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I just got a SOG Baton Q2 knife in the mail today. I think this is going to become my new everyday carry, I really like the design.
It is essentially a fixed blade folding knife, which you would think is a contradiction. But the knife blade and handle themselves are fix and its actually the sheath that folds down and away. I never saw a knife like this before. I generally dont like folding knives as they can under certain circumstances fold on you while using them and potentially cause a huge injury. But fixed blade knives tend to be big and not really well suited as an every day carry. This one seems to solve that problem giving you the convenience and size of a foldable knife while still being fixed blade.
Really really impressed with the innovation on this knife considering knives are so rarely innovative.
@trinsec well it is much thinner than a typical folbable blade, but also much longer. so while the volume is about the same the overall length is probably twice that of a folding knife with the same blade size.
not having a seperate sheath would be the main advantage. It includes a light and bottle opener which could be seen as advantages too but that could be done with a fixed blade too.
but yea its mostly the fact taht the "sheath" is attached so you dont loose it or have a seperate piece to mess with. Which to me is a nice advantage. Plus i dont know of too many fix blades that are this slender and easily carried in a shirt pocket.
@freemo Heh, that doesn't sound like the convenience and size of a foldable knife to me. My pockets generally aren't that deep. :D
@trinsec perhaps not. It is about the length of a pencil or a pen. So to me it is as convient as a pen.
Also I would rather have it longer and slender than bulky. A typical folding knife ina shirt pocket where I kep pens would be too wide and bulky whereas this fits in well enough.
@freemo Right, shirt pockets I can see this being useful at. I don't use shirt pockets, nor have I any, so yeah for me it'd not be as handy.
@trinsec Fair, Though I think a pretty standard pocket should handle it well. Unless your a lady (not sure your gender) in which case none of the clothing is build well for most knives anyway.
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I have an old little swiss army pocket knife 
@mur2501 I used to love swiss army knives as a kid but as I got older they came to feel cheaper and bulky and better multi-tool designs came about. so while I love the brand just because they hooked me as a kid I havent bought a swiss army knife in a while.
I really wish they would re-invent it and do something new, highquality, expensive, but with the spirit and branding of Swiss Army... I feel like they are just circling the drain as a company riding out the same old design for decades.
I have no familiarity with the brand other than having heard of it, and no loyalty. I do however love knives, well i used to as a kid. but after a while they all were the same other than a few twists (I am partial to titanium knives as a scuba diver for example). I got unto a few multitools with plyers that were nice, but too bulky.
Anyway after watching mcgiver I got the hankering for a new knife remembering my old love for the swiss army models. Loojked if they had any new designs and was disappointed to see it was pretty much the same design from the 80s. so my search led me to try to find the most innovative/unique designs for knives I could, specifically multitools, see if any caught my eye. This was the one I finally found, was almost not going to buy anything at all, close call :)
@freemo it looks great for the countryside! When i was wandering by the mountain ine of the most valuable tools i always wrar with me was the knife and the can opening tool. All these and a ligther. If i wore these i was pretty confident.
@freemo I’ve been a Microtech fan for a long time. Not cheap, but built to last. Current carry is the Dirac Delta Tactical 3.79”. Is an “out the front” knife. So it kind of is like what you have... part fixed blade, part folding (or retracting).
Highly highly recommend Microtech.
@freemo How does it give you the size of a foldable knife while still being a fixed blade? Unless the knife as a whole is even smaller than a normal foldable knife?