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Now that I have a couple of custom fixed blade knives from some of the great craftsmen on here I want a good frame lock or similar folding knife. I have been carrying a Ken Onion design from CRKT every day and it is a great knife but I am spoiled now. Let’s see some folders with specs and suggestions

My favorite, Rick Menefee trapper, 154 cm, damn nice knife

Like this’n too, north arm skaha, s35vn, light, super smooth well build. Think it’s a 2 year wait time now.

Yep I am on the waiting list, 22 months according to them

Ok I knew someone mentioned it here. Hit Vince m up he’s been posting some knife Meneffee and Lloyd folders on the gram

Ken Coats Trapper

I am looking more for a locking blade

These are great but pretty much unobtainium for a long while. In keeping with that trend I recently picked up a few other unobtainum folders that both I, and a ton of other folks highly recommend if you can find one at a reasonable price.

They are:
Three Rivers Manufacturing (TRM) Atom and Neutron 2.
Protech Malibu (I picked up the blue wharncliffe bladed model).

goofy to wait two years for a factory made folder

Your right Sam, forgot about that orange one until I got a email over a year later.. 😂

Vince has a sale on Rocky Menefee's folders right now!

I don't see that on his website Mike

Facebook under vcm knives

I just found them in the free classified.

My website can be a PITA to list knives on so sometimes they just never make it on there . Right now I have some framelocks in on consignment from a collector ,they are nice ,sure seem heavy duty.

I like all kinds of knives obviously ,I buy different folders at times to check m out . But at the end of the ay I mostly carry a slipjoint knife .

The way things are with knives right now ,there's so much available ,so if you're gonna get a knife to carry every day ( EDC) it makes no sense to wait for one to be built . I'd say that's for a collector to do.

The two knives I have by Rocky are in A2 steel ,hollow ground they're listed in the classifieds . I have probably a dozen from Lloyd ,more coming weekly .I also have some small folder by Rick Nowland that are perfect if you work indoors etc.

And a heads up,I still have 2 Miller Chef listed below makers price and a 16 Bore by Mike too. More knives will be listed in a few days too ! Thanks for mentioning me here fella's

Don't wait for a knife to be built ,there's available knives everywhere right now !

Tony Bose ( RIP) the best slipjoint builder in the World IMHO he had a saying ,he'd say ," If you need a lock on a folder ,get a fixed blade "

I always liked those Kabar Dozier folders made in Taiwan for 20 bucks ,good knife for the price I use mine for opening the boxes of incoming knives ,since I don't want glue on the blade of others For $20 a pc you can put a few in different places ,work shop ,truck ,etc

Vince, I sent a membership request to your FB site

Thanks Sam

That made me smile.

In a working knife, the nice thing about so many "lock" knives is that they have a stud to open with one hand. I have little need of a lock but I often need to be able to open with one hand.

Here's a few that I had posted for sale a while back:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt.../15328646/custom-liner-locks-tobin-smith

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...314330/john-w-smith-evolution-liner-lock

A lockblade is the knife you carry when you can't carry a real knife...