ORIGINAL: BS
I am going to let one of my secrets out! Why, because I have three! Want a slim light weight folder that is easy to sharpen. And did I say Cheap? Well Zippo makes a nice lightweight, some type of plastic grip with a finger groove. I you do a E-bay search they can be bought from .99 to 9.99. Most times they can be bought from $5-7! Best part is some of them have an orange handle, hard to leave in the woods when they glow orange!
They are made by Bradford in the USA!
Guess what, Zippo and Case are owned by the same company and both share a manufacturing facility in good old Bradford PA. I like, own and use products from both on a daily basis so this is not in any way a put down. For a quality folder today, I would likely get a Puma, a bit pricey but still within range of most folks. I have a Case that I have carried for over 25 years and still use on a daily basis, but again it is an old Case and you just can't beat the steel in it. I have Bucks, Gerbers, Old Timers, Barlows and several others, but keep coming back to Case and Buck. My biggest problem with most knives with stainless steel is they are just too hard and I can't keep an edge on them the way I like it to be. My other problem is the handles, bolsters and rivets wear out before the blade and then you are stuck with a broken kinfe which most manufacturers don't back up. Buck does, but it is still a pain in the backside to box the fool thing up, carry it to the post office and wait for it to come back.