Wich of these folder knives do you think that have the strongest blade and wich the strongest lock?.

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Find Cold Steel Knives they will give you a long ride.

Very well said, that is exactly how I feel.

Yes, that is, "no need to apologise", thanks Vertex.

i love cold steel knives but, saddly in Europe are very expensive (more than double that in EEUU). I like the cold steel spartan, rajah ii and espada XL (that is based on traditional spanish folder). And they have some very very good fixed knives, it is sad than enlan etc don't make fixed knives by the way.

I find the whole concept of spending amount X for item Y, before reading rewiews and doing some research really strange... I look at what gets the intended job done and then look at what's available on the market. I am more then willing to sell anyone a EL01 for $75 if that does make it a better knife for anyone... 0) ..... j)

I have most of the knives on your list as well. If you are going to “abuse” any folding knife, you may lose a finger when the lock fails. That being said, the Axis lock systems has proven to me in my 20+ years of serious knife ownership to be head and shoulders above all else. I would always take an axis lock or second choice would be a frame lock. Liner locks and back locks would be my later choice. Out of your list, the Ganzo 710 would be my heavy duty choice because of the Axis type lock and great blade design.

I just quit the "abuse" word editing the post for centering post on the knives list and its strongess and not on "If you abuse of a folder knife your fingers will be angry with you" or "use a fixed knife, not a folder knife".

Ganzo g710 better than enlan el04 (axis lock too)?.

Well, at the moment we have Enlan el01 and ganzo g710 like strongest knife from list.

Continue choosing please.

Honestly, it's not paranoia in the sense that I'm worried about it. It's more like I almost look forward to a spam thread. It's kinda sick, but those threads were "Bubbles" or "Candy" show up and start asking if we use our flashlights for camping are some of the most entertaining.

Strongest for things like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg-GpZHoWZY —> Enlan el08 (see from 1:00 minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak4-YL8nUIg —> Ganzo g704

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axX_vsTvDWE —> Enlan el01

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9Agy18nm2E —> Enlan el01 (really impressive).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxyTfUwLTn4&feature=related (vey good too Enlan el01)

--- I don't recommend to do things like these with a folder, use fixed knife (better full tang). All locks can fail, ALL. Remember, your fingers could be angry with you after that! ---

--- But it's good to know the limit of a folder or wich are the strongest of a list even if you are carefully with your folders. ---

Yep, Ganzo 710 is axis lock. I don’t have the Enlan EL04. To tell the truth, Enlan is my least liked of the Chinese knives. I have about half a dozen of them and just find something wrong with every one of them. Navy seems to be the best designed line but many of their knives are direct copies of Spyderco or other knives.

I also like the Navy designs ( desing? ;-) ) which are very,very close to the Byrd and Syderco designs... but what I've seen so far their production quality is not on the same level as the SRM/Enlan overall. There might be exceptions to this, but as a general rule of thumb it seems that many have the same impression. Rougher surfaces and higher tolerances seem to be the main problem.

Yes, i always read that navy is a step down from srm/enlan/ganzo, even ganzo was a step down from srm/enlan but better than navy.

I have used the fixed blades from CS for years, and just recently picked up my first Cold Steel folders.

They seem to have a very sturdy lock mechanism in the Tri-Ad system.

Please let me know if you need some 'help' acquiring some...I'm more than happy to send you some at my cost.

EDC depot has decent shipping rates to Europe last time I checked.

Yes, the problem with buying knives from EE.UU to Europe are the customs. They stop all packages from EE.UU and uoy must pay big taxes. If you buy from China, customs don't stop it.

Well, there is a solution to that dilemma... take up Chicago's generous offer and pay him in 2 Paypal transactions. Make sure that each one stays under €22. (I assume the same rules for import taxes for Germany also apply for España since we are both EU) Let Chicago note the value of 1 payment on the outside of the envelope. And voilà ... a perfectly declared shipping from US-ESP.

get any of the bottom 4 - they are good for the price. sure you have to sharpen them more often than a higher end knife but so what , enjoy it. these types of knives are perfect for beating up, losing, abusing , whatever.

also i have the 704 - it is not bad for $20 at all , thick blade, locks up OK, overall better than not having a knife on you. And you can always step up to Spyderco etc , and better steels . they cost so much you just cant abuse them like these, but they are a thing of beauty. if you have to rely on a knife and its edge ...

pick the best looking one with an axis lock before i get on a spyderco rant

spyderco paramilitary 2 m390 ... mmmmmm

Yes but we mustn't forget the title of the post about opinions of wich of these folder knives have the strongest lock (tri ad lock and cold steel items aren't allowed). Still i don't keep in mind to buy a knife from EEUU. And yes, Germany and Spain are both in European Union but with very different political/social problems and i don't know if import laws are the same.