Post Your Tactical Folders

[Jtx]

Gorgeous knife, I'm a Heretic fan.

Thanks redrider. As I said, this is my first... but I don't think it will be my last

[garddogg56]

That's a beauty JTX auto??

[Jtx]

That's a beauty JTX auto??

Thanks garddogg. It is an Out The Front auto.

[bestgear]

Just picked-up this Reate Zoro (#54/300) with a M390 Belt Satin Blade. The handle is crafted from bead blasted titanium while the framelock mechanism is designed for right-hand users only with a tip-up clip for convenient carry. Weighing in at only 4.7 ounces, the Reate Zoro is my new EDC. Not your grandfathers made in China knife.

[Railsplitter]

Just picked-up this Reate Zoro (#54/300) with a M390 Belt Satin Blade. The handle is crafted from bead blasted titanium while the framelock mechanism is designed for right-hand users only with a tip-up clip for convenient carry. Weighing in at only 4.7 ounces, the Reate Zoro is my new EDC. Not your grandfathers made in China knife.

Very elegant looking knife, Tom.

In your last two pictures, do you have something behind the knife propping it up?

[Railsplitter]

Never mind. I get it now. I was seeing the peak on the blade.

[1967redrider]

Awesome design, Tom.

[bestgear]

Awesome design, Tom.

TY John, I’m really happy with this one.

[Quick Steel]

Tom, you have a formidable folder. Very sleek. It reeks of power.

[bestgear]

Tom, you have a formidable folder. Very sleek. It reeks of power.

Thanks Garry, with tariffs looming I couldn’t hold back any more guilty!

[desert.snake]

Here is the Emerson Super-8. Got it yesterday, it's really big, even a little bigger than comfortable. This is the second knife my wife picked up and said "wow, it has such a comfortable handle! Is it for cutting people?" I reassured her that it would only cut food. The first was #3-5 Stag FG in 2015

[1967redrider]

Awesome group shots! I would tell my wife, it's for whatever needs to be cut.

[desert.snake]

Thank you! I'll take a picture of what she uses in the kitchen sometime)) As for what the operators use, there was a question somewhere at the very beginning of the topic, one of my friends has been to Iraq several times and even to Saddam's palace. His favorite folder is the Benchmade Osborne 940, green handle with black coating, bought with own money, still uses it every day. I think it's all marketing. If some really cool real special forces guy (William Ewart Fairbairn) or movie hero like Rambo used a bright pink with white hearts Mercator K55K, everyone would think it was a tactical knife

[1967redrider]

I have one of those Osborne 940s in Jade G-10, great knife.

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[desert.snake]

I have one of those Osborne 940s in Jade G-10, great knife.

viewtopic.php?p=969244&hilit=Osborne+940#p969244

Yeah, you have a great knife! The translucent G10 is very beautiful My friend's green handle was made of aluminum and anodized or painted

I just thought, if there are tactical knives, then could there be a strategic knife? That is, the knife is not for action, but rather for reflection or meditation. So far the only knife that comes to mind is Washington's knife, I once found information about it here
https://aw22.org/george-washington-penknife/

Well and also all the knives from the topic about comfortable knives are also suitable for this, probably, or letter openers

[desert.snake]

Paragon, circa '95 or so, very well made, the blade is 62-63 mm long. In my opinion, push-button locks, which were introduced by Ron Miller / Charles Ochs (If I understood the article correctly, the first one introduced it, the second one popularized it), are the strongest of locks. I once took a cheap Chinese knife with such a lock and tried to break it by hitting and stabbing the blade in different directions on wood and concrete - it did not work until the screws that held the back of the handle broke and the halves of the handle moved apart and the lock no longer held the tang of the blade. I think a properly made lock of this type from a reputable company is more reliable

[Czvz24]

Beautiful, my dream knife is the 2020 Harsey special edition (runes and staves) I've desperately been looking for one and at this point I'll pay almost anything.

