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Most people have at some time owned a pocket knife even if they didn’t know it. A good example is the popularity of the multitools, like the Leatherman or Victorinox which have a knife blade incorporated in most models. Folding pocket knives have been around for a long time because of style, functionality and portability. Whether you select a utility knife or a stylish collectible is a personal choice and there are hundreds of models and versions of great pocket knives to choose from. Here is a shortlist of a couple of bestselling folding pocket knives of different types:

Buck 110 Folding Hunter Lockback Folding Knife

Buck folding pocket knives have been around for a long time and have in many ways set the path for knife designs. The Buck 110 Lockback folder is a model that dates back to 1962 and is the Buck signature knife. This knife comes with unconditional lifetime guarantee.

The lockback designs is classic, proven and safe and ensures that the Buck Hunter 110 opens and closes easily. This is a classic folding pocket knife with polished brass bolsters and wood handle. Comes with a black leather belt sheath.

Leatherman 830039 New Wave Multitool with Sheath

Leatherman made the multitool famous and the 830039 New Wave is a milestone in company heritage. This multitool contains 2 pliers, wire cutters, 2 knives, a saw, scissors, 2 files, 2 drivers, a bottle opener, 2 double-ended bits, and more, all made in 100% stainless steel of the highest quality. If you need more versatility than what folding pocket knives can offer, why not add on a couple of more tools and try a Leatherman multitool?

The Leatherman 830039 New Wave Multitool comes with 25-year limited warranty and sheath.

Victorinox Swiss Army Champion Plus Pocket Knife

This is a extended version of the classic Swiss Army folder. This knife contains 30 tools of stainless steel that you will find useful while camping, hunting, hiking, fishing, etc.

The Victorinox Swiss Army Pocket Knife is perhaps the most popular pocket knife due to high versatility while being fashionable, durable and small in size when folded.

This model has over 220 positive customer reviews at Amazon.

Benchmade 585 Mini-Barrage Osborne Design Knife

This folding pocket knife has a 154CM stainless steel 58-60 HRC blade of a finish and quality that is above most folding pocket knives in this price range.

The serrations of the blade can easily handle cutting packing straps and lines.

The Benchmade 585 Mini Barrage is perhaps the ultimate EDC (every day carry) folder out there.

A folding knife needs to have quality components or it will cease to work properly in short time. The Benchmade knives are exclusive pieces with precision materials.

Legendary designer Bob Lum’s legacy continues with this rock-steady Ti Monolock. Large but comfortable, rugged yet subtly elegant, this new folder is a worth addition to the 2009 Benchmade lineup. The Benchmade Design Knife has sand blasted titanium handles with a tip down pocket clip and a lanyard hole. The LFti features a monolock function (frame lock). The tanto styled CPM-M4 tool steel blade is BK1 black coated for durability and protection against corrosion.

Bob Lum has over 30 years of knife designing expertise and a artistic drive in his craftsmanship of knives.

Benchmade LFTi Specifications
Dual Titanium Handles
Flawless Titanium Monolock Function
Premium Grade Blade Steel
Blade Length: 4.00 in.
Blade Thickness: 0.150 in.
Overall Length: 9.00 in.
Closed Length: 5.00 in.

NOTE: The Benchmade LFTi is discontinued. There are several updated models of similar design. Please visit our list of Benchmade Design and Parade Knives where you will find every Benchmade Design Knife currently on sale.

There are many types of folding pocket knives. Most people will choose Assisted Opening Knives since it is portable, safe and legal in most regions. Unfolding assisted opening folding knives is simplified by a spring mechanism that comes into action and releases the blade after it has been partially unfolded.

Knives that have a assisted opening mechanism are easier to open than a simple folding knife. The knives will have a ridge, thumb stud or a hole that gives your thumb traction. By pushing outwards, the blade begins to unfold. When it has reached a certain point, the spring in the assisted opening knife extends the blade fully. There is also a lock which you must unlock to fold the knife again.

Most brands carry these types of knives. Buck has several, such as the Buck 295 Tempest which has a 3 1/4″ stainless steel blade with thumb stud for initiating the extension. Most brands have similar products.

The pocket knife was once seen as almost a toy, something boys carried or you had with you just to clean out the pipe. That may have been true in the last millennium because the current offerings those of the assisted opening type are high-tech, very durable and there is a huge assortment of blade types to choose from.

The assisted opening also makes it easy to operate one-handed, something that the folding knives of yesterday were not since they required both hands to open it safely.

What do you need assisted opening folding knives for? Once you get one, you will notice that it really is a tool and that it is useful for more than you first thought. Cutting, opening things, prying, scratching (as when cleaning off mud or soot).

Obviously, if you do a lot of camping, hunting or fishing a assisted opening knife is indispensable, an absolute must-have item.

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