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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 |
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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. ![]()
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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.
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Chinese KABAR
Collaboration between Mr. Gilmore and Mr. Wang. ![]()
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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
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Spyderco Tatanka and a couple Swiss army knives.
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I rotate between 3. Kershaw Elmax Blur for dress. Kershaw Junkyard Dog 2 for chores. Zero Tolerance 0200 for everything else.
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And who do you think Ray ripped off for his ideas? Titanium liner-lock drop point means a Sebenza copy to me.
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For the past 3 years or so, a Zero Tolerance 0301.
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A few years ago, on TXScouts recommendation, I bought an Emerson SOCFK and still carry it every day.
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ETA: you did well, then, RSU. I remember recommending them, just figured nobody listened! Solid knife if you can still find them. Last edited by TXscout; January 19, 2016 at 01:12. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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.
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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. ![]() Last edited by C-ya; February 10, 2016 at 21:57. |
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My edc for the last 5yrs or so. Benchmade 710 McHenry & Williams, nice and thin in the pocket.
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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:-) |
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They legalized switch blades here last summer, so I had to indulge.
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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.
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A Buck Deuce is my EDC. Never had a need for anything bigger.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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 ![]() ![]()
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99% of the time I carry an old Seki city Spiderco 3.5" folder.
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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.
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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
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Kershaw, speed safe assisted opening. 1670 Ken onion designs. Not a bad knife. Serves me quite well.
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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
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https://www.bladehq.com/item--Bear-E...k-Knife--68030
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ProTech Doru. One of the few lefty automatics.
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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.
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Various Benchmade Axis lock designs..... I recently added a Bugout.
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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.
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