EDC knife

ilduce · January 18, 2016, 06:58

What knives are other FALers carrying everyday?

Mine is a Kizer Gemini. Its a collab between Kizer and Ray Laconico. Titanium scales and S35V blade.

* generic pic of said knife that is 1000x better than anything I could take

**MAINER** · January 18, 2016, 10:38

My EDC's are cheeps that I usually get from Schrade, Gerber, or Colombia River. The steel is either good enough or not too bad in these brands.
Expensive knives are nice, but I misplace them just as well as I do the cheeps so four or five is better than one real good one to me as my odds of finding a knife when I need it are much better.

I do own a couple fair to middling expensive folders, but no clue where they are, so I guess the $20 Schrade SCH001 I got in my hand is the best knife I have, at least at this time.

Ilduce, that's a very fine looking folder you have there by the way.

SWOHFAL · January 18, 2016, 11:22

The price isn't bad, but when I read "Made in China," I knew why it didn't cost anything near a Sebenza, whose partial knock-off it appears to be.

**W.E.G.** · January 18, 2016, 11:33

Chinese KABAR

Collaboration between Mr. Gilmore and Mr. Wang.

**W.E.G.** · January 18, 2016, 11:38

I was at Dick's last week, and I considered upgrading.

A strange world where $20 buys a knife like this.
What would Crocodile Dundee do?

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...uctId=71057736

ilduce · January 18, 2016, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by SWOHFAL

The price isn't bad, but when I read "Made in China," I knew why it didn't cost anything near a Sebenza, whose partial knock-off it appears to be.

Sebenza no. It is based on Ray's Jasmine.

moonbat60 · January 18, 2016, 14:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by W.E.G.

I was at Dick's last week, and I considered upgrading.

A strange world where $20 buys a knife like this.
What would Crocodile Dundee do?

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...uctId=71057736

Academy is selling the same bowie for $14.99 on clearance sale.

acolonelofcorn · January 18, 2016, 19:32

Spyderco Tatanka and a couple Swiss army knives.
before that, these

Quote:

Originally Posted by W.E.G.

I was at Dick's last week, and I considered upgrading.

A strange world where $20 buys a knife like this.
What would Crocodile Dundee do?

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/pr...uctId=71057736

Schrade is kaput. They went out of business in 2004. Taylor brands puts the name(s) on cheapo imports. Pre-2004 Schrades are good products.

nopec · January 18, 2016, 20:46

I rotate between 3. Kershaw Elmax Blur for dress. Kershaw Junkyard Dog 2 for chores. Zero Tolerance 0200 for everything else.

SWOHFAL · January 18, 2016, 20:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilduce

Sebenza no. It is based on Ray's Jasmine.

And who do you think Ray ripped off for his ideas? Titanium liner-lock drop point means a Sebenza copy to me.

TXscout · January 19, 2016, 00:53

For the past 3 years or so, a Zero Tolerance 0301.

**Right Side Up** · January 19, 2016, 00:59

A few years ago, on TXScouts recommendation, I bought an Emerson SOCFK and still carry it every day.

TXscout · January 19, 2016, 01:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Right Side Up

A few years ago I bought an Emerson SOCFK and still carry it every day.

I bought one of those for my dad and I a while back--probably one of the best deals out there.

ETA: you did well, then, RSU. I remember recommending them, just figured nobody listened! Solid knife if you can still find them.

**Andy the Aussie** · January 19, 2016, 23:21

More often than any other it will be a Busse Skeleton Key...

Or if a folder one of my Emerson A100s...

But the ZT350 is also an easy choice....

TXscout · January 20, 2016, 00:15

Andy...I was gonna say we had similar taste in knives, but I think you have at least one of ALL of them.

I've been looking for a skeleton key, but miss them every dadgum time. Please keep an eye out for me!

**Andy the Aussie** · January 20, 2016, 02:04

The SK is a very under ratted blade mate !!! I got my first (yes I have more than one after I decided how much I liked this one and I like spares) on a whim and have carried the hell out of it (it has visited the US, New Zealand, South Africa and Mozambique in addition to all its travel here). It is just "handy" !!!!!!

