# Best Pocket Knives (2026) — ranked by value, every figure sourced and dated

14 pocket knives on the record, median price $121. Each price links to the page it came from and the day we captured it — no guesses, no affiliate spin. Current as of 2026-08-11.

Lowest-priced: CRKT Pilar — $24.99.

Full comparison: https://frontdeskreview.com/gear/pocket-knives/

| # | Product | Brand | Price (US) | Deskmark | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [CRKT Pilar](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/crkt-pilar/) | CRKT | $24.99 | Silver Deskmark 55/100 | crkt.com |
| 2 | [Ontario RAT 1](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/ontario-rat-1/) | Ontario Knife Company | $44.95 | Bronze Deskmark 51/100 | deadwoodknives.com |
| 3 | [Civivi Elementum](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/civivi-elementum-c907a/) | Civivi | $44.99 | Platinum Deskmark 91/100 | civivi.com |
| 4 | [Buck 110 Folding Hunter](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/buck-110-folding-hunter/) | Buck Knives | $65.99 | Bronze Deskmark 0/100 | buckknives.com |
| 5 | [Kershaw Leek 1660](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/kershaw-leek-1660/) | Kershaw | $94.99 | Silver Deskmark 60/100 | kershaw.kaiusa.com |
| 6 | [Kershaw Blur](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/kershaw-blur-1670/) | Kershaw | $99.99 | Bronze Deskmark 46/100 | kershaw.kaiusa.com |
| 7 | [WE Knife Banter](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/we-knife-banter/) | WE Knife Co. | $109.99 | Gold Deskmark 64/100 | bladehq.com |
| 8 | [Spyderco Delica 4](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/spyderco-delica-4/) | Spyderco | $132 | Silver Deskmark 59/100 | spyderco.com |
| 9 | [Gerber Fastball](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/gerber-fastball/) | Gerber | $149.99 | Gold Deskmark 83/100 | gerbergear.com |
| 10 | [Zero Tolerance 0350](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/zero-tolerance-0350/) | Zero Tolerance | $168 | Bronze Deskmark 12/100 | bladehq.com |
| 11 | [Cold Steel Recon 1](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/cold-steel-recon-1/) | Cold Steel | $169.99 | Bronze Deskmark 22/100 | coldsteel.com |
| 12 | [Benchmade Griptilian 551](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/benchmade-griptilian-551/) | Benchmade | $175 | Bronze Deskmark 37/100 | benchmade.com |
| 13 | [Benchmade Bugout 535](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/benchmade-bugout-535/) | Benchmade | $200 | Silver Deskmark 60/100 | benchmade.com |
| 14 | [Spyderco Para Military 2](https://frontdeskreview.com/product/pocket-knives/spyderco-paramilitary-2/) | Spyderco | $279 | Bronze Deskmark 35/100 | spyderco.com |

Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, the best-value pocket knives ranked by sourced, dated price — https://frontdeskreview.com/gear/pocket-knives/

Method: Roster covers fourteen widely-sold EDC folding pocket knives from Benchmade, Spyderco, Kershaw, CRKT, Civivi, Zero Tolerance, Cold Steel, WE Knife Co., Ontario, Gerber, and Buck, verified 2026-08-11 against manufacturer product pages where fetchable (spyderco.com, crkt.com, coldsteel.com, gerbergear.com, buckknives.com) and, where a manufacturer page returned only JavaScript-rendered navigation or a 404 on direct fetch (benchmade.com, kershaw.kaiusa.com, civivi.com, weknife.com, ontarioknife.com, zerotolerance.com), against major-retailer spec sheets reproducing the manufacturer's own published specification card (Blade HQ, DLT Trading, Blade City, DeadWood Knives, KnifeCenter). All prices reflect either a directly fetched manufacturer figure (Paramilitary 2, Delica 4 Lightweight, CRKT Pilar Frame Lock) or a representative current-retail figure with priceNote flagging that the exact manufacturer listing price could not be confirmed via direct fetch; the Zero Tolerance 0350 is a discontinued/legacy model whose price now reflects secondary-market and remaining-dealer-stock listings rather than an active MSRP. accessedAt 2026-08-11 throughout.

License: CC BY 4.0. Every row is dated and links to its source. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl