| The blade is a very important part of the knife. | | | | the most preferred choice for making blades |
| While buying a knife with a good handle is very | | | | today. |
| important, there is very little point in owning a | | | | Rust is a very big problem as far as folding utility |
| folding utility knife that does not have a strong | | | | knives are concerned. You cannot use a rusted |
| and sharp blade. The exact characteristics of the | | | | knife with a rusted blade for cutting vegetables or |
| blade depend on its intended functions. If you | | | | other such activities, can you? You also stand the |
| intend to use the knife for self defense and | | | | risk of getting infected if you cut yourself with |
| combat situations, you should choose a sharp, | | | | such a knife |
| strong and light blade. Most of us use knives for | | | | This is the primary reason why steel blades went |
| utility purposes. This gives us a lot of freedom to | | | | out of favor amongst folding utility knife makers. |
| choose different blades for our utility knives. | | | | You can opt for blades made of materials like |
| Stainless steel is the most popular material used in | | | | titanium if you are prepared to pay more. If you |
| knife blades. The folding utility knife often comes | | | | want the safest utility knife, just get one with a |
| in contact with moisture, heat and pressure. In | | | | plastic blade. Needless to say, this knife will not |
| such a scenario, the blade must be made of a | | | | retain its sharpness for long. This is a good thing if |
| versatile material that can absorb the stresses | | | | the knife is going to be handled by minors. |
| and pressures. Stainless steel mixed with carbon is | | | | |