I have few folders !!! The import laws here for these from 20111 till now have SUCKED !!! But in a flash of brilliance Customs have decided that they had made an arse of themselves and repealed the changes in December just gone. I just bought a Sebby !!! It is still in the US though.

tac-40 · January 20, 2016, 16:30

I carry a Leather C33 folder while wearing civies and a Benchmade Stimulus while in uniform. And my money clip is a K.I.S.S. from CRKT. So I am never without a blade.

And while there are many better knives out there than the ones I carry, an aficionado would cry if he saw how mine were used on a daily basis. So, I purchase the ones that work well and won't break the bank.

**C-ya** · January 20, 2016, 21:35

I have carried this Gerber (made in Portland, OR, btw) 90% of the time since I bought it in the ship's store back in 1994. I love this knife! It has peeled apples, gutted deer and picked my toenails. It is an inconel 625 blade - hard as hell to sharpen, but it holds an edge for literally years. It has probably had 3 real sharpenings since 1994.

I also have a Kershaw lightweight lock back that I carry when I wear slacks. It doesn't compare to the Schrade LWLB I had in high school, but I can't find that one anymore.

I have a few other Gerber blades. The Paraframe may be the only made in China. I don't carry it frequently so I can't say for sure.

**longhair51** · January 21, 2016, 17:27

My edc for the last 5yrs or so. Benchmade 710 McHenry & Williams, nice and thin in the pocket.

gates · January 23, 2016, 01:14

Hmm... I have a lot of knives, the one I hunt with is a folding, rubber handled, 4" Buck, maybe payed $30 for it. My $400 Striders sit in the safe waiting for something more important...

IF I carry a EDC knife its for utility, maybe a cheap Spyderco, for opening boxes or scraping caulk off of a customers window.

If you want MY answer - it's the knife I hunt with - a $30 Buck folder. You can defend yourself with it AND field dress a 600LB Elk:-)

arashi · January 23, 2016, 02:54

They legalized switch blades here last summer, so I had to indulge.

SWOHFAL · January 23, 2016, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by longhair51

My edc for the last 5yrs or so. Benchmade 710 McHenry & Williams, nice and thin in the pocket.

You can get a new blackened stainless clip for that, like the older BMs had. I had a coated clip on my Griptillian, which looked like crap, and got them to send me a new one for free. The oxide finish wears to a nice "well used" patina, instead of just looking scratched.

**longhair51** · January 23, 2016, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by SWOHFAL

You can get a new blackened stainless clip for that, like the older BMs had. I had a coated clip on my Griptillian, which looked like crap, and got them to send me a new one for free. The oxide finish wears to a nice "well used" patina, instead of just looking scratched.

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Randall · January 29, 2016, 12:37

A Buck Deuce is my EDC. Never had a need for anything bigger.

pikey · February 08, 2016, 22:03

Ka-Bar Dozier Design limited edition d2 #823 of 1000. Black micarta scales it handles and cuts really well. I bought it at Smoky Mountain Knive Works for $20 a little over a year ago.

**Texgunner** · February 08, 2016, 22:31

Puma Handmade locking folder. Like this one:

http://www.handyniknaks.co.uk/ekmps/...%5D-8470-p.jpg

**harleyrider** · March 22, 2018, 13:38

I have a soft spot for Bob Dozier’s knives. His no-nonsense designs, impeccable fit & finish, D2 steel, and overall value really appeal to me. I’m more into his workingman’s knives, which are not his high-end customs, but are solid, practical blades for the money. The fit to my hand is marvelous!

Here’s a couple of basic Doziers, one or the other of which I carry nearly every day. Top one is a Custom Drop Point with 3.25 inch satin D2 steel blade, tan G-10 scales w/black liners, and brass pins & lanyard tube. Bottom is a Model K-28 Dozier Personal with 2.5 inch satin D2 steel blade, black Micarta scales, and aluminum pins & lanyard tube. Both knives have Kydex sheaths.

HR

d762nato · March 23, 2018, 16:42

Some good looking blades in this thread. I still carry a 28 year old fully serrated Spyderco dlc coated police model. I thing I paid about 70 bucks for it back then. It has cut plastic, wire, wood, whatever I had to cut or saw through. I've sharpened it a few times but its still going. I like those Doziers a lot pretty sweet little blades.

Invictus77 · March 23, 2018, 16:59

My EDC knife for 3+ decades has been a three-blade Case or Buck, depending on which one I bought the last time I lost mine (or TSA took it away from me

).

