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If I crashlanded and only had one folding knife, I'd want it to be a cold steel SR1.
Sturdiest folder you can get. 4max is sturdier but has a shitty blade geometry for /out/ activities.
Budget option would be a cold steel pocket bushman.
The trick with folding knife batoning (yes you read right, but when in strong rain the only way to get dry wood is from splitting thick branches) is to carve a hardwood wedge and only do the first step with the knife, namely getting the fibre to split. Then insert the wedge into the slit and baton away.