people can do regular folders. Because it locks shut, the pivot is quite smooth and opens very easily once unlocked. Just a great action on it, I've had it for over a decade and it works fine.



Also the unique lock actually saved me once. Because it is rather uncommon for a folder to lock shut, most people who pick it up cannot figure out how it works. I used to carry the knife clipped to my back pants pocket, and one time this jerk came up behind me and yanked it out, intending to use it against me. But he couldn't get it to open due to the lock, which gave me time to hit him pretty hard, regain my knife and scare him off with it.



When I am at work, I have to keep any knife I carry under 2.5 inches, so I added the Benchmite II to my collection. It's tiny but very well made, and also locks closed with a "levitation lock." I work with children and sometimes people of unsound mind, and while I normally make sure to keep it out of sight, you never know and it's good to know it would probably prevent most people from opening it. Besides, it's a Benchmade, one of the best brands out there. It has a lifetime warranty and sharpening service.



Just a handful of others worth mentioning are my SOG Pentagon Elite II, the full sized Applegate-Fairbairn combat folder (these two are my biggest), the CRKT Pharaoh which just looks really cool, and I also have a Cold Steel Ti-Lite in Zytel (cheaper) because I it's just like my father and grandfather's stilettos (they are both Italian).

Answer 2

Favorite Pocket Knife

Answer 3

From what I understand, pepper spray works on some but not on others. On the other hand, there is no man alive that is immune to knives. I live in an extremely liberal state, yet there have been two recent incidents where a knife was used in justifiable self defense resulting in the bad guys getting killed. The prosecutor deemed both to be self defense and there were no charges. In both cases, neither good guy was identified as some kind of knife expert. Indeed, that's the beauty of the knife. You don't need to be an expert to use a knife. Any body can stab or slash with a knife. Of course, training can make you more effective, but that's not the point, pun intended. I'm not saying that a knife is better than pepper spray. I'll leave that to the experts. But don't underestimate the knife.

Answer 4

Benchmade Skirmish. Gorgeous recurve blade with a properly strong tip, top-notch CPM S30v steel, massively strong, very ergonomic titanium handle, frame lock that reinforces with your grip, relatively light weight, semi-custom quality, razor sharp! Fricking sweet!

Answer 5

my favorite knife is my coldsteel gunsite the serrated edge has save my *** on several hunting trips . my dad gave it to me when i was 15 so i would never give up this awesome knife

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Answer 7

my favorite knife is my coldsteel gunsite the serrated edge has save my *** on several hunting trips . my dad gave it to me when i was 15 so i would never give up this awesome knife

Answer 8

plastic knife