Great utility knife and always at least one blade still sharp between sharpenings.

BTW - Don't bring a knife to a gun fight

Edgartwib · March 23, 2018, 20:12

99% of the time I carry an old Seki city Spiderco 3.5" folder.

**VALMET** · March 23, 2018, 22:31

I’ve EDC’d a Kershaw 1605ST folder for the past 3 years. Not as pricey or as nice as a good Benchmade or Spiderco but has suited my needs just fine.

**kfranz** · March 24, 2018, 06:59

Lone Wolf Harsey T1 most days

https://youtu.be/OEsjFgL2yZw

tigerfans2 · March 24, 2018, 20:46

I'm also a knife misplacer, Buck 285 from Menards in my pocket now, it's handled every package that's messed with it so far

AFeod · March 25, 2018, 18:46

Kershaw, speed safe assisted opening. 1670 Ken onion designs. Not a bad knife. Serves me quite well.

**brunop** · March 28, 2018, 23:27

My EDC is pretty small.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...22384020352760

**Andy the Aussie** · March 29, 2018, 00:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by brunop

My EDC is pretty small.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...22384020352760

.......mmmmm....NMSFNO...

**Texgunner** · March 29, 2018, 08:04

Since my first post in this thread, my everyday carry has changed. It's now a Kershaw Hinderer 1555Ti. I like the size, quick to open and it sharpens up with just a few strokes on my oil stone. It's made in China, btw. Not a bad deal for $20.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0074FI28Q...&pd_rd_w=1u0IK

0302 · March 31, 2018, 05:35

https://www.bladehq.com/item--Bear-E...k-Knife--68030

picked up this beauty at the tractor supply store in chickasha

jhend170 · April 02, 2018, 16:16

ProTech Doru. One of the few lefty automatics.

http://www.protechknives.com/knives/...oru-knives.asp

lew · April 04, 2018, 12:42

Columbia River Drifter. I got a bunch for my groomsmen years ago and they all still carry theirs. I've lost two of 'em (why can't I lose my shittier knives instead?), and end up replacing them with the same thing. Sometimes I'll change it up with an Opinel or a Douk Douk.

Tat2 · April 05, 2018, 19:39

Various Benchmade Axis lock designs..... I recently added a Bugout.

T

ByronF · April 08, 2018, 12:51

Another Kershaw 1670 Blur user. About as expensive as I care to own ($60 WalMart, $120 at gun shows). I dehorn the thumb stud so it doesn't bite me when playing pocket-pool.

Made in USA

Whydah · April 29, 2018, 16:05

Still carrying that little Kershaw 'Amplitude' flipper with the 2.5" blade. Carried larger folders for several decades. But like the smallness of this little knife. Easy to carry and few take issue with the blade length if that ever is an issue.

Did add a Leatherman 'Wingman' multi-tool. Always carried a loop of aircraft cable strung with various small tools in a pocket. I think the Wingman works a bit better in most situations.

hueyville · May 13, 2018, 11:40

This was my daily work rig for past couple of years:

SIG 2022 handgun with Spyderco Remote Release serrated blade that has extracted me from two serious issues off U.S. soil and been indespensible as my primary knife when did mountain rescue. Also notice there is a Leatherman Multi-tool that wear on belt and a small Victorinox executive knife with USB data drive, LED light, knife, file, screwdriver, scissors, tweezers and toothpick all in size hardly notice. Since this picture was taken have swapped the single leather mag pouch for a double pouch, holster to Level 3 retention and the Spyderco to a folding box cutter so can flip blade when dulls and carris three spare blades in handle. Break or dull blade reverse or replace and don't risk losing the Spyderco and use on weekends and anytime wear dress cloths instead of box cutter for work.

When dress in sport coat or go into the city usually carry a fix blade knife as well as a folder including a folder. Like my AG Russell or old small Cold Steel Damascus Tanto.

Have dozens of Leatherman Multi-tools as tried for years to collect every model they released. My first was a pre-production model their sales rep brought in my Outdoor Outfitters store and told him only way would place an order was if he left me one of his samples which he resisted till I filled out an order form for two dozen units when he was having a tough time setting up dealers. Didn't even have company name or patent numbers engraved.

Not an EDC but this Parker Damascus from the days of Rambo type knives monopolizing the market is a heck of a knife. Big enough to remove limbs off zombies if need in one swift swing.

