Fixed blade or Folder

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Fixed blade or Folder

Poll ended at Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:46 pm

Fixed Blade
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32%
Folder
48
68%
 
Total votes: 71
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Fixed blade or Folder

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Since there have been several polls going around this week. I thought I would start one for fun. Fixed blade or Folder. What's your favorite.
Say you have just over 200.00 for a new knife. What do you get? Fixed or folder?
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Folder for me.... I have VERY little use for a fixed blade.
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I love small edc fixed blades.
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I have 3 fixed blades and like them all, but I use my folders many times more.
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Depends on the task and situation... but in my life I definitely have more call for a folder. Unfortunately... I do love me some FBs...
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I have strong preference to folders. I have only two fixed blades and never use any of them.
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Fixed blades for scuba diving, bait prep, cleaning fish.

Folders for just about everything else in my life.
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My folders get carried and used every day while my fixed blades just hang out, waiting for a rare opportunity to cut something. So my vote went to a folder.
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Folder. I'm very very rarely in a situation where i would need a fixed blade. I'm also fascinated about the mechanics of a folder...pivot/lock designs are very interesting to me. The debate about a folder that's as strong as a fixed blade always intrigues me no matter how stupid it is.
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I would always take a fixed blade over a folder personally.

I don't carry folders by choice believe me.....
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I EDC a folder religiously. But, whenever I'm in the woods (which is as often as possible) I always have a fixed blade. No matter how well built a folder is, it's still a knife with a mechanical weak spot trying to be a fixed blade. But, for the practicalities of EDC, they win out.
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I have one fixed blade and my folders get used way more so I voted folder.
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DeathBySnooSnoo wrote:I love small edc fixed blades.
Me too, but sadly there aren't enough with good carry opportunities for where I work.... So I went with folder.
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Folders for me. I want an easily carried, lightweight knife that does not get in the way.
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The fixed blades get less use, but I can't see a Ladybug or D'Fly ZDP being recreated in a fixed blade, then again I can't see the Bushcraft or Temp2 being recreated in a folder. Each has it's own roles.

If I had $200 to spend on knives I'd probably go folder, no, maybe a mule or 2 more, no, maybe a Tuff when it surfaces, no maybe another Bushcraft............................ :)
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A full tang fixed blade for me. 3-4 inch, drop point, FFG, choil blade. Removable scales. 1095 Carbon steel. No question warranty.

Wait.. That's a RC-3 or RC-4. Next on my list. Looks like if I had 200 bucks, I could buy both. Or a Izula 2 and a RC-5..
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I prefer a fixed blade for hiking, but a folder is much more convenient for everyday use. So I voted folder... even though for $200 I'd get both!
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With 200.00 to spend, you really can't get a fixed blade that can be used for every sitsuation that you may encounter. Anyone who has been in the Military or been in a survival sitsuation knows that a fixed blade knife is really going to take a beating. Also, with one exception ( the Randall # 18 attack survival knife ) you would on ly want a full tang knife. When I was in the military, I carried a Randall 18 and it took a beating and never let me down. Held up when even full tang blades failed. If you need a real good survival knife on the cheap, Then the schrade extreame BT301 has proven it's self worthy in the field too.
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I carry one of each every day. I am not sure why I carry the folder anymore...It has not cut anything in perhaps a month?

The fixed blade is so much more convenient, far fewer concerns, much easier to clean, faster to get out, faster to put away.

To each, their own...
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I just bought two cruwear mules and another M390 mule. It was about 200 total so I guess my answer would be fixed blade. I found a way to carry my mules fairly easily and comfortably now. Thought not the prettiest of ways. It'll do until my skill improves. I try to carry a fixed blade everywhere I legally can. I also carry multiple folders too but if I had to choose between one or the other for the rest of my life it would be fb.
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