Knife reccomendations

First of all where's Tourist? Until he responds I'll jump in with a Cold Steel recommendation, but only because you don't like liner locks. I respect your dislike for them, I used to feel the same way. But I'm okay with them now, and I currently carry a CRKT.
 
I carry a smith and wesson auto. does have serrations but its a great carry, if you can find one. its nothing fancy but its durable and the auto machanism is tight.

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I have the CRKT K.I.S.S serrated model 5510 and love it. the lock has not failed me once.

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Normally, this would be about my last choice, but it fits all of your criteria.

A Cold Steel Recon 1 Plain Blade Tanto.

Personally, I like liner and frame locks. My strongest knife, short of a fixed blade, is a liner lock Strider AR. Their SnG is a frame lock, equally as strong.

However, I do understand personal prefences, and the Cold Steel meets your requirements.
 
Benchmade 940 Osborne series would do very nicely. Comes in either Tanto or regular blade. Its my current EDC replacing a BM Griptilian for now. Still carry the Grip sometimes, but the 940 just dissapears in my pocket.
 
Well, I finally decided on a new knife.

I purchased a Kershaw Speed Bump.

I really like the assisted open feature, and the stud lock mechanism is pretty slick as well.

I had to slightly adjust the tension on the pivot to get it opening good for me. It'll probably loosen up more, and I may tighten the pivot back down at some point, time will tell.

It's a little bigger than my Benchmade Griptilian was, but not horribly huge and bulky. It's slim, so it doesn't stick out bad.

I really like this knife so far. It's been about a week, and I have no complaints about it at all.
 
I had a Leek that I liked quite a bit, definately my favorite EDC. I was skeptical of the Speed-Safe before trying it. It is fast as any auto(and by design, probably more durable than most), the safety is there for a reason. It was wafer thin, came very sharp. As tough as any regular pocketknife need be, and some complain of the small grip. Instead I got great purchase, and appreciated lack of an over-bulky grip such as my Endura which basically took up my whole pocket.
I'm a big fan of Cold Steel products, somewhat unpopular but they offer using-quality weapons and tools at usually very economic prices. Alot of unique, historic examples too. I prefer the push dagger as a self defense edged weapon, and they've been the only option for a while between flea market junk and expensive customs, as far as I know. Not really a knife guy, think Benchmade has a stripped down PD as a neck knife, beyond that I dunno. Anyway, CS fills a lot of niches in the market IMO and I'm glad they exist. Their free basic spearfighting course was very enlightening and entertaining.

I'd like to get a TOPS Tom Brown Tracker as a survival knife, and a Boker Smatchet (if I could find one) just to have really. After my gun buying spree.
 
If you like the axis lock, look for a BM 722SBT.
They come up once in a while on eBay and some other knife sales sites and/or forums like bladeforums.com.

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I've had the blur for a little over a year and some change and finally tore the thing up after beating it to death with work. I'll be buying another next friday. This thing took prying pounding digging scraping cutting.... anything you can throw at it. Best knife I've bought next to my Kabar
 
I would recomend a Kershaw or buck assisted opening model, or a CRKT M-16. Although both they are liner lock, they're very easy to use.

I'm personally not a fan of gerber knives. I do not like the materials they use to make their blades.
 
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