**gunplumber** · May 13, 2018, 13:37

wow, I actually agree with Huey on something.

I literally have it out 20+ times a day. I used to use the smaller one, but when I lost it, they only had the one with the larger handle. Which I ended up liking more. So now that I found the old one in the laundry, I still use this one.

**stimpsonjcat** · May 23, 2018, 14:46

Just a poor ole Leatherman wave that is beat to death.

Well, today I also have a P938.

hueyville · May 25, 2018, 05:57

Even carrying on belt Leatherman Wave is too big and with my fubar thumbs it's hard to work the locking mechanism. Use the original most of time as if need more tool than it, can walk to a tool chest whether work, home or truck.

GP and I agreeing on something, would worry that planet may stop spinning and every one fly off into space due to lack of gravity but I actually agree with more of what he posts than not. Like his post on stop signs in shipping thread. If it were legal I would shoot people for running them as been the pedestrian in a crosswalk at stop sign hit by lady who said didn't see me or stop sign due to answering phone. I have really bad luck at red lights and stop signs due to people that ignore them and reason for majority of my serious injuries. How do people no see a red 4×4 pickup truck stopped at a red light?

Back on topic another issue with the Wave is the serrated blade. Like them on a locking folder but not a tool as easy to slip and cut yourself to bone. Why use serrated Spyderco when worked rescue, travel or in city. A good box cutter is way to go, I do try to skip the Chinese models and mine are all made in Sheffield England. If can't find exactly want made in U.S. go for any major ally such as England, Australia or England then Heche en Mexico as last resort as figure everything buy from Mexico means one more didn't cross the border. Have plenty of nice custom knives and high end mass produced but especially when working have tendency to lay something down while doing a job or dropping in tool bag and take week to months to discover where. Have a half dozen of my box cutters in drawer where keep razor blades, X-acto knives, etc so grab another till spot the MIA unit. Time saved sharpening knives is a extra day or two can spew on net over lifetime.

sniperdoc · May 25, 2018, 17:15

Truly EDC for me is Victorinox Ranger Swiss Army Knife. Been carrying it since 1991.
Sure, it's not tacticool, but it's handy!

**Gary Harwell** · May 28, 2018, 11:49

+1 ^

Artful · May 30, 2018, 00:12

I usually have a SAK - Mechanic with small pliers and then a defensive
Valentines day Wife got me a Ravencrest Tactical OTF
Easier to open with my arthritis than my Kershaw Rainbow Leek

January 18, 2016, 06:58	#1
ilduce Registered FALaholic #: 73500 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: SE Posts: 12	EDC knife What knives are other FALers carrying everyday? Mine is a Kizer Gemini. Its a collab between Kizer and Ray Laconico. Titanium scales and S35V blade. * generic pic of said knife that is 1000x better than anything I could take

January 18, 2016, 10:38	#2
MAINER Old Salt Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 18465 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 9,488	My EDC's are cheeps that I usually get from Schrade, Gerber, or Colombia River. The steel is either good enough or not too bad in these brands. Expensive knives are nice, but I misplace them just as well as I do the cheeps so four or five is better than one real good one to me as my odds of finding a knife when I need it are much better. I do own a couple fair to middling expensive folders, but no clue where they are, so I guess the $20 Schrade SCH001 I got in my hand is the best knife I have, at least at this time. Ilduce, that's a very fine looking folder you have there by the way. __________________ Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.

January 18, 2016, 11:22	#3
SWOHFAL Registered FALaholic #: 34346 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The not quite as disgusting RINO state Posts: 19,124	The price isn't bad, but when I read "Made in China," I knew why it didn't cost anything near a Sebenza, whose partial knock-off it appears to be. __________________ Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born. - Fyodor Dostoevsky

January 18, 2016, 11:33	#4
W.E.G. FAL Files Administrator Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 1211 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 39,339	Chinese KABAR Collaboration between Mr. Gilmore and Mr. Wang. __________________ . . . Ask me about the Mason-Dixon FAL Collectors Association.

January 19, 2016, 00:59	#12
Right Side Up Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 43 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Texas Posts: 7,068	A few years ago, on TXScouts recommendation, I bought an Emerson SOCFK and still carry it every day. Last edited by Right Side Up; January 19, 2016 at 01:10.

