50 replies to this topic

[Peresh]

Folks,
which is the best pocket knife, small but looking for a high quality with a clip that you guys recommend ?
Thanks.
P.

[philly]

Hey Bud, mine is a Benchmade, can't go wrong with them, great quality and many styles to choose from.
Philly

[WC28]

crkt k.i.s.s small nice clip and easily concealed

[btuer]

Good choices above.

My choice is a Spyderco Delica - I have quite a few knives but this one has been in my pocket 80% of the timefor the past 10 years and still going strong.

[Tex-Shooter]

Be carful Guys, I don't agree with it, but all lock back knives are outlawed in many US towns now. This is true even in Texas like San Antonio and switch blades are covered by a old national law. If picked up on a federal charge such as an alcohol charge, one could go to prison if carrying a switch blade knife, no matter what the state law is. Tex-Shooter

[btuer]

Really?

In Canada its generally only automatic knives that are illegal (ie switchblades, gravity knives or ones that can be opened by centrifugal force).

Have the american laws changed recently? I use to be a member of a knife forum and I don't recall anyone from the US ever mentioning that lockbacks were illegal in some areas. Of course this was a few years ago. Heck there were even some states that allowed switchblades and balisongs.

Bill

Tex-Shooter, on 21 June 2011 - 08:47 AM, said:

Be carful Guys, I don't agree with it, but all lock back knives are outlawed in many US towns now. This is true even in Texas like San Antonio and switch blades are covered by a old national law. If picked up on a federal charge such as an alcohol charge, one could go to prison if carrying a switch blade knife, no matter what the state law is. Tex-Shooter

Edited by btuer, 21 June 2011 - 03:24 PM.

[pelleteer]

You don't specify a blade length or price range, but 3 really nice "smallish" locking folders with pocket clips would be the Cold Steel Mini Lawman, Mini AK-47, and the Kershaw PackRat. The PackRat is assisted, while the CS's are manual opening. They all run in the $50 USD range. If that's too pricey, check out some of the new Chinese made Kershaws like the Scamp (there are several others, too, that's just the only one I can recall the name of at the moment, lol). They tend to run in the $25-30 range.

As far as restrictions on locking knives in the USA, there may well be a few cities here and there that don't allow them (I couldn't name any offhand), as knife laws are commonly left to local authorities.

[Deltaboy1984]

According to the SA PD they don't worry about the average person only Gang Bangers. When it comes to their 3 inch limit lock back law. I have carried my Buck 110 in it's case on my belt on SA every time I been there and had no issues with the local PD.

[Tex-Shooter]

As a retired knife distributer I know that there is more than a few. At one time I did have up to date published list of Texas cities restrictions but I don't anymore. 10 years ago there were 5 cities within 100 miles of me with lock back restrictions and a couple of them had more restrictions on knives than on guns (go figure). Oh and by the way there are quite a few cities outlawing slingshots any more. That is why I frown on some types of wild slingshot talk, as it is just not good for the future of the sport. -- Tex

[erlkonig]

cold steel palstic folder - very cheap . light weight . you can threw it away if in trouble.

[pelleteer]

erlkonig, on 22 June 2011 - 07:14 AM, said:

cold steel palstic folder - very cheap . light weight . you can threw it away if in trouble.

The Kudu. Great little folder (I have 2), but Peresh is looking for a pocket clip knife (although I guess with a little work you could add a clip to the Kudu).

[dallasdeadeye]

best edc folder, is the benchmade 550hg griptilian.

[Deltaboy1984]

Kershaw and Gerber and Buck make nice small lockbacks with clips.

[Hrawk]

My two current EDC's are the Sog Aegis and Cold Steel Pocket Bushman. I highly recommend both knives.

[Hairu]

I highly recomend the CRKT m21-12 or any other folder from the m16 carson design series they are super durable sharp hold an edge and they're also really easy to dissassemble if you need to clean it

[smallholder1]

i did not know there was control on knives in the U.S.A. here in England it must be sub 3'' folding non locking blade,a few years back i always carried a buck 110,now because of our laws a canoe folder like this no clip but it sits nice in the pocket.

Edited by smallholder1, 16 July 2011 - 11:13 AM.

[tubeman]

I bought this Swiss Army Solo on Amazon recently. Excellent build that should last a lifetime and great price of under £12.00. It has a 3 inch blade and is non locking so UK legal

Edited by tubeman, 16 July 2011 - 11:31 AM.

[NoSugarRob]

thought locking was ok in the uk gents..

http://www.bkcg.co.uk/guide/law.html

Edited by NoSugarRob, 16 July 2011 - 12:08 PM.

[slingshot_sniper]

Of course you can add a pocket clip to any knife/tool as long as the thing has a smooth place to attach

clipdraw

[tubeman]

NoSugarRob, on 16 July 2011 - 12:07 PM, said:

thought locking was ok in the uk gents..

http://www.bkcg.co.uk/guide/law.html

Not according to the last paragraph in this article

[smallholder1]

NoSugarRob, on 16 July 2011 - 12:07 PM, said:

thought locking was ok in the uk gents..

http://www.bkcg.co.uk/guide/law.html

they ok if you have good reason

A Crown Court case (Harris v DPP), ruled (case law). A lock knife for all legal purposes, is the same as a fixed blade knife. A folding pocket knife must be readily foldable at all times. If it has a mechanism that prevents folding, it's a lock knife (or for legal purposes, a fixed blade) The Court of Appeal (REGINA - v - DESMOND GARCIA DEEGAN 1998) upheld the Harris ruling stating that "folding was held to mean non-locking". No leave to appeal was granted.

[NoSugarRob]

i stand corrected. thank you for the info. I don't like this bit of law

[pop shot]

I'd suggest a benchmade ACFK. killer knife, had mine for years.

[Bob Fionda]

Puma Game Warden, quite old but still good working and Mcusta Basic Folder.

[fishjunkie]

buck old timer spyderco native