Folding Pocket Knives

Knives are often required for various purposes when outdoors. Folding pocket knives are designed to suit many of these outdoor uses. These pocket knives have often have one or more blades which can be folded into the handle making them easily fit inside your pocket.

Some History

Knives have been used since ancient times by early men for the purpose of hunting and safety. These early knives were completely different from the ones we have today. Originally made from bone, these knives have undergone a great evolution. The pocket knives we have today are designed with latest technology to suit many needs. They are light weight, compact, strong, well designed, and easy to carry. Schrade Knives is one of the oldest brands.

What Are They used For?

The quick answer... Whatever you want as pocket knives can be used for various purposes. Be it for slicing fruits, cutting ropes, opening boxes or safety. There are wide range of these knives available to suit different needs. For those who want to carry a pocket knife for simple tasks like slicing fruits or breads and cutting ropes, a simple pocket knife would be enough. While if you need one for fishing, a pocket knife with a gut hook would be essential. For safety or security measures, greater strength is necessary.

The Different Types of Folding Pocket Knives

Some of the different types of folding pocket knives are slipjoint knives, multitool slipjoint knives, locking knives and tactical folding knives.

• Slipjoint Knives are held by a spring device which allows the folding of the blade on the application of some pressure. Slipjoint knives have only one blade and are compact in size. Some of the well known slipjoint knives are Canoe, Barlow, Penknife, Peanut and Sunfish.
• Multitool Slipjoint Knives have more than one blade, which are of different types along with useful tools like scissors and bottle openers. These knives serve as a very useful tool kit.
• Locking Knives allow the knife to be locked with twisting rings into the folders and the rings need to be released before folding or unfolding the blade. This improves the safety of blades thereby avoiding accidental folding of the blades.
• Tactical Folding Knives are the foldable hunting knives which gained popularity due to restrictive gun laws in US. SOme examples are the Benchmade Tactical Knives and the Cold-Steel Tactical Knives.

Folding pocket knives are available in different types and brands. One must choose the knife depending on the requirement. Checking the local laws before carrying a pocket knife is necessary since some countries and states may have length and other restrictions.