January 18, 2016, 20:46	#9
nopec Registered FALaholic #: 72693 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Claysville, PA Posts: 396	I rotate between 3. Kershaw Elmax Blur for dress. Kershaw Junkyard Dog 2 for chores. Zero Tolerance 0200 for everything else.

January 19, 2016, 00:53	#11
TXscout Registered FALaholic #: 17202 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,035	For the past 3 years or so, a Zero Tolerance 0301.

January 20, 2016, 00:15	#15
TXscout Registered FALaholic #: 17202 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 1,035	Andy...I was gonna say we had similar taste in knives, but I think you have at least one of ALL of them. I've been looking for a skeleton key, but miss them every dadgum time. Please keep an eye out for me!

January 20, 2016, 16:30	#17
tac-40 Moderator Armed Curmudgeon FALaholic #: 12090 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SC-Low Country Posts: 7,531	I carry a Leather C33 folder while wearing civies and a Benchmade Stimulus while in uniform. And my money clip is a K.I.S.S. from CRKT. So I am never without a blade. And while there are many better knives out there than the ones I carry, an aficionado would cry if he saw how mine were used on a daily basis. So, I purchase the ones that work well and won't break the bank. __________________ Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you. Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. Schools uses to start with the "three R's". Reading, writing, and arithmetic. Now they start with the "three D's". Dipshitery, Dumbassery, and Douchebaggery-Retired Bum If you do in fact have a problem, you have the rest of your life to solve it. How long your life lasts only depends on how well you solve it.

January 20, 2016, 21:35	#18
C-ya One day at a time... Contributor FALaholic #: 16313 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southwest MI Posts: 1,922	I have carried this Gerber (made in Portland, OR, btw) 90% of the time since I bought it in the ship's store back in 1994. I love this knife! It has peeled apples, gutted deer and picked my toenails. It is an inconel 625 blade - hard as hell to sharpen, but it holds an edge for literally years. It has probably had 3 real sharpenings since 1994. I also have a Kershaw lightweight lock back that I carry when I wear slacks. It doesn't compare to the Schrade LWLB I had in high school, but I can't find that one anymore. I have a few other Gerber blades. The Paraframe may be the only made in China. I don't carry it frequently so I can't say for sure. __________________ ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ US out of the UN!! UN out of the US!! Last edited by C-ya; February 10, 2016 at 21:57.

January 21, 2016, 17:27	#19
longhair51 Constitutional curmudgeon Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 5884 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: MO Posts: 1,827	My edc for the last 5yrs or so. Benchmade 710 McHenry & Williams, nice and thin in the pocket. __________________ “In an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell attributed ”if the federal government treats the American public with this degree of contempt when we’re armed to the teeth, imagine how they would treat us if they had all our guns."

January 23, 2016, 01:14	#20
gates Registered FALaholic #: 129 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: phx az Posts: 14,675	Hmm... I have a lot of knives, the one I hunt with is a folding, rubber handled, 4" Buck, maybe payed $30 for it. My $400 Striders sit in the safe waiting for something more important... IF I carry a EDC knife its for utility, maybe a cheap Spyderco, for opening boxes or scraping caulk off of a customers window. If you want MY answer - it's the knife I hunt with - a $30 Buck folder. You can defend yourself with it AND field dress a 600LB Elk:-)

January 23, 2016, 02:54	#21
arashi Registered FALaholic #: 15871 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 761	They legalized switch blades here last summer, so I had to indulge. __________________ And that's all I gots to say about that...

January 29, 2016, 12:37	#24
Randall Registered FALaholic #: 4979 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 2,770	A Buck Deuce is my EDC. Never had a need for anything bigger. __________________ Purveyor Of Stupid Questions

February 08, 2016, 22:03	#25
pikey Registered FALaholic #: 71551 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: nation wide Posts: 114	Ka-Bar Dozier Design limited edition d2 #823 of 1000. Black micarta scales it handles and cuts really well. I bought it at Smoky Mountain Knive Works for $20 a little over a year ago.

February 08, 2016, 22:31	#26
Texgunner long-time Texas taxpayer Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 4653 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brokenoak in central Texas-Milam county Posts: 7,376	Puma Handmade locking folder. Like this one: http://www.handyniknaks.co.uk/ekmps/...%5D-8470-p.jpg __________________ My daddy was a cowboy in his younger days, wild as the west Texas wind. He once told me, "Son, death is a horse you got to ride. So you better get your saddle ready." heavily armed, easily pissed.

