Anyone just carry a folder knife?

[Fireflyfishing]

No. Fixed blades for me. Tried the Havalon and I didn’t care for it. Good for skull work, but that was it for me. I really like KOA.

 

[Mullthing]

Only lightweight folding knife for me.

 

[SloppyJ]

I have a havalon with two blades, a saw blade and a normal blade. I also have an outdoor edge folding knife. Ive been reaching for the outdoor edge more often lately for cleaning game. I prefer the way their blade replacement mechanism works more than the havalon.

 

[sage1]

Outdoor edge, with replacement blades works great

 

[longbarrel]

I like the Lionsteel M4 with M390 steel fixed blade but back it up with a Spyderco Sage 1 Maxamet in the pack.

 

[mainbeam pursuit2]

Years ago all I carried was a Buck 110, the went to a Kershaw folding. As I have moved further in this journey, I like a small knife. I do have an Outdoor Edge replaceable blade folder I carry now along with a good fixed blade. They each have their use.

 

[Marbles]

I have. Folders are a pain to clean and I will take a few extra ounces to have both a folder and a fixed blade.

Not a fan of fixed blades that are either large or heavy though. I would probably just use a folder if the only fixed blade option was a BK-16 for example.

 

[KenLee]

Buck 110…

Amen. 45 years

 

[Wacko]

I like a small fixed blade. I use it for more than game cleaning though. Folders are hard to clean.

Lots of options in the 3" blade range....I bought a gerber priciple and then bought a neck sheath for it. Light, grippy, easy to sharpen.....hard to go wrong. I have several others too....of course!!

JMHO

 

[LookinforDirt]

I’m trying an Opinel #8 and #9 knives this year to see how I like them. One carbon and one stainless just to compare. Light weight, affordable, sharp. Not pocket knife type folders but still folders.

 

[Clovis]

I’m trying an Opinel #8 and #9 knives this year to see how I like them. One carbon and one stainless just to compare. Light weight, affordable, sharp. Not pocket knife type folders but still folders.

For decades I did all my deer field work with a smaller carbon steel Opinel (no. 6 and no. 7) and still carry one often. I still really love those knives--cheap, light, and easy to sharpen. I can get a carbon steel Opinel shaving sharp and touch it up as necessary in the field with a credit card sized diamond stone. The steel seems to be soft but that makes it easy to sharpen. I think they look classy too--you can use it on a cheese board without it seeming out of place (clean the blood and hair off first for best results).

 

[AntelopeEater]

I love my Spyderco Pacific Salt 2 Lightweight. I used it recently to take care of an antelope, though I also had a fixed blade Buck 119 that I used to cut through the leg bones and neck vertebrae.

The Buck 119 needed sharpening after whereas the Spyderco did not, despite the Spyderco being used the most.

I decided to test the corrosion resistance, and did NOT clean the Spyderco for a couple days afterwards, I left it folded and covered with gore. Rinsed off with tap water and it is as good as new, amazing blade.

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[joerotter]

I've gone back to an "old school" folding Buck for my heavy work and a Bugout Benchmade for my EDC and backup blade. Over the years I've been on again, off again with disposables like OE and Piranta, and just dislike them now. I hate the trash, snapping blades, and changing blades. I like the old school heavy duty folders for the compact quality and the old fashioned Bucks hold a super edge when done right. I touch them up part way through an animal with a tiny sharpener in my possibles pouch.

 

[SDHNTR]

Case pocket knife here. I’ve tried dozens of others both fixed blade and replaceable. Keep going back to the case. Nothing else compares.

 

[Blurry1]

Skinned and broke down my first couple elk with a spyderco delica wave. Needed a touch up that night but I’m a fan. The scales do cooled dried blood but otherwise no problems. Unfortunately I lost it and have been using a benchmade sense. Same deal but better lock in my opinion.

 

[Southern Lights]

I sometimes just carry a folder Benchmade like Griptillian, a mercator. I always have a swiss army knife and have used just that on deer. I think a fixed blade is easier to keep clean though. I often carry a Fallkniven F1 or Helle fixed blade along with a folder.