[1967redrider]

Very cool, I'm a button lock/auto fan.

[bestgear]

This Kunwu S-TAO arrived earlier this week. This is a precision-built Chinese knife that blends modern materials with a rugged, functional design that offers blade hole, traditional flipper tab, and front flipper tabs opening methods. Ball bearings in the pivot allow for exceptionally smooth action and with a deep carry clip for versatile pocket placement. This knife is built to perform.

Blade Length: 3.50"
Closed Length: 4.63"
Blade Material: Vanax Stainless Steel
Blade Hardness: 60-62HRC
Blade Style: Sheepsfoot
Blade Finish: DLC
Handle Material: Gray Titanium - Orange Peel

[Railsplitter]

This Kunwu S-TAO arrived earlier this week. This is a precision-built Chinese knife that blends modern materials with a rugged, functional design that offers blade hole, traditional flipper tab, and front flipper tabs opening methods. Ball bearings in the pivot allow for exceptionally smooth action and with a deep carry clip for versatile pocket placement. This knife is built to perform.

Blade Length: 3.50"
Closed Length: 4.63"
Blade Material: Vanax Stainless Steel
Blade Hardness: 60-62HRC
Blade Style: Sheepsfoot
Blade Finish: Satin
Handle Material: Gray Titanium - Orange Peel

Very nice, Tom. Looks like a tank of a knife and the Orange Peel Titanium is very attractive. And three ways to open it. Very cool knife!

[bestgear]

Looks like a tank of a knife

I was looking for a flipper tank but not as chunky as the Medford Fighter Flipper. So far the Kunwu has met my expectations but we'll see over time. Thanks for taking a peek

[Sasquach]

I have not been a collector of modern tactical folders but I do have a few. I recently received a gift from my neighbor who knows that I collect knives. He said it looked unusual so he figured I'd like it. This thing is a bona fide monster. It is an Artisan Proponent Tactical Folder. This is my first Artisan product. The inverted tanto blade is a massive chunk of razor sharp D2 tool steel. The handles are G10 and the liners and hardware are stainless. It also comes with a detachable lanyard. It weighs a little over 9 oz. One handed opening is surprising easy for such a large knife and the liner lock is as solid as bedrock. The blade is perfectly centered. About the only thing I could say negative about it is it's made in China (while my opinion of Chinese products is changing, my opinion of their politics remains less than favorable) but a well made knife is a well made knife. My son asked what would you use a knife like that for? I replied pretty much any damn thing you want to.

[Railsplitter]

I have not been a collector of modern tactical folders but I do have a few. I recently received a gift from my neighbor who knows that I collect knives. He said it looked unusual so he figured I'd like it. This thing is a bona fide monster. It is an Artisan Proponent Tactical Folder. This is my first Artisan product. The inverted tanto blade is a massive chunk of razor sharp D2 tool steel. The handles are G10 and the liners and hardware are stainless. It also comes with a detachable lanyard. It weighs a little over 9 oz. One handed opening is surprising easy for such a large knife and the liner lock is as solid as bedrock. The blade is perfectly centered. About the only thing I could say negative about it is it's made in China (while my opinion of Chinese products is changing, my opinion of their politics remains less than favorable) but a well made knife is a well made knife. My son asked what would you use a knife like that for? I replied pretty much any damn thing you want to.

Wow! That thing is a BEAST!

[bestgear]

It is an Artisan Proponent Tactical Folder.

love it Charlie. In 2018 Artisan Cutlery was founded as a small US-based company working directly with their own manufacturing facility in YangJiang China featuring CNC machines, wire EDM, and laser engraving which enables them to manufacture knives and tools at a variety of levels.

Who doesn’t love a chunky knife This came in the mail today, a Vosteed Hedgehog with black anodized aluminum covers and stonewashed S35VN steel, chunky but not nearly the heft of your Proponent Charlie.