March 22, 2018, 13:38	#27
harleyrider Conveniently Located Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 55746 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,078	I have a soft spot for Bob Dozier’s knives. His no-nonsense designs, impeccable fit & finish, D2 steel, and overall value really appeal to me. I’m more into his workingman’s knives, which are not his high-end customs, but are solid, practical blades for the money. The fit to my hand is marvelous! Here’s a couple of basic Doziers, one or the other of which I carry nearly every day. Top one is a Custom Drop Point with 3.25 inch satin D2 steel blade, tan G-10 scales w/black liners, and brass pins & lanyard tube. Bottom is a Model K-28 Dozier Personal with 2.5 inch satin D2 steel blade, black Micarta scales, and aluminum pins & lanyard tube. Both knives have Kydex sheaths. HR __________________ What the HELL is he building in there? Last edited by harleyrider; March 23, 2018 at 10:56.

March 23, 2018, 16:42	#28
d762nato Registered FALaholic #: 73390 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: St.Louis Missouri, United States Posts: 582	Some good looking blades in this thread. I still carry a 28 year old fully serrated Spyderco dlc coated police model. I thing I paid about 70 bucks for it back then. It has cut plastic, wire, wood, whatever I had to cut or saw through. I've sharpened it a few times but its still going. I like those Doziers a lot pretty sweet little blades.

March 23, 2018, 16:59	#29
Invictus77 1C 16:13 Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 74205 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Western, KY Posts: 6,092	My EDC knife for 3+ decades has been a three-blade Case or Buck, depending on which one I bought the last time I lost mine (or TSA took it away from me ). Great utility knife and always at least one blade still sharp between sharpenings. BTW - Don't bring a knife to a gun fight __________________ A 9 mm "might" expand A 45 will NEVER shrink!!

March 23, 2018, 20:12	#30
Edgartwib Registered FALaholic #: 80246 Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico Posts: 97	99% of the time I carry an old Seki city Spiderco 3.5" folder.

March 23, 2018, 22:31	#31
VALMET Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 1826 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 2,258	I’ve EDC’d a Kershaw 1605ST folder for the past 3 years. Not as pricey or as nice as a good Benchmade or Spiderco but has suited my needs just fine. __________________ "That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is a symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." -George Orwell, 1940. "Dammit Smithers this is brain surgery, not rocket science!" -C. Montgomery Burns

March 24, 2018, 06:59	#32
kfranz Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 101 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 4,396	Lone Wolf Harsey T1 most days https://youtu.be/OEsjFgL2yZw

March 24, 2018, 20:46	#33
tigerfans2 Registered FALaholic #: 5284 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,940	I'm also a knife misplacer, Buck 285 from Menards in my pocket now, it's handled every package that's messed with it so far

March 25, 2018, 18:46	#34
AFeod Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 75606 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 724	Kershaw, speed safe assisted opening. 1670 Ken onion designs. Not a bad knife. Serves me quite well. __________________ EOD..."initial success, or total failure"

March 28, 2018, 23:27	#35
brunop Refresh Key Masher Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 17136 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,775	My EDC is pretty small. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...22384020352760 __________________ "How we burned in the prison camps later thinking: what would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if during periods of mass arrests people had simply not sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, ham- mers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand. . . . The Organs [police] would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers . . . and notwithstanding all of Stalin‘s thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt." - A. Solzhenitsyn, Gulag Archipelago

March 29, 2018, 08:04	#37
Texgunner long-time Texas taxpayer Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 4653 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brokenoak in central Texas-Milam county Posts: 7,376	Since my first post in this thread, my everyday carry has changed. It's now a Kershaw Hinderer 1555Ti. I like the size, quick to open and it sharpens up with just a few strokes on my oil stone. It's made in China, btw. Not a bad deal for $20. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0074FI28Q...&pd_rd_w=1u0IK __________________ My daddy was a cowboy in his younger days, wild as the west Texas wind. He once told me, "Son, death is a horse you got to ride. So you better get your saddle ready." heavily armed, easily pissed.

March 31, 2018, 05:35	#38
0302 Registered FALaholic #: 348 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: New Mexico Posts: 8,717	https://www.bladehq.com/item--Bear-E...k-Knife--68030 picked up this beauty at the tractor supply store in chickasha

April 02, 2018, 16:16	#39
jhend170 Registered Contributor FALaholic #: 76477 Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,580	ProTech Doru. One of the few lefty automatics. http://www.protechknives.com/knives/...oru-knives.asp

April 04, 2018, 12:42	#40
lew Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 16727 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 7,822	Columbia River Drifter. I got a bunch for my groomsmen years ago and they all still carry theirs. I've lost two of 'em (why can't I lose my shittier knives instead?), and end up replacing them with the same thing. Sometimes I'll change it up with an Opinel or a Douk Douk. __________________ Statism: Ideas so great, they're mandatory. There is not a problem that government cannot make worse.

April 05, 2018, 19:39	#41
Tat2 Registered FALaholic #: 52329 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 1,478	Various Benchmade Axis lock designs..... I recently added a Bugout. T

April 08, 2018, 12:51	#42
ByronF Registered FALaholic #: 630 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: PA Posts: 4,074	Another Kershaw 1670 Blur user. About as expensive as I care to own ($60 WalMart, $120 at gun shows). I dehorn the thumb stud so it doesn't bite me when playing pocket-pool. Made in USA

April 29, 2018, 16:05	#43
Whydah Registered FALaholic #: 74237 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Mid-Atlantic Region Posts: 919	Still carrying that little Kershaw 'Amplitude' flipper with the 2.5" blade. Carried larger folders for several decades. But like the smallness of this little knife. Easy to carry and few take issue with the blade length if that ever is an issue. Did add a Leatherman 'Wingman' multi-tool. Always carried a loop of aircraft cable strung with various small tools in a pocket. I think the Wingman works a bit better in most situations.

May 13, 2018, 11:40	#44
hueyville Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 74557 Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Foothills of the Blueridge Mountains Posts: 5,341	This was my daily work rig for past couple of years: SIG 2022 handgun with Spyderco Remote Release serrated blade that has extracted me from two serious issues off U.S. soil and been indespensible as my primary knife when did mountain rescue. Also notice there is a Leatherman Multi-tool that wear on belt and a small Victorinox executive knife with USB data drive, LED light, knife, file, screwdriver, scissors, tweezers and toothpick all in size hardly notice. Since this picture was taken have swapped the single leather mag pouch for a double pouch, holster to Level 3 retention and the Spyderco to a folding box cutter so can flip blade when dulls and carris three spare blades in handle. Break or dull blade reverse or replace and don't risk losing the Spyderco and use on weekends and anytime wear dress cloths instead of box cutter for work. When dress in sport coat or go into the city usually carry a fix blade knife as well as a folder including a folder. Like my AG Russell or old small Cold Steel Damascus Tanto. Have dozens of Leatherman Multi-tools as tried for years to collect every model they released. My first was a pre-production model their sales rep brought in my Outdoor Outfitters store and told him only way would place an order was if he left me one of his samples which he resisted till I filled out an order form for two dozen units when he was having a tough time setting up dealers. Didn't even have company name or patent numbers engraved. Not an EDC but this Parker Damascus from the days of Rambo type knives monopolizing the market is a heck of a knife. Big enough to remove limbs off zombies if need in one swift swing. __________________ A time will come when people will not listen to accurate teachings. Instead, they will follow their own desires and surround themselves with teachers who tell them what they want to hear. 2 Timothy 4:3 G.W.T. "If it is worth doing once...it's worth doing it a few more times to get it right." Stimpsonjcat

May 13, 2018, 13:37	#45
gunplumber Arrogant Bastard Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 96 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 24,291	wow, I actually agree with Huey on something. I literally have it out 20+ times a day. I used to use the smaller one, but when I lost it, they only had the one with the larger handle. Which I ended up liking more. So now that I found the old one in the laundry, I still use this one. __________________ T. Mark Graham, Master Gunsmith Arizona Response Systems, LLC

May 23, 2018, 14:46	#46
stimpsonjcat I wasn't talking to you Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 470 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Dawsonville, GA Posts: 6,542	Just a poor ole Leatherman wave that is beat to death. Well, today I also have a P938. __________________ peace! Happiness=UPS+ORMD "The game is worth the candle...always been